A Brooklyn street has a new name courtesy of one of the city’s most esteemed rappers: Wu-Tang Clan’s Ol’ Dirty Bastard. During a ceremony held today (July 26) with the late MCs friends, family, and a group of local officials, Putnam Avenue in the Bed-Stuy neighborhood was co-named ODB Jones Way in honor of the influential group’s co-founder.Although Ol’ Dirty Bastard, real name Russell Tyrone Jones, was born and raised in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene neighborhood, his connection to Bed-Stuy runs deep. At the ceremony, the rapper’s eldest brother, Ramsay Jones, told New York photographer Howie Weiss that the street sign…
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Sujoy Ghosh’s Kahaani became one of Vidya Balan’s most loved roles. However, the actress might not be returning for Kahaani 3, if recent reports are to be believed. As per Pinkvilla, the makers are reportedly eyeing Yami Gautam to replace Balan. The portal quoted a source as saying, “Kahaani 3 is a new story altogether. The idea is to take the franchise forward while retaining the essence of the world that audiences have loved. Yami Gautam is coming on board as the lead, and the character has a very strong arc. The film is still in the pre-production stage, and…
The sci-fi genre is made for innovation, with boundary pushing and advanced technology literally written into some of the most iconic sci-fi franchises of all time, with Star Trek’s often-quoted line, “to boldly go where no one has gone before.” Over the past few decades, the advances in CGI and visual effects have been tremendous, and many sci-fi TV shows that have aged well in terms of character development and worldbuilding still look dated when it comes to their visuals. The Twilight Zone is a perfect example of this, and of all the sci-fi TV shows that deserve a reboot,…
D4vd Apple Music Profile Hacked, Fake ‘I Did It’ Track Posted While Singer Remains Behind Bars Published July 26, 2026 3:39 PM PDT Amid singer D4vd being locked up and currently fighting to keep his murder case from going to trial, his Apple Music page has been hacked … posting a fake song with a voice sounding like the jailed artist professing his love for the victim Celeste Rivas. The falsified track, titled “I DID IT” surfaced over the weekend, despite David Anthony Burke — the artist known as D4vd — remaining behind bars, without access to upload music himself.…
Michael Stipe has a new song out today, but you won’t be able to find it on major DSPs. The R.E.M. frontman just released the track “Hum Desiderata” exclusively through Joyfully Waiting, a website for sound exhibitions which gather multi-disciplinary works that “mutually enrich each other,” per an About page. Check the song out for yourself here.“Hum Desiderata” pairs an element from Stipe’s 2023 installation at ICA Milan—a recording of him reciting Max Ehrmann’s poem “Desiderata”—with an instrumental version of a still-unreleased track, “Hum,” from his forthcoming debut solo album. The song was written and produced with Andy Lemaster; additional…
Priyanka Chopra Jonas is back in India for the shooting of her upcoming film Varanasi, and this time, Nick Jonas and Malti Marie Chopra Jonas have also accompanied her. She arrived at Hyderabad airport with her husband and daughter. Priyanka was seen walking alongside Nick, who was carrying Malti in his arms. She opted for a comfortable airport fit and wore a brown co-ord set. She rounded off her look with a beige cap and sunglasses. Nick Jonas wore a black shirt paired with trousers of the same colour. The paparazzi caught a clear glimpse of them as they walked…
The various platforms competing for viewer metrics in the streaming wars all have an original flagship show or two upon which their reputation rests. Netflix has ambitious genre series like Stranger Things and One Piece alongside its endless parade of gritty thrillers and wild K-Dramas, Prime Video has franchises as varied as Bosch and Fallout, and Apple TV+ has the market on original streaming sci-fi cornered with hits like Silo, Foundation, and Severance. For Paramount+, however, Yellowstone is undeniably its greatest weapon. Created by Taylor Sheridan, the neo-Western drama follows Kevin Costner’s John Dutton III, the patriarch of a powerful…
Oliver Tree Told Mom He Was Full of Life Before Final Flight Published July 26, 2026 11:44 AM PDT Play video content Oliver Tree couldn’t wait for his next “epic day” … a helicopter trip that would tragically become his last. Speaking at Oliver’s celebration of life Saturday at the UCSC Quarry Amphitheater in Santa Cruz … his mother, Christine Begin Nickell, recalled texting him the day before he died to ask how quitting smoking was going. She said Oliver immediately FaceTimed her and blew a huge puff of cigarette smoke into the camera … but what stuck with her…
While Matt Damon is rightfully getting accolades for his performance as Odysseus in The Odyssey, his 4-feet-5-inches stunt double deserves praise as well. Devyn Dalton, a Canadian-born actor, stunt performer, motion-capture artist, voice actor and dancer, recently spoke with the New York Post about her experience as Damon’s double in the Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of the Greek epic as well as her career. “Opportunities like this come from building trust and [having] a strong reputation in the industry,” Dalton told the New York Post. “It doesn’t just happen overnight. It takes so long and I spent my entire career [preparing]…
One of India’s most celebrated filmmakers, Satyajit Ray has inspired generations of artistes across the world. Among his many admirers is Oscar-winning filmmaker Christopher Nolan, who has often credited Ray’s work as a major influence on his own filmmaking. Nolan has previously described Ray’s Pather Panchali as an extraordinary work and has spoken about how Ray’s films helped him understand the power of cinematic storytelling.During a recent visit to the Criterion Closet, the iconic storage room at the Criterion Collection in New York that houses more than 1,000 of the world’s greatest films, Nolan once again praised the legendary auteur…