In the first battle of Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, Ramza, the youngest son of the noble Beoulve family, helps put down a band of former soldiers turned thieves, driven to desperation as their families starve and jobs vanish. At the end of the battle, Ramza says, “Honest work …

Country music sure likes to talk a lot about “authenticity,” but spend a day with a country musician who isn’t really country — and who quite possibly shouldn’t even be around today — and you’ll understand what that word really means. “It just sounds like a lot of stuff that …

Four months after news broke that she and Jason Isbell were divorcing, Amanda Shires opened a pair of concerts for Isbell in Colorado. The singer-songwriter, who addresses the end of her marriage and the reclamation of her independence on her new album, Nobody’s Girl, says she played the gigs simply …

When it was released back in 2020, Ghost of Tsushima struck a chord with players with its razor-sharp samurai gameplay and heavenly aesthetics. The open-world experience wasn’t entirely original, but through the strength of the game’s visuals — which filled each frame with vibrancy and texture befitting a fully colored …

T heir real life was about to slip into fantasy, which was pretty much the plan. At the tail end of the 1960s, Roger Taylor and Freddie Bulsara would lie on the floor together, head to head, getting lost in Electric Ladyland, talking about their future. Maybe they’d share a …

Hootie and the Blowfish frontman Darius Rucker has formed a supergroup, Howl Owl Howl, with R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills and co-founding, former drummer for the Black Crowes, Steve Gorman. Their debut track “My Cologne” arrives Oct. 31, and they’re kicking off their inaugural tour Nov. 3 at the Vogue in …

Gavin Newsom appeared on The Late Show last night and took the opportunity to reflect the attention he’s been getting for his social media posts, which parody those of Donald Trump. Host Stephen Colbert asked Newsom why he decides to do “something kind of funny” with his communication strategy. “The …

Four months after testifying at Sean Combs’ criminal trial in New York, celebrity stylist Deonte Nash has filed a lawsuit alleging that the music mogul trapped him in a “dark world” of repeated sexual battery, physical assault, stalking, and threats that turned his childhood dream of working in the entertainment …

Jimmy Kimmel Live returned last night after a week-long suspension, much to the delight of the general public. One person who was not a fan, however, was Donald Trump. The president responded to Jimmy Kimmel’s comeback with a rant on Truth Social, declaring that he intends to sue the late-night …

Jimmy Kimmel Live! is back. Last week, ABC and Disney abruptly suspended the long-running late-night series, citing an “ill-timed and thus insensitive” monologue in which the comedian criticized right-wingers for trying to “score political points” off the murder of Charlie Kirk. Jimmy Kimmel kept quiet in the days that followed, …