Music Industry Moves: Yung Miami Signs With WME; City Parks Foundation to Honor Joe Killian and Alex Blavatnik

Rapper Yung Miami has signed with WME for worldwide representation in all areas. The South Florida rapper and former member of the City Girls will release her solo debut on the relaunched Uptown Records later this year. The album’s lead single, “Spend Dat,” topped the Billboard Rap Airplay charts and is currently at No. 17 on the Hot 100, and she performed it during the New York Knicks’ Championship Parade last month.

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Alan Tudyk, Andrew Rannells, Kelly Marie Tran and Rita Ora Among Star-Studded HollyShorts Film Festival Jury (Exclusive)

Alan Tudyk, Andrew Rannells, Kelly Marie Tran and Rita Ora are among the high-profile names set to serve on this year’s HollyShorts Film Festival jury.

They’ll be presiding over the short films with Alfre Woodard, Katheryn Winnick, David Cross and Judy Greer at the Oscar and BAFTA-qualifying fest, which will run Aug. 13-23 at the TCL Chinese Theatres in Hollywood.

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For One Night Only is a New Showcase Celebrating UK Video Game Talent, Here’s How To Watch. - IGN

The UK has a proud history of creating iconic video game franchises and is home to world-renowned developers ⁠– now, a new major showcase event, For One Night Only, is shining a light on the world-class games made by British studios.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is Finally Introducing Galadriel's Husband Celeborn — And a Famous Face From Stranger Things is Playing Her 'Lover-Boy' Beau

Galadriel's husband Celeborn will finally be introduced in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, with new episodes set to debut Stranger Things' Jamie Campbell Bower as her "lover-boy" partner.

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Xbox Gamers Slam Paramount After Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game Suffers Shock Delay on Their Console Just Hours Before Launch

Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game has suffered a shock delay on Xbox just hours before it was due to come out, sparking a backlash from fans.

The Paramount Games Studio-published fighting game, developed by Gameplay Group International, was due out today, July 23, across PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S, PC via Steam, and Nintendo Switch.

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Olivia Rodrigo Tackles Abortion Misinformation With Center for Reproductive Rights

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The musician spoke with three figures at the global legal advocacy organization to discuss midwifery, abortion access, and the maternal health crisis

Olivia Rodrigo partnered with the Center for Reproductive Rights to dispel misinformation around midwifery, abortion bans, and the maternal health crisis. In a series of interviews, the musician spoke with three figures at the global legal advocacy organization, including an associate director of litigation and two senior attorneys, about what people often get wrong about the fight for abortion access.

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Syd Says the Internet’s New Album Is Almost Done — and It’s ‘Super Fire’

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After she and Steve Lacy released solo albums on the same day, they're getting back to work on the band's new project, with an adjusted lineup

It’s been a great summer for fans of the Internet, as Syd, Steve Lacy, and drummer Chris Crispy all released new solo albums on July 17. But there’s even more in store: The boundary-pushing R&B group are putting the finishing touches on their fifth album, set to release in early 2027. “It started extremely slow, and then it all started to come together pretty quickly,”  Syd tells Rolling Stone. She gives credit to bandmate Matt Martians for holding down the fort: “While me, Steve, and Chris were working on solo stuff, Matt was at the lake house writing this out.”

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‘Ted Lasso’ Was Finished. Then Jason Sudeikis Had an Epiphany

In early February 2024, Jason Sudeikis convened the writers of Ted Lasso in Ojai, California. At his urging, the show had aired its third and purportedly final season a year or so earlier, but now he was having second thoughts. “I was like, ‘Oh, I don’t know if it’s done,’ ” says the creator and star. So, he gathered everyone at the Ojai Valley Inn to see whether there was more story to mine.

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Zoe Saldaña Boards Short Film on Palestinian Womanhood, ‘It’s Complicated,’ as Executive Producer (Exclusive)

Oscar-winning actress Zoe Saldaña has boarded the narrative short It’s Complicated as an executive producer ahead of its world premiere at the HollyShorts Film Festival in August.

Written, produced by and starring Iman Karram, It’s Complicated follows Yara, a Palestinian-American screenwriter in Los Angeles, whose online Arabic lessons with Hana (Dina Shuhaiber), a poet and teacher living in Gaza, blossom into a profound friendship built on shared ambition, humor, and sisterhood. “When war suddenly tears them apart, Yara must confront grief, diasporic guilt, and the responsibility of using her voice to ensure Hana’s story is not forgotten,” reads a plot synopsis.

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'I Did a Lot of Weight Training' — Alix Wilton Regan Reveals the Intense Physical Training That Helped Bring Lara Croft to Life

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: Jul 21, 2026 7:15pm UTC

In a new episode of their mini-docuseries, the minds at Crystal Dynamics and Flying Wild Hog explained why bringing back Lara Croft’s iconic acrobatics and movement was so important to Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, and fans couldn’t be happier about it.

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