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‘Beef’ season 2 gets premiere date at Netflix

Oscar Isaac attends the 35th Gotham Film Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on Dec. 1, 2025, in New York City. (Dia Dipasupil/WireImage via Getty Images)Netflix has cooked up a premiere date for Beef season 2.The popular Emmy-winning anthology series from A24 and creator Lee Sung Jin arrives to the streaming service on April 16.This season features a brand-new story with a completely different cast of characters. The indecent that sparks it all is a young couple witnessing a fight between their […]

January 7, 2026

Music

Goo Goo Dolls react to Buffalo Bills playing ‘Iris’ during last game at home stadium

Goo Goo Dolls perform on ABC's 'New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2026' (Disney/Chris Willard)If you know only two things about Goo Goo Dolls, it's probably that their biggest hit is "Iris" and that they're from Buffalo, New York. Those two things converged on Jan. 4, when the Buffalo Bills played their final game at their hometown venue, Highmark Stadium.After 53 years at Highmark, which is slated for demolition in March, the Bills are moving to a new stadium next door. […]

January 7, 2026

Entertainment

‘Heated Rivalry,’ ‘Stranger Things’ among 2026 GLAAD Media Awards nominees

Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams in 'Heated Rivalry.' (Sabrina Lantos/HBO Max)The nominees for the 37th annual GLAAD Media Awards have arrived.The award show, which honors fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the LGBTQ+ community in different forms of media, honored many popular TV shows and movies with nominations.Some of the series honored with nominations in the outstanding new TV series category include Heated Rivalry, The Hunting Wives, Pluribus, I Love LA and Overcompensating. Also nominated in the category are Boots, […]

January 7, 2026

Music

Sting honored with ‘Bass Magazine’s’ Lifetime Achievement Award

Sting performs onstage during a concert at Eventim Apollo on October 26, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Joseph Okpako/WireImage)Sting has been honored with Bass Magazine’s Lifetime Achievement Award.While the magazine’s 2026 awards ceremony will take place Jan. 22 in Santa Ana, California, the mag presented Sting with his award earlier in New York, sharing the moment in a video on Instagram.In the clip, Sting jokes that while it’s a lifetime achievement honor, he’s “only halfway through" his lifetime. He then gets […]

January 7, 2026

Entertainment

Keith Urban, Nicole Kidman outline parenting plan as divorce becomes final

Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman at the 2025 ACM Awards. (Taylor Hill/WireImage)The divorce of Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman is now final, after court documents were filed on Tuesday. In documents obtained by ABC Audio, the two stars agreed to waive child and spousal support and to cover their own legal fees. They outlined a parenting plan for their daughters, 17-year-old Sunday Rose Kidman-Urban and 15-year-old Faith Margaret Kidman-Urban. Keith and Nicole are to "behave with each other and each child so as to […]

January 7, 2026

Music

On This Day, Jan. 7, 2020: Rush drummer Neil Peart passed away

On This Day, Jan. 7, 2020 ...Rush drummer Neil Peart passed away following a battle with glioblastoma, a form of brain cancer. He was 67. Peart had been diagnosed with the disease over three years earlier but kept his condition a secret from the public.Peart joined Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson in Rush in 1974, six years after it had been formed. They went on to release 19 albums together and sell millions of records, earning 14 Platinum and three […]

January 7, 2026

Music

Chaka Khan to be honored at 2026 Resonator Awards

R&B legend Chaka Khan (Nick Nelson)Chaka Khan is set to be honored at the 2026 Resonator Awards, presented by We Are Moving the Needle.Khan will receive the Luminary Award, which according to a press release, is given to "a creator whose profound impact has transcended the confines of the music realm to significantly change culture.""Empowered women empower women. I am honored to be part of a movement that celebrates the creativity, resilience, and determination of women creators everywhere," Khan said in a statement. […]

January 7, 2026

Health

Medical Notes: How To Ease Anxiety In Kids, Spending Money For Maximum Happiness, And Are Bigger Brains Better?

You have a bigger brain than your ancestors – and that’s good news. A study published in Jama Neurology shows that human brain size has been steadily increasing in people born after 1930. The average volume is more than six percent greater, and the brains surface area has increased by nearly 15 percent. The researchers think that these larger brains may reduce the cases of age-related brain conditions like dementia, since it has more capacity to adapt to any changes. […]

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Viewpoints

Culture Crash: Why We Can’t Let Go Of The ’90S

Welcome to Culture Crash, where we examine American culture – what’s new and old in entertainment… Author Chuck Klosterman’s newest book is called The Nineties, and it’s a thorough look at the decade – its politics, its history and of course, its culture. One thing Klosterman said he thought a lot about while writing his book was how much things have changed since the 90s. For instance, he says the stakes back then felt different. For instance, there were different expectations […]

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