Culture Why Ryan Gosling’s Project Hail Mary Could Surprise Audiences Project Hail Mary follows Ryland Grace, a middle school science teacher turned astronaut who must travel 11.9 light-years to try to save Earth from a global ice age. At an IMAX preview in Los Angeles, about 30 minutes of footage was shown and directors Christopher Miller and Phil Lord
Culture A stranger paid part of my teenage son's restaurant bill Adolescence leaves its mark on everyone, and for my son the marks have been particularly obvious. I’ve lost track of how many casts he’s had. He loves electric bikes, which have led to broken arms, a broken hand, a broken leg, a wide variety of cuts and grazes,
Culture Spielberg unsettles in Disclosure Day's Super Bowl trailer A new trailer for Disclosure Day has arrived, offering a different kind of close encounter from Steven Spielberg. The incessant clicking of the unknowable alien lifeforms first heard in the initial trailer returns here, making their presence keenly felt. The film is Spielberg's first alien-centric picture in nearly
Culture Maryam d’Abo on Bond, journalism and Spanish Oranges Spanish Oranges, Alba Arikha’s drama about artistic creation and married life, opens with a spiky encounter between the celebrated novelist Fiona and the journalist interviewing her. Maryam d’Abo, who stars in the London production, joined Arikha from Paris for a video call and admits to a wariness of
Culture Concierges share local gems across Asia Pacific Travelling to the Asia Pacific region calls for more than ticking off tourist clichés. Hotel concierges live and breathe their cities and can point visitors to quieter corners, memorable meals and little-known spots that reveal local character. In Shanghai, Winson Wang—who has worked as a concierge for 20 years
Culture No Star Trek Villain Tops Deep Space Nine’s Most Sinister Enemy Star Trek has produced many memorable antagonists — the Gorn, the Borg, Khan Noonien Singh and even the mischievous Q — but Deep Space Nine’s Gul Dukat stands apart. He appears in both the series premiere and finale, and turns up in 35 of the show’s 176 episodes, carrying a
Culture I flew cross-country to be grass in Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show Andrew Athias, 33, a Philadelphia-based digital marketer and content creator, was one of the 500 bunches of dancing grass at Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show. He flew from Philadelphia to San Francisco in the middle of a snowstorm and spent two weeks rehearsing; he was paid $18.
Culture Brad Pitt channels classic Hollywood in first look at Fincher's Cliff Booth A surprise Super Bowl TV spot offered the first full look at Brad Pitt's return as Cliff Booth in David Fincher's The Adventures of Cliff Booth. The TV spot features a returning Booth, post Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, working as a studio fixer. The
Culture TV tonight: Mackenzie Crook’s lovely new supernatural sitcom Small Prophets, 10pm, BBC Two. A sweet, supernatural new sitcom from Mackenzie Crook. Oddball Michael (Pearce Quigley) is Miss Havisham with a beard, living in the house his partner left seven years earlier and never returned to. His dad, Brian (Michael Palin), who has moved to a care home, says
Culture Bad Bunny Super Bowl halftime show cameos For lots of Americans the Super Bowl Halftime Show is the main attraction of the big game. That proved especially true for 2026's Super Bowl LX, which was headlined by Puerto Rican megastar Bad Bunny. While some folks scoffed at Bad Bunny's selection — mostly those who
Culture Ai Weiwei on returning to China, censorship and AI Ai Weiwei describes the arithmetic he did before his first visit to China in over a decade. Before boarding a flight with his son, who had never met the artist’s elderly mother, he thought back to his time in detention when captors told him he would spend the next
Culture Prime Video's Steal Is an 80% RT Heist Thriller That's Hard to Stop Prime Video's new series Steal is a six-episode heist thriller that swaps bank vaults for millions in cryptocurrency and currently holds an 80% critical rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The show moves briskly, piling on twists that keep the story tense from start to finish, and serves as another
Culture Cool design and wild art on a city break in Metz At the Centre Pompidou-Metz a six-metre skeleton of a domestic cat called Felix anchors Dimanche Sans Fin, an exhibition curated by Maurizio Cattelan that brings together more than 400 works from Paris’s Centre Pompidou, which closed for a five-year renovation last October. The show imagines different takes on a
Culture Lady Gaga's Super Bowl 2026 look paid tribute to Puerto Rico Bad Bunny’s electric Super Bowl 2026 halftime show was a love letter to his native Puerto Rico, and Lady Gaga joined him onstage, belting out "Die With a Smile" in a powder blue pleated dress by Brooklyn-based Dominican-American designer Raul López of Luar. Her flamenco-inspired look featured
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Culture 10 Most Poetic Horror Movies, Ranked Horror is often dismissed as cheap thrills and gore, yet the genre frequently proves capable of being deeply meaningful and even poetic. At its best it reflects the human condition and uses the unsettling and supernatural to probe life's profound truths. To celebrate that depth and atmosphere, this
Culture Chris Brown slams Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show: 'They need me' Chris Brown took to his Instagram Stories minutes after Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl LX halftime performance and wrote, “I think it’s safe to say… they need me,” followed by a winking face emoji. Bad Bunny performed entirely in Spanish, delivering songs such as “Monaco,” “Yo Perreo Sola,” and
Culture Red lentil addas and shurbad: Ilhan Mohamed Abdi’s Iftar soups There is nothing quite like that first bite after a long day of fasting: quiet, intentional and deeply comforting. The stillness before sunset gives way to movement as the table is laid and everyone waits to break the fast, often beginning not with a feast but with small, simple things
Culture The Child in Bad Bunny’s Halftime Show Was an Actor The child Bad Bunny handed a Grammy Award to during his Super Bowl halftime performance was not the 5-year-old taken in a recent immigration operation in Minnesota. The moment unfolded at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara when Bad Bunny gave what appeared to be a replica Grammy to a
Culture Hurry Up Tomorrow Sparks Debate Despite 14% Rotten Tomatoes Score Hurry Up Tomorrow has become one of the most debated streaming titles of the moment. The 2025 thriller holds a 14% critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes yet has surged into Starz’s Top 3, with viewers tuning in largely out of curiosity. The film stars The Weeknd (Abel Tesfaye) as
Culture Hijack Tops Apple TV Charts Despite 'Slow Horses' Critical Edge Apple TV continues to deliver addictive dramas, and critical praise has not always matched viewer attention. Gary Oldman's Slow Horses sits at 97% on Rotten Tomatoes, while Idris Elba's Hijack holds an 81% score. Still, viewers are engrossed by Sam Nelson's new predicament in
Culture Joshua Hong continued his US charm offensive at the Super Bowl Joshua Hong, the Los Angeles–born vocalist from K-pop boy band Seventeen, attended the Super Bowl in his home state. "It's my first time at the Super Bowl. So excited to be here," he said in a video released by the NFL, and he also wished
Culture Cardi B makes Super Bowl halftime cameo in corset and gladiator heels Cardi B was among the celebrities who made cameos during Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl 2026 halftime performance, appearing at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara only when she joined the action in the singer’s casita. The 33-year-old showed up in support of boyfriend Stefon Diggs, who took the
Culture Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show: Takeaways and Best Moments On Sunday night, Bad Bunny performed a detail-packed Super Bowl halftime show that celebrated Latino heritage and featured appearances by Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin. Immediately after the show, Popcast hosts Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli went live on YouTube to share their real-time reactions and to answer questions from
Culture Why Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show Felt Historically Significant Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime set at Levi’s Stadium, during the Seattle Seahawks vs. New England Patriots game, was widely anticipated and marked several firsts. He arrived as the most-streamed artist of 2025 and fresh off winning Album of the Year—the first Spanish-language album to earn that
