Santa Monica’s inaugural Ocean Way Festivalhas been canceled amid the impact of Hurricane Marie that have reshaped beaches across Southern California. Festival organizers announced the news on Friday via social media. A statement said that “storm surf and runoff has caused significant beach erosion and the festival can no longer be safely held as planned.”
A federal judge signaled Friday he would deny the latest bid by Sam Smith and Normani to vanquish the copyright lawsuit claiming their multi-platinum dance hit “Dancing With a Stranger” stole its hook from a 2015 song by the same name. The long-running lawsuit was first filed in 2022, dismissed a year later, and then
Lawyers for the company argued the appearance of the singer’s image on a television box contains “nothing suggesting plaintiff endorses the televisions” Legal representatives from Samsung are seeking the dismissal of Dua Lipa‘s $15 million lawsuit over the unauthorized use of her image on a product box. In a new Thursday filing obtained by Rolling
The public legal dispute between members of Selena Quintanilla‘s family has intensified. Abraham “A.B.” Quintanilla III has officially sued his sister, Suzette Quintanilla-Arriago, over profits related to their famed sister’s estate. In a lawsuit filed on Sept. 10, and obtained by Rolling Stone, Quintanilla III seeks an unspecified amount in damages and monetary relief exceeding
Pioneering figures and champions of the She-Punk legacy are coming together for Up Yours! God Save the Queens!, a London festival celebrating 50 years of She-Punk through artwork, photography, fashion, and archival material. On Friday, Oct. 16, a supergroup comprising members of X-Ray Spex, the Raincoats, and the Slits will take the stage at Electric
All six board members from the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority have voted to rename Nashville International Airport after Dolly Parton. The unanimous decision is the first step in the rebranding process, which will continue to unfold in the coming months, the MNAA said. “While a final name has not yet been determined, we are working
The estate of the late former Mastodon member Brent Hinds has filed a lawsuit against the Atlanta metal band, claiming the guitarist is still owed money for his share in the group. Hinds died in a motorcycle crash in August 2025, just five months after Mastodon announced that the band and their co-founding guitarist had
In 2020, Nolan Nunes, live bassist for Ghostmane, formed If I Die First alongside emo rappers and post-hardcore royalty. Their mission was simple: reignite the pop screamo flame. The genre’s convergence of nasally emo-pop-punk vocals and melodies; screamo screams and dissonance; and metalcore breakdowns totally defined post-hardcore in the early 2000s. The foundational works of
For one weekend, Sept 18-20, Brooke Smith, the actress who played victim Catherin Martin in the five-time Academy award winning film, The Silence of the Lambs, will return to “Buffalo Bill’s House,” to meet fans to celebrate the 35thanniversary of the film. Brooke, the “girl in the well” in the movie, filmed her specific scenes
The fourth album by singer-songwriter Maya Hawke, Maitreya Corso, includes a track called “Slacker in the Rye”, a title that parodies Hawke‘s self-professed fear: that she would become a modern-day Holden Caulfield, needlessly cynical about her privileged circumstances. As a whole, the record describes the perils of ambition and the difficulty of maintaining relationships in
For the first time, audiences can experience del Toro’s Academy Award®-winning masterpiece in 4K, with versions available in RealD 3D and premium HDR by Barco. Each version of the anniversary re-release has been overseen by Guillermo del Toro. Coinciding with the ticket-on-sale launch, a new featurette brings together top talent from across del Toro’s films.
Story by Michael Grise I was invited to experience this year’s event for media night, and as someone who considers himself a horror veteran, I decided to go all in. We hit every attraction, took on Zombie Paintball Assault, spent some time in Bonzo’s Bizarre, and of course made sure to try some of the
Coach celebrated 85 years of American style during New York Fashion Week with a Spring 2027 collection that started with the familiar and gradually exploded into a full-fledged fashion celebration. The show began on a restrained note, with a palette of gray, black and beige grounding relaxed layers and easy separates. As the collection progressed,
Halloween is coming — and horror fans are paying attention. Looking to put your business, product, event, movie, service, or brand in front of a passionate horror audience during the busiest and most exciting time of the year? HorrorNews.net (HNN) offers advertising opportunities designed to help you get noticed during the Halloween season. Halloween is
How far into The Coast of Everything by Guillermo Stitch must one wade before feeling qualified to review it? About 900 pages, probably, which is awkward because the novel itself is only 747 pages long. It resists quick judgment, obviously. Its conclusion refuses tidy answers to its tangled weave of philosophy, neo-noir, metafiction, and literary
There are brands that participate in a trend, and then there are brands that helped create the vocabulary in the first place. At J. Press, Ivy style isn’t a seasonal proposition—it’s the foundation. JPRESS, Spring 2027, New York City Founded by Jacobi Press at Yale in 1902, J. Press has spent more than a century
Radio-Activity (50th Anniversary Edition) Kraftwerk Warner / Parlophone 15 May 2026 Kraftwerk, founded in 1970 in Düsseldorf, Germany, by Ralf Hutter and Florian Schneider, didn’t just bring electronic music to the masses with their groundbreaking records. They imbued their synthesizers, vocoders, and electronic percussion with an occasional pop sheen, making them more acceptable to mainstream
Cassandra Peterson, famously known to horror fans worldwide as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, is officially joining the cast of R.L Stine’s Pumpkinhead 2. The highly anticipated spooky sequel is set to premiere October 9, 2026, streaming exclusively on Tubi as a marquee title for the platform’s annual “Terror on Tubi“ Halloween programming event. A
The highly anticipated film from Warner Bros. Pictures and Blinding Edge Pictures brings an unprecedented creative pairing to theaters worldwide this February. Warner Bros. Pictures has officially announced the upcoming release of Remain, an unprecedented cinematic collaboration bringing together two of the world’s most renowned creative minds: best-selling author Nicholas Sparks and visionary filmmaker M.
Sanguine Teeth on a Driftless Road, the highly anticipated, award-winning horror-comedy road movie written and directed by Austin Galante, is officially available to stream for audiences nationwide on Tubi and Amazon.The film follows a shaggy, offbeat road trip that blends dark comedy with genuine heart. Built around natural, snappy dialogue and highly memorable characters, the
Twenty-five years later, the countdown begins again. Fathom Entertainment, the leading specialty distributor of content to theatrical partners worldwide, and Saga Arts are bringing Donnie Darko back to the big screen nationwide in celebration of the film’s 25th anniversary beginning on “Donnie Darko Day” from October 2-4, 2026. The three-day Donnie Darko 25th Anniversary theatrical
Even if you’re no longer a student, you can always go back to class each fall with a good campus novel. The campus novel, A.K.A. the academic novel, focuses its story entirely on a college or university campus. Purists might suggest these books are limited to higher education, but the campus novel can also encompass
Penguin Random House Audio, the premier publisher of audiobooks The storm of the century is coming in MIDNIGHT CURFEW, the brand-new romance from New York Times bestselling author Penelope Douglas. It’s off-season in South Florida—until a hurricane forces a lockdown. As danger closes in, two rivals from opposing families can’t resist their forbidden attraction. Expect
Florescence Maisie Peters Gingerbread Man / Atlantic 22 May 2026 “I forget about you when I’m not even trying,” sings Maisie Peters on her third studio album, Florescence. “They play our song, and I keep driving.” In the highly anticipated follow-up to her sophomore effort,The Good Witch, Peters’ latest work finds her returning more to
“The power of the people is greater than the people in power.” This is a resounding sentiment across protest movements that I have witnessed lately. Politics isn’t something for a select few to perform; it is for all of us to participate in. As I write this, I’m reminded of an essay Andrea Gibson sent
E.B. Hudspeth and Blackstone Publishing Discover your true self through the teachings of The Noumenon, a collective of people who believe fanatically in the teachings and ideals of Dr. Spencer Black, who preaches that we are evolved from creatures of myth. Dr. Black envisions a future where we return to our mythical forms, freed from
Capsized by Charlotte Lillie Balogh The second of two YA books being released in hardcover and paperback at the same time, Balogh’s book is also being adapted by Hulu. The people behind the adaptation are the ones behind Pretty Little Liars, and you can see why this title would appeal to that team. Margaret Douglas
If you knew the world was coming to an end, how would you spend your final years, months, days? That might sound like a dreary thing to think of, but it’s a great setting for a murder mystery. First, there’s a societal breakdown, which is prime for creating an atmosphere of crime. It also opens
I’ve talked quite a bit about patriot-heroes before. Between seeing how they stack up against Captain America and diving deep into some of the odder heroes to defend American values during World War II, I thought I’d gained a certain measure of immunity against how bonkers these characters could be. Well, you can guess the
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