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Drake’s ‘ICEMAN’ Becomes His Longest-Leading No. 1 Album on R&B/Hip-Hop Chart
Drake’s album ICEMAN has become his longest-leading No. 1 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, notching a 13th week atop the ranking on the chart dated 5 September and overtaking Take Care’s previous record of twelve weeks. The milestone underscores Drake’s continued dominance of the chart, on which he has now tied The Temptations’ record…
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Watch Karol G & Bruno Mars Get Cozy & Playful Backstage in Sweet Video for ‘Still’
Karol G and Bruno Mars released the official music video for their collaboration “Still” on 2 September, built from footage shot around their first-ever live performance of the track at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on 15 August, part of Karol G’s Viajando Por El Mundo Tropitour. Largely shot in black-and-white before switching to colour…
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The Guardian view on Kemi Badenoch and the economy: a plan stuck in the Tory comfort zone | Editorial
The Guardian’s editorial argues that Kemi Badenoch’s appointment of Andrew Griffith as shadow chancellor undermines her stated strategy of making economic competence the centrepiece of her attack on the new Labour government under Andy Burnham. It contends that her choice reveals a lack of insight into why the Conservatives lost the last election, favouring a…
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Google Avoids Forced Divestiture in Ad Tech Antitrust Loss, Judge Orders Behavioral Remedies Instead
A US federal judge has concluded the remedies phase of Google’s ad tech antitrust case, ordering “behavioural” changes to how the company runs its advertising business rather than forcing it to sell off AdX, its advertising exchange. In a two-page order issued on Wednesday, US District Judge Leonie Brinkema said she had accepted “most of…
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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe gets a surprise Switch 2 update, bringing eight-player split-screen to the evergreen racing game
Nintendo has released a surprise free Switch 2 update for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, with the headline feature being support for eight-player split-screen racing on a single console. This doubles the previous local multiplayer limit of four players and marks a notable enhancement for a title still hugely popular nearly a decade after its original…
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‘The Last of Us’ Alum Officially Reveals the HBO Show’s Unconventional Winning Formula [Exclusive]
Storyboard artist Colin Lorimer, who worked on all three seasons of HBO’s The Last of Us, has revealed he had never played the original video game before joining the acclaimed adaptation, and that showrunner Neil Druckmann deliberately encouraged this. Rather than having Lorimer play through the games, Druckmann gave him “Art of” books and had…
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3 Blues Rock Songs From 1975 That Still Sound Edgy Today
This American Songwriter piece highlights three blues rock tracks from 1975 that the author argues still sound edgy and vital today, drawing on rock’s roots and classic blues influences. It’s a short opinion/listicle piece rather than a news story, celebrating how these songs blend older musical traditions with 1970s rock sensibilities. The three songs featured…
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The Devil Wears Zara: Anna Wintour’s Latest Met Gala Mess
Designer John Galliano has withdrawn from plans to be honoured at the 2027 Met Gala, following weeks of criticism from Jewish groups, museum donors and New York politicians over his 2011 antisemitic and racist tirade in Paris. His departure leaves Anna Wintour and the Costume Institute searching for a new direction for next year’s event,…
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Shaquille O’Neal’s ‘Dunkman’ Returns for Season 2
Shaquille O’Neal’s professional dunk league series “Dunkman” has been renewed for a second season, set to air in 2027. The show, produced by Authentic Brands Group in partnership with TNT Sports, follows O’Neal’s efforts to establish competitive dunking as a legitimate professional sport, with the new season set to expand into more cities and countries.…
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55 Years Later, NBC’s 43-Episode Dark Fantasy Is the Perfect ‘Twilight Zone’ Follow-Up
More than 55 years after Rod Serling’s follow-up to The Twilight Zone first aired, a retrospective argues that NBC’s Night Gallery deserves far more recognition and is the natural next watch for fans of Serling’s earlier, more celebrated anthology series. Where The Twilight Zone used science fiction and otherworldly premises to smuggle in social commentary,…