Author: Press Room

What happens when Peter Pan’s shadow has a shadow? Over the past two weeks, TikToker Toni Kulusich, better known as @babytoni99, has gone viral for videos of herself with Peter Pan at Disneyland. What might otherwise look like a routine character meet-and-greet has sparked a very different reaction online, with social media users questioning whether her decade-long fandom of a fictional character crosses a boundary. According to an interview with Wired, Kulusich, 27, didn’t see her content really take off until a clip of her gifting Peter Pan a tiny crocheted duck started trending. Suddenly, she’d gone from 10,000 views…

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A new Oasis documentary on the band’s 2025 reunion is set for release next month, teed up today by the official trailer. Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger presents the notoriously antagonistic Gallagher brothers in preparation for a reunion tour that might once and for all “change the narrative of the band” (and perhaps make a bit of money on the side). Watch Liam and Noel power through the pain, the glory, and some sort of liturgical subplot below.The Hulu Original film, made in partnership with Disney+, arrives in U.S. cinemas on September 11, ahead of a streaming release later…

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Frank Beard, the longtime drummer with rock legends ZZ Top, has died at the age of 77. The news was announced earlier today (August 18) by the band, with their official website confirming that Beard died yesterday while receiving hospice care at his ranch in Richmond, Texas. He was surrounded by his family, and no cause of death has been shared. ZZ Top founder Billy Gibbons has paid tribute to Beard, describing him as “one of the most naturally innovating drummers” and a “great and true son of Texas”. He added that Beard’s “signature backbeat was key to keeping ZZ on top”, while…

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Milwaukee rapper Funny $Money has died. He was one of two killed in a shooting in the city’s Old North neighborhood on August 17, WISN 12 News reports. His nephew told the station, “The last thing I said to my uncle was, ‘I love you and be safe.’ He said, ‘I’m always safe.’ That was it.” Funny $Money was 33.One of the linchpins of the recent Milwaukee hip-hop boom, Funny $Money, born Quentene Williams, was a slick-talking punchline rapper with an ear for R&B samples and groovy slap beats. He felt like connective tissue among a new generation of local…

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From the creator of My Old Ass, Sterling Point follows New Yorker Annie Jacobson (Ella Rubin) as she heads to a Canadian island recently left to her by a grandfather she never knew, and begins uncovering long-buried family secrets. The eight-episode Prime exclusive, written and directed by Megan Park, is the latest Canadian production to make waves with audiences around the world. In November 2025, the TV adaptation of Rachel Reid’s 2019 novel Heated Rivalry became a major talking point on social media and at water coolers, following in the footsteps of Schitt’s Creek, which ran for six seasons and…

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On Tuesday, ZZ Top announced the death of their longtime drummer Frank Beard. The percussionist’s death on Aug. 17 at 77 follows that of original bass player Dusty Hill, who died in 2021, leaving singer-guitarist Billy F. Gibbons as the sole member of the Texas band’s classic lineup. The group said it was canceling a pair of shows scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, but that they’ll return to the road this weekend for two concerts in Austin, “one of Frank’s favorite venues and in a city that had been something of a second home for him.” When ZZ Top play…

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Hayden Panettiere‘s mother, Lesley Vogel, made her first comments about the death of her daughter on Tuesday, putting scrutiny on Panettiere’s on-again, off-again boyfriend, actor Brian Hickerson. “This person in her life that we have been trying to get rid of for quite some time was with her at her death and that was Brian Hickerson,” she told NBC News. Hickerson and his brother Zach were reportedly inside the Greenville, South Carolina apartment complex where Panettiere went into cardiac arrest. A police report, referenced by NBC News, described Zach as “very emotional” but that Brian remained composed until EMS pronounced…

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ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard, who played with the band for well over 50 years, has died. The group confirmed the news on Instagram today, August 18. Beard was 77.“Today, Elwood and I lost a great friend and collaborator, and the world lost one of the most naturally innovative drummers and a great and true son of Texas,” ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons shared in a statement today. “His signature backbeat was key to keeping ZZ on top.” The band, which is currently in the midst of a US tour, has canceled upcoming shows in Salt Lake City (August 18) and…

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Solange has taken to Instagram to mourn Hayden Panettiere, who died of cardiac arrest on Sunday. In 2006, Panettiere and the singer co-starred in the teen cheerleading movie Bring It On: All or Nothing. In a series of posts, Solange shared stills from the movie and paid tribute to the late actress. “Rest in peace Hayden,” she wrote. “In peace, because you are so deserving of it. We had so many parallels in our lives, and the world watched you so courageously live in your radical truth telling your story. We watched your endless quest for vulnerability and healing.”She continued:…

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My New Band Believe:08-21-23 Bannau Brychiniog, Wales – Green Man Festival08-26 Los Angeles, CA – Lodge Room08-27 Los Angeles, CA – Lodge Room08-28 San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Stop08-29 Sacramento, CA – The Starlet Room08-31 Portland, OR – Polaris Hall09-01 Seattle, WA – Barboza09-02 Vancouver, British Columbia – The Fox Cabaret09-04 Madison, WI – Memorial Union Terrace at University of Wisconsin09-04-06 Chicago, IL – Sound & Gravity Festival09-28 Seoul, South Korea – Live Hall09-30 Osaka, Japan – Meta Valley10-01 Tokyo, Japan – O-East10-07 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Cinetol10-11 Copenhagen, Denmark – Stengade10-13 Hamburg, Germany – Stubnitz10-14 Berlin, Germany – 90Mil10-15 Prague,…

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