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Yeah Yeah Yeahs Announce 2025 Theater Tour

Ball-knowers have never stopped being tuned into the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, but the band has been enjoying a resurgence of public interest thanks to “Maps” going mega-viral on TikTok. Now, after returning to the stage in 2023 in support of comeback album Cool It Down , the band has

Orville Peck Unmasks For Cabaret On Broadway

The mask has always been a huge part of Orville Peck’s presentation and mystique. When Peck, a former indie rocker, debuted his queer country persona with his 2019 debut album Pony , he kept his face hidden behind a kind of fringed Lone Ranger mask. The mask has been through a

Brown University doctor deported despite judge's order

An assistant professor from Brown University’s medical school with a valid visa was deported from the U.S. despite a judge’s order that she was not to be removed. U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin, an appointee of President Obama, is set to hold a hearing Monday after Rasha

Here's The Very Best Cosplay From Katsucon 2025

With last month’s Katsucon in Washington D.C., the cosplay year is officially begun. As ever, Kotaku’s roving photographer Mineralblu was at the event to capture the most impressive fits, as well as make an always-entertaining video of the event. Read more...

Congress must save the good journalists at VOA

President Trump's sudden decision to shut down US government-funded entities such as the Voice of America is understandable, but it is crushing for a number of journalists there who have not destroyed their own credibility.

Playboi Carti Brings Music To Rolling Loud

Last Friday Playboi Carti finally dropped Music , his oft-delayed follow-up to 2020’s Whole Lotta Red . The rollout was a little messy: The album didn’t drop at midnight ET as initially promised, a couple of the song titles were changed after its release, and the album cover