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“I gained a case of Spam and a few rice, and that was it, I used to be into sumo,” Mr. Wily mentioned in a 2016 interview with Sherdog, a YouTube channel devoted to the Ultimate Fighting Championship. In the identical interview, Mr. Wily additionally mentioned why he was billed as Teila Tuli for his […] More

Season 1, Episode 8: ‘Empire of Death’ If Ncuti Gatwa’s first full run of episodes manning the TARDIS has been characterised by something, it’s large swings. Over the course of this season, the “Doctor Who” showrunner Russell T Davies has explored racism, queer love, the menace posed by know-how and even fandom itself, with episodes […] More

The new sequel to “Orphan Black” raises attention-grabbing questions in regards to the nature of reminiscence however misses the allure of that present’s star, Tatiana Maslany. More

It’s official: Kevin Costner is not going to be returning to tv’s hit neo-western “Yellowstone” for its last episodes or for any future “Yellowstone” offshoot, ending hypothesis about his involvement with certainly one of TV’s largest hits in recent times. In a video posted to social media on Thursday night, Costner mentioned that after a […] More

This goes again to his perception that we don’t matter. O’Brien, whose dad and mom are of their 90s and who’s about to ship his second of two kids to school this fall, has the attitude of age. He has seen friends assume fame and success would make them completely satisfied, solely to be disillusioned. […] More

The playwright Annie Baker shares the inventive influences behind her characteristic movie debut. More

Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the earlier evening’s highlights that permits you to sleep — and lets us receives a commission to look at comedy. Here are the 50 greatest films on Netflix proper now. One Week Out The first presidential debate is one week away, and former President Donald Trump […] More

A D.J. pawing by a carton of outdated LPs — Natalie Cole, Angela Bofill — comes upon a curiosity: the unique solid album of “Cats.” When he opens the gatefold, glittery spangles fly in every single place. That’s how “Cats: The Jellicle Ball” begins, and it’s principally what the Perelman Performing Arts Center’s drag remake […] More

Kendrick Lamar’s sold-out homecoming on the Kia Forum, an enviornment simply outdoors Los Angeles, promised pyrotechnics with its identify alone: “The Pop Out: Ken & Friends.” The “Pop Out” ensured drama — it’s from a line in Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” his latest No. 1 tune, and a scathing salvo in his confrontation with Drake. […] More

James Chance, the singer, saxophonist and composer who melded punk, funk and free jazz into bristling dance music because the chief of the Contortions, died on Tuesday in Manhattan. He was 71. His brother, David Siegfried, stated Mr. Chance had been in declining well being for years and succumbed to issues of gastrointestinal illness on […] More

The setup for the Adult Swim collection “Smiling Friends,” obtainable on Max, sounds just like the premise of a cheery, do-unto-others youngsters’s present: Charlie and Pim (voiced by Zach Hadel and Michael Cusack, the present’s creators) and their kooky buddies work at Smiling Friends Inc., the place their job is to make shoppers smile. But […] More

Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s most notable new songs. After six months of listening, right here’s what they’ve on repeat. (Note: It’s not a rating, it’s a playlist.) Listen on Spotify and Apple Music. Sabrina Carpenter, ‘Espresso’ Atop a mid-tempo beat that remembers the muffled retro-funk […] More