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Totó la Momposina, Colombian Folk Music Star, Dies at 85

Totó la Momposina, the Colombian singer and dancer who brought Afro-Caribbean and Indigenous musical traditions to international audiences, died on May 17 in Celaya, northwest of Mexico City. She was 85. Her family said the cause was a heart attack. She retired in 2022 after a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s

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81-year-old developer finishes and releases abandoned Head Over Heels sequel

Thirty-seven years ago Colin Porch began work on a sequel to the computer puzzle Head Over Heels, but the project was shelved as console gaming shifted demand away from early personal computers. Now, at 81, Porch has completed and released that long-dormant follow-up after an old boss pointed out a

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The Pokémon TCG Lego Sets Are So Good I Want Them All

As Pokémon and Lego’s collaborations continue, the block-building company has asked fans to create mock-ups of possible Trading Card Game-based kits. After hundreds of submissions, the fan-voted contest is down to the final five picks, each of which includes a Pokémon popping out of a card. Four of the

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Power Ballad review: Promising themes left undeveloped

Power Ballad follows Rick, an American musician settled in Dublin, played by Paul Rudd. He leads an all-male wedding band, has a wife, Rachel, and a teenage daughter, Aja, and now and again a shadow of regret flickers across his face. On a trip for a lavish wedding Rick meets

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Star City Spins Off From For All Mankind with 91% Rotten Tomatoes Score

Star City, a spin-off of For All Mankind, debuted today on Apple TV and opened with a 91% positive score on Rotten Tomatoes based on 11 reviews, with a single negative submission so far. For All Mankind reimagines the space race with a Soviet first Moon landing; Star City unfolds

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Star Wars: Visions Introduced the Ideal Jedi Successor to Rey

Star Wars' film slate is at a crossroads, and one unexpected project has quietly provided a clear example of where the franchise could go next. Star Wars: Visions, which filters the saga through an anime lens, features a breakout Season 1 segment, "The Ninth Jedi," written and

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Olivia Book Joins Ballet West Corps and Expands Ballet’s Body Norms

Olivia Book, from Grimsby, Ontario, has been promoted to the corps de ballet of Ballet West. She is one of the first professional ballerinas with a congenital limb difference: her right arm is smaller than her left. During a 2024 run of Swan Lake, the specificity of her pointe work

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Kelly Clarkson Chokes Up After Rita Wilson's Heartfelt Tribute

Rita Wilson visited The Kelly Clarkson Show on the May 27 episode to perform and talk about new music, and she used what may be her last appearance to pay tribute to the host. Wilson, star of Sleepless in Seattle and wife of Tom Hanks, told Clarkson, "I just

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Scream 7, Psycho Killer and new movies to watch this weekend

It’s a big week for slashers on streaming. Neve Campbell is menaced by Ghostface again in Scream 7, which lands on Paramount Plus after a box office run that was dogged by controversy and a boycott. Survivors of Ghostface’s previous attacks gather to protect Sidney Prescott’s daughter,

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Fans roast tired-looking Dragon Quest 12 protagonist

Dragon Quest 12 was re-revealed as a whole new game titled Dragon Quest 12: Beyond Dreams instead of Flames of Fate, and its new protagonist looks distinctly exhausted. That prompted a wave of online ridicule, with some questioning whether the character was designed by the late Akira Toriyama — a claim

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Danny Boyle Reveals 28 Years Later 3 Will Start Filming in 2027

Danny Boyle has confirmed that production on the third installment of the 28 Years Later franchise is expected to begin in 2027. The director said the shoot was delayed because the planned British locations can only be filmed at certain times of year, explaining, "We ran out of time.

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Damien Leone and Sam Raimi Team Up for Tortures of the Damned

Lionsgate has acquired Tortures of the Damned, Damien Leone's next horror feature and his first original project after the Terrifier series. Leone will write, direct, and produce the film once he finishes Terrifier 4, which is currently in pre-production. Plot details are being kept tightly under wraps. The

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'Backrooms' is the newest YouTube hit in movie theaters

Backrooms, a moody horror film based on an internet meme, is the theatrical debut for 20-year-old director Kane Parsons. Early returns suggest it could bring in an astonishing $60 million at the box office, likely beating Disney's new Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu. The picture follows recent

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Royal Shakespeare Company casts Game of Thrones prequel play

The Royal Shakespeare Company has revealed the full cast for its Game of Thrones prequel play, The Mad King. Michael Abubakar will portray Ned Stark, taking the role from Sean Bean; his stage credits include Romeo in the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland's Romeo & Juliet and Jimmy in

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Grim Dawn's final expansion Fangs of Asterkarn arrives July 23

Over 10 years after its initial release, Grim Dawn will receive its final expansion, Fangs of Asterkarn, on July 23. First announced in 2023 and originally expected the following year, the expansion has been described by Crate Entertainment as its "largest expansion ever." This is the ARPG'

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The Boys Tops Streaming Charts After Divisive Series Finale

The Boys concluded its fifth season on May 20, delivering several shocking deaths across eight episodes and sending its main characters off in dramatic fashion. Despite debate over the finale's choices, the series continued to perform strongly on streaming charts. The Hollywood Reporter noted the finale earned 947

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Which Sci‑Fi Hero Are You Most Like?

Five iconic heroes. Five completely different ways of facing an impossible universe. One of them shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of refusing to back down. Eight questions will tell you which one. How do you lead when the stakes couldn't be higher? The way

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Mandy Moore says Macaulay Culkin introduced her to underage drinking

Mandy Moore revealed that Macaulay Culkin got her into underage drinking while filming the 2004 teen comedy "Saved." Production took place in 2003 in Vancouver, where the legal drinking age is 19. On the "Shut Up Evan" podcast she said, "I do remember a little

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StarCraft 2 development ended six years ago, but Blizzard keeps changing it

Six years after Blizzard said it would stop producing new content for StarCraft 2 in October 2020, the studio has continued to issue balance tweaks and updates. A new patch aims to "extend the early and mid-game experience, allowing players to remain competitive on one to three bases for

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Songs of the Past should draw from the Witcher novels

After months of speculation, CD Projekt Red announced more The Witcher 3 DLC on Wednesday. Unfortunately for those wanting more monster hunting on the Continent ASAP, the upcoming expansion Songs of the Past won’t be released until sometime in 2027, so for now you’ll have to be content

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Temple Maker 64 demo brings N64-style dungeon creation to life

One-man studio Ki3 Games has released a free demo for Temple Maker 64, a tool for creating large, interconnected dungeons or short challenge rooms and a third-person adventure that clearly evokes Ocarina of Time. Super Mario Maker prompted requests for a similar The Legend of Zelda Maker, and while Nintendo

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Spider-Man Faces the Punisher in New Brand New Day Image

Spider-Man: Brand New Day picks up Peter Parker five years after the end of Jon Watts' trilogy, stripping the hero back to basics and away from Stark technology. A new image released online and shared by Empire Magazine shows Spider-Man running alongside Frank Castle as the Punisher fires a

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Which Oscar Best Picture Is Your Perfect Movie?

Five Oscar Best Picture winners. Five completely different visions of what cinema can be — and what it can do to you. Ten questions will figure out which one. What kind of film experience do you actually want? Parasite is a film about class, desire, and the architecture of inequality that

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Katy Perry collaborates with rapper who once threatened to 'smack' her

Katy Perry and Chief Keef released a remix of Perrys 2013 song "Legendary Lovers" on Thursday, 13 years after Keef threatened to "smack" her during an online beef. Perry posted a TikTok of the duo dancing and singing along to the remix with the caption,

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Chris Hemsworth Is Back in Action in New Off-Road Racing Movie

Chris Hemsworth has built his career on physically demanding, stunt-heavy roles, most recently playing the unhinged warlord Dementus in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024). He will produce and star in a narrative feature about Australia’s Tatts Finke Desert Race. Wild State, the company Hemsworth co‑founded in 2022