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The ‘Baby Shark’ Boy Is All Grown Up & Launching His Music Career With a Monsta X Collab
Baby Shark Boy, the child performer who appeared in Pinkfong’s globally viral “Baby Shark Dance” video ten years ago, has launched his own music career with a new single called “WAVE,” featuring JOOHONEY from K-pop group Monsta X. The track transforms the familiar “Baby Shark” melody into an electropop dance track, marking a deliberate full-circle…
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3 Country Songs From the 1980s That Will Actually Make You Smarter
This is a light “listicle” from American Songwriter picking out three country songs from the 1980s that the author argues offer emotional or relational insight rather than just entertainment. It frames music as a teaching tool, presenting each track as illustrating a different lesson about love, connection or heartbreak. The piece is opinion-driven and nostalgic…
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Halo: Reach Designer Reveals that Modern Warfare Series Were a ‘Huge’ Inspiration for Bungie
Halo: Reach designer Niles Sankey has revealed that the campaign of Bungie’s final Halo title drew heavily on the first two Call of Duty: Modern Warfare games, despite the two franchises being fierce rivals in the mid-2000s. Responding to a social media post about Modern Warfare’s notorious nuke sequence, Sankey said Bungie admired Infinity Ward’s…
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Unmasked: Cops identify man accused of terrorizing woman in terrifying Chucky-style costume
Philadelphia police have identified a man they believe chased and threatened a female jogger while wearing a Chucky doll mask, and say he may now have fled the state. Zymire Hughes, 22, is accused of pursuing the 40-year-old woman during her early morning run and terrorising several other people in the area, an incident that…
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IndyCar president: ‘Could be a little bit of carnage’ in DC race this weekend
IndyCar President Doug Boles said Thursday morning that tight corners on the Freedom 250 Grand Prix race course around the National Mall this weekend could result in a “little bit of carnage” around the nation’s capital. The nearly-1.7-mile course, which loops around the National Archives, National Gallery of Art and Smithsonian National Air and Space…
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Trump lifts summer gasoline restrictions early as prices remain stubborn
The Trump administration is ending summertime smog restrictions on gasoline early this year in a bid to offer relief for high prices at the pump. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a waiver on Thursday allowing for sales of gasoline with a higher evaporation potential starting on Sept. 1, rather than the middle of the…
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Country Star Undergoes Surgery After Being Pulled Through Windshield in Terrifying Bus Crash
Country singer Colt Ford has undergone shoulder surgery after being pulled through the windscreen of his tour bus by first responders following a crash. The operation, confirmed by his team as successful, comes after a difficult period for the artist, who suffered a heart attack in April 2024 that stopped his heart three times. Ford…
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From Vintage Levi’s To Playing Cards: ‘Hacks’ Costume Designer Kathleen Felix-Hager On Dressing Season 5
‘Hacks’ costume designer Kathleen Felix-Hager has spoken to Deadline about dressing the HBO comedy’s fifth and final season, explaining that while Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) retained her signature bold, big-earring look throughout, it was Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder) whose wardrobe evolved most dramatically to reflect her growth from an inexperienced young writer into a confident,…
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BritBox Is Officially Dropping 9 New Agatha Christie Releases on the Same Day
BritBox is marking the 136th anniversary of Agatha Christie’s birth with a major slate of nine releases arriving on the streaming service on 15 September, mixing archive classics with a brand new series. The centrepiece is the North American debut of *Tommy and Tuppence*, a fresh six-episode adaptation bringing Christie’s married detective duo into a…