Netflix has unveiled a new teaser for One Piece Season 2, subtitled Into the Grand Line, which introduces a new cast of villains putting a damper on Monkey D. Luffy’s (Iñaki Godoy) quest. The second installment of the live-action adaptation of Eiichiro Oda’s record-breaking manga series will follow the dangerous secret society of assassins known […]
EXCLUSIVE: Emmy Award–winning writer, producer and actor Lena Waithe (Master of None, The Chi) will make her playwriting and stage acting debut with the self-penned trinity at Baltimore Center Stage next month. Described by BSC as a “bold, intimate, and genre-defying new work,” trinity “explores love, identity, and the transformative power of imagination.” The limited […]
Another week, another scary Waymo fail ... this time the self-driving taxi went fully off-script, cruising straight down Phoenix’s light rail tracks and forcing its freaked-out passenger to bail in pure panic! Catch the bystander-shot clip ...…
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Taylor Swift‘s music served as the unofficial soundtrack to the 2026 Golden Globes — and fans couldn’t help but wonder what a few key players in the audience were thinking. Swift’s ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn attended the awards show on Sunday, January 11, along with costars from his movie Hamnet, which ultimately took home the win […]
The Golden Globe Awards were held Sunday night at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, where the 83rd ceremony delivered a mix of expected wins, notable surprises, and a […] The post Golden Globes 2026: Winners, Surprises, And Snubs From The 83rd Ceremony appeared first on Essence .
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Princess Kate Middleton chose to address her ongoing cancer battle in her own time. Kate’s last official public appearance before taking a break was in December 2023. One month later, Kensington Palace confirmed that Kate wouldn’t be involved in any royal engagements until after April at the earliest due to a planned abdominal surgery. “The […]
In a major escalation, David Ellison’s Paramount said it intends to to nominate directors for election at the Warner Bros. Discovery 2026 annual meeting to solicit against the approval of the Netflix transaction. It also filed suit in Delaware Chancery Court seeking disclosure of “basic information to enable WBD shareholders to make informed decision” of […]
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The international box office for French productions rose 6% in 2025 generating $371 million (€272 million) in box office receipts worldwide, according to figures released by France’s film and TV export agency Unifrance on Monday. The body said it recorded 38.4 million tickets sold internationally for French majority and minority productions until mid-December, on the […]
This week was a busy one in the celebrity beauty circuit. In just the second week of 2026, beauty is already off to a strong start with awards shows, dinners, […] The post ICYMI: Michelle Obama’s Effortless Updo, And More appeared first on Essence .
Visitors to this year’s Göteborg Film Festival will be offered the chance to take part in a real-life lie detector test, and participants who pass the test will be rewarded with festival tickets as part of a new live experiment. Göteborg announced the lie detector experiment this afternoon. The experiment has been conceived in line […]
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