The Best Movies Streaming On Disney+ Right Now

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Last Updated: June 3rd Disney entered the streaming wars in a big way with the launch of its own streaming platform, Disney+. But unlike other rookie streaming services, Disney already had a vault full of […]

Vangelis wasn’t just a film composer – he blew apart the boundaries of pop | Music

Demis Roussos, Vangelis and Lucas Sideras of Aphrodite’s Child.

Greek pop music of the 1960s is not an area of musical history where anyone who doesn’t fondly remember it first-hand is advised to dwell. There are a few exceptions – garage rock collectors have […]

Greek composer Vangelis dies; wrote scores for ‘Chariots of Fire’ and ‘Blade Runner’

Greek composer Vangelis dies; wrote scores for 'Chariots of Fire' and 'Blade Runner'

Vangelis, the Greek electronic composer who wrote the unforgettable Academy Award-winning score for the film “Chariots of Fire” and music for dozens of other movies, documentaries and TV series, has died at 79. Greek Prime […]

Vangelis, composer of Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner soundtracks, dies aged 79 | Music

Vangelis at his home in London, 1982.

Vangelis, the Greek composer and musician whose synth-driven work brought huge drama to film soundtracks including Blade Runner and Chariots of Fire, has died aged 79. His representatives said he died in hospital in France […]

‘Winning Time’ HBO: How NBA got from Showtime Lakers to 2022

Magic Johnson tries to move past Michael Jordan during the 1991 NBA Finals

Listen to this episode of Binge Sesh All good things must come to an end. Including basketball dynasties (and podcast seasons). In the season finale of “Binge Sesh,” hosts Matt Brennan and Kareem Maddox examine […]

Forty years of joystick waggling: the glory of multi-sport video games | Games

Moving a joystick left to right propels a runner forward in Track and Field.

The 1984 Los Angeles Olympics are memorable for a lot of things – the jetpack at the opening ceremony, the historic performance by Carl Lewis, the greater focus on female athletes – but for nerds […]

‘I’ve never felt this depth of love’: Emeli Sandé on coming out, race and making music again | Emeli Sandé

Emeli Sandé performs Read All About It at the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics.

I remember, as everyone does, Emeli Sandé performing at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics. She sang Abide With Me so seriously, and yet so joyfully, she looked as though there were some kind […]

Annie Lennox’s 30 greatest songs – ranked! | Annie Lennox

Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart in San Francisco while on tour in the US in 1983.

30 Annie Lennox – Downtown Lights (1995) Amid the marquee-name covers on Medusa – Bob Marley, Al Green, Procul Harum – lurks this gorgeous take on the Blue Nile’s masterpiece of careworn romance. You could […]

‘Winning Time’ HBO: Magic Johnson, Nike and Phil Knight explained

A man in a suit examines a Nike high-top shoe.

Listen to this episode of Binge Sesh Sure, the best professional athletes pull in salaries to match. But to find the real money in sports, you need to look someplace else: endorsements. In Episode 7 […]

‘Winning Time’ HBO: The real story of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar shoots a sky hook over Benoit Benjamin

Listen to this episode of Binge Sesh There may be no figure in Lakers history more misunderstood than Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. And “Winning Time” tries to correct, or at least complicate, the record. In Episode 5 […]

UCLA announces ambitious “Hip Hop Initiative” with Chuck D

A rapper performs in front of an American flag

Two years ago at the California African American Museum in downtown Los Angeles, three titans of East Coast rap converged for a roundtable: influential “Paid in Full” rapper Rakim; Public Enemy’s cofounder Chuck D; and […]