Beyoncé has gone back to B’Day for her own birthday, releasing a 20th-anniversary deluxe edition of her sophomore album as she turns 45. Stream it below. The newly remastered digital version expands the record to 31 tracks, folding in previously unreleased material, B-sides, remixes, and a pair of new collaborations with Maluma and the late
Critic’s Rating: 4 / 5.0 4 One of my weirdest fears is that someone will get the power to read my mind, and Stuart Fails to Save the Universe Season 1 Episode 7 delves into why that is. Nothing is sacred anymore. All those weird thoughts everyone gets suddenly become audible to the world. (Colin


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Legendary hitmaker celebrates inclusion alongside music’s greatest names, reflecting on his personal history with Elvis Presley MEMPHIS, TENN. — Thursday, September 3, 2026 — Tony Orlando has been named among the honorees featured in the Icons Exhibit at Elvis Presley’s Graceland, joining the ranks of the legendary artists celebrated at the world-famous Memphis landmark. Orlando’s
Denise Richards confidently said on her Bravo reality show that she would “never” divorce again. She was wrong. She’s currently in a contentious divorce amid abuse allegations. One of her ex-husbands revealed that they were diagnosed with the deadly HIV virus. The soap star was “terrified” that she and her daughters were exposed. Keep reading
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) returns for its 51st edition from September 10-20, 2026. Founded in 1976, TIFF has cemented its status as one of the most prestigious and well-attended film festivals in the world. Academy Award winners like La La Land, American Beauty, Jojo Rabbit, Nomadland, Slumdog Millionaire, and more have screened at
Gloria Steinem, the writer, organizer and unmistakable public face of the modern feminist movement, died yesterday (Sept. 3) at her home in New York, according to her foundation. For more than six decades, Steinem turned journalism, public speaking and grassroots organizing into instruments of social change, helping move issues including reproductive freedom, gender equality and
Critic’s Rating: 2 / 5.0 2 Now would be a good time for me to admit that I’m not a fan of slashers. I find them to be the bottom of the barrel of horror because most don’t have anything solid to grasp onto. It’s just loud noises and blood. (FX) So I haven’t been
A prominent leader in the fight for transgender rights is speaking out about the “near complete exodus of philanthropy” for trans rights organizations in the midst of the Trump administration’s brutal and ongoing campaign against the community. In a piece for Nonprofit Quarterly, Transgender Law Center Executive Director Shelby Chestnut decried the fact that funding
The crowning achievement of Oliver Stone’s still somewhat overlooked biopic ofHustlermagazine founderThePeople Vs. Larry Flyntis its tight grasp on the performative nature of morality. In the claustrophobic home of hypocrisy, all windows are made of glass. WithInk, Danny Boyle’s own shot at profiling acontroversial media mogul, the director is so swept up in underscoring his
The first trailer for the upcoming documentary Neil Peart: No One’s Disciple has been unveiled ahead of its September 23rd premiere on Canada’s CBC television. Get RUSH Tickets Here As previously reported, the documentary chronicles the late RUSH drummer’s life from his early career gigging in Canada to his meteoric rise as one of the
“I believe there are monsters born in this world to human parents,” begins the trailer for Zoe Kazan’s adaptation of East of Eden, which looks freaking incredible. The monster of Steinbeck’s epic multigenerational saga is Cathy Ames, played by Florence Pugh in the 7-episode limited series coming to Netflix October 1. Pugh leads an all-star
The Valley cast can be divided, but one thing that has united many of them is their disdain for Jax Taylor. He has been awful and hard to handle on multiple occasions. Now, his estranged wife, Brittany Cartwright, has filed for and was granted a restraining order against him. Some believe that she should have
EXCLUSIVE: Liu Cixin’s The Three-Body Problem is getting a brand-new release, and Screen Rant has an exclusive first look at the artwork. After its initial publication and English translation, the novel became a bestseller, won awards like the Hugo Award for Best Novel and was nominated at the Nebula Awards for Best Novel. Liu went
A city employee was attacked early Sunday morning in Sacramento’s LGBTQ+ district of Lavender Heights, where he said four men left him with minor injuries after shouting racist and anti-LGBTQ+ slurs. The victim, Joseph Sais, told KCRA that he was walking home with a friend after a night out when the men started taunting, chasing,
Bam Bam restaurant and bar at Gate C5 inside George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston will always be a special place for Ruthie Foster. It’s where the blues/soul/folk star was in February 2025 when finding out she won her first Grammy at the age of 60. “Everybody around us exploded, and I was like, did
Kouzuki is not the only one. Count Fujiwara is in fact aKorean conman, and the ease with which he passes as Japanese nobility unsettles the concept of acoherent ethnic identity. The lack of perceivable difference between the Japanese colonisers and the colonised Koreans engenders an uneasy ambiguity where it’s hard to tell friend from foe.
Here we see the flipside of this narrative of exclusion: if we are going to be treated as violent scum, then we shall wear it as abadge of pride. Of course, this is atidy gloss on amuch more complex cultural issue. Football hooliganism was never simply an innocent pastime unfairly vilified by abourgeois media, but
Longtime Wheel of Fortune announcer Jim Thornton has been suspended from the game show as Sony Pictures Television is investigating allegations against him. “We have recently been made aware of allegations concerning Jim Thornton,” the studio said in a statement to Variety. “He has been suspended from Wheel of Fortune and we are recasting while
R. F. Kuang is the bestselling author of Yellowface, The Poppy War, and Babel, to name a few, and today is the publication day for her newest novel: Taipei Story, out from William Morrow. Check out an excerpt below. Was I an Ugly Human Being? I had just read Jamaica Kincaid’s A Small Place in
We independently evaluate all recommended products and services. Any products or services put forward appear in no particular order. if you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. The Iron Snail Riddle me this, why is this little yellow symbol on every single good boot? Because that otwear history. The original version of
The official teaser for Tulsa King Season 4 has arrived, and it’s full of strutting mobsters and violence, just like we want! The series will make its triumphant return to Paramount+ on October 14, and, as we have since the beginning, we’ll be dissecting every episode. Are we ready? Hell, yeah. We’re ready! (Steve Swisher/Paramount+)
Chappell Roan is as famous for her outspokenness as she is for her music. The pop singer was at the center of a scandal in March 2026 after a famous soccer player accused her security team of screaming at his daughter at a hotel in Brazil. She also made headlines several times after calling out
Event Horizon is back on streaming. The classic sci-fi movie has returned to streaming today following its epic 2026 sequel, and as the revered film approaches an important milestone. One of the best movies starring the late Sam Neill, Event Horizon is a sci-fi horror movie that follows a rescue crew arriving at the titular
You may have seen the videos of Björk spinning reggaeton behind a CDJ at some point in your doomscrolling and felt jealousy for everyone witnessing it. The Mánakvöld (literally “moon night”) parties are a normal occurrence in the basement venue at Smekkleysa, the brick and mortar incarnation of the legendary Icelandic label Björk founded with
Travis Kelce has confirmed that he and wife Taylor Swift are now proud dog parents! The Kansas City Chiefs tight end, 36, stars in a new Tommy Hilfiger fashion campaign, first shared by Vogue on Tuesday, September 1, alongside an adorable costar: his and Swift’s fluffy white Samoyed. The Vogue piece noted that the “Hilfiger
Jake Reiner has reportedly wed his fiancée, Maria Gilfillan, eight months after the deaths of his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner. The private ceremony was held earlier this month, TMZ and People reported on Monday, August 31. No other details about the wedding were immediately available. Jake, 35, previously offered a glimpse into his relationship
Former gang leader Duane “Keffe D” Davis has been convicted of the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur in Paradise, Nevada. A jury in Las Vegas deliberated for only three hours on Monday, August 31, before finding Davis, 63, guilty of murder with the use of a deadly weapon, reports The Associated Press. He could
Critic’s Rating: 4 / 5.0 4 Vikram is a lonely Librarian. Lonelier than typical, seeing as he is a man out of his time and forever separated from his great love, Anya. Bad enough that his great-great-great-granddaughter, Lysa, is Anya’s lookalike, but to bring Anya back through magical correspondence seems excessively cruel. (Courtesy of TNT)
The Trump administration is reviving a competition reminiscent of The Apprentice at a government agency with a $1 million prize pool, according to a news report. Fox News reported that the Small Business Administration will host a pitch competition in honor of the United States’ 250th anniversary that pits five entrepreneurs in a battle to