Halle Berry just hit 60, and she celebrated the milestone far away from red carpets and Hollywood noise. The Oscar-winning actress marked her birthday on August 14, 2026, during a… The post Timeless Icon Halle Berry Turns 60 Effortlessly Stepping Into the Milestone on Her Own Terms appeared first on .

The Dayton/Columbus quartet Smug Brothers plays a scrappy, classicist form of indie rock that shows plenty of influence from local heroes like Guided By Voices, who once counted Smugs drummer Don Thrasher among their ranks. Next month, they’ll follow up last year’s very fun Stuck On Beta with a new LP called Pinhole To Vortex, and they started rolling it …

The fight over the Jeffrey Epstein files is back in federal court, and this time the Justice Department is facing a judge demanding answers about what remains hidden from public… The post Judge Puts DOJ on Clock Over Epstein Files and FBI Notes Involving Trump Accusations appeared first on .

Luigi Mangione has now admitted to shooting and killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, delivering a stunning courtroom confession after previously fighting the criminal cases against him. Mangione told the court… The post BREAKING: Luigi Mangione Admits to Killing UnitedHealthcare CEO in Federal Court appeared first on .

The LA-based singer-songwriter Anna St. Louis has long been a fixture of the greater Woodsist universe, a loose coalition of rootsy, artsy underground acts centered on the upstate New York psych-folk band Woods. Jarvis Taveniere is a core member of Woods who has collaborated with lots of great artists over the years. So it’s exciting but not especially surprising that …

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As of this summer, it has been 40 years since Eric B. and Rakim released their debut single “Eric B. Is President.” That’s the song that introduced Rakim to the world, and his hard-nosed but quietly tricky style instantly made him one of history’s greatest rappers and put him in top-dive discussions for eternity. After a very long absence and …

Radiohead returned to the stage in late 2025 for the first time in seven years, playing 20 shows broken up into a series of four-night residencies in major European cities. During the promo campaign for his new solo album Blue Morpho, Ed O’Brien mentioned Radiohead’s tentative plans to repeat this method of touring going forward, potentially doing 20 shows a …

Hey, Ghostemane’s back! The Florida SoundCloud-rap renegade emerged about a decade ago, and I was pretty fascinated with the ways that he incorporated, metal, hardcore, goth, and industrial into what he was doing, even before he got his rap name tattooed across his forehead. Ghostemane was once in a group with Lil Peep, and he’s got collaborations with people like …

Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny has paid tribute to former boxer Prichard Colón, who passed away at the age of 33. Colón suffered a brain bleed following a 2015 fight after receiving repeated blows to the neck, and never fully recovered. In 2016, the WBC introduced the “Prichard Colón rule” to discourage and punish blows The post Bad Bunny Pays …