When Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker arrived in 2019, it closed the Skywalker saga with a divisive response and left the future of Lucasfilm’s flagship franchise looking uncertain. Just a month earlier, however, The Mandalorian had debuted on Disney+, offering what many fans and critics saw as a creative... Read More »

Sonny Rollins, the towering jazz saxophonist whose fearless improvisation, restless creativity, and decades-long influence made him one of the most revered musicians in modern music history, has died at 95. Rollins died Monday at his home in Woodstock, New York, according to a statement from his longtime publicist, Terri Hinte.... Read More »

Miley Cyrus added one of Hollywood’s most visible honors to her résumé on Friday, receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in a ceremony that celebrated not only her decades-long career in entertainment, but also her evolution from child star to one of pop music’s most shape-shifting modern... Read More »

At a time when studios continue to lean heavily on sequels, reboots, and familiar intellectual property, one of the year’s most profitable theatrical releases comes from a horror film that cost less than $1 million to make. Obsession, the low-budget thriller from first-time feature director Curry Barker, has emerged as... Read More »

Caleb Shomo, the frontman of Beartooth, has come out as gay, sharing a personal statement about his sexuality, sobriety, and years of internal struggle as the band prepares to release its sixth studio album. The singer announced the news in a social media statement over the weekend, saying he wanted... Read More »

Drake has added another milestone to an already record-heavy career, becoming the first artist in Billboard history to simultaneously occupy the top three positions on the Billboard 200 chart following the release of his surprise album trilogy Iceman, Habibti, and Maid of Honour. The chart feat marks a historic first... Read More »

Kate Bush has won her first film award, with the British music icon taking home the animation prize at the Carmarthen Bay Film Festival for her directorial debut, Little Shrew. The recognition marks a rare public career milestone for Bush, whose artistic output has long extended beyond music into highly... Read More »

Live Nation has reached settlements with the families of two women killed in the 2023 mass shooting at Washington’s Beyond Wonderland music festival, resolving wrongful death claims just weeks before the case was set to go to trial. According to a notice filed in King County Superior Court, the estates... Read More »

Niall Horan is using his latest single to say the goodbye he never got to say. “End of an Era,” the newest release from the former One Direction member, began as a song about nostalgia, reflection, and the strange emotional disorientation that comes with growing older and leaving major chapters... Read More »

Ricky Martin briefly halted a concert in Montenegro on Thursday night after an individual discharged tear gas toward the stage, forcing the singer and his team to leave the performance while security and local authorities responded. The incident took place during the opening night of the European leg of Martin’s... Read More »

Stephen Colbert signed off from The Late Show with the largest audience the franchise has seen during his tenure, as viewers turned out in massive numbers for the end of one of late-night television’s defining modern runs. According to preliminary Nielsen data, Thursday night’s final episode of The Late Show... Read More »

Rob Base, the Harlem rapper whose 1988 hit “It Takes Two” became one of the most recognizable crossover records in hip-hop history, has died at 59. The artist, born Robert Ginyard, died May 22 following a private battle with cancer, according to a statement shared through his official social media... Read More »

Spotify is moving deeper into the live music business with a new ticketing initiative aimed at solving one of the most persistent frustrations in modern concert culture: fans losing out on tickets despite being among an artist’s most engaged listeners. The streaming platform announced Thursday that it will begin rolling... Read More »

TikTok influencer Gabbie Gonzalez has been charged in Los Angeles in an alleged murder-for-hire plot targeting former Why Don’t We member Jack Avery. Gonzalez, 24, was arrested last week in Northern California before appearing in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom Tuesday. Prosecutors allege she conspired to arrange the killing of... Read More »

Busta Rhymes will be recognized for a part of his artistry that has often sat just beneath the surface of his larger-than-life performance persona: songwriting. The rap veteran is set to receive the annual ICON Award at this year’s Anti Social Camp, the New York-based songwriting event that brings together... Read More »