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The current party line around Gen Z is that they have ditched sex en masse in favor of more platonic relationships, thus leaving them more time and energy to lecture their elders about how we’ve monumentally fucked everything up. (Tough, but fair.) Gregg Araki — filmmaker, New Queer Cinema icon, staunch Generation X representative — would like to remind them that once upon a time, sex was cool. Sex was edgy. Sex was natural, sex was fun, sex was best when it was one on one. The fact that I Want Your Sex — not a biopic of George Michael,…

Belafonte served as advisor to Simon, who toured with South African musicians during Apartheid The multitalented John Legend will play the multitalented Harry Belafonte in an upcoming film dramatizing Paul Simon‘s Graceland tour of South Africa during Apartheid with Hugh Masekela and Miriam “Mama Africa” Makeba. Filmmaker Bill Condon will direct the picture, titled The Road Home, according to Variety. Shooting is underway. “I was honored to know Mr. Belafonte as my friend, mentor, and collaborator in the struggle for justice,” Legend said in a statement. “He was an incredible human being who lived a monumental, revolutionary life. He was…

Headlining Toronto’s Rogers Stadium last night—and becoming the first solo woman in history to do so—Karol G officially announced a new album, No Me Arrepiento de Sentir Tanto. Another surprise: It’s out next week. She went on to display the cover art across the stadium screens; take a look for yourself below. The release date is August 7.No further details have been revealed, but one imagines the single “Matadora,” released this week in tandem with her tour kickoff, is likely to feature. The urbano superstar will make her way across North and South America through the year before heading to…

Lollapalooza returns for its 2026 edition today (July 30) at Chicago’s Grant Park. The festival will stream live on Hulu and Disney+, with separate channels for each of the two stages. You can tune in beginning this afternoon at 4:05 p.m. Eastern and throughout the weekend. See what times your favorite artists are playing below.Charli XCX, Turnstile, and Zara Larsson, are this year’s headliners. Joining them on the bill are the xx, Olivia Dean, the Smashing Pumpkins, Ethel Cain, Tate McRae, Clipse, Geese, and Blood Orange, among others. To check out the full lineup, head here.Channel 1 Schedule(All times listed…

But MacLeod also seems genuinely concerned about how AI will displace workers, worsening an already bleak economic situation where “people with goddamn master’s degrees can’t get a job and afford an apartment in the city that they’re living in.”“Believe me, my optimism is tenuous,” he says. “The world is kind of shit, but I hold onto it anyway. There’s no way we will have [our basic everyday] problems in 500 years. Everything’s gonna be solved. How we get there is gonna hurt, and not everyone’s gonna come out OK.”MacLeod grew up in Sobieski, a tiny town in Wisconsin. His dad…

Out of all the sins of the Trump administration — wars, ICE raids, anti-vax lunacy and the return of measles, the empowering of Kash Patel and Stephen Miller, and so much more — Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy declaring war on “DEI bike lanes” is surely a small thing. But it’s also such a monumentally stupid act, so counterproductive, so anti-MAHA as to be completely maddening. NPR recently reported that staff at the Federal Highway Administration have been asked to purge any references to bikes and bike lanes from the agency’s website.  Additionally, Duffy, a former Real World and Road…

What was once a failed single from The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway has somehow become one of the most beloved Genesis songs, reappearing again and again throughout the years “The Carpet Crawlers” is far from the most famous Genesis song. If you play “Land of Confusion,” “Invisible Touch,” “I Can’t Dance,” or “Follow You Follow Me” to very casual fans or anyone who paid attention to pop music between 1978 and 1991, they’ll probably recognize them in an instant. “The Carpet Crawlers” is likely to be met with blank stares. That’s because it comes from 1975’s The Lamb Lies…

Yves is the print cover star of the July/August 2026 issue of NME Magazine, which is out now, bundled with MusicTech Magazine featuring DJ_Dave. Having first launched in 1952, NME’s last printed edition of the weekly incarnation of the magazine stopped in 2018. In July 2023, NME announced our return to print with a bi-monthly global magazine that showcases the best new artists and bands on earth, alongside exclusive new franchises, unmissable features, industry insight and expert reviews of the latest music, TV, film, and gaming releases. Now available exclusively via retailer Dawsons, our new issue features none other than…

Music fans are reacting to the Mercury Prize 2026 shortlist. Today (July 30), the 10 nominees for the shortlist have been unveiled for the prize. The winner will be crowned on October 22 at Newcastle’s Utilita Arena, where Sam Fender bagged the prize last year for his third album ‘People Watching‘. Paul McCartney, JADE, Nia Archives, Dave, Suede, Florence + The Machine, Olivia Dean, RAYE and Dove Ellis are all up for the Mercury Prize, with the War Child ‘Help(2)‘ compilation rounding out the nominations. Now, fans are reacting to the shortlist on social media, with many praising the list as “stacked”. “Omg Knats,…

Linda Perhacs has been found safely after her friends and manager launched a public effort to locate her this week. Her manager, Laurel Stearns, said in a statement to Rolling Stone, “We extend our sincere thanks to everyone who helped amplify this effort by sharing information, reaching out with support, and expressing genuine care for Linda’s well-being.” A post on Perhacs’ Instagram page added that she was in a new care facility.Perhacs had been discharged from a long-term care facility late last year, under the supervision of her caregivers. After several months without contact, Stearns told Pitchfork she reported Perhacs…