Phoebe Bridgers has cemented her return with the announcement of a new album, Lost Weekend, her first solo record in six years. The Punisher follow-up is due August 14 via Dead Oceans, a month before she heads out on the massive Lost Tour. Album details are thin on the ground but you can check out the cover art below. A YouTube video for what appears to be the title track is set to premiere at 7 p.m. Eastern tomorrow, June 25.The solo Bridgers comeback, which follows her period moonlighting with Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker in the suddenly huge Boygenius,…
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Chidambaram’s Balan: The Boy continues to earn praise from across the film industry, with actor Jyotika becoming the latest celebrity to shower the film with appreciation. After watching the emotional drama alongside husband Suriya, the actor took to Instagram to call the film a “masterpiece”, applauding its screenplay, performances and filmmaking while urging audiences to catch it in theatres before its run comes to an end.Sharing her thoughts, Jyotika hailed both director Chidambaram and writer Jithu Madhavan for crafting a deeply moving cinematic experience.”Balan: The Boy – a supremely crafted film by Chidambaram and an intriguing and constantly surprising screenplay…
While fans are still patiently waiting for an official sequel, Animal Crossing: New Horizons has received no shortage of free content updates, designs, and crossovers for players to enjoy over the years, especially with the major 3.0 update that was released earlier this year. Although almost all of these additions can be enjoyed by players all around the globe, New Horizons isn’t a stranger to limited events that can only be enjoyed by a lucky few fans. With a majority of these crossovers and limited designs being tied to regionally exclusive merchandise or in-person events like the New Horizons aquarium…
Austin Metcalf TikTok Dance Seems to Show People Mocking Teen’s Death Published June 24, 2026 6:15 PM PDT A disturbing TikTok trend is drawing widespread backlash after users began posting videos that appear to mock the killing of Texas teen Austin Metcalf. The videos feature people dancing to a rap song called “Austin Bop,” with some seemingly acting out stabbing motions and others holding knives as they mimic the fatal attack. Additional clips include jokes and memes targeting Metcalf and his family. The trend centers on the 2025 killing of the 17-year-old, who was fatally stabbed during an altercation at…
Martha Skye Murphy, the British experimental singer-songwriter, and her longtime collaborator Roy Montgomery, the New Zealand guitar composer, will release their debut joint album via AD 93 on August 7. Nebular follows their 2024 single “Need” and ongoing collaborations that include performances during Montgomery’s 2023 residency at London’s Cafe Oto. Get immersed in the 7-minute single “Cloudburst” below, with visuals by Simon English.Murphy said in a press release, “Roy and I have a shared vernacular in the music we make together; a kind of sonic sign language, which allows us to communicate without ever really explaining the material to one…
Veteran actor Mammootty’s recent Padma Bhushan honour has become the occasion for yet another celebration. The makers of Om, the upcoming action drama headlined by Dhanush, have unveiled a special poster featuring the legendary actor, offering audiences their first glimpse of his look from the film.The poster was released shortly after Mammootty received the Padma Bhushan from President Droupadi Murmu at the Padma Awards Investiture Ceremony held in New Delhi on June 23. While the makers stopped short of revealing details about his character, the poster has already heightened anticipation surrounding his role in the ambitious project.Director Rajkumar Periyasamy shared…
One of the greatest aspects about the Dragon Ball franchise has been its ability to innovate on itself since its beginning. While some creations are certainly due to the creator, Akira Toriyama, taking some creative workload reductions, to put it mildly, other have felt especially creative or even self-referential to decades’ worth of source material. In the case of Dragon Ball Super, as the series was progressively changing hands in terms of creative vision with Toyotaro penning the Galactic Patrol Prisoner Arc, this would soon be the case in more ways than one, with its own novel spin on the…
Lions’ CB Terrion Arnold Surrenders To Police In Florida … Adamantly Denies Any Wrongdoing Published June 24, 2026 8:19 PM PDT Terrion Arnold turned himself into police Wednesday evening in Florida on multiple felony kidnapping and robbery charges … but Detroit Lions star vehemently denies doing anything wrong, and says he intends to prove it in court. Arnold, 23, is currently being held in a Hillsborough County jail facility after being booked at 10:11 PM. The charges — four counts of robbery with a firearm or deadly weapon and four counts of kidnapping with intent to harm or terrorize –…
Croz Boyce, the duo of Animal Collective’s Avey Tare and Geologist, will hit the road for the first time this September. The U.S. tour kicks off in Asheville, North Carolina, on September 8 and wraps three weeks later at Public Records in New York. Festival dates at Austin’s Levitation and Cincinnati’s Talk Low Festival are sandwiched in the itinerary. Check it out below, along with a new More Eaze remix of Croz Boyce’s “Towson Acid.”The duo—otherwise known as Dave Portner and Brian Weitz—released their self-titled Croz Boyce debut last month. In a press release, Weitz said of the More Eaze…
For decades, the action genre was largely a boys’ club, where the heavy lifting and the heroics were almost exclusively reserved for men. The tide now has shifted, and we are finally seeing a wave of cinema where women aren’t just supporting characters or bystanders. They are the ones holding the reins, throwing the punches, and calling the shots. This isn’t just about ticking boxes for representation but about the sheer thrill of watching complex, layered, and lethal female protagonists own the screen. Whether they are intelligence officers or street-smart survivors fighting for justice, these characters redefined what a “hero”…