NEW YORK — All seven members log onto a livestream, broadcast from a beach. A few years ago, it was a common image. But after the K-pop boy band BTS pressed pause on their full-band duties for nearly four years, it was revelatory. That’s the scene that begins “BTS: The Return,” a new Netflix documentary…
“Project Hail Mary” is bringing audiences to movie theaters in numbers the industry hasn’t seen for a non-franchise film since “Oppenheimer.” The science fiction epic starring Ryan Gosling earned around $80.5 million in ticket sales in its first weekend playing in North America, according to studio estimates Sunday. Box office tracker EntTelligence estimates that translates…
A few days ago, we told you about the new bar in Washington DC specifically designed to ‘monitor the market’. The Polymarket bar, playing on the “Monitoring the Situation” meme, is a bust. After waiting outside for nearly 1.5 hours in the rain because of technical issues—power and wifi going out—none of the TVs…
SEOUL, South Korea — After a four-year break, K-pop supergroup BTS returns Saturday with a massive, free comeback concert in Seoul, where thousands of police are locking down a central boulevard for the Netflix-exclusive spectacle expected to draw tens of thousands of fans. The performance at Gwanghwamun Square launches a monthslong global tour spanning dozens…
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Former reality TV star Joseph Duggar on Friday waived his right to an extradition hearing in Arkansas, which set in motion his transfer to Florida to face a child molestation charge. Duggar, 31, was arrested Thursday in Tontitown, Arkansas, where he lives with his family. Authorities in Bay County, Florida, now…
NEW YORK — Calvin Tomkins, an author and longtime staff writer for The New Yorker known for his witty and expansive profiles of Andy Warhol, Marcel Duchamp and dozens of other visual artists, died Friday at 100. Tomkins was just a few months younger than the magazine where he spent decades, as editor David Remnick…
It is with sadness that we share the passing of Chuck Norris at 86 years old. Chuck Norris, Action Icon and ‘Walker Texas Ranger’ Star, Dies at 86 https://t.co/IXZWWiOs2q — Variety (@Variety) March 20, 2026 His family’s letter. RIP Chuck Norris pic.twitter.com/fW9gt4Cypw — what.i.meme.to.say (@whatimemetosay) March 20, 2026 Norris…
Venezuela’s 3-2 win over the United States in the World Baseball Classic championship game was seen by 10,784,000 viewers on Fox and Fox Deportes, nearly double the 5.4 million who watched Japan defeat the Americans in the 2023 final on FS1, Fox Deport… NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Venezuela’s 3-2 win over the…
ABC has scrubbed the upcoming season of “The Bachelorette,” starring Taylor Frankie Paul, citing a newly released video from 2023. Thursday’s unprecedented cancellation of the already filmed season of the long-running reality television show comes days before it was to premiere, on Sunday. “In light of the newly released video just surfaced today, we have…
SEOUL, South Korea — SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — BTS will stage its long-awaited comeback concert on Saturday night at Seoul’s Gwanghwamun Square, one of South Korea’s most famous landmarks that represents its royal heritage and political and cultural life. In a free concert expected to draw tens of thousands of fans, the K-pop juggernaut’s…
