There is a particular kind of credibility that cannot be manufactured, only earned over decades, and Paddy Smith has it. The Irish singer, songwriter, and harmonica player has spent a career carrying the blues through a music scene that has changed shape around him again and again, never once trading the grit and spirit of
THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1958, Lolita is published in the United States. What Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel can teach us about grief, literature, and growing up. | Lit Hub TV Florence Hazrat explores the surprisingly controversial history of the parenthesis. | Lit Hub History Edwidge Danticat tells us why
Dee Snider has issued an apology to Kelly Osbourne over the Ozzy-related drama that transpired on social media between them late last week. The former Twisted Sister legend took to X this morning (Aug. 18) to apologize to Kelly, who took offense to some remarks he made about her father’s career on the platform a few days
Kanye West is set to perform in Russia, despite the widespread cultural boycott of the country over its invasion of Ukraine. Since Russian forces invaded Ukraine in 2022, there has been a widespread refusal amongst artists to perform in the country. Now, however, Kanye West has announced plans to play two shows in St Petersburg
Whitney Way Thore is engaged! After documenting the ups and downs of her life on My Big Fat Fabulous Life for a decade, including the highs and lows of her love life, Thore announced her engagement to her boyfriend on August 18. “We’re getting married, and we couldn’t be happier,” she told People, adding that she
(L to R) Spider-Man battles The Hand in Columbia Pictures ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’. Copyright: ©2026 CTMG. All Rights Reserved. Photo By Sony Pictures. Preview: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ stayed top of the box office for a third weekend. ‘The Odyssey’ remained in second place. ‘Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie’ and ‘The End of Oak
Jay Shetty is paying tribute to actress Hayden Panettiere. Amid the ongoing heartfelt tributes to the late actress, who died Sunday at age 36, clips from her emotional interview on Jay Shetty’s On Purpose podcast have recirculated online. Throughout Panettiere’s interview with Shetty, which took place in May, she reflected on being a child star and growing
John Steinbeck’s epic family saga East of Eden comes with biblical themes and a near-biblical page count. The 1952 classic was Steinbeck’s last major work and it is credited, along with The Grapes of Wrath, with securing him the Nobel Prize in Literature, which he won in 1962. In 1955, two Hollywood legends—director Elia Kazan
Airlines flying over parts of the Atlantic could see more rerouting this winter as a trial to avoid climate-warming contrails gets underway. Operation Blue Skies will cover the Shanwick Oceanic Control Area, a hotspot for the creation of contrails, and test whether tweaking flight routes to avoid areas likely to result in contrails can meaningfully
Our editors love an outfit reference photo as a source of inspiration for how to style items, and having go-to blueprints makes getting dressed easier. With summer coming to a close soon, I’m looking back at some of the combinations influencers have been wearing lately, especially looks that can transition into early fall. Camille Charrière
Per a 404 Media report published this morning, Amazon, that evil empire, “is buying massive quantities of books, scanning them for AI training data, and destroying them in the process.” This news follows slow-creeping revelations that other AI companies have been practicing “destructive scanning” to train their LLMs for at least the past two years.
This one may break some Breaking Benjamin fans! In this week’s Chuck’s Fight Club on the Loudwire Nights radio show, we’re asking you to choose between two classic record from the Ben Burnley-led band and firmly vote for which you feel is their best album. Is it Phobia or Dear Agony? Breaking Benjamin’s evolution saw
Green Day‘s Tré Cool has addressed whether the long-discussed ‘American Idiot’ movie is still in the works, and whether the band are due for a full biopic. The drummer has spoken to NME following the release of Nimrods, the new fictional coming-of-age comedy inspired by Green Day’s early touring years, and he was asked whether the plans for a big screen
What To Know It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 18 kicked off with a wild wedding, but did the FXX comedy take things to far? The two-episode debut also paid tribute to late star Lynne Marie Stewart. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia‘s landmark 18th season has officially kicked off with two back-to-back episodes: “Frank Marries
(L to R) Aaron Pierre and Kyle Chandler in ‘Lanterns’. Photo: John Johnson/HBO Max. Arriving on HBO August 16th with the first episode (and seven more to follow weekly), ‘Lanterns’ sees James Gunn’s (‘Superman’) DC Studios universe move into live-action TV with a show that mixes interstellar law-keeping mythology and ground-level small town crime. “Only
Among the performances for which Hayden Panettiere has been most fondly remembered in light of her death at age 36 are her memorable turns in the Scream franchise. Panettiere, who died Sunday, got her start as a child actress in projects like Remember the Titans before starring on such series as Heroes and Nashville and
It’s been five long years since A Court of Silver Flames, the fifth book in Sarah J. Maas’s A Court of Thorns and Roses series, was released. Now, Maas has revealed the covers and titles of the sixth and seventh books in the series. Book six is A Court of Splintered Harmony, and it comes
Google won a bankruptcy auction for Spirit Airlines’ business data and software code for $10 million, according to an August 14 court filing. The assets include data from Spirit’s finance and accounting, operations, and revenue management systems. Also included: roughly 3.4 million payroll records, 100 million emails, 80,000 email accounts, and employee data dating back
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