Travis Japan’s 2025 Tour Is Expanding the Horizons of J-Pop

The glittering vastness of Tokyo promises entertainment at every turn. Japan is home to the second-largest music market in the world, tailing only the US in numbers. Fan culture is alive, well, and organized; physical […]

Bad Bunny performs at NYC subway station alongside Jimmy Fallon [VIDEO]

THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON -- Episode 2077 -- Pictured: (l-r) Host Jimmy Fallon with rapper & singer Bad Bunny during "Subway Busking" with The Roots on Monday, January 13, 2025 -- (Photo by: Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images)

Bad Bunny just took busking to a whole new level! The Puerto Rican rapper and singer surprised New York City subway riders on Monday, January 13, during an unforgettable segment on “The Tonight Show Starring […]

Michael Shannon, in Conversation With Austin Butler

Michael Shannon

Emilio Parka in Hay Bales Loro Piana. Vintage Loro Piana Shirt Talent’s Own. Documentarian Joshua Oppenheimer’s first narrative feature, The End, is an outlandish, post-apocalyptic musical that stars Michael Shannon as Father, an energy scion […]

TikTok fined $10M after children die attempting “dangerous” chemical challenges

TikTok logo on phone screen

TikTok has been fined $10M after three children were killed attempting viral challenges popularized on the app that involved “dangerous” chemicals. On December 30, Venezuela’s top court ordered TikTok to establish an office in the […]

XANDRIA Releases Music Video For ‘Outlander’-Inspired Single ‘200 Years’

XANDRIA Releases Music Video For 'Outlander'-Inspired Single '200 Years'

Just in time for the release of their epic nine-track EP, “Universal Tales”, German symphonic metallers XANDRIA have unleashed the Celtic-inspired track “200 Years” together with a cinematic official music video. “Universal Tales” drops this […]

Composer Umberto Smerilli amped up the volume for ‘A Different Man’

Umberto Smerilli at the piano with violins at the ready

“A Different Man” is neither a straightforward drama nor a straight thriller. Director Aaron Schimberg refuses to call it a fable — mainly because there is no moral in his moody, darkly comic tale about […]