Dua Lipa is bringing Cool with Her Spot at the NBC 2026 Milan Cortina Olympic Winter Games

Dua Lipa is bringing Cool with Her Spot at the NBC 2026 Milan Cortina Olympic Winter Games

Dua Lipa, the global sensation, is headlining the new promotion campaign of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics. The artist is ready to bring her signature cool to the winter games, which is making everyone […]

EYE OF MELIAN, Featuring DELAIN And AURI Members, Announces ‘Forest Of Forgetting’ Album

EYE OF MELIAN, Featuring DELAIN And AURI Members, Announces 'Forest Of Forgetting' Album

Napalm Records has announced the signing of EYE OF MELIAN — the Tolkien-inspired symphonic project founded by Martijn Westerholt (DELAIN) and Finnish vocalist Johanna Kurkela (AURI). Alongside this exciting partnership, the band revealed that its […]

Anthrax’s Charlie Benante Marries Carla Harvey in Wedding Officiated by Gene Simmons

Anthrax's Charlie Benante Marries Carla Harvey in Wedding Officiated by Gene Simmons

In a rock wedding for the ages, drummer Charlie Benante (Anthrax, Pantera) married singer Carla Harvey (The Violent Hour, Lords of Acid, ex-Butcher Babies) over the weekend in a ceremony officiated by none other than […]

Amanda Shires’ ‘Nobody’s Girl’ is one of the year’s most honest explorations of heartbreak

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Two years after a crushing breakup, singer-songwriter Amanda Shires is sitting in an empty hotel bar, her arms shaking as she reads a page from her notebook. She’s been stumbling, she says, in interviews, struggling […]

Nine Inch Nails Movie Score Rocks

Nine Inch Nails Movie Score Rocks

The TRON franchise has given pop culture a lot of gifts, but perhaps the most important one is its music. In 1982, groundbreaking electronic music composer Wendy Carlos collaborated with the London Philharmonic Orchestra created […]

Guillermo del Toro and Daughter Marisa Shine at Venice ‘Frankenstein’ Premiere

Guillermo del Toro shined with his family at the premiere of 'Frankenstein' in Venice.

Guillermo del Toro arrived at the Venice International Film Festival to unveil Frankenstein, one of the most anticipated and personal projects of his career. But beyond the excitement surrounding the film, the red carpet took on […]

STELLAR CIRCUITS To Release Third Album, ‘Phantom :: Phoenix’, In November

STELLAR CIRCUITS To Release Third Album, 'Phantom :: Phoenix', In November

Following the breakthrough success of 2023’s Nuclear Blast Records debut “Sight To Sound”, North Carolina’s burgeoning progressive, alt-metal band STELLAR CIRCUITS have announced their follow-up record, “Phantom :: Phoenix”, will be released on November 14. […]

Riddle of Miss Palestine beauty contestant Nadeen Ayoub… a Canadian in Dubai who ‘competed against no one’ to win title

Nadeen Ayoub, Miss Universe Palestine 2025.

MYSTERY has swirled around a Miss Universe beauty contestant who said she won a competition which reportedly never took place. Nadeen Ayoub, 27, who claims to be Miss Palestine, is taking place in the world-renowned […]

John Williams’ Movie Scores Released as 3-Volume Anthology

John Williams' Movie Scores Released as 3-Volume Anthology

For those who love the music of John Williams — which is to say, any self-respecting cinephile — there’s something to get excited about. The legendary composer will be celebrated this fall with a three-volume […]

THE BEAK AND BARREL First Look: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN Tavern Opens Soon at Walt Disney World

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At Nerdist, we have a very exclusive first look at Walt Disney World’s newest destination, The Beak and Barrel Tavern. This Pirates of the Caribbean-themed tavern opens on August 29th at the Magic Kingdom—but we […]

His immigrant mother named him after a sun god. Now Tonatiuh is a breakout star

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Amid brightly colored stands selling spices, candies and imitation Labubus in all shades, the mono-monikered actor Tonatiuh sips on a hibiscus agua fresca at El Mercadito in Boyle Heights. The indoor market has been a […]

DUNE: PROPHECY Costume Designer Talks Creating Fashion Like We’ve Never Seen Before

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HBO Max’s Dune: Prophecy takes us into the world of Dune like we’ve never seen it before. Building on the epic cinematic universe created by Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Prophecy occupies a truly unique position. The […]