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Documentary+ Pins Hopes On ‘WrestleHer,’ Nonfiction Platform’s Biggest Series To Date
Documentary+ has acquired *WrestleHer*, an 11-part documentary series about the growth of girls’ high-school wrestling in the United States. Premiering on 10 September on Documentary+ and Allez! Sports, it follows Ohio wrestlers during a pivotal period when the sport gained official sanctioning and its own state championship, highlighting a wider push for recognition and equality…
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Becky G Insists She & Karol G Are ‘Absolutely Not’ Competitors, Talks Opening for Tropitour: ‘We Have a Beautiful Friendship’
Becky G has said she does not regard Karol G as a competitor, describing their relationship as a hard-won friendship shaped by shared experiences in an industry that often encourages rivalry between women. Speaking ahead of a CBS Mornings interview, she said their decision to tour together reflects mutual support and a belief that artists…
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Garth Brooks Adds Another Major City to Blame It All on My Roots Tour: Ticket & Venue Details
Garth Brooks has added Washington, D.C. to his Blame It All On My Roots tour, his first major tour in nearly three years. The announcement matters because it extends a deliberately staggered run of dates that has already generated substantial demand in Indianapolis, Denver and Chicago. Tickets for the Washington concerts were due to go…
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Kit Harington stars in A Tale of Two Cities adaptation
MGM+ has released a trailer for its four-part adaptation of Charles Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities, starring Kit Harington, François Civil and Mirren Mack. The historical drama frames the story around a love triangle between Lucie Manette, Charles Darnay and lawyer Sydney Carton, set against rising tensions between Britain and France before the French…
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Jenna Ortega on Why She’d Go “All Day” Without Eating or Drinking on Set in Early Career
Jenna Ortega has said that, as a child actor, she would sometimes go an entire day on set without food or water because she was determined not to inconvenience anyone. Reflecting on this as a “rookie mistake”, she said she had been highly focused and grateful for the work, but now recognises that she was…
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Stephen King’s ‘X-Files’ Episode Broke From Its Usual Sci-Fi Formula 28 Years Ago
Stephen King’s 1998 episode of The X-Files, “Chinga”, departed from the programme’s usual science-fiction focus by telling a self-contained supernatural horror story. Centring on Dana Scully during a holiday in Maine, it matters as a rare instance of the bestselling horror author writing directly for the series, bringing his familiar small-town unease and sinister-child imagery…
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Guitar company D’Addario admits that AI music was used in a promotional video
D’Addario has admitted that generative AI music tool Suno was used to regenerate a track in a promotional video for its guitar strings, reversing nearly two weeks of denials. The episode matters because the company initially blamed audio artefacts on export quality, plugins and AI-assisted mastering, before acknowledging it had shared inaccurate information and apologising.…
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“I tried to write the heaviest thing I could think of”: From Enter Sandman to Nothing Else Matters, the stories behind every song on Metallica’s Black Album
The article marks 35 years since Metallica’s 1991 self-titled Black Album, presenting a track-by-track account of how its 12 songs helped turn the band from leading thrash metal artists into global stadium headliners. – The Black Album reached number one in nine countries and has been certified 16 times Platinum in the United States. -…
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Nicola Coughlan, Charithra Chandran, Kate Winslet & More Join Netflix’s ‘Charlie Vs. The Chocolate Factory’ As Streamer Sets Release Date & 47-Day Theatrical Window
Netflix has announced that animated film Charlie vs. the Chocolate Factory will receive a global cinema release on 5 November 2027 before streaming on Netflix from 22 December. The project expands the Roald Dahl story with a new premise and signals Netflix’s continued willingness to give major films lengthy theatrical runs. Nicola Coughlan, Charithra Chandran,…
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Alan Jackson Is Now One of the 10 Best-Selling Country Artists in US History—and He’s Got the Hardware to Show for It
Alan Jackson has entered the top 10 best-selling country artists in US history after surpassing 85.5 million certified units sold, according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The milestone was recognised at the finale of his Last Call: One More For the Road tour in Nashville, marking a major commercial achievement as he…