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Willie Colón, architect of urban salsa music, dead at 75

Willie Colón, the Grammy-nominated architect of urban salsa and a prominent social activist, died Saturday at 75. Over a decades-long career the trombonist, composer, arranger and singer produced more than 40 albums that sold more than 30 million copies and collaborated with artists including the Fania All Stars, David Byrne

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See a Museum Through His Eyes? He'd Rather You Not.

Bruno Goppion, 33, is the third generation at Goppion, an Italian company that crafts display cases and exhibits for many of the world’s leading museums, including the Met, the Louvre and the National Gallery. When most visitors take in paintings, sculptures or pottery, Mr. Goppion is scanning for an

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Rose Byrne Can, and Does, Do It All

Rose Byrne, an Oscar nominee for her harrowing turn as Linda in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You — a performance that sees the character endure a mysteriously ill child, a surly absentee husband, a malevolent hamster and a cosmic black hole in her bedroom ceiling — is shifting gears

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Netflix's One Piece Teases Tarantino-Style Villains in Season 2

Netflix's live-action One Piece returns on Mar. 10, 2026, bringing back Luffy D. Monkey and his crew of Straw Hat pirates while introducing a new wave of eccentric villains as the characters continue their hunt for the One Piece. Co-showrunner Joe Tracz said Season 2 was about celebrating

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School Spirits Season 3 Embraces Darker, More Horrifying Lore

School Spirits has long mixed comedy with supernatural drama, but its third season takes a deliberate turn toward horror by digging into the town of Split River and the high school's haunted past. The series shifts its focus from isolated ghostly antics to a deep, disturbing backstory that

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Steven Spielberg’s Forgotten Sci-Fi Series The Whispers Is Deeply Scary

Steven Spielberg's television work includes a surprisingly terrifying entry: The Whispers, a 2015 ABC sci-fi horror series created by Soo Hugh. The show stars Milo Ventimiglia and Lily Rabe alongside a strong ensemble of child actors and reflects Spielberg's sensibility for working with young performers. The

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Tom Hanks’ Beloved Baseball Drama Arrives on Tubi Next Month

A League of Their Own, the 1992 baseball drama starring Tom Hanks, will begin streaming on the free service Tubi on March 1. Set in 1943 during World War II, the film follows a fictional team from the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. The ensemble cast includes Tom Hanks, Madonna,

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Luke Combs and wife Nicole welcome baby No. 3

Luke Combs and his wife, Nicole, have welcomed their third child, a son named Chet Wiley. They announced the birth Thursday with a carousel of Instagram photos and wrote, “Happy due date to the littlest Combs BOY! We’ve loved soaking up these last few weeks of newborn snuggles 🥰.” Two

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Helen Goh’s recipe for rhubarb, pear and hazelnut crumble with browned butter

Rhubarb brings late-winter brightness to this favourite pudding, while ripe, buttery pears soften the edges and add a gentle creaminess. A small scatter of crushed fennel seed, briefly bloomed in the butter, gives the whole thing a subtle aromatic lift, though you can leave it out if you prefer. Rather

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'Deep Rising' Nearly Launched a King Kong Monsterverse

Nearly three decades before the modern Monsterverse took shape with 2014's Godzilla and later Kong crossovers, the 1998 film Deep Rising almost served as the start of a Kong-centered franchise. The movie's director, Stephen Sommers, reportedly planned a follow-up tentatively titled Kong Rising, and a single

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Jason Statham and Guy Ritchie's Snatch Hits Free Tubi Stream Feb. 28

Tubi will begin streaming Guy Ritchie and Jason Statham’s Snatch for free starting February 28, giving viewers a chance to revisit the pair’s early, star-studded crime thriller. Snatch was the duo’s sophomore feature and features an ensemble that includes Brad Pitt, Stephen Graham, Alan Ford, Benicio del

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Megan Moroney on new album 'Cloud 9', collaborations and more

Megan Moroney is in her pink era and visited the studio to celebrate the release of her third album, Cloud 9, appearing on Six & Sour. She chose between spilling on dating drama, fan theories and famous crushes or enduring sour bites. Conversations covered her collaborations with Kacey Musgraves and

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Willie Colón: 14 Essential Songs and Albums

Willie Colón, the trombonist, singer, bandleader, composer and producer from the Bronx, helped shape the sound now known as salsa. While Eddie Palmieri’s La Perfecta had used two trombones earlier, Colón made the instrument central, giving salsa an ornery, sometimes sarcastic voice that marked the Nuyorican generation’s countercultural

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Why Roger Ebert Was Wrong About The Skulls

Roger Ebert gave The Skulls one star after its March 2000 release. He wrote, "It isn’t a comedy, but that won’t stop anyone," and called the film "so ludicrous in so many different ways it achieves a kind of forlorn grandeur." The movie has

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White House Plumbers Mines Comedy from Watergate Missteps

White House Plumbers is an HBO miniseries that turns its attention to the operatives who carried out the Watergate break-in. Inspired by a non-fiction book by Egil Krogh and Matthew Krogh, the series follows Howard Hunt (Woody Harrelson) and G. Gordon Liddy (Justin Theroux), two self-styled patriots enlisted to fix

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A legendary table for five: 'Heat' icons share a meal with Anya Taylor-Joy

Patrons at Tower Bar did double takes when they saw Al Pacino, 85, and his girlfriend Noor Alfallah, 31, dining with Pacino’s Heat co-star Jon Voight, alongside Anya Taylor-Joy and her husband, musician Malcolm McRae. An insider said, 'They had a long dinner together,' and added that

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Prison Break Is an Underrated Crime Thriller Beloved by Stephen King

Stephen King once drew a line between what he thinks is great television and what he can’t stop watching, and his choice for the latter was Prison Break. The series premiered on Fox in 2005 with a premise that should not have worked: structural engineer Michael Scofield gets himself

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10 Most Ambitious Sci‑Fi Shows, Ranked

If any genre invites big ideas, it’s science fiction. Over its history, TV series have reached for the stars in very different ways—through franchise reinvention, formal experimentation, philosophical depth, or technical innovation. Some shows remade expectations from within their franchises: WandaVision retooled the MCU for television with sitcom

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Rebecca Gayheart seen for first time since Eric Dane's death

Rebecca Gayheart emerged for the first time since her husband Eric Dane’s death, pictured leaving the Los Angeles home where the Grey’s Anatomy star had been living. She wore a beige trench coat, glasses and an updo, carrying a black leather handbag as she exited the property on

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'Wuthering Heights' Holds Off New Releases in Slow Box Office Weekend

Emerald Fennel's Wuthering Heights reclaimed the top spot on Friday, Feb. 20, 2026, drawing $4.6 million domestically. The film posted a 56% drop from the previous Friday but is projected to finish the weekend with about $14.2 million, bringing its two-week domestic total to $60 million.

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William Shatner's Powerful Turn on How the West Was Won

After his defining work as Captain Kirk, William Shatner shifted from the far future to the recent past in the three-season television drama How the West Was Won. This is not the theatrical film; it’s the ABC series led by James Arness, and Shatner appears in the second season,

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Sword Strikes Playgoer During ‘Richard III’ in Berlin

On Thursday evening, during the final scene of “Richard III” at the Schaubühne theater in Berlin, a sword slipped from Lars Eidinger’s hand and struck an audience member in the head. The woman was hit by the sword’s grip rather than its blade; she sustained a light injury,

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Jessica Alba snuggles with Danny Ramirez, dons string bikini in Miami

Jessica Alba shared Instagram Stories from a Valentine’s Day getaway in Miami, posting photos of herself with Danny Ramirez. One shot showed Ramirez wrapping his arms around her and snuggling her cheek; another showed him holding a card that read, “Will you be my Valentine?” signed, “Danny.” Alba also

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Cerezo negro — Mareida’s cerezo negro recipe

A Chilean twist on a wine cocktail, the Cerezo negro balances the depth of pinot noir with the bright sweetness of cherries. It takes inspiration from Chile’s borgoña, where red wine meets fruit, but layers in cherry liqueur and soda for a modern, effervescent edge. A few drops of

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9 'Lord of the Rings' Characters Who Deserve Their Own Prequel Movie

J.R.R. Tolkien built a universe so dense that even background figures feel as if they lived entire lifetimes before the main story begins. When Peter Jackson brought Middle-earth to the big screen, the films became legendary: sweeping New Zealand landscapes, Howard Shore’s score, and a cast that