Never before has so much Spanish been heard on the Oscars stage. Alfonso Cuaron’s best director win was the fifth in the past six years for Mexican directors, and that was just one notable moment during the 91st Oscars, which presented a much different picture than ceremonies of just a few years ago. Latino filmmakers and actors have been historically […]

Music history is pockmarked by artists disdaining the very albums that put them on the map. Debut records, in particular, loom large. It’s not surprising: first impressions are hard to shake, particularly for those uninterested in repeating themselves. But few have the kind of lukewarm relationship Lupe Fiasco has had with his own first entry: 2006’s influential, skateboard-adoring, lyrically ambitious […]

Obsidian Entertainment’s upcoming game “The Outer Worlds” briefly revealed an Aug. 6 release date on its Steam page over the weekend, as spotted by GamesRadar. The Steam page for the first-person RPG currently states release is planned for “2019,” but it did display “August 6, 2019” on Friday until it was removed several hours later. The change is noted on […]

The wreckage of the ­Emiliano Sala death crash plane lies on the seabed as investigators reveal it fell from the sky at 90mph. An interim report shows pilot David Ibbotson told of poor visibility 15 minutes before the flight plunged, killing him and Cardiff City signing Sala, 28. The Air Accidents Investigation Branch also revealed Mr Ibbotson, 60, did not […]

It’s hard to believe that it’s already that time of the Bachelor season once again — the final four are about to embark on their hometown adventures with Colton, and that means family introductions. All of the women have the right to be a little nervous about bringing a new guy, who just happens to be a former NFL player […]

Do you feel dizzy? Does the room seem to be whirling around you? No, you don’t have the spins. You’ve got a case of the possible spinoffs. The on-again, off-again whispers about The Real Housewives of New Jersey stars Melissa and Joe Gorga potentially getting a spinoff? Oh, the whispers are whispering again. So cup your hands over your ears […]

Confessions of a (failed) pushy parent: Tutors, music lessons, Japanese maths… CANDIDA CREWE made her sons do them all, but they still didn’t succeed like her friends’ Oxbridge children – so why does she say she’s GLAD her ambitions weren’t met? Candida Crewe says her boys were strong enough to resist her pushy parenting  Her sons were ten, eight and six […]

Gloria Chao, the author of American Panda, started reading and writing young adult books during an unhappy stint in dental school. She eventually left dentistry behind to write full-time, but it was three years before she signed with an agent and got a book deal. Her story isn’t unusual: Rejection is common in the books world, and authors of color, […]

Chrissy Teigen knows what she wants! The star hit the Oscars afterparty circuit with husband John Legend on Sunday, February 24, in Los Angeles, and helped herself to a little nibble. The problem: The food Teigen had her eye on came right off the plate of a music legend. “Stole some shrimp from @QuincyDJones,” the 33-year-old wrote on Twitter alongside […]

Since everyone seems obsessed with the idea of Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga dating in real life, you’d think his long-time girlfriend Irina Shayk would be jealous. But that’s not necessarily true. The A Star is Born costars have been spotted gazing adoringly at one another both on and off screen for months now, prompting rumors of a secret romance. […]