‘JAŸ-Z in 8’ Review: Rick Rubin’s Handsomely Made HBO Docuseries Impresses and Exasperates in Equal Measure

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Let’s keep this simple: Rick Rubin‘s new eight-part HBO docuseries JAŸ-Z in 8 will be essential viewing for passionate fans of Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter, who is also an executive producer on the series.

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‘Fortnite’ Launches ‘Kingdom Hearts’ Crossover (Gaming News Roundup)

The world of “Kingdom Hearts” launched in “Fortnite” on Thursday.

The Sora, Riku, Kairi and Roxas outfits have arrived in the Fortnite Shop. Each comes with its own Back Bling, Pickaxe and Lego Fortnite style.

‘Onwards and Sideways’ Review: Laura Linney and Rhys Ifans Cut Through the Sweetness of a Gentle, Compassionate Parkinson’s Drama

There’s nothing fun about Parkinson’s disease, and no film about it can engineer an uncompromised happy ending. But John Madden’s “Onwards and Sideways” finds more uplift than one might expect in a story of two people, both living with Parkinson’s, exploring the possibilities of living with it together. It’s generally sunny and soft in outlook, though not blind to the disease’s debilitating effects on the body and mind — thanks to the firsthand insight of veteran TV comedy writer and Parkinson’s activist Paul Mayhew-Archer (“The Vicar of Dibley”), bringing his personal experience of the disease to his first feature screenplay. Even when the film strays into anodyne territory, it’s given genuine feeling and integrity by stars Laura Linney and Rhys Ifans, both superb as strangers in rural England who are initially blindsided, and gradually drawn together, by their shared diagnosis.

Keith Richards Adds Grit to ‘Bright Lights, Big City’ for ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ Album

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Cover of Jimmy Reed’s blues classic is meant to evoke the “electric energy” of video game’s Vice City

Keith Richards put his spin on Jimmy Reed’s 1961 blues classic, “Bright Lights, Big City,” for Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album. It’s one of 34 songs intended to “capture the electric energy of Grand Theft Auto VI’s world of Vice City and Leonida” on the video game’s soundtrack, due out Nov. 19.

Trump Fantasizes About Dipping Iwo Jima Memorial in Gold

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The president remains laser-focused on desecrating Washington, D.C.’s most venerated structures

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Virender Sehwag’s ‘Rise & Fall’ Season 2 Sets September Launch on Prime Video, Reveals First Four Contestants (EXCLUSIVE)

Virender Sehwag-hosted reality series “Rise & Fall Season 2” is heading to Prime Video this September, with the first four of 15 contestants set to compete across the 42-day run confirmed.

‘South Park’ Returns as ‘South America’ as Plot Stays Local and Trump-Free

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South Park, one of the longest-running comedy series on television, returned to Comedy Central for its 29th season after making the unexpected move of changing the show’s name to “South America” — a gag that creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone announced as a possible marketing gimmick but is certainly also a jab at President Donald Trump. Wednesday night’s season premiere provided little explanation as to when and why the name change happened for the fictional Colorado town, but it does offer a vague metaphor for current U.S. politics around immigration.

Bran Flakezz on Winning ‘Unwell Summer Games,’ His Future With Reality TV and the Alex Cooper-Alix Earle Drama

Bran Flakezz is anything but “Unwell.”

Brandon Edelman, better known as Bran Flakezz online, just emerged as one of four winners of the “Unwell Summer Games” on YouTube, created through Alex Cooper’s “Unwell” network. The four-episode series brought 16 content creators together at a luxury ranch in Canada to compete in a series of challenges for a chance to win a share of $250,000, with the prize money distributed throughout the four days of the competition.

‘Re/Pair’ Review: David Schwimmer, W. Kamau Bell and Van Jones Lead Pragmatic Doc About the Past and Present of Black-Jewish Relations

The coalition between Blacks and Jews was integral to shaping 20th-century America, steering entertainment, sports and politics as two groups often “othered” within our cultural tapestry found power in unity. But where shared values and purpose led to joint fights against fascism and prejudice, events like the Crown Heights riots and the aftermath of the tragedies of October 7, 2023, exposed schisms.