Bard College said it has opened an independent review of President Leon Botstein’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein after Justice Department emails showed a closer relationship than previously known. The board of trustees retained the law firm WilmerHale to conduct the review. The released messages include Botstein saying he cherished

Chris Pratt is widely known as one of the biggest action stars in the world, though his reputation took a hit with his most recent film, Mercy. He’s also slated to return later this year in a new Apple TV movie that the piece says is poised to steal

Bad Bunny and Gabriela Berlingeri were seen together in São Paulo on Wednesday for a dinner outing, following reports that the pair have reignited their romance. The singer kept it casual in jeans, sunglasses and a ball cap while Berlingeri wore a copper, floor-length dress with a thigh-high slit and

Steam Next Fest is a great place to find upcoming indies, and Wax Heads stands out for anyone who cares about music culture. The two-person Patattie Games team has built a record shop sim that leans into the warmth and eccentricity of live music scenes and vinyl collecting. You play

Daniel Radcliffe reflected on his time making the Harry Potter films during an appearance on Hot Ones, recalling the late Sir Michael Gambon’s on-set behavior. Radcliffe first came into the public eye playing the leading role and worked alongside notable British actors such as Robbie Coltrane, Jim Broadbent, Gary

Marvel has long led the way in superhero cinema, with a strong track record for crowd-pleasing releases. With so many well-reviewed films, Letterboxd offers a useful look at which theatrical Marvel movies viewers favor. At the lower end of this roundup, Thor: Ragnarok (2017) scores 3.7/5.0 and

When The Simpsons debuted on Fox in 1989, no one could have predicted that Matt Groening's series would be on the air over three decades and 800 episodes later. The show keeps going, but its long-running voice actors — Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, and Harry

Former judge Jay Manuel said the “real” Tyra Banks was missing from Netflix’s Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model, calling her “prepared television Tyra.” He made the comments during a sit-down with Sherri Shepherd alongside fellow judges Nigel Barker and Miss J Alexander, who also appear in

When asked to pick one rapper to make an album with, Flying Lotus chose Kendrick Lamar, calling him “an actual genius.” He praised Lamar’s clarity of vision and production instincts, saying the rapper knows where every sound is supposed to be and that working closely with him would be

Avatar: Fire & Ash has been a global sensation, but its U.S. box office trails three 2025 releases. It sits at $397 million domestically and needs more than $20 million to reach the top three for the year, placing it behind Zootopia 2 ($420.6 million), Lilo & Stitch

Mercy was released on transactional streaming platforms this week after an underwhelming month in theaters. The film has not yet recouped its reported $60 million budget, but positive audience scores have boosted its performance on home video: on its first day in the PVOD market Mercy rose to the top

The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins arrives on NBC with a host of blink-and-miss-it shout-outs that will reward 30 Rock fans. Watch the first two episodes on Monday, February 23 at 8/7c on NBC and the next day on Peacock. Executive produced by Tina Fey and co-created by

Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy's 90s minimalism remains influential. She favored retro Levi’s 517 bootcut jeans, a leg-lengthening style she paired with boots and heels, and often finished looks with belted coats and a tee, turtleneck or crisp white button-down. Levi’s still makes the exact cut, and it can

Opus Magnum, the 2017 puzzle game about building alchemical devices, is getting a surprise new DLC campaign titled Opus Magnum: De Re Metallica. The announcement is notable because Zachtronics, the studio behind the game, has largely been inactive since founder Zach Barth once declared that "Zachtronics is over."

Slay the Spire 2 will include four-player cooperative play when it enters early access, with multiplayer available on launch day. Trailer footage shows players planning routes together using collaborative map-sketching, splashing teammates with potions, and making joint decisions over relic choices. The glimpses suggest a fairly full-featured multiplayer mode that

Billy Steinberg, a lyricist and Grammy-winning producer whose songs became defining pop hits of the 1980s, died on Monday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 75. His son Ezra, also a songwriter, said the cause was cancer. Steinberg co-wrote songs that became hits for Madonna, Whitney Houston, Cyndi

Don’t Nod’s new third-person sci-fi, Aphelion, takes place in the 2060s on Persephone, an ice-covered ninth planet discovered at the edge of the solar system. In this version of the future, Earth is becoming uninhabitable and the European Space Agency sends astronauts to explore possible new homes. The

The 2018 drama "I Can Only Imagine" — about Bart Millard, the frontman of the Christian contemporary band MercyMe and the making of the mega-hit of the title — concludes with a tender scene between Bart and his dying father, Arthur (Dennis Quaid). Arthur encourages Bart to "catch his

Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy brings J.R.R. Tolkien's world to the screen, and its first film, The Fellowship of the Ring, includes a moment many viewers find unforgettable. In Lothlórien, during the Mirror of Galadriel sequence, Frodo offers Galadriel the Ring

The publisher has released “classic TV soundtracks,” putting all seven seasons of Only Fools and Horses and its BBC Christmas specials into an audio-only format. Episodes were not adapted for listening, so while the dialogue and laugh tracks remain intact, visual gags and slapstick are absent. John Sullivan’s writing

Laura Geller’s career once intersected with Audrey Hepburn: “One of the most defining moments of my career was working with Audrey Hepburn. That experience marked a major milestone for me,” she says, calling the late actress “a true beauty icon and a legend of her time.” Her namesake brand,

French indie studio Nerial has adapted its Reigns series to Geralt's adventures after a conversation with CD Projekt Red at GDC. The team, which had "great success" with a Game of Thrones version in 2018, has fashioned cartoon versions faithful to The Witcher 3, so players

After nine weeks in theaters worldwide, James Cameron’s Avatar: Fire and Ash has crossed the $1 billion mark overseas and sits at around $1.46 billion globally, with just under $400 million from domestic cinemas. It has not matched the franchise’s earlier runs: the first Avatar grossed $2.

A little over a week into Diablo 2's first expansion in 25 years, players have already found ways to break the new warlock class. By most accounts warlocks are the strongest class for how easy it is to put together a devastating build, but YouTuber Coooley wanted something

Horror has long held a special place in cinema, shaping the wider entertainment landscape since the medium's beginnings — with the first horror often cited as 1896's Le Manoir du Diable (The House of the Devil). Its timeline, from the silent era to the 2020s, shows steady