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‘Furiosa’ speeds into the Cannes Film Festival
Start your engines. “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” rolls into the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday. It returns the dystopian action adventure to the Croisette promenade and launches one of the most anticipated movies of the summer. The latest…
Today in History: May 15, new state of Israel attacked by 5 nations
Today in History
Today is Wednesday, May 15, the 136th day of 2024. There are 230 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On May 15, 1948, hours after declaring its independence, the new state of Israel was attacked by…
Sheriff faces questions from Arkansas lawmakers over Netflix series filmed at county jail
Arkansas lawmakers are questioning a sheriff's decision to allow a Netflix documentary series to be filmed at a county jail. Pulaski County Sheriff Eric Higgins on Tuesday appeared before a legislative panel and defended the decision to…
CANNES DIARY: Behind the scenes of the 2024 film festival
Welcome to Cannes. The annual film festival is always a spectacle, but 2024’s edition may be the most combustible in years. The 77th Cannes red carpet unfurls against a backdrop of war and protest. The #MeToo movement, so slow to take root…
How Cannes works, from the standing ovations to the juries to the Palm Dog
The Cannes Film Festival is hallowed ground in cinema but understanding its unique landscape can be confounding. The Côte d’Azur festival, which kicked off Tuesday, is a 10-day ballet of spectacle and film where even the photographers wear…
Movie Review: Amy Winehouse story flattened in frustrating biopic ‘Back to Black’
“ Back to Black ” as a movie is a tame and mediocre affair. A conventionally told biopic about a talented artist who became famous, struggled with drugs, depression and bulimia, and died early. There are nice performances from gifted actors…
In her feminist punk music, Kathleen Hanna tells it all. In her memoir, there’s more to the…
Kathleen Hana's bands, Bikini Kill, the Julie Ruin and Le Tigre, have long been celebrated for their candor, and their songs which chastised abusers and celebrated women. Now the punk pioneer and force of the third-wave feminist riot grrrl…
Movie armorer appeals conviction in fatal shooting of cinematographer by Alec Baldwin
A movie weapons armorer is appealing her conviction for involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film “Rust.” Court documents released Tuesday show that a defense attorney…
Messi the dog comes to Cannes for an encore
The first star to arrive on the red carpet at the 77th Cannes Film Festival came on four legs. Messi, the dog from the film “Anatomy of a Fall,” walked up and down the Cannes carpet on Tuesday ahead of the opening ceremony. Lines of…
Trial for final wrongful death suit in Astroworld concert crowd crush is set for September
A judge says the remaining wrongful death lawsuit filed after 10 people were killed during a deadly crowd crush at the 2021 Astroworld music festival will go to trial in civil court in Houston in September. Ten people were killed in the…
David Sanborn, Grammy-winning saxophonist who played on hundreds of albums, dies at 78
David Sanborn, the Grammy-winning saxophonist who played lively solos on such hits as David Bowie’s “Young Americans” and James Taylor’s “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)” and enjoyed his own highly successful career, has died at age…
Free ‘Buzz Book’ compilation includes excerpts from Dava Sobel, Jami Attenberg
New fiction from Jami Attenberg and books from young adult authors Kwame Mbalia and Robert Beatty and the latest book on science from best-selling writer Dava Sobel are among the upcoming works excerpted for a free e-compilation. The…
Jason Aldean will honor Toby Keith with a performance at the 2024 ACM Awards
The time has come to raise a red solo cup. Jason Aldean will pay tribute to the late Toby Keith at the 2024 Academy of Country Music Awards on Thursday. Across his career, Toby Keith took home 14 ACM Awards, twice winning the top prize of…
Who’s laughing? LateNighter, a digital news site about late-night TV, hopes to buck media…
The media industry is crumbling, and late-night comedy on television has less than half of the audience than it had a decade ago. So what better time to start an online news site devoted to the topic? LateNighter publisher Jed Rosenzweig is…
Cannes kicks off with a Palme d’Or for Meryl Streep and a post-‘Barbie’ fête of…
Beneath intermittent rainy skies, the Cannes Film Festival opened Tuesday with the presentation of an honorary Palme d’Or for Meryl Streep and the unveiling of Greta Gerwig’s jury, as the French Riviera spectacular kicked off a potentially…
Today in History: May 14, state of Israel is proclaimed
Today in History
Today is Tuesday, May 14, the 135th day of 2024. There are 231 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On May 14, 1948, according to the current-era calendar, the independent state of Israel was proclaimed…
In her feminist punk music, Kathleen Hanna tells it all. In her memoir, there’s more to the…
Kathleen Hana's bands, Bikini Kill, the Julie Ruin and Le Tigre, have long been celebrated for their candor, and their songs which chastised abusers and celebrated women. Now the punk pioneer and force of the third-wave feminist riot grrrl…
Palestinian band escapes horrors of war but members’ futures remain uncertain
They stroll Doha’s waterfront promenade and sing softly about children who are now free of pain. For the Palestinian group Sol Band, it seems surreal that weeks ago they were hiding from Israeli shelling. Five of the band’s seven musicians…
Music Review: Miley Cyrus, Lorde and more team up for fun Talking Heads’ ‘Stop Making…
In 1984, Talking Heads ' concert film and live album “Stop Making Sense” captured the alt-rock quartet at the height of their powers.
Forty years later, a new 4K restoration of the film is streaming on MAX, and A24 Music has released…
How to watch (and stream) the Eurovision Song Contest final
Acts from more than two dozen countries will take the stage in Malmo, Sweden, to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. The action kicks off Saturday at 9 p.m. Central European Summer Time, which is 8 p.m. in Britain and 3…
Grupo Frontera’s hybrid Mexican music went global. On a new album, their genre-melding has no…
A lot can happen in two years. Just ask Grupo Frontera, who released their highly anticipated sophomore album, “Jugando Que No Pasa Nada,” Friday. The sextet began their career playing quinceañeras in Texas' Rio Grande Valley. Viral fame…
Country star Cindy Walker posthumously inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame
Country star Cindy Walker was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Walker, who wrote countless hits across her six-decade career, was celebrated for her immediate, unpretentious songwriting style. The hall announced the…
Life after Florida Georgia Line: Brian Kelley ready to reintroduce himself with new solo album
Best known as one-half of the country super-duo Florida Georgia Line, Brian Kelley will release a solo album, “Tennessee Truth," on Friday. It is a collection of 12 anthemic, arena-sized country songs ripe for a road trip and tailgate in…
Eurovision explained, from ABBA to Zorra, as the Israel-Hamas war overshadows the song contest
Scores of musicians, hundreds of journalists and thousands of music fans are gathering in the Swedish city of Malmo for the exuberant, glitter-drenched final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Thirty-seven countries are participating in the…
