There are some shows in the annals of TV history that have become wildly popular due to writing, setting, character development and just general approachability for a large core audience. However, some shows that ultimately have grown popular on TV and streaming have done so despite being polarizing, cringe-worthy, tough to watch, and sometimes very
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A Journey from Silence to Self By Anila Bukhari Barbara Marie Minney lived much of her life behind a truth she could not yet speak, carrying within her a quiet identity that would take decades to fully emerge. Born and raised in West Virginia, she is a seventh-generation Appalachian whose roots run deep in the
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Vicky Dalli is A Greek–American Lawyer, Award‑Winning Actress, and Rising Hollywood Force Vicky is a dynamic blend of intellect and artistry, she stands at the intersection of two worlds: the sharp, disciplined mind of a lawyer and the magnetic presence of a Hollywood actress. As a Greek–American talent, she has carved a unique path—one that
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After years of wild jungle adventures, Dwayne Johnson announced that the final Jumanji installment has wrapped production, ahead of its 2026 calendar release. As the journey comes to a close, Johnson honored the late Robin Williams with a tribute that reflects the heart of the original story. Johnson shared the update, posting an emotional message
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A supergroup of 2010s hardcore bands, Climates, Casey and Napoleon, Exit Dream released only three singles. Casey’s reunion had stopped them in their tracks, and now only vocalist Wes Thompson remains. Never letting go of that supergroup status, they instead include Ashley Green of Holding Absence, as well as Luke Shadrick and Murry Deaves, best
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Cardi B scored another court victory Monday when a federal judge in Texas dismissed the copyright infringement lawsuit claiming her hit song “Enough (Miami)” stole beats from the 2021 song “Greasy Frybread” from the acclaimed FX series Reservation Dogs. Plaintiffs Joshua Fraustro and Miguel Aguilar, known professionally as the production duo Kemika1956, sued the Grammy-winning
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David Byrne stopped by The Late Show to perform his song “When We Are Singing” and to chat with Stephen Colbert about his most recent album Who Is the Sky?. The Talking Heads frontman was joined by his group of blue-clad musicians and dancers for the theatrical performance, which featured full choreography led by Byrne.
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A Dawning Ólafur Arnalds and Talos Mercury KX 10 May 2025 Missing from the valuable end-of-year lists I digest with interest is the category of best collaboration in music. Were there such a category, my enthusiastic nominee would be Ólafur Arnalds’ A Dawning (2025). Arnalds is a genre-busting composer of ambient, soundtrack, and song music,
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The over-the-top pop exuberance of Eurovision is heading to Asia. The inaugural Asian edition of the famed song contest will take place this fall, with the finale scheduled for Nov. 14 in Bangkok. National selection shows will take place across the participating countries, with 10 already signed on and more expected to join the festivities.
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Following in the footsteps of two all-timer Hollywood legends like Robert Mitchum and Robert De Niro would be intimidating for anyone, but taking on a role like stalker-rapist Max Cady already requires a certain amount of quasi-psycho chutzpah. And hot diggity danger, Javier Bardem is truly embodying beast mode in the first trailer for the
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It takes Bill Callahan just a track or two on My Days of 58 to start a song with the first-person “I”. The song in question, “The Man I’m Supposed Be”, serves as a decent bellwether for the highly autobiographical material that surrounds it. Callahan, who murmured for much of the 1990s and 2000s under
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Arlo Parks’ third album, Ambiguous Desire, bears little resemblance to her previous record, My Soft Machine. My Soft Machine, though, only felt tangentially connected to Parks’ Mercury Prize-winning and Grammy-nominated debut, Collapsed in Sunbeams. Sunbeams, for its part, felt like a sad, confessional R&B album with folk elements, while Machine brought in more downtempo rock
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Less than a year after her luscious solo debut, Pacífico Maravilla, Nidia Góngora returns, this time as the frontwoman of Nuevos Ríos. Alongside her are members of her longtime group, Canalón de Timbiquí, and Toulouse-based Reco Reco, an ensemble that focuses on plugged-in renditions of South American styles. Together, the collective perform lively, electrified versions
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Iowa Ohyung Ohyung / Trans Music Archive 6 March 2026 Composer and performer Ohyung (Lia Ouyang Rusli) takes an impressionist approach with real depth on the new experimental album Iowa. Created based on her 11-month stay in the album’s namesake state, Iowa, is an act of counter-cartography. Against the grain of static pastoral heartland narratives,
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HGTV viewers have seen lots of shifting content on the network over the past year. Summer 2025 was especially active, as at least seven shows getting canceled during that time, with even more disappointing announcements coming later. (The network even had the gall to joke about it on social media amidst fan complaints.) Anyone wondering
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Severance by Ling Ma A send-up and takedown of corporate drudgery, late-stage capitalism, and adulthood listlessness familiar to so many of us, Ling Ma’s Severance serves up a wry and tense satire featuring an eerily monotonous pandemic. Candace Chen, a millennial publishing drone self-sequestered in a Manhattan office tower, is so devoted to routine she
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Our Zero to Well Read episode on “Bartleby, the Scrivener” by Herman Melville got me thinking of the form and how interesting it can be within the book club setting. If you haven’t already explored reading short stories
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Where No Shadow Stays by Sara Hashem Seventeen-year-old Mina has always just kept her eyes on the prize. Asking her father to tell her anything about her Egyptian heritage or her mother’s mysterious death leads to silence. So when Mina is invited by her aunt to visit her mom’s childhood home, Haikal mansion, in El
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