In a world of polite, professional eulogies, Chrissie Hynde is bringing passion and brutal honesty. The Pretenders leader took to social media to mourn composer Lalo Schifrin, who passed away last week, and she also used it as an opportunity to rant about modern day composers.
The fantastic art history YouTube channel Great Art Explained has a great two-episode series on Jackson Pollock. In Part One of my film I look at how, post World War Two, the art scene shifted from Paris to New York. How America was searching for “The Great American painter”,
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A fellow Argentinian journalist who interviewed the lauded Lalo Schifrin over a span of three decades shares how it was only about "making music, not in winning any Oscars."
The U.S. Supreme Court announced it will take on a landmark copyright case between Cox Communications and the music industry that has been bouncing between courts since 2018. The suit was originally brought against Cox in 2018 by a group of over 50 music companies – including
The green spaces that served as a refuge for historically oppressed LGBTQ+ groups are at the center of contemporary campaigns to memorialize the movement.
While Jetstar Asia’s exit is disappointing for Changi Airport Group, its small post-pandemic market share means the void it leaves should be easy to fill, says aviation analyst Brendan Sobie.
Between tariffs and defence spending, ties between Washington and Tokyo aren’t what they used to be, says Gearoid Reidy for Bloomberg Opinion.
President Trump slammed AT&T on Monday after technical issues interrupted his scheduled conference call with American faith leaders.
Heavy rains, high winds thwart June 29th stop in Missouri and cancel a planned July 1 date in Oklahoma
The Brazilian artist and Candomblé priest established an international art practice that foregrounded diasporic African perspectives.
Chris LaCivita, who served as co-campaign manager for President Trump's 2024 presidential bid, is joining Sen. Lindsey Graham's (R-S.C.) reelection campaign as a senior adviser. Graham's campaign announced the addition in a press release Monday, solidifying the senator's
You can usually find me underground for my Subway Hands projects. I ascended to document the NYC Pride and Queer Liberation marches — a study in contrasts.
Federal authorities say they will discontinue some weather data — but they are delaying the original plan to do so by one month. Last week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said it would phase out data from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program,
Iran said that more than 900 people were killed in its nearly two-week war with Israel, which subsided with a ceasefire shortly after the U.S. carried out strikes on three of Iran's underground nuclear facilities. The state-run Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported
In an organized response to ongoing violence, the 33rd annual event adopted an explicitly anti-war, anti-Trump, and anti-Zionist tone.
“Spider-Man: No Way Home” director Jon Watts recently revealed to Collider that Reddit helped shape one of the blockbuster’s defining moments: The long-awaited returns of Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield. Watts saw fan-created concept art on Reddit that aligned with his
As part of the “Treasure Tail: Zoshigaya” quest in Persona 5: The Phantom X, you’ll need to help the Orange Tabby Cat find their Orange Tabby Treasures around Zoshigaya. After the first time you interact with the Finding each Orange Tabby Treasure can be fairly difficult as
The rising country star ranted about the singer’s Grammy-winning album, which outranks his on Apple’s country chart
From Tems’ money moves to African stars rocking Coachella, we celebrate this year’s milestones
Creatives at Pixar who saw the original director's previous cut of 'Elio' tell THR about the movie's challenging production process: "'Elio' just [became] about totally nothing."
The magic of Stout’s artworks does not feel contingent on a viewer’s comprehension — it feels auratic, as if emitting an electrical current of meaning.
Rumors have been swirling for a while now that Xbox’s flagship series, Halo , might be making the leap to PlayStation in the near future. There have also been rumors about a remake of the OG game. Now, Halo Studios, formerly 343 Industries, has stepped forward to explain that
The Sabrina Carpenter Fund is the fastest-growing artist initiative from the new nonprofit PLUS1
The B-2 pilots who carried out the strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities will visit the White House on Friday for the Fourth of July holiday, a White House official told The Hill. The president will speak at a celebration that will include a flyover of B-2 bombers and other
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) on Monday slammed New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani over comments he has made about capitalism. “This is the financial capital of the world, here in New York City. And just the other day, he was asked, ‘Do you support capitalism?’ And he
Aziza Scott is the latest actor to join “Italianna,” Universal Pictures and Will Packer Productions’ upcoming romantic comedy starring Halle Bailey and Regé-Jean Page. Scott, who is best known for roles in TV shows like “Home Before Dark,” “The Fosters” and “Insecure,” most
The race to build the first useful quantum computer is on and may revolutionize the world with brand new capabilities, from medicine to freight logistics.
A Senate GOP provision that would block Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood will remain in the massive tax and spending bill after the Senate parliamentarian on Monday advised the language does not violate the chamber's Byrd Rule. The ruling from Parliamentarian Elizabeth
Untitled Paper RPG is on hold, but you can play a bit of it right now.
Google has struck a deal to buy 200 megawatts of fusion power, as the tech giant struggles to reach its sustainability goals in the face of the growing energy demands of artificial intelligence (AI). The company announced Monday that it is partnering with Commonwealth Fusion
A decade-plus in the making and now on Kickstarter: a book of Pooja Saxena’s photography of signs and lettering found on the streets of cities all over India . 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
President Donald Trump on Monday formally dismantled US sanctions against Syria, hoping to reintegrate the war-battered country into the global economy as Israel eyes ties with its new leadership. Trump lifted most sanctions against Syria in May, responding to appeals from
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the White House next week for talks with President Donald Trump, a US official said Monday, as Washington ramps up the pressure for a ceasefire in Gaza. The July 7 visit -- Netanyahu's third since Trump returned to power in
Mr Trump threatens to send Tokyo a letter over what he called Japan’s reluctance to accept US rice exports.
Kendrick Lamar continues to break records with 'GNX' as the album becomes the longest running number one rap album in Billboard history.
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains major spoilers from the “Squid Game” series finale, now streaming on Netflix. The last episode of the third and final season of “Squid Game” left fans reeling, after major moments like the sacrificial death of Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) and
Fox is about to get hit with an Earthquake. Variety has learned that the broadcast network is currently working with renowned stand up comic Earthquake (born Nathaniel Stroman) to develop a half-hour sitcom based on his life. Fox has given the multi-cam project a script
Elon Musk vowed Monday he would back primary challengers to any Republicans who supported President Trump’s megabill, a statement that comes after the two men's relationship devolved into a bitter public feud earlier this month. “Every member of Congress who campaigned on
When companies miss their earnings targets, one might expect them to lower expectations and rebuild investor trust slowly. However, many do the opposite. They announced even higher goals for the next period.
The Justice Department announced criminal charges Monday against more than 300 individuals over their alleged involvement in more than $14.6 billion worth of health care fraud schemes. According to the Department of Justice (DOJ), its 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown
I’ve been playing Overwatch since 2019. I finally jumped into Blizzard’s hero shooter after the release of Bastet , a short story following the medic sniper Ana and old man vigilante Jack “Soldier: 76” Morrison, which confirmed the broody ex-Overwatch leader was once in a
Generative artificial intelligence is changing education. The tabloids would have it that students are using it to fulfill their assignments and teachers are using it to grade the papers. It sounds like a serious problem where no one is learning because nobody is teaching. But,
A large proportion of global capital still flows into climate-damaging activities. Financing the green transition is a decisive factor in whether the climate targets are achieved. A research project conducted by Witten/Herdecke University and the Institute for Ecological
As fireworks will rocket into the sky this weekend, national pride has, under Trump, sunk to its lowest point in recent memory, per a new Gallup poll . Since January 2001, the polling firm has asked Americans whether they are proud to be an American, and this year’s
Barone said earlier this year that he's now fully committed to Haunted Chocolatier, and I'm starting to think that maybe he was serious.
'The bombing by the U.S. and Israel didn't kill us. Then the Islamic Republic brought us to a place that will practically kill us,' said a jailed Iranian dissident, who narrowly escaped death when Israeli missiles struck Tehran's Evin Prison
For years, sand nourishment has been an important way to protect the Dutch coast against erosion and rising sea levels. But we know surprisingly little about one type of nourishment, shoreface nourishment. A recent scientific review article published in Earth-Science Reviews by
