Ayo, Roland Martin is not playing around. The veteran political commentator dropped a pointed message on X this week. It frames last week’s Supreme Court decision as the latest move in a GOP campaign to erase 60 years of Black progress in America. Martin hosts #RolandMartinUnfiltered, one of the most respected independent Black news programs…
The Sydney Film Festival has unveiled its complete program for the 73rd edition, spanning 248 films from 81 countries, with 19 titles arriving directly from the Cannes Film Festival as part of an event running June 3-14 at the State Theatre, Sydney Opera House and cinemas across the city. The festival will open June 3…
The Weeknd’s ‘House of Balloons’ checked a major box this week. Chart tracker ChartData confirmed the album has now spent 52 consecutive weeks on the Billboard 200. That’s one full year on the chart, as of May 5, 2026. No cap, that’s a certified flex. Here’s what makes this milestone hit different. ‘House of Balloons’…
Mariah Carey‘s “Always Be My Baby” hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on May 5, 1996. Thirty years later, to the day, that record still sounds like a warm afternoon with nowhere to be. Chart-tracking account @chartdata marked the milestone on Tuesday with a tweet. The post read: “30 years ago today, @MariahCarey’s ‘Always…
IngaRose hit number one on the global Spotify Viral 100 chart today, and the music world has some real thinking to do. The track is “Celebrate Me.” It’s fully AI-generated. No traditional producer credits, no label rollout, no songwriter in a studio session. Just an AI-generated song that listeners found, passed around, and kept sharing…
Olivia Colman and John Lithgow‘s queer family drama “Jimpa” will open the 17th edition of the Kashish Pride Film Festival in Mumbai this June. The festival will screen 153 films from 43 countries across three venues: Liberty Cinema, Alliance Française, and the National Gallery of Modern Art. Directed around themes of queer joy and familial…
Alexander James McLean, better known as AJ McLean posted two items to his Instagram account on Sunday: the text “May 29” and a single rose symbol. Nothing else was offered. The post collected 6,144 likes and zero reshares. That combination is worth examining. High engagement with no outward sharing suggests McLean’s most invested followers absorbed…
Aaron Taylor-Johnson stepped into London’s Tate Modern this week representing OMEGA as its Global Brand Ambassador, joining a celebration for the brand’s Planet Ocean collection. The setting made a quiet statement on its own. One of the world’s most respected art institutions hosting a luxury watch campaign is not an obvious pairing. But it works….
Ayo. Akon is in the UK tonight, and he’s not playing around. The Senegalese-American R&B star posted on Instagram on May 4, 2026 with a same-day heads-up. His Nights Like This Tour is hitting the UK this evening. No long lead-up. No big press rollout. Just Akon being Akon. Writing on Instagram, he declared: “OUTSIIIIIIDE!!! UK……
Stefon Diggs is having the kind of weekend that makes a man want to turn his phone off completely. Gossip commentator Akademiks posted on Instagram about a personal chef who reportedly testified about an intimate relationship with the NFL wide receiver. The post collected nearly 6,000 likes by Sunday. That’s not a small number. Per…