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On This Day, Aug. 8, 1987: U2 scores their second #1 with ‘I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For’

On This Day, Aug. 8, 1987 ...U2 found themselves atop the Billboard Hot 100 for the second time with "I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For," the second single off their first #1 album, The Joshua Tree. The track spent two weeks in the #1 position.The Irish rockers had previously topped the chart with the album’s first single, “With or Without You," which spent three weeks at #1."I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For" went on to become one of the band’s […]

August 8, 2025

Entertainment

In brief: Connie Britton, Sam Nivola to star in Hulu’s ‘Phony’ and more

A couple alums of The White Lotus are teaming up on a new Hulu series. Connie Britton and Sam Nivola are set to star in Phony, a coming-of-age mystery, Variety reports. The series follows a teenage boy who wakes up after a car accident to find his mother has been replaced by an imposter ...Topher Grace is joining the cast of Chris Rock's upcoming film. Deadline reports that Grace is the latest to join the currently untitled A24 movie that Rock wrote, is directing and is starring in. Rosalind Eleazar, Adam Driver, Daniel Kaluuya and Anna Kendrick also make […]

August 8, 2025

Entertainment

Lindsay Lohan, Jamie Lee Curtis on returning for ‘Freakier Friday’

Jamie Lee Curtis as Tess Coleman and Lindsay Lohan as Anna Coleman in Disney's 'Freakier Friday.' (Glen Wilson/Disney)Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis are switching it up again in Freakier Friday.The film, which serves as sequel to 2003's Freaky Friday, arrives in theaters on, of course, Friday.Curtis told ABC News why this new film already feels so familiar to fans of the original."Because there's nostalgia. Because the world feels really shaky and a little scary and very unstable and — in every way, right? Environmentally, […]

August 8, 2025

Music

The Rolling Stones debut Pressed and Poured set in honor of National Vinyl Record Day

The Rolling Stones perform during the final night of the Hackney Diamonds '24 Tour at Thunder Ridge Nature Arena on July 21, 2024 in Ridgedale, Missouri. (Photo by Gary Miller/Getty Images)Aug. 12 is National Vinyl Record Day, and to celebrate The Rolling Stones are offering fans a unique collectible.In connection with their Crossfire Hurricane Rum, The Stones have debuted what they’re calling a Pressed and Poured set, which includes a vinyl Stones record, a full-sized bottle of Crossfire Hurricane and a limited-edition […]

August 8, 2025

Entertainment

‘Wizards Beyond Waverly Place’ season 2 reveals teaser, premiere date

Selena Gomez and David Henrie on the 'Wizards Beyond Waverly Place' set. (Disney/Eric McCandless)Everything is not what it seems in the Wizards Beyond Waverly Place season 2 teaser trailer.Disney Channel released the trailer for the new season on Thursday. The network also announced season 2 will premiere its first two episodes on Sept. 12.Selena Gomez appears in the teaser for season 2, which finds star Janice LeAnn Brown in character as Billie walking through a magical portal.In addition to executive producing the series, Gomez returns to […]

August 7, 2025 1

Music

Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings set for a second The Guess Who show

Randy Bachman, 2012 inductee, and Burton Cummings, 2011 inductee perform at the Canada's Walk Of Fame Fundraising Event Music Under The City Stars held at Casa Loma on July 18, 2019 in Toronto, Canada. Photo by George Pimentel/Getty ImagesRandy Bachman and Burton Cummings have announced another show as The Guess Who.The two original members of the band — responsible for writing some of their biggest hits, including "These Eyes" and "American Woman" — announced in June they were reuniting for the 2026 Rock Legends Cruise, […]

August 7, 2025 3

Entertainment

‘The Batman Part II’ will begin filming in spring 2026

Robert Pattinson attends the Dior Homme Menswear Spring/Summer 2026 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on June 27, 2025, in Paris, France. (Francois Durand/Getty Images)Battinson will be back in action next spring.Robert Pattinson will return to the role of Bruce Wayne to start filming Matt Reeves' sequel The Batman Part II in spring 2026.The news came from the Warner Bros. Discovery letter to shareholders from CEO David Zaslav as reported on by Variety. The superhero film will begin shooting next spring ahead of the scheduled October […]

August 7, 2025 2

Music

Peter Gabriel announces digital release of ‘Live at WOMAD 1982’

Artwork for Peter Gabriel 'Live at WOMAD 1982/Credit: Peter Gabriel LTD.In 1982, Peter Gabriel launched the WOMAD Festival, which stood for World of Music, Arts and Dance, and now he’s revisiting one of his performances for a new digital album.The very first WOMAD Festival took place in Somerset, England, and featured 60 bands from over 20 countries. The new album, Live at WOMAD 1982, features a recording of Gabriel’s Friday night set. It included seven songs from his album 4, which was released two months after the […]

August 7, 2025 3

Entertainment

‘The Paper’: Domhnall Gleeson is a news editor in trailer for ‘The Office’ spinoff

Domhnall Gleeson as Ned in 'The Paper.' (Aaron Epstein/Peacock)The trailer for The Office spinoff The Paper has arrived.Peacock released the official trailer for the upcoming sitcom on Thursday.Domhnall Gleeson stars as optimistic editor-in-chief Ned Sampson, who sets out to bring the Toledo Truth Teller newspaper to its former glory."The documentary crew that immortalized Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch in the Emmy Award-winning series The Office find a new subject when they discover a historic Midwestern newspaper and the publisher trying to revive it," according to The Paper's official synopsis.The ensemble cast […]

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