Everything We Know About Drake’s Upcoming Album, ‘Iceman’

Amid never-ending rap beef and lawsuits, the embattled rapper looks to reset the board with his new album

In an Unlikely Pairing, Giacometti Sculptures Head to The Met's Temple of Dendur

The museum and the artist’s foundation are collaborating on a surprising exhibition opening this June.

Harry Bertoia Gets His Moment

As a sculpture long thought lost resurfaces in Detroit, the artist and designer’s alma matter sets its sights on a major retrospective.

Lebanon president says working on 'permanent agreements' after Israel truce

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said on Friday that his country was on the verge of a "new phase" of "permanent agreements", after the 10-day ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war went into force. In a speech addressing the Lebanese people and hinting at the Iran-backed

Best new Xbox Game Pass games to play this weekend (April 17-19)

We have a variety of Xbox Game Pass recommendations to save you from endlessly searching for something new to play.

Alycia Baumgardner vs. Bo Mi Re Shin Livestream: Where to Watch the Title Boxing Match Online

The best boxers in the world travel to “The Big Apple” for the inaugural U.S. Most Valuable Promotions Women (MVPW) boxing event. For the main matchup, American Alycia Baumgardner (17-1-0) defends her unified super featherweight title against South Korean Bo Mi Re Shin

Ice Spice Attacked At Hollywood McDonald’s

Can't Ice Spice enjoy her McDonald's in peace? The rapper was attacked while dining at a Hollywood location of the fast food franchise early Wednesday morning, TMZ reports. The post Ice Spice Attacked At Hollywood McDonald’s appeared first on Stereogum .

10 Hilarious Tomodachi Life Interactions That Show Why The Switch Life Sim Is On Another Level

'I study the cooking meth rule book every night before bed!' — Walter White

Final Fantasy 7 Ascend the Shinra Building board game release date, price, and details

Square Enix’s Final Fantasy 7 board game recreates the Shinra Building climb with a cooperative balancing twist.

Keep Pushing: We Get 10 More Days to Reform Section 702

In a dramatic middle-of-the-night stand off, a bipartisan set of lawmakers pushing for true reform and privacy protections for Americans bought us some more time to fight! They are holding out for, at a minimum, the requirement of an actual probable cause warrant for FBI access

Iranian state news outlet questions foreign minister's 'unexpected tweet' on Hormuz Strait

An Iranian state news outlet on Friday questioned the "unexpected tweet" from Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi about the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz following the start of Israel and Lebanon's 10-day ceasefire. Araghchi wrote on the social platform X that the Strait

Want to restore oyster reefs? Find a site where they don't wash away or become buried under the sand

Restoring once abundant oyster reefs in temperate marginal seas such as the North Sea is a challenging task. New research by NIOZ marine ecologist Zhiyuan Zhao and colleagues shows that it is necessary to consider the short-term risk that introduced oysters will become buried

Iran Dumps Cold Water on Trump’s Central Claim on Nuclear Deal

President Donald Trump claimed Friday that Iran had finally agreed to hand over its nuclear stockpile—but Tehran said otherwise. Speaking with CBS News , Trump claimed that Iran had “agreed to everything,” including working with the U.S. to remove the roughly 2,000 kilograms of

Olivia Rodrigo Didn’t Play ‘Drop Dead’ for Robert Smith: ‘I Played Him a Bunch of Other Songs’

The pop star made the revelation during an appearance on Apple Music 1’s New Music Daily with Zane Lowe

Iron Galaxy lays off more people, says it still had too many employees even after 2025's 'last resort' cuts

The cuts include former Destiny community manager David "Deej" Dague, who left Bungie to join Iron Galaxy in 2020.

How many of these videogame horses can you name? (Or tell us what game they're from because they're just named 'Horse')

Sorry, I'm off to see a man about a horse.

Battlefield 6 'seasons' should be big moments, but they're not, and it's because EA keeps drip-feeding us like hamsters in a cage

Stop chopping up 'seasons' into smaller seasons.

Bodega Cats of New York

The Bodega Cats of New York project documents the working cats of NYC’s delis, bodegas, and corner stores. The cat at the local deli wasn’t a pet. She knew the regulars. She kept the mice out. She gave people a reason to walk an extra block. And she was technically a violation

Watch live: Trump to court young voters at TPUSA event in Arizona

President Trump is headlining Turning Point USA's (TPUSA) event in Arizona on Friday afternoon, as Republicans seek to bolster support ahead of November. The “Build the Red Wall” event comes at a time when Trump's backing among young voters is slipping as the conflict in Iran

Ukraine's Zelenskiy calls for joint efforts to set up Hormuz mission

April 17 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on Friday for joint efforts for an effective mission to ensure freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz and said Kyiv's wartime experience in the Black Sea could help. "Decisions made regarding Hormuz now

The best new movies on Netflix, HBO and streaming right now (April 17-19)

Dust Bunny arrives on HBO Max, Shelby Oaks comes to Hulu, and Night Patrol stalks Shudder.

Psychonauts 2's best moment is a single line near the end

Psychonauts 2's PSI-King Sensorium level is when the platformer's message about mental health finally comes into focus

BookCon Returns After Six-Year Break: Event Organizer on Reservation Rush, Boycott Response and Romantasy Reader Demand

ReedPop made book lovers’ dreams come true last year with the reveal that BookCon would be returning in 2026 after the beloved publishing convention was retired in 2020. Since that June 2025 announcement, readers have been dissecting every new piece of information about the

Shrink, remove and modify: Team successfully 'trims' wheat chromosomes

For the first time, a research team at the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) has succeeded in reducing the size of, or even completely removing, chromosomes in plants with large genomes, such as wheat. They achieved this by using the CRISPR/Cas

‘Sinners’ Breakout Star Li Jun Li Joins ‘The Last of Us’ Season 3 as Lev and Yara’s Mother, Miriam (EXCLUSIVE)

Li Jun Li, one of the breakout stars of “Sinners,” has joined Season 3 of “The Last of Us,” Variety has learned exclusively. In the HBO Max series, she will play Miriam, a Seraphite and the mother of Lev and Yara. As previously announced, Michelle Mao will play Yara and Kyriana

Humans Evolving, One Way or Another

Have we moved beyond the reach of natural selection? If so, it’s likely a relatively recent development. The post Humans Evolving, One Way or Another appeared first on Nautilus .

D4vd’s Parents ‘Sad and Disappointed’ Over Arrest, Proclaim He’s ‘Innocent’

The Texas parents learned of the arrest while still fighting grand jury subpoenas seeking to haul them in front of a panel in Los Angeles

Tufts student detained by ICE returns to Turkey

Rümeysa Öztürk, the Tufts University student that was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) last year, has completed her Ph.D. program and is returning to her home country of Turkey, her lawyers announced on Friday. Öztürk was detained by ICE in 2025 after she

NJ Transit announces $150 World Cup train tickets: 'We are not making profits'

As the World Cup approaches, there is growing controversy in the greater New York-New Jersey area over the high train ticket prices to MetLife Stadium.

Psaki on Democrats' 25th Amendment talk: 'It's not going to happen'

MS NOW host Jen Psaki attempted to shut down hopes from Democrats to invoke the 25th Amendment to oust President Trump from office amid criticism of his rhetoric and strikes on Iran. “I have no issue with people saying they're for invoking the 25th Amendment, but it's not

BAFTA Games Awards 2026 winners announced: the full list

Will Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 continue its GOTY streak? Here are BAFTA's picks for games of the year.

The 5 Best Songs Of The Week

Every week the Stereogum staff chooses the five best new songs of the week. The eligibility period begins and ends Thursdays right before midnight. You can hear this week’s picks below and on Stereogum’s Favorite New Music Spotify playlist, which is updated weekly. (An expanded

Philz Coffee makes stunning decision after uproar over Pride flag removal

"I made a mistake, and I am sincerely sorry," CEO Mahesh Sadarangani said in a statement.

Trump Prepares to Settle With IRS in Huge Lawsuit Over Tax Records

Donald Trump is in “discussions” to settle a $10 billion lawsuit with the Internal Revenue Service over the release of his tax returns. The president’s lawyers asked a judge Friday to extend key deadlines on the multibillion lawsuit against his presidential administration, but

Turkish doctoral student detained by US immigration returns home

A Turkish doctoral student detained by US immigration authorities following her pro-Palestinian activism has returned to her native country, a rights group said Friday. "After 13 years of dedicated study, I am very proud to have completed my PhD and to return home on my own

Indonesia's fire crisis comes into focus as high-resolution satellite maps expose 5.62 million hectares affected

Indonesia experiences massive forest fires as the dry season approaches. They are a major environmental challenge because they damage forests and other land, endanger lives, and disrupt local economies. Using sharp, high-resolution imagery from Sentinel-2 satellites, capable of

‘Mile End Kicks’ and ‘Roommates’ Director Chandler Levack on Collaborating With Adam Sandler and Exploring ‘Gender Envy’ in Semi-Autobiographical Film

Chandler Levack was 27 years old when she started writing the story she couldn’t stop thinking about. The Montreal indie music scene she’d once called home was years behind her now, and Levack — then a film and music critic — sat down to excavate the summer she was 24, which

RFK Jr. Uses Vape Brand’s Marketing to Promote Vaping

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tried to claim Friday that vaping is healthier than smoking. Speaking before the House Education and Workforce Committee, Kennedy tried to peddle some of his classic pseudoscience. “There’s an argument for vapes,” Kennedy said . “Vapes

Apparently the name of one of the most famous RPG series of all time was a last-minute band-aid: 'I don't think he knew what it meant any more than we did'

"In the end, we had a game that almost didn't resemble our original idea at all."

Glazyhaze – “Do You?”

The newest single from Italian shoegazers Glazyhaze is dizzying bliss. “Do You?” follows last November’s one-off song “Nirvana,” which followed their sophomore album SONIC from earlier in the year. “Do You?” has some cozy distortive fuzz that’s contrasted nicely with guitar

Aaron Carter’s mom creates GoFundMe to get singer star on the Walk of Fame

Aaron Carter accidentally drowned in his bathtub due to sedatives and gas inhalation.

Platinum-free catalyst splits hydrogen from water for energy, running 1,000 hours at industry standards

Using a renewable energy source has multiple benefits, including reducing harmful emissions and dependence on fossil fuels while increasing efficiency. But many renewable energy sources have a higher cost than fossil fuels due to the materials needed to make them usable, such

Kanye West concert in Poland cancelled over antisemitic comments

The UK government blocked the rapper from entering the country over his history of making pro-Nazi and racist statements.

A few years back, the Mini Cooper’s taillights were...

A few years back, the Mini Cooper’s taillights were designed to look like the Union Jack flag, which is fine until you turn the blinker on and it looks like an arrow pointing in the wrong direction . I hated this design the moment I saw it on the road.

Iran, not US, cancels Hormuz blockade after Israel-Lebanon truce

Iran said Friday that the Strait of Hormuz is fully reopened to international shipping following an Israel-Lebanon ceasefire agreement, prompting thanks from President Donald Trump – who then said the US naval blockade on Iranian ports will continue. “In line with the ceasefire

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