Macklemore said he will donate $1 million to organizations supporting Palestinians, and encouraged Robert Kraft “to match” after the billionaire New England Patriots owner allegedly led a pressure campaign to force the Seattle rapper off of Ed Sheeran’s tour. In a statement shared Wednesday — after two days of coverage about not only Macklemore’s ouster,
For the two nights he made it through as an opener on Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour, Macklemore used his position in front of an audience of thousands to advocate for Palestinians living in Gaza, where the death toll has surpassed 73,000 as Israeli military operations continue despite an alleged ceasefire, according to the Associated Press.
Madonna has been present at the MTV Video Music Awards in some form or fashion since she performed “Like a Virgin” at the very first show in 1984. Generations of new pop starlets have referenced her most iconic looks on the red carpet, or paid homage to her infamous Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera kisses
Last night, I closed out NYFW as the red carpet host for Emerge NYFW’s fashion show, toasting to the powerhouse Dionne Williams on 15 years of Emerge NYFW. Dionne always assembles fashion industry icons for her events, so I was honored to get the chance to interview FUBU’s J. Alexander Martin, the icon Karl Kani,
NYFW might be about the runways, but the parties are where fashion, music and culture collide—and ESSENCE Fashion House brought all three. Held at Jean’s in New York City, the celebration drew a fashionable crowd including Coi Leray, Daniel Kaluuya, Leon Thomas, Claressa Shields, Key Glock, Sydney Colson, Brandon Blackwood, Bernard James, Tia Adeola, Fe
ALKEBULAN III: The Water Remembers Matt B Vitae Records 21 August 2026 The two objects that define the Middle Passage are a door and a body of water. Matt B has built his third and final ALKEBULAN album around both. It opens with “At the End of the Door”, which is not a metaphor: he
In a year teeming with excellent, as well as excellently marketed, films (anyone heard of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, or Project Hail Mary?), the start of the fall festival season marks the transition from manageably overwhelming to outright insane levels of hype. The notorious awards season is around the corner, and the larger the number
Listening to Lost Pieces, I realized that I am done with the stock-in-trade of the record reviewer: genre. Jazz is how Youn Sun Nah is usually categorized. Yet, from her debut singing with the Korean Symphony Orchestra, she has inhabited more styles with her clear, quietly powerful voice than it would be sensible to list
Philadelphia’s Cold Court’s EP (^_^) /, or “hands up”, is a thrilling kitchen sink of influences that pulls off the challenging task of creating something that sounds fresh and unique. The city of brotherly love has a deep bench of talent right now, and Cold Court seemingly came out of nowhere to become one of
The configuration of bass, drums, and piano is an all-too common one in the world of jazz music, but when those instruments are somewhat turned on their heads, the results can be unique and often stunning. That’s certainly the case with Enneads. Their self-titled debut features Zach Layton on an unusual 17-string electric bass and
Sheep in the Box Hirokazu Koreeda Neon | Picturehouse 24 July 2026 (US) | 14 August 2026 (Edinburgh) Sci-fi fantasy Sheep in the Box follows Otone (Haruka Ayase) and Kensuke (Daigo Yamamoto), a grieving couple who lost their seven-year-old son, Kakeru (Kuwaki Rimu), in an accident and, two years later, still cannot move on. Director
From poetry to music to acting to filmmaking, Saul Williams doesn’t stay in one lane. You may recall seeing him last year in Ryan Coogler’s Oscar-winning smash Sinners, his directorial effort Neptune Frost, or in his debut feature, the Cannes and Sundance Audience Award-winning Slam. Maybe you encountered him through his guest features on songs
When a band lose one of their founding members, as Mastodon did with last year’s tragic departure and death of guitarist Brent Hinds, the music that comes afterwards is unavoidably haunted. Absence has its own acoustics. The amp is still there, the guitar is not, and the air seems to remember. More interesting, though, is
What To Know Marie Osmond announced hat her son Matthew is married, sharing photos and a wedding video. Fans and followers congratulated the family in the comments. Osmond, who has eight children, expressed her happiness over the occasion while enjoying a trip with her husband, Steve Craig. Marie Osmond just revealed her son Matthew’s marriage
What To Know Season 12 of Halloween Baking Championship premiered with 10 bakers competing for a $25,000 prize. Host John Henson, who recently married judge Stephanie Boswell, emphasized the show’s family-like atmosphere. Henson reflected on the show’s longevity, the joy of working with talented bakers, and teased more spooky, creative challenges and surprises in upcoming
What To Know Bari Weiss and CBS News president Tom Cibrowski are engaged in a power struggle over the network’s editorial direction. Sources say the conflict has left CBS News staff feeling caught in the middle and uncertain about the network’s future. The outcome may hinge on ratings for key programs like 60 Minutes, CBS
What To Know At the 2026 Emmy Awards, Allison Janney expressed heartfelt support for Savannah Guthrie and her family amid the ongoing investigation into Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance. Savannah thanked Janney for her kind words on Today. Janney took home the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series at the Monday, September 14, awards
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What To Know Tony winner Adrienne Warren joins The Gilded Age Season 4, debuting November 1 on HBO. TV Insider exclusively reveals Warren’s character and how she’s connected to Peggy Scott in our 2026 Fall Preview. The Gilded Age adds another Tony winner to its midst with Adrienne Warren, set to make her debut in
Welcome to the Q&A with longtime TV critic — also known to some TV fans as their “TV therapist” — Matt Roush, who’ll try to address whatever you love, loathe, are confused or frustrated or thrilled by in today’s vast TV landscape. (We know background music is too loud, it’s the most frequent complaint, but
As the Statue of Liberty finally arrives in full, Peggy Scott’s career gets the spotlight in Season 4 of HBO’s historical drama. In Season 1 of The Gilded Age, the first piece of the Statue of Liberty quietly arrived in America. HBO‘s historical drama faithfully recreated the hand and torch that were displayed in Madison
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There’s a fabulously loaded moment in Bouchra when a seductive mother bear confesses to the title character, an anthropomorphic coyote, “I love your chipped tooth, and the way you lick it all the time.” A tight close-up shows us one of Bouchra’s upper canines, which we’ve seen protruding sharply from her jaw in myriad shots
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With the advent of TV in the 1950s, nervous studios began to shy away from costly historical epics, but there were exceptions — none more enjoyable than 1952’s jocular The Crimson Pirate, starring former circus acrobat Burt Lancaster as the most agile of scallywags, often boldly bare-chested and always flashing a dazzling smile as he
What To Know Jimmy Fallon doubted that Donald Trump can keep artificial intelligence under control. Fallon joked about Trump’s self-proclaimed intelligence and past cognitive test boasts. The segment comes amid serious concerns in the tech industry about AI’s risk to humanity. Jimmy Fallon poked fun at Donald Trump on Monday night (September 14) after the
What To Know Sen. Mitch McConnell returned to the Senate on Monday after a 92-day absence following a fall and hospitalization. CNN commentator Scott Jennings mocked critics who doubted his updates on McConnell’s condition.te. Jennings celebrated McConnell’s return by sharing memes. CNN conservative commentator Scott Jennings took a moment to gloat on Monday (September 14)
Ahh, the 1970s. It gave us regrettable ubiquity like avocado-green kitchen appliances, the gas-guzzling Oldsmobile Cutlass, the reverse-heeled Earth Shoe, fondue pots, shag carpet, leisure suits, waterbeds, mullets, and a brand of soft-in-the-head and softer-on-the-ears rock music that was a 360-degree turn from the prior decade. It was a laundry list of sins that cultural
Twenty years after Fashion Bomb Daily first started chronicling style, the brand threw the party to prove it: the 6th annual Bomb Fashion Show, presented by Bask & Lather Co., Belo and Co Records, and Beyond the Bleacherz filled the room with star power, fashion, and energy. The evening brought together style, music, and community
Shaun Tan is a bestselling and Academy Award-winning author-artist of The Arrival, among many others. His newest graphic novel is Hometown, out tomorrow from Levine Querido Books. Below, he discusses 20 years of his career creating art about belonging. Twenty years have passed between creating The Arrival and Hometown, and, as in real life, some