Proclaiming you're unfamiliar with Ella Langley's record-setting song has a lot in common with saying "I listen to anything but country"
What Some Folks Really Mean When They Claim to Have Never Heard ‘Choosin’ Texas’
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Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love’ Returns to No. 1 on Albums Chart Following ‘Expectations’ Remix
Following the release of her Expectations remix with Chappell Roan, Olivia Rodrigo returns to the top of the Billboard 200 with You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love, earning a third total week at No. 1. Rodrigo initially released You Seem Pretty Sad back in June, bowing atop the chart and remaining […]
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‘I Play Rocky’ Star Stephan James on Paying Tribute to Carl Weathers with His Red Carpet Look: ‘I Can Literally Walk in His Shoes Yet Again’
Stephan James paid tribute to Carl Weathers by donning a white suit on Saturday at the AFI Fest screening of his new movie “I Play Rocky.” James plays the late actor in the Peter Farrelly film, which chronicles the making of Sylvester Stallone’s “Rocky” in 1976. ” “This is a three-piece custom King Bay […]
PC Gamer
Indies and non-sequels have exploded in the last year, and it's not all friendslop
"Indie studios produced 20 of the 21 extra breakout launches in the 2026 cohort," reads one industry analysis.
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Elon Musk’s Grok Finally Delivers First Installment of ‘Historically Accurate’ ‘The Odyssey’
Months after Elon Musk promised that his AI tool Grok Imagine would create an entirely AI-generated, feature-length version of The Odyssey, the tech mogul has partially followed through on the claim. On Friday, the company shared the first 7-minute, AI-generated episode of the Odyssey series on X. The account also credited the “creative collaboration” to […]
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Reddit’s Largest Open Source Community Dumbfounded By AI Ban: ‘I Guess Linux Is No Longer Allowed Here?’
Moderators of r/opensource have banned projects under a year old, anything 'made by AI,' and, bizarrely, all non-English speakers
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Holland Taylor Says She Was ‘Never Paid Very Well’ on ‘Two and a Half Men’: ‘I Got Four Emmy Nominations, and They Never Gave Me a Raise’
Holland Taylor is speaking out about why she didn’t renew her contract on “Two and a Half Men.” The actress spent six years as Evelyn Harper, the mother of Charlie (Charlie Sheen) and Alan (Jon Cryer), on the CBS sitcom. She recently revealed that part of the reason she left the show was due to […]