Elton John retired from touring in 2023, and last year, he experienced a serious health scare involving his vision. But for an artist with his work ethic and drive, slowing down was never really an option. In fact, his latest collaborative album, with country maverick Brandi Carlile, is a heartwarming …

This story appears in Issue 02 of Esses, a new media company that covers the culture, art, and characters of Formula 1. Subscribe to Esses to reserve your copy of Issue 02 here. Talking about the Beatles is fucking exhausting. Everything a person can say about them has already been …

Tim Mohr, the acclaimed journalist, author, and translator who collaborated on memoirs with Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan and Kiss frontman Paul Stanley, died Monday at his home in Brooklyn, New York. He was 55. Mohr’s publisher, Europa Editions, confirmed his death in a message from executive publisher Michael Reynolds. …

Val Kilmer, who starred in a string of high-profile films such as Batman Forever and The Doors before receding from the silver screen amid health issues, died on Tuesday at the age of 65. His daughter, Mercedes Kilmer, confirmed the actor’s death to The New York Times, adding the cause …

It’s been a tough quarter for Elon Musk. Not only has Tesla stock dropped 35 percent since President Donald Trump’s inauguration — hacking more than $100 billion off Musk’s personal net worth — today he saw another $20 million go down the drain as the Wisconsin Supreme Court seat he …

Keanu Reeves‘ action-packed John Wick movies are getting at least one more installment. On Tuesday, during CinemaCon, Lionsgate announced that Reeves will return to the film franchise for John Wick 5. “Keanu, Chad, Basil and Erica would not return unless they had something truly phenomenal and fresh to say with …

ROA is singing to a queen he’d like to keep. On Tuesday, the rising Puerto Rican star released his yearning Latin trap single, “Reina.” “Queen, I don’t know if you’re the right one/But with you, everything feels bigger,” sings the Puerto Rican star on the chorus in Spanish. “Don’t tell …

Following weeks of mass purges of employees across federal agencies led by Trump officials and Elon Musk‘s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is next on the chopping block, with some 10,000 workers set for dismissal. The cuts will see medical researchers, …

Mercedes-Benz recently unveiled its new CLA model at a star-packed event in Rome, Italy, but the car’s best-in-class features and innovative design weren’t the only surprises the automobile company had in store for guests. Grammy Award-winning singer Tyla made an unexpected appearance at this World Premiere and performed some of …

Last fall, Momodou Taal, a dual Gambian and U.K. citizen working toward a Ph.D. in Africana studies at Cornell University, was facing suspension and the loss of his F-1 student visa because he had attended a pro-Palestine campus demonstration. As he told Rolling Stone at the time, having his legal …