The auction for Dame Dash’s shares of Roc-A-Fella Inc. is currently at a legal stalemate. Last week, the New York Department of Social Services (NYCDSS) filed a motion with U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert W. Lehrburger asking for a pre-motion hearing to assess Roc-A-Fella’s internal records and long-term outlook. The department’s …

In the hours following the news of Maggie Smith‘s death at age 89, numerous of the two-time Oscar winner’s friends, including King Charles, Whoopi Goldberg, Viola Davis, and the actress’ Harry Potter castmates, have shared touching tributes to the performer on social media. Her sons Toby Stephens and Chris Larkin …

Hugh Prestwood, the country songwriter who penned hits for Randy Travis, Trisha Yearwood, Alison Krauss, and Jimmy Buffett, died Sunday, Sept. 22, following a stroke, according to his close friend, songwriter James Dean Hicks. Prestwood was 82. With hits like “Ghost in This House,” “The Song Remembers When,” and “Hard …

Princess Zelda has been lost, kidnapped, and forced into hiding. She’s been trapped in stone, crystal, and in the twisting body of a dragon. Yet she’s never had a meaningful opportunity to remain on screen in her own video game franchise until this year — 38 years after the original …

The 2024Australian Football League season comes to an end tonight, with the Sydney Swans facing off against the Brisbane Lions for a chance to hoist the Premiership Cup. If you’re in Australia, you can watch the AFL Grand Final on TV, broadcasting live on Seven and 7Plus. Want to watch …

It’s been wild to watch the rise of William Apostol, a.k.a. Billy Strings, a bluegrass prodigy turned crossover star like fellow genre travelers Alison Krauss and Chris Stapleton — but one who’s found a home in Jambandlandia, where his super-sick flatpicking guitar virtuosity has met with big fat dancing bear-hugs. …

Welcome to ourweeklyrundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.This week, Stevie Nicks delivers a powerful women’s rights anthem, Lady Gaga drops a surprise jazz album, and Rauw Alejandro rolls through with some heart-tugging slickness. Plus, Mickey Guyton, Billy Strings, …

Fresh off an appearance on Tucker Carlson’s extremist election tour, Republican vice-presidential nominee J.D. Vance is set to sit for a Pennsylvania town hall hosted by far-right Christian nationalist Lance Wallnau. Wallnau will be hosting Vance as part of the “Courage Tour,” a collaboration with the right-wing activist group Turning …

For being one of the most influential cultural forces in the history of gaming, it’s kind of a thing for people to shit on Nintendo. Its current console, the Switch, is home to some of the greatest games ever made, but in its seventh year on the market it’s looking …

Even before he was federally indicted on charges of bribery, wire fraud, and soliciting campaign contributions from a foreign national, New York mayor Eric Adams had his share of WTF moments. There was the time he was asked what made New York special and he answered, bizarrely, “This is a …