President Donald Trump’s name is off the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, but the judge who ordered the center to be restored to its proper name wants to know why tarp and scaffolding are still covering it. In a new order on the court docket Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper demanded … Read more
Smashing Pumpkins‘ frontman Billy Corgan has revealed that he plans to formally release over 60 songs from his short-lived supergroup Zwan. In a video interview with Stereogum, he noted the songs will be remixed and remastered and feature tracks from their only album to date, plus two records’ worth of unreleased material. “There will be, … Read more
Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” opens in less than two weeks — just enough time to brush up on the details of the historic epic . On Tuesday, ElevenLabs announced it was releasing a new 13-hour version of Homer’s classic with Michael Caine “narrating.” This version was created entirely by AI tools. The AI audio firm … Read more
Sam Smith has announced the release of their fifth album “Hazel Eyes,” releasing on August 21 via Capitol Records. Smith co-produced “Hazel Eyes” with Simon Aldred and David Odlum, touting 12 songs that were crafted with collaborators Feist, Shahzad Ismaily and Rob Moose. The record was partly recorded at Electric Lady Studios and is described … Read more
As part of MIFA’s new Korea Business Showcase, Gwangju’s Information and Content Agency (GICON) made its first steps at the Annecy Animation Festival this Tuesday, marking a continuous trend of more and more Asian agencies represented at the class A festivals and markets. Established to support and foster information communication and cultural industries in the … Read more
I’ve been a professional deal hunter for 13 years, and gift card deals are always enticing to me. But there’s a catch: These deals are only worthwhile if you were planning on spending the money anyway. It’s easy to find ways to justify buying a discounted gift card, but you shouldn’t get one just to … Read more
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country. * In New York City, Mayor Zohran Mamdani took a chance when he publicly backed a group of congressional candidates aligned with the Democratic Socialists of America, even issuing endorsements against Democratic incumbents running for re-election, but as the dust settles on this week’s primaries, … Read more
Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, two prominent tech journalists and hosts of the New York Times podcast “Hard Fork,” have signed with UTA for representation in all areas, signaling the duo’s independent ambitions as they form their own company. The signing comes less than a week after Roose said he would leave his role as … Read more
For a long time, I thought of the writer-director Rod Lurie as an interesting and ambitious creator of topical drama — hot-button political films like “Deterrence” (1999) and “The Contender” (2000), the trenchant Valerie Plame muckraker “Nothing but the Truth” (2008), the misfired remake of “Straw Dogs” (2011). But Lurie, it’s fair to say, now … Read more
Doja Cat fans assumed they’d stumbled upon a trove of new music when a slew of supposedly unreleased songs from the artist hit their X timelines earlier this week. Various accounts posted the “leaked songs” and claimed they were scrapped from Vie, the rapper’s fifth studio album, released last year, and its predecessor, Scarlet. At … Read more