Boots Riley‘s latest project, I Love Boosters, will kick off the 2026 SXSW Film & TV Festival. The movie starring Keke Palmer, Lakeith Stanfield, Don Cheadle and more will make its world premiere on opening night of the annual event, which will run March 12-18 in Austin, Texas. The movie tells the story of a crew of professional shoplifters called the Velvet Gang who choose a cutthroat fashion maven as their next target.
“The Velvet Gang has officially cased Austin and decided Opening Night at SXSW 2026 will be the start of their global takeover! We are beyond thrilled to kick off the festival with the World Premiere of Boots Riley’s I Love Boosters,” Claudette Godfrey, vice president of film & TV at SXSW, said in a statement, noting the film is a “wildly original and boundary-pushing vision that’s deliciously unpredictable.”
“I Love Boosters is audacious, entertaining, and guaranteed to get our festival off to an unforgettable start,” she continued. “Trust us, you’ll want to be there when The Velvet Gang bursts onto the scene!”
The film, which also stars Naomi Ackie, Taylour Paige, Poppy Liu, Eiza Gonzalez and Demi Moore, will be Boots’ third project to premiere at the SXSW festival. His first, Sorry to Bother You, debuted in 2018, and I Am A Virgo premiered in 2023.
Kelsea Ballerini performs on the ‘The 59th Annual CMA Awards’ (Disney/Frank Micelotta)
If you saw Kelsea Ballerini perform her song “I Sit in Parks” during November’s CMA Awards and thought, “That’s one of the best songs I’ve heard all year” — well, you weren’t alone.
The song has been chosen as one of Rolling Stone‘s 100 Best Songs of 2025, and it’s one of the very few country tracks on the list; it comes in at #90. The publication notes, “Kelsea Ballerini dropped the most honest country song of the year with this just over two-minute diary entry about all that she’s sacrificed in pursuit of her career. … [H]er bare emotion makes the song a must-hear for anyone who’s set aside life in favor of work.”
Coincidentally, or perhaps not, Kelsea actually mentions Rolling Stone in the lyrics of “I Sit in Parks.”
HARDY also has a song on the list: “Luckiest Man Alive,” from his Country! Country! album, comes in at #87. While Rolling Stone notes that the song isn’t a single, it adds, “That doesn’t mean it wasn’t one of the most feel-good sing-along pop country songs of the year.”
Calling it a “three-minute earworm,” the publication writes, “It may contain just about all the Music Row tropes the genre gets ridiculed for (jacked-up truck, SEC football, and a Hank [Williams] Jr. quote? Check, check, and check), but it sure works.”
Much higher up on the list is Hailey Whitters‘ “High on the Hog,” coming in at #64. Rolling Stone describes it as a “whip-smart, fiddle-heavy travelogue about the trials and travails of being an aspiring heartland country star” and praises its “throwback earworm arrangement that conjures everyone from Miranda Lambert to Alan Jackson.”
By the way, Rolling Stone‘s #1 song of 2025 is Lady Gaga‘s “Abracadabra.”
Lola Tung and Christopher Briney pose at ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ season 3 premiere in Paris, France, as they announce the upcoming film that will continue the series. (Anthony Ghnassia)
We’ll always have summer, but we won’t have The Summer I Turned Pretty film anytime soon.
Jenny Han shared an update on the upcoming film that will continue the story of the popular romance series, which ended its three-season run in September. The author and series showrunner revealed during The Wrap’s 2025 Power Women Summit that she recently finished writing the film’s screenplay.
“[I] just wrote it,” Han said. “We have not filmed anything yet.”
Certain fans of the show theorized that the film would premiere before the end of 2025, but Han has cleared up those rumors.
“I know that everyone was hoping that it was coming out this Christmas,” she said, “but unfortunately, not happening, not possible.”
Han then reminded the audience that post production on The Summer I Turned Pretty season 3 ended one month before it debuted on Prime Video, noting there wasn’t time to film a movie.
“The show came out in July,” Han said. “So it was really up to the last minute on the show, so that we wouldn’t have had time to film the whole movie.”
Han is set to direct the upcoming film, which she co-wrote with Sarah Kucserka. While story details are being kept under wraps, Han did give a tease of what the plot may include in a statement shared the day of the film’s announcement.
“There is another big milestone left in Belly’s journey, and I thought only a movie could give it its proper due,” Han said. “I’m so grateful to Prime Video for continuing to support my vision for this story and for making it possible to share this final chapter with the fans.”
The magazine describes the “magic” of the song, off Gaga’s most recent album, Mayhem, writing, “The song was an immediate hit and 2025’s most inescapable earworm anthem thanks to the way she and her sorceress’ apprentices assembled a perfect Lady Gaga pop song — one that nods to early hits like ‘Just Dance’ and ‘Bad Romance’ right on the edge of glory while feeling totally of her own brand-new moment.”
Also making the top 10 is “Golden” by KPop Demon Hunters group HUNTR/X, performed by Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami and EJAE, at #3; “Manchild” by Sabrina Carpenter at #6; “The Fate of Ophelia” by Taylor Swift at #8; “Luther” by Kendrick Lamar and SZA at #9; and “The Subway” by Chappell Roan at #10.
Rolling Stone previously revealed its 100 Best Albums of 2025 list, with Gaga’s Mayhem coming in at #2. Bad Bunny‘sDebí Tirar Más Fotos was #1.
An attendee wears a GOLF le FLEUR tote bag during Camp Flog Gnaw music festival on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025, in Los Angeles , CA. (Ronaldo Bolaños / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
The next clothing drop from Tyler, The Creator‘s le FLEUR* label will be his last. In an Instagram post announcing the final collection, Tyler shared that making clothes is his “second passion” and that the clothing line, created in 2019, was his way to “mirror things that matched my personal style.”
“this has taken me to places ive dreamed of,” he wrote, thanking Virgil Abloh, Pharrell Williams and “every helping hand that understood the language.”
Le FLEUR*, he adds, “was a language i wanted to create, but now its time to slow down on communicating. thank you to everyone who supported the idea.”
He clarifies in the post that the clothing will be the only part of the line to come to an end, as “fragrances, accessories and specific collaborations will still continue on.”
Select items from the final le FLEUR* clothing collection will drop Saturday, with a look at the last seven years of the collection now available online. “i never wanted to be in the lookbooks or campaigns but for this last one it felt right ( i was the fit model afterall),” he wrote.
The Beatles pose for a portrait wearing suits in circa 1964. (L-R) Ringo Starr, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
A new round of cast members have been announced for Sam Mendes’ upcoming films about The Beatles, The Beatles — A Four-Film Cinematic Event.
The latest additions round out the members of The Beatles’ entourage and include Paul McCartney’s father, Jim McCartney, who’ll be played by The Walking Dead’s David Morrissey.
Other cast members include British actress Leanne Best, who played Jamie Tart’s mom on Ted Lasso, as John Lennon’s Aunt Mimi; The Covenant’s Bobby Schofield as road manager Neil Aspinall; Sherwood’s DanielHoffmann-Gill as roadie Mal Evans; Broadchurch’s Arthur Darvill as publicist and friend Derek Taylor; and Happy Endings’ Adam Pally as music manager Allen Klein.
The studio also confirmed previous reports that House of Guinness’ James Norton would be playing Beatles manager Brian Epstein, and Game of Thrones’ Harry Lloyd has been cast as their longtime music producer George Martin. It also announced that casting for John Lennon‘s first wife, Cynthia Lennon, and musician Ravi Shankar will be revealed “in due course.”
The Beatles — A Four-Film Cinematic Event, which is scheduled to hit theaters in April 2028, stars Paul Mescal as McCartney, Harris Dickinson as Lennon, Joseph Quinn as George Harrison and Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr. Each film will be told from the point of view of one of the band members.
Gwen Stefani performs on ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’ on December 3, 2025 (Todd Owyoung/NBC)
Gwen Stefani wants everyone to feel “nostalgic” when they see No Doubt’s show at the Sphere Las Vegas.
During an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Wednesday, Gwen chatted about reuniting with the band for 18 residency shows kicking off next May.
“I want people to come and make it feel, like, really nostalgic. Like they’re back in time. Like, ‘Remember this? Remember this, guys?’ Like, this is what we did together,” she said.
Gwen adds that she and her bandmates are putting together the set list and that “it’s gonna be so awesome.”
No Doubt had been on hiatus since 2015 before announcing a pair of reunion performances at Coachella 2024. Since then, their only other live performance took place at January’s FireAid benefit concert.
Gwen also performed her new holiday song, “Shake the Snow Globe,” featured in the Prime Video holiday movie Oh. What. Fun.
Lil Baby has finally released his album The Leaks. It dropped Wednesday on his 31st birthday, giving fans full versions of leaked songs and snippets that have been teased over the years. Young Thug, Lil Yachty and Playboi Carti are featured on the album, which serves as a gift to Lil Baby’s day-one fans.
GloRilla‘s not making an R&B album after all. After previously posting on X that she was going the R&B route for her sophomore album, she told Complex’s Jordan Rose she was just trolling those “trying to talk s***” after she revealed the R&B artists on the project. She also teased she’s entering a new era following 2024’s Glorious. “I can’t tell y’all when it’s gonna be. But I’m excited for it and I hope y’all like it […] I’m in the studio,” she said. “I’m always working.”
Ray-J has taken issue with Jay-Z and Beyoncé, who he claims have never greeted his sister, Brandy, when attending several of her Boy is Mine tour shows to see Kelly Rowland perform. “N***** need to pull up when they pull up to the show,” he said in an Instagram video, noting they’ve taken pictures with her co-headliner, Monica. “Come on, say ‘what’s up’ to Brandy. Jay-Z and Beyonce, for y’all to come to every show and not speak to B. I don’t like that.” In the caption, Ray clarified that Brandy did not co-sign and was not aware of his post. “THIS IS COMING FROM THE HEART!! And I LOVE MY FAMILY AND I LOVE JAY AND BEY!!” he wrote.
David Tennant as Lord Tony Baddingham in season 2 of ‘Rivals.’ (Hulu)
We have our first look at Rivals season 2.
Hulu has revealed the first photos from the sophomore season of its original U.K. comedy-drama series. The new season will arrive in 2026 on Hulu in the U.S. and on Disney+ internationally.
The photos show off David Tennant back in his role as Lord Tony Baddingham, as well as the rest of the ensemble cast. They include Alex Hassell, Aidan Turner, Nafessa Williams, Bella Maclean, KatherineParkinson, Danny Dyer, Victoria Smurfit, Claire Rushbrook, Oliver Chris, Lisa McGrillis, Emily Atack, Rufus Jones, Luca Pasqualino, Catriona Chandler and Annabel Scholey.
Season 2 of Rivals is once again set in the Cotswolds countryside amidst the world of 1980s British television. In addition to the returning cast of characters, a press release promises some exciting new faces joining the ensemble this time around.
This new season will pick up after the dramatic cliff-hanger of season 1 that left Tony’s fate hanging in the balance.
“Lord Baddingham is back and out for vengeance ready to stop at nothing to keep Corinium’s empire unrivaled,” according to an official description of season 2. “Careers, marriages, and reputations hang in the balance as personal and professional lives collide in a world where secrets can’t stay hidden for long.”
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Luigi Mangione (R) appears for a suppression of evidence hearing in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan Criminal Court on December 01, 2025 in New York City. (Steven Hirsch-Pool/Getty Images)
(NEW YORK) — A year to the day after Luigi Mangione allegedly stalked and gunned down United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a Manhattan sidewalk, the 27-year-old alleged killer was identified in court by one of the police officers who first encountered him in Altoona, Pennsylvania, following the shooting.
“He’s the gentleman right there sitting between the female and the male. Looks like he’s wearing a suit,” patrolman Tyler Frye said, pointing with his left hand.
Mangione’s lawyers are attempting to convince the judge overseeing his case to prohibit prosecutors from using critical evidence, including the alleged murder weapon and Mangione’s journal. They argue the evidence was unlawfully seized from his backpack without a warrant during his arrest.
Mangione — in court for the third day of a pretrial hearing in his state murder case — flipped a pen in his right hand and then began writing on a white lined legal pad, largely ignoring body camera footage of his arrest that played on screens around the courtroom.
Frye, 26, was still a probationary officer, on the job less than a year, when he responded to a McDonalds on E. Plank Road after the dispatcher told them a manager had called 911 to report someone who looked like the person wanted in the shooting.
On the body camera footage played in court, someone is heard directing the officers, “He’s back there.”
Frye is seen in the footage standing a few feet from Mangione while Mangione nibbled a hash brown as the officers stalled for time by engaging in small talk about the Steak McMuffin.
Another officer is heard asking Mangione, “Do you know what all this nonsense is about?” Mangione is heard replying, “We’re going to find out I guess.”
Officers subsequently informed Mangione he was under “official police investigation” and asked him his real name. Frye, on the video, is seen writing the name “Luigi Mangione” in a small notebook and providing his date of birth. At that point, Mangione is read is Miranda rights.
Defense attorneys are trying to exclude statements Mangione made and the contents of his backpack, including a 3D-printed gun and a red notebook.
“Where were you standing in relation to the backpack?” prosecutor Joel Seidemann asked. “Right near it,” Frye replied.
“Were you aware of that backpack?” Seidemann asked. “I was,” Frye said.
“When did you become aware of it?” asked Seidemann.
“About the time I walked in,” Frye replied.
The hearing has the potential to sideline what prosecutors say is some of the strongest evidence of Mangione’s guilt, and has provided the most detailed preview to date of their case against the alleged killer.
