The tense legal saga between South Korean record label ADOR and K-pop group NewJeans has been ongoing for over a year. Earlier this year, the group changed their name due to ongoing litigation. The latest development follows the court ruling from October 30 that NewJeans’ contracts were valid, and that all five members remain bound…
The white ON AIR light was still glowing when the cops walked in. A tiny bulb in a dirty old studio, shining on as if it had no idea its world was about to change. It was October 3, National College Radio Day. The one day meant to honor the weird, chaotic magic that stations…
Still, she “barely” ate from age 15 to 19. “It’s the only thing in my life I really regret because long-term,” Winslet noted, “not eating properly or eating and panicking about what you’d eaten or waking up in the morning and the first thing I’d think about is, ‘Oh my God, do I look fatter,…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Is Ariana Grande pregnant? In recent months, some people have body-shamed Ariana over her ultra-slender appearance. Now, some of the denizens of TikTok are reporting something very different about her body. Is this just a rumor? Wishful thinking? A new angle of body-shaming? Or is Ariana Grande now Ariana Pregante? Ariana…
Camila, a 16-year-old high school student in Los Angeles, holds her phone out, screen facing up, playing a grainy video of Deftones performing on a late-night talk show in 1999. The clip has the jumpy, staticky, lo-fi quality of VHS tapes from that era. “This popped up on TikTok,” she says. “It looks old time-y….
Anthony Joshua was hurt in a car crash while on vacation in Nigeria just 10 days after his knockout win over Jake Paul. The British boxer was riding as a passenger on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Monday morning when the crash happened around 11 A.M. local time. Two people died in the accident, according to…
In The Alternative Number Ones, I’m reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This column is a companion piece to The Number Ones. The column is now biweekly, alternating with The Number Ones on Mondays. In the grand history of alternative…
In June, I was on an Indie Week panel called “Indie Music Journalism: Navigating a Shifting Landscape” with with Creem’s Fred Pessaro and That Good Sh*t’s Annabelle Klein-Zilles, led by former Billboard editor Bill Werde. When Bill opened the discussion up for questions, a woman asked about the future of media given the reported rise…
View gallery Image Credit: WireImage Dua Lipa and Callum Turner are officially engaged and showing no signs of slowing down. After months of speculation, Dua confirmed in mid-2025 that she and Callum have taken the next step in their relationship, and the couple recently gave fans a rare glimpse into their romance by sharing sweet,…
Celebrity Deaths in 2025 Ozzy, Hulk, The Reiners Published December 29, 2025 12:45 AM PST 2025 will go down as one for the books … but here, we’re remembering the celebs who tragically died over the last calendar year. Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Ozzy Osbourne, and Hulk Hogan all died within the span of five days in…
