Singer-songwriter Heidi Tann has received the Indie Soul Award for Best Smooth Jazz Single of the Year in 2025 for her original composition, “You’re The Best Thing,” marking a significant milestone in her growing presence within the contemporary jazz landscape. Known for her silky-smooth voice, un-duplicatable and distinctive, this award matches that distinction. The award…
Debra OConnell, a longtime Disney business executive who has overseen the financial structures of many of the company’s best-known TV properties, has been named chairman of Disney’s entertainment-TV operations, a new role that makes her the central creative leader across the company’s U.S. broadcast, cable and streaming properties. She will report to Dana Walden, who is…
Crunchyroll dropped the trailer for its upcoming “Sekiro” anime adaptation Monday ahead of the show’s panel at the SXSW Festival in Austin. Based on FromSoftware’s critically acclaimed 2019 action-adventure game “Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice,” which follows shinobi warrior Wolf on his quest to rescue his lord during Japan’s Sengoku period, the TV series is a…
The Writers Guild of America began its talks with the major studios on Monday, as its striking staff members picketed outside. The talks were held at SAG-AFTRA headquarters on Wilshire Boulevard. Shortly before noon, the Writers Guild Staff Union marched a few blocks from WGA West headquarters to set up a picket line. They also…
Kpop juggernaut BTS is gearing up for one of the year’s biggest pop releases with the upcoming arrival of its fifth studio album, “Arirang” — and vinyl collectors can now get in on the action early. A new Target-exclusive pressing of the album is available to pre-order ahead of the record’s March 20 release. The…
Get ready for one more trip to Arrakis. Timothée Chalamet has revealed the first look at “Dune: Part Three,” the epic finale of Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi trilogy. In 2024’s “Dune: Part Two,” which Villeneuve co-wrote with Jon Spaihts, Chalamet returned as the warrior prince and chosen one Paul Atreides, who continued his high-stakes journey with…
Ryan Kiera Armstrong, who was set to star in Hulu’s “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” reboot as a new paranormal butt kicker, shared a video message on her Instagram Story Saturday afternoon after original star Sarah Michelle Gellar said the streamer was no longer moving forward with the sequel series. “I’m sure many of you have…
The Oscars are here, and Hollywood’s biggest stars are walking the red carpet. From couture gowns to colorful tuxedos, celebrity glam squads are pulling out all the stops. Teyana Taylor had her final dress fitting on Saturday, following one that took place earlier in the week in Paris. “Oh, my God, it’s going to be…
The Shaggs may be the unlikeliest group since the dawn of rock ‘n’ roll to have attracted a cult of hundreds of thousands or even millions of fans, all of whom take their place on different parts of the ironic-to-sincere appreciation scale. Were Dorothy, Betty and Helen Higgin, who comprised this late ’60s/early ’70s trio,…
A queer coming-of-age story set in rural New Zealand, Paloma Schneideman’s “Big Girls Don’t Cry” is a fantastic feature debut atypical of films on awkward adolescence. Unfolding during an overcast December summer in the mid-2000s, its intentional plotless-ness comes wrapped in harsh moods and distinct visual palettes, complemented by a gentle (albeit unflinching) approach to…
