‘As Black girls we have to kick the door down’: Flo on their rapid rise to stardom | Music

Flo performing on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Flo arrive at the central London restaurant where our interview is taking place, in this order: first comes 21-year-old Stella Quaresma, arriving before we’ve been shown to our table; then Renée Downer, aged 20, once […]

Best podcasts of the week: The rise and fall of the Silicon Valley brand that made antidepressants ‘cool’ | Podcasts

A January 21, 1976 photo of a British Airways Concorde as it makes its inaugural flight from Heathrow Airport in London.

Picks of the week Shared BaggageAudible, episodes weeklyWhat more reliable source of authoritative life advice could you want than two stand-up comedians? Self-described “deeply underqualified pair of homosexuals” Catherine Bohart and Larry Dean tackle readers’ […]

After praise by rap greats, Brooklyn’s Lil Dee is on the rise

A college freshman, Lil Dee's videos have racked up more than a million views.

As a fussy infant, Daniel James Rutstein was solely soothed by rap legends like Run-DMC and Ice-T while his father drove aimlessly along Brooklyn streets. Eighteen years later, the viral virtuoso is chasing big dreams […]

APOCALYPTICA’s EICCA TOPPINEN Explains ‘Rise Again’ Collaboration With EPICA’s SIMONE SIMONS (Video)

APOCALYPTICA's EICCA TOPPINEN Explains 'Rise Again' Collaboration With EPICA's SIMONE SIMONS (Video)

Last week, Finnish cello rockers APOCALYPTICA released a new song, “Rise Again”, featuring a guest appearance by Simone Simons of EPICA on vocals. Accompanied by an artistic and unique music video directed by Lisa Mann, […]

WATCH: Official Trailer For ‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’

gorilla in transformers rise of the beasts

Paramount Pictures Having been dormant since 2018’s Hailee Steinfeld-starring Bumblebee (which was underrated quite good), the Transformers franchise will officially return next summer with the release of The Rise of The Beasts, which is scheduled to […]

Anthony Ramos, Steven Caple Jr. Talk New ‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’

Anthony Ramos, Steven Caple Jr. Talk New ‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’

Creed II director Steven Caple Jr. left the boxing ring behind for an even bigger adventure. Caple is directing the upcoming Transformers: Rise of the Beasts film, which is the seventh live-action project in the Transformers […]

Video of GloRilla in fast food uniform at Checkers resurfaces from before rapper’s impressive rise to fame

A video from GloRilla's time working at a fast food restaurant has resurfaced

A VIDEO from rapper GloRilla’s stint as a fast food worker has resurfaced from before her impressive rise to fame. GloRilla, who was recently signed to Yo Gotti’s CMG Imprint, released her first EP on November […]

Video of GloRilla in fast food uniform at Checkers resurfaces from before rapper’s impressive rise to fame

A video from GloRilla's time working at a fast food restaurant has resurfaced

A VIDEO from rapper GloRilla’s stint as a fast food worker has resurfaced from before her impressive rise to fame. GloRilla, who was recently signed to Yo Gotti’s CMG Imprint, released her first EP on November […]

Inside Irene Cara’s rise to fame from growing up on ‘rough NYC streets’ to pageant beauty queen and Flashdance starlet

Irene Cara died at he age of 63

THE late Irene Cara had risen to fame in the 1980s, acting in Fame and songwriting for Flashdance, but before that she spent her childhood on the rough streets of New York City. Cara, who […]

‘Storytelling has become the art of world building’: Avatar and the rise of the paracosm | Movies

James Cameron on the set of Avatar in 2009.

“I’m kind of just living on Pandora right now,” said James Cameron recently, as he tinkered with a remaster of his 2009 blockbuster Avatar, for rerelease in preparation for its sequel, Avatar: The Way of […]

The popularity of the Korean ‘oegugin’ (foreign) influencer is on the rise. But there is a dark side to this pop-nationalism

The popularity of the Korean 'oegugin' (foreign) influencer is on the rise. But there is a dark side to this pop-nationalism

If you’ve been scrolling through YouTube, TikTok or Instagram it would be no surprise to chance upon calming minimalist aesthetics of Korean cafe decor; pilgrimages to the locations of popular K-dramas; and even the polite […]