Is French Noir a redundant term? After all, “noir” is already French. French critics first applied the word to Hollywood films they perceived as dark in outlook, photography, and themes. Critics and film buffs in the US and elsewhere slowly accepted the term and began throwing it around as if everyone grasped its amorphous, terminally
At Paris Fashion Week, Georges Hobeika presented a Fall 2026 collection that balanced tailored structure with ornate eveningwear, offering looks designed for women drawn to shine, texture, and embellishment. The runway showcased a mix of menswear-inspired silhouettes alongside delicate, embellished dresses that emphasized craftsmanship through lace, beadwork, and intricate surface detail. Structured jackets and corseted
Taroug’snew album,Chott, is named after a giant salt lake in Tunisia. The sound of its latest single, however, is more befitting that of an ocean than a lake. “1995” is enormous, echoey, and expansive—the vocals soaked with reverb, the drums lurching and heaving with the weight of a ship’s anchor. There’s a real “something-wicked-this-way-comes” energyhere,
Megadrought, the latest album from composer Devin Maxwell, is ambitious enough on its own, but the fact that it is the third of four planned releases makes the scope of Maxwell’s musical imagination seem infinitely wider. The four albums – the first two being Timebending (2024) and Selfies (2025) – are part of Maxwell’s “Cloudseeding”
As a jazz studies drummer at the University of Michigan, Erik Hall encountered a life-changing moment when he was first exposed to Steve Reich‘s enormously influential Music for 18 Musicians. Long considered a lodestar of the minimalist genre, Reich’s piece influenced Hall to the point that he reconstructed it as a solo artist, painstakingly recreating
I’ll admit, I was a little worried for The Night Agent last month. Given the way Season 3 ended on the 2026 TV schedule, I wondered if this might be the end of the series, as so many Netflix subscription-exclusive shows have been cancelled after just three seasons. Fortunately, Netflix announced today that The Night
After years of talk about Hollywood reimagining The Bride of Frankenstein for the modern age, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! is among new 2026 movies out this week, and it’s time to talk about the ending. This is your SPOILER WARNING for the rest of this article. Go see it in theaters before reading on. Christian
Outlander has officially returned to television for the eighth and final season, with Starz making good on the promise to bring the drama back early in the 2026 TV schedule. The show has just ten episodes to not only pick up where Season 8 left off with the extended Fraser family, but wrap up a
17 years ago today, Zack Snyder left his first stamp on the superhero movie genre with Watchmen, his film adaptation of the same-named beloved comic book series by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. From there, he would direct Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and his original vision for Justice League, which
The family dinner scenes in Blue Bloods are iconic and infamous. It’s no secret that they were “miserable” to film, and many in the cast have divulged their tips about how they got through them. Now, the cast of Boston Blue has to film scenes like this. So, I asked Marcus Scribner how he gets
In the wake of the death of Grateful Dead co-founder and guitarist Bob Weir, his Dead & Company bandmate John Mayer looked to listen to Grateful Dead music to find some comfort. Instead, Mayer said it made him feel more solitary. So, to bring the community together, the singer-guitarist is launching a Grateful Dead Listening
Bianca Censoriappeared today in a Los Angeles courthouse to face questions about the Malibu mansion designed by famed Japanese architect Tadao Ando that her husband, Kanye West, purchased for $57 million in 2021 and subsequently gutted. Censori, 31, walked into the courtroom wearing a long black satin skirt and black cardigan sweater buttoned all the
Harry Styles advised us to Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally. — and now we can do just that. Styles’ fourth LP has arrived, and it spans 12 tracks, kicking off with the lead single, “Aperture,” and culminating with “Carla’s Song.” Other songs include “Are You Listening Yet?,” “Coming Up Roses,” and “Dance No More.”
Crisis Actor Lily Platt 25 January 2026 (Sundance) There is no title sequence or fade from black at the beginning of director Lily Platt’s short film Crisis Actor (2026). Instead, she thrusts her audience into the dysfunction of the main character’s life. It’s a blunt but effective opening because it sets the tone for a
Oliver Stark told TV Insider that 9-1-1 Season 9 Episode 13 is going to be “really dark,” and he wasn’t exaggerating! ABC released the promo for the episode after the Nashvillecrossover, and Buck (Stark) and Eddie (Ryan Guzman) are going to be running into some serious trouble on the road back. As the preview, which
Due to contract negotiations with Suzanne Somers, Jenilee Harrison joined Three’s Company during Season 5, playing Chrissy’s cousin, Cindy, a cute but klutzy farm girl with enough similarities to Suzanne’s character that the writers didn’t have to do much to the episodes that had already been written for the season. A few minor edits and
What To Know Savannah Guthrie returned to the Today studio for the first time since her mother’s suspected abduction. She shared her intention to eventually return to the show, though she has not set a specific date. Colleagues described the emotional reunion, highlighting Guthrie’s strength and the outpouring of love and support. Savannah Guthriereturned to
What To Know Jimmy Kimmel and Ken Jennings humorously reacted to President Trump’s firing of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Kimmel mocked Noem’s reassignment to a new, seemingly fabricated role and joked about her $220 million ad campaign. Jennings celebrated Noem’s departure on social media, joking that travelers no longer need to follow her TSA
Starz Outlander The wait is over, but the separation anxiety is just beginning as the epic romantic-historical drama returns for an eighth and final season, bringing an end to the passionate story of Claire (Caitríona Balfe) and Jamie’s (Sam Heughan) time-tested and time-spanning relationship. The premiere brings the couple back to Fraser’s Ridge in 1779
What To Know Rita Wilson makes her debut inThe Last Thing You Told Me during the March 6 episode. She plays Carol, the estranged mother of Jennifer Garner’s Hannah. In an interview with TV Insider, Wilson details her “complex” character and explains the reunion between mother and daughter in Episode 3. Rita Wilson made her
The Greenville Public Library (SC), like many libraries in the South during the Jim Crow era, operated separate branches for white users and users of color. While on break from school in Illinois in January 1960, Jesse Jackson returned to his hometown of Greenville and went to the library’s branch for people of color. That
Schiaparelli unveiled its Fall/Winter 2026–2027 ready-to-wear collection, titled “Sphynx,” at the Louvre in Paris. Designed by Daniel Roseberry, the presentation unfolded along a darkened runway illuminated by a single beam of light, casting each model in sharp focus as they emerged from the shadows. The collection emphasized structure and elongation, with silhouettes that hugged the
Kin – Tayari Jones The author of An American Marriage returns with a new novel that explores the complexities of family, motherhood, and female friendship between two Black women in the American South. Vernice and Annie have been best friends since early childhood, drawn together by proximity and the fact that both are without mothers.
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Horror fans, it seems like it was just 2025, and now suddenly we’re into the third month of 2026! Life is quickly passing us by, and we’re quickly approaching the beginning of spring. Now is the time to
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Processing the loss of a loved one, whether sudden or expected, is something we all have to go through, but that doesn’t make it any easier. No matter how old you are when it happens, it can help
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Brought to you by Random House Children’s Books It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of
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I read a bunch of queer nonfiction last month, including All the Parts We Exile by Roza Nozari, a memoir by a queer Muslim immigrant in Canada. It follows her coming out, going back into the closet, and then finding a way to reconcile her sexuality and her cultural identity. It’s also about her relationship
Lopez will livestream a performance of the track as she kicks off the second phrase of her Las Vegas residency this evening Jennifer Lopez and David Guetta released a collaborative single, “Save Me Tonight.” Lopez initially teased the anthemic, dance-ready track during World Pride Music Festivallast summer, as well as on herUp All Night: Live
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