Conductor Adam Fischer and director Birgit Kajtna-Wönig rehabilitated Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s early opera Lucio Silla at the Salzburg Festival in the Felsenreitschule, cutting the complex work down to an accessible two-and-a-half-hour performance while placing the music squarely at the center. Adam Fischer and the Mozarteum Orchester Streamline Mozart’s Early Opera Written by a teenage Mozart, … Read more
Indie folk band Stornoway is organizing a massive “scratch choir” of untrained volunteers to perform in four-part harmony at their upcoming hometown album launch in Oxford. The concert takes place September 27 at the Christopher Wren-designed Sheldonian Theatre, where the band will debut fifth album Beyonder. Stornoway Recruits Impromptu Oxford Choir for Sheldonian Theatre Album … Read more
The legal battle regarding David Ellison’s $111 billion merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery is headed to a 12-day antitrust trial set for March 2027, according to a court filing by Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín. The trial is scheduled to begin on March 2 and conclude on March 15, with dark days on March 8 … Read more
TikTok has closed its Nashville office in the Moore Building and laid off all local staff, just two years after signing a major lease on Music Row. A company spokesperson confirmed the shutdown, citing efforts to streamline operations and align teams for long-term growth. The social media giant shuttered its Nashville workspace located inside the … Read more
Angelina Jolie has achieved a complete cutting of ties with Brad Pitt as their youngest children turn 18, closing a decade-long chapter of custody disputes. Meanwhile, a California appeals court ruled that wine domain buyer Yuri Shefler must face questioning in the ongoing Château de Miraval legal battle. A decade after one of Hollywood’s most … Read more
Molly Ringwald has never been shy about looking back on her extensive film and television career, but her memories of a major late-2000s teen drama are notably sour. During an appearance on a Tuesday episode of Watch What Happens Live, the iconic 1980s star was asked by host Andy Cohen to rank her past projects … Read more
Nintendo has released the 2.0 update for Pokémon Pokopia, marking the game’s biggest patch since its launch this past March. According to Gamingbible, the game is one of the highest-scored titles of 2026. Alongside the free 2.0 update, Nintendo has launched phase one of its paid DLC, the Pokémon Pokopia Expansion Pass, priced at $34.99 … Read more
The Walt Disney Co. reported $25.2 billion in revenue for the June quarter, marking a 7% increase from the previous year, according to Reuters. While the revenue figure came in just shy of Wall Street expectations of $25.4 billion surveyed by LSEG and polled by FactSet as reported by msn.com, the company’s adjusted earnings per … Read more
Kelly-Dawn Hellmrich, former bassist for Camp Cope, explores how women and gender-diverse artists have reshaped the Australian music industry in her new book, It’s Not For You. The memoir features candid interviews with 18 artists navigating creative careers, motherhood, and industry sexism. When Kelly-Dawn Hellmrich flew to Alice Springs at 17 to escape a relationship … Read more
The French literary world is mourning the loss of writer and screenwriter Didier Decoin, who has died at the age of 81 according to an announcement by the Académie Goncourt. Decoin won the prestigious prix Goncourt in 1977 for his novel John l’Enfer and later served as president of the Académie Goncourt from January 2020 … Read more