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
Culture 10 Movies To Watch if You Love Prime Video's 'The Wrecking Crew' Family reunions are supposed to be fun, but The Wrecking Crew turns a trip to Hawaii into a deadly game of cat and mouse. The film centers on half-brothers James (Dave Bautista) and Johnny (Jason Momoa), who are far from being on good terms: James is a respected US Navy
Culture FTL-like Void War hit with DMCA over 'oversized convex shoulder pads' Void War is an FTL-like space strategy roguelike that drew attention for its resemblance to Warhammer 40,000. Games Workshop issued a DMCA notice after the game went live on Steam. The developer, Tundra Interactive, initially thought the email was a troll because it was signed 'Mal Reynolds'
Culture How an indie movie distributed by a lone gamer broke the US box office Two very unusual films opened last weekend. One was Melania, a soft-focus hagiocumentary of the US first lady that Amazon and Jeff Bezos placed in thousands of often entirely empty cinemas worldwide, an act widely seen as a favour‑currier to the White House. The documentary made $7m in the
Culture Bad Bunny Delivers a Love Letter to Puerto Rico at Super Bowl Halftime Bad Bunny opened the Super Bowl halftime in a beige football jersey labeled “OCASIO” with the number 64 and ended the set by spiking a football. The staging included a replica sugar-cane field, a wedding seemingly officiated onstage, and a New York–style street scene with a bodega, and it
Culture Pokémon Super Bowl ad features Lady Gaga and Jigglypuff duet Pokémon's 30th anniversary kicked off during the Super Bowl with a star-studded commercial that pairs Lady Gaga and Jigglypuff for a duet. Other celebrities also appear, including Trevor Noah, Blackpink singer Jisoo and Never Have I Ever actor Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, each talking about their favorite Pokémon. The spot
Culture Tom Hardy’s Bronson Climbs HBO Max Top 10 Tom Hardy’s ferocious 2008 turn in Bronson has returned to HBO Max and is steadily climbing the platform’s Top 10, per FlixPatrol. The film is outpacing comfort-watch staples like The Notebook and closing in on prestige favorites such as The Shape of Water. Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn,
Culture Far-out fan theories about Avengers: Doomsday Marvel’s promo run for Avengers: Doomsday has revealed almost nothing. Teasers have offered portentous glances, mood lighting and characters standing very still, with dialogue pre‑scrubbed and music swelling as if something enormous is just out of frame. Plot, meanwhile, has been placed in witness protection; the studio clearly
Culture Supercomputer Predicts 2026 Best Picture Winner Collider's calculations using a supercomputer find One Battle After Another the most likely winner of the Best Picture Oscar, with Ryan Coogler's Sinners running a close second. The 98th Academy Awards nominations set up a clear two-film race for the top prize. Several factors work in
Culture Couple in Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show reportedly married on field Love was in the air during Bad Bunny’s Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., when the bride and groom featured in the performance reportedly got married on the field. A NBC News reporter wrote on X shortly after the show
Culture The Strangers: Chapter 3 review – pointless remake trilogy ends with a sputter Renny Harlin shot all three films back-to-back in Bratislava in late 2022. Reshoots followed an indifferent response to the first chapter in 2024, and the second met a similar reception last year; with the modest resources already spent, this final instalment arrives as the trilogy’s last knockings. The mistake
