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Pearl Jam bassist Ament highlights skateboarding’s impact in Indigenous communities in Tribeca film
Raised in the rural Montana community of Big Sandy, Jeff Ament got hooked as a teenager on skateboarding at a time when not much more than only a handful of ramps were available in the state. Ament’s first love was a “terrible” clay wheel skateboard and his passion blossomed on a family trip to California, […]
A raucous Copenhagen crowd cheers Denmark’s 2026 Mullet Championship
COPENHAGEN | Business in the front, party in the back. A packed Danish crowd celebrated on Saturday the much-maligned but enduring mullet hairstyle, defined by very short hair at the front and longer hair at the back. Denmark’s raucous 2026 Mullet Championship, presented on an outdoor stage in central Copenhagen, attracted 12 well-coiffed competitors and […]
Pope Leo XIV acknowledges stiff competition with Bad Bunny in Spain and weighs in on soccer rivalry
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE | Pope Leo XIV ackowledged Saturday he is competing for attention with another VIP in Madrid this weekend, and the pontiff declared his preference in Spain’s biggest soccer rivalry. Puerto Rican sensation Bad Bunny is performing two shows of his 10-concert Spanish tour in the capital. Speaking to reporters aboard the […]
The Tony Awards, hosted by Pink, feature wins by John Lithgow and ‘Liberation’ play
NEW YORK | The prize for the best new play at the Tony Awards on Sunday went to “Liberation,” about a consciousness-raising women’s group in 1970s Ohio, which earlier this year also won the Pulitzer Prize for drama. Bess Wohl’s memory play collects stories from second-wave feminists from all walks of life as they tackle […]
Former supermodel Carré Otis files Paris rape complaint against ex-Elite boss
PARIS | Former American supermodel Carré Otis filed a complaint Friday at a Paris court alleging she was raped and trafficked by Gérald Marie, the former European head of Elite Model agency, in a move her lawyer said is meant to encourage other potential victims to come forward. Marie has denied the allegations and cannot […]
Taylor Swift’s ‘Toy Story 5’ song is a return to pop country
NEW YORK | Taylor Swift’s new song for the Disney and Pixar’s forthcoming “Toy Story 5” film is here. On Friday, Swift released “I Knew It, I Knew You,” a bit of a return to country music for the performer who first made a name for herself in the Nashville music scene before taking over […]
Choose ‘Trainspotting’: Ewan McGregor and Danny Boyle reflect on the life-changing film
Ewan McGregor, for a fleeting moment after “Trainspotting” came out, felt like a rock star. It wasn’t his first significant project; it wasn’t even his first film with director Danny Boyle. And he was, in his words, fairly arrogant and cocksure at the time. But that kinetic film about four heroin addicts in late-1980s Scotland […]
Movie Review: Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas hit the right notes in ‘Power Ballad’
Let’s just say that the wedding band has never occupied the most exalted rung of the ladder in music. Playing “September” and “Celebration” is often what’s most required. As one member of the Bride and the Groove, the band at the center of John Carney’s new film, puts it: They’re not rock stars. They’re human […]
Shia LaBeouf gets probation after pleading guilty to punching bargoers during Mardi Gras
NEW ORLEANS | Actor Shia LaBeouf was sentenced to probation Wednesday after pleading guilty to punching three people outside a New Orleans bar during Mardi Gras. LaBeouf must attend an alcohol treatment program under the sentence handed down by an Orleans Parish judge, according to Sarah Chervinsky, an attorney for the actor. LeBeouf, most widely […]
Movie Review: ‘Scary Movie 6’ brings back the Wayans and the Core Four for a rapid-fire horror spoof
The knife-wielding serial killer known as Ghostface unwisely tries to stab Teyana Taylor in the opening scene of “Scary Movie” and it goes rather poorly. The dagger the psycho plunges into the famously fit actor’s abdomen bounces off, horribly bent. “I’m Teyana Taylor,” she announces. “My abs have abs.” Ghostface accepts the loss but then […]