Chris Rea could clearly recall the moment he no longer wanted to be a pop star. It was July 1986 when he was opening for Queen at Slane Castle in Meath. The singer, who has died at age 74, had come of ...

If you’re expecting a slow start to the new year in Seattle theater, think again. Instead of resting on their holiday show laurels, local companies are roaring into 2026 with everything from ...

Quentin Tarantino has revealed the Monty Python scene that made him feel genuinely sick, and it wasn’t the famously gory “Live Organ Transplants” sequence in The Meaning of Life. While that scene, in ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The Billboard Hot 100 singles chart measures the top songs every week during the tracking week of Friday through Thursday based on their combination of sales, online streams (audio and video), and ...

Taylor Swift's "The Fate of Ophelia" is the latest song to reach the milestone. Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" holds the record for most weeks atop the chart. The Billboard Hot 100 ...

Magic: The Gathering had some great sets in 2025, but it also showed Wizards of the Coast perhaps straying a little too far from what makes the long-running card game special. That’s not to say ...

The 21-track album recently broke the record for the biggest R&B/soul album in the history of Apple Music by first-day streams worldwide, however no additional details were provided.