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Ebo Taylor, Musical Innovator of Highlife and Afrobeat, Dies at 90

Ebo Taylor died on Feb. 7 in Saltpond, a coastal town in Ghana. He was 90. His son Henry confirmed that he died in a hospital a day after a festival honoring Mr. Taylor began in Accra. He combined the lilting rhythms of Ghana’s highlife with the driving pulse

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Expedition 33 and Metaphor: ReFantazio on Steam sale now

Sandfall Interactive and Atlus have released a Steam bundle offering both Metaphor: ReFantazio and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 at 10% off. If you already own one title, you can still purchase the other at the same 10% discount. Both games are also on individual sale: Expedition 33 is reduced from

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Why Zack Snyder's 'Man of Steel' Failed to Capture Superman

Zack Snyder's Man of Steel was a box-office hit that split audiences. Its darkest moment—the climactic scene in which Superman snaps General Zod's neck—was staged as a traumatic act to save a family but was also meant to shock. For many viewers it felt

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Frederick Wiseman Watched People Like Nobody Else

Frederick Wiseman, who died on Monday at age 96, made his name and provoked controversy with Titicut Follies. Shot in a direct cinema style with no narrator or interviews, it presented patient-inmates at Bridgewater State Hospital and prompted Massachusetts to try to block its release. Legal fights reached the U.

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Jared Padalecki Says Supernatural Finale Is His Favorite

After 15 seasons and nearly as many episodes as there are days in a year, Supernatural built an enormous catalog. The series often rested on the bond between Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles), and Padalecki has named the series finale, "Carry On," his favorite — a choice

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Kate Hudson says son Ryder wants to pursue acting

Kate Hudson revealed that her 22-year-old son Ryder wants to pursue a career in acting. She shared the news during an interview with Entertainment Tonight about her Oscar nomination for "Song Sung Blue," and noted he’s set to graduate from New York University this year, calling him

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How One Pilot Moment Turned Bones From Procedural to Character Drama

Network procedurals often fade after a few seasons, but Bones avoided that fate by foregrounding character over formula. Creator Hart Hanson built the series around Temperance Brennan, a forensic anthropologist loosely based on the life and books of Kathy Reichs, and the chemistry between Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz gave

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Barack, Michelle Obama's daughter Sasha makes rare courtside appearance

Barack and Michelle Obama attended the NBA All-Star Weekend game on Feb. 15 at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif., sitting courtside with their younger daughter, Sasha. Their eldest daughter, Malia, 27, was not present. The family shared the photo on their joint Instagram post. The former First Lady, 62,

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30 years ago, Muppet Treasure Island redefined how we think about The Muppets

A recurring prompt on social networks asks which movie or book people would like to see remade with Muppets replacing all the humans except one. Brian Henson, who directed The Muppet Christmas Carol and Muppet Treasure Island, can take that as a compliment: the prompt’s ubiquity shows how heavily

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Mike Flanagan Is Adapting One of Stephen King's Most Controversial Endings

Mike Flanagan has built a reputation as a master of horror and a frequent interpreter of Stephen King, with projects ranging from The Haunting of Hill House and Midnight Mass to Gerald's Game, Doctor Sleep, and the recent The Life of Chuck. He is reportedly finishing a Carrie

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3 Prime Video Shows You Need to Binge This Week

Now that the acclaimed video game adaptation Fallout has concluded its second season, a new show tops Prime Video’s weekly TV rankings: the Aldis Hodge-starrer Cross. The series premiered the first three episodes of its second season last week, and early reception suggests Season 2 looks poised to be

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Apple Martin denies expulsion, says bullying rumor 'completely untrue'

Apple Martin denied social media rumors that she was expelled from a school for bullying, re-sharing a comment to her Instagram Stories and writing, “Hi! I didn’t wanna respond but this narrative is completely false and has gotten so out of hand.” She added, “I have never been expelled

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Maya Hawke Narrates Netflix’s Six-Episode Nightmares of Nature

Nature documentaries are often marketed as comfort viewing, but Nightmares of Nature is very much not that kind of show. While the series focuses on the natural world, it frames animals and their struggles in the language of horror: predators lurking in the dark, safety that is short-lived, and survival

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Robert Duvall was one of Hollywood's all-time greats

Robert Duvall, one of Hollywood’s greatest actors, died Monday at age 95 at home in Virginia. He became known for disappearing into roles while remaining himself; as he told Stephen Colbert in 2021, "You’ve gotta keep it within your temperament. Your anger, your vulnerability or whatever — it’

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Ticket Scam Cost the Louvre $12 Million, Investigators Say

Louvre officials first suspected a pair of tour guides of reusing tickets in late 2024. The Paris prosecutor’s office said investigators then uncovered a network that it estimated cost the museum nearly $12 million over a decade, involving bribes, tickets reused multiple times and groups split up to avoid

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Ryan Murphy's American Crime Story Pushed Stephen King to Adapt Lisey's Story

Stephen King, widely regarded as the King of Horror, has seen many of his novels adapted for film and television. One book he long resisted letting go of was Lisey’s Story, published in 2006 and only adapted for television in 2021; King has repeatedly said it is his personal

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Paul Giamatti Backs Holly Hunter’s Unconventional Captain’s Chair Stance

Holly Hunter’s choice to sit informally in the captain’s chair on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy has drawn criticism, but fellow cast members have come to her defense. Paul Giamatti, who plays space pirate Nus Braka, told The D-Con Chamber podcast that when he first saw her sit that

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Rukmini Iyer’s ginger sesame meatballs with rice and greens

I make variations of these meatballs every fortnight for my children, usually with chicken mince. The texture is fantastic and, whisper it, they’re even better made in an air fryer, though you have to cook them in one layer and may need multiple batches; I’ve provided oven timings

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Cardi B confirms split from Stefon Diggs

Cardi B confirmed her breakup from Stefon Diggs during her Little Miss Drama Tour stop in Los Angeles, calling out rival BIA before performing her diss track "Pretty & Petty." On stage she said, "Let me tell you something, just because I ain’t f–king with

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Baldur's Gate 3 gets tiny patch that fixes corrupted saves

Baldur's Gate 3 quietly downloaded just north of 100 MB for some players, arriving without any advance notice and prompting questions about what Larian might be up to. The studio isn't signalling a surprise Patch 9, a sudden DLC, or a Divinity tie‑in — and if

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God of War Sons of Sparta angers players over confusing co-op requirements

God of War Sons of Sparta was surprise-revealed and released during last week's State of Play. The 2D Metroidvania prequel follows young Kratos and his brother Deimos, and the PlayStation Store description said it could be played by two players via co-op. Players who started the game, however,

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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Episode Joins Top-Rated Game of Thrones Episodes

The penultimate episode of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, "In the Name of the Mother" (Season 1, Episode 5), has scored 9.8/10 on IMDb. That rating ties it with Game of Thrones' "Hardhome" (Season 5, Episode 10) and places it just below

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How we made A Knight’s Tale — Heath Ledger knocked my tooth out

Brian Helgeland wrote A Knight’s Tale during a lull after being fired from Payback, and he favoured the idea of jousting as medieval sport. He saw the story as a peasant who wants to be a noble — like a screenwriter wanting to be a director — a guy trying to

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Prime Video Renews Dark Spy Thriller The Assassin for Season 2

Prime Video has picked up a second season of the six-part British thriller The Assassin, which starred Keeley Hawes opposite Freddie Highmore. Critics gave the first season a mostly positive response with a 74% score on Rotten Tomatoes, while audience ratings lagged at 43%, even as the show rose to

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