In brief: Nicole Kidman joins cast of ‘The Young People’ and more

In brief: Nicole Kidman joins cast of ‘The Young People’ and more
In brief: Nicole Kidman joins cast of ‘The Young People’ and more

Nicole Kidman, scream queen. The actress has joined the cast of director Osgood Perkins‘ upcoming horror film The Young People. Kidman joins an ensemble that also includes Lola Tung and Nico Parker. The film began shooting in October. Its distributor, Neon, describes it as “a bad trip” that is coming soon …

The premiere date for the eighth and final season of Outlander has been revealed. Starz will debut the eighth season of the popular show on March 6, 2026. This final chapter of Claire and Jamie’s love story promises both romance and edge-of-your seat drama as it reaches its conclusion …

Mark Ruffalo has found his next project. Variety reports that the actor will star in the upcoming film Santo Subito! The movie, which is set in the Vatican, finds Ruffalo portraying an American-born priest who is summoned to serve as “the devil’s advocate” in the investigation of Pope John Paul II‘s life …

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Scoreboard roundup — 11/10/25

Scoreboard roundup — 11/10/25
Scoreboard roundup — 11/10/25

(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events:

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Islanders 3, Devils 2
Predators 3, Rangers 6
Blue Jackets 4, Oilers 5
Panthers 3, Golden Knights 2

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Lakers 121, Hornets 111
Wizards 135, Pistons 137
Trail Blazers 112, Magic 115
Cavaliers 138, Heat 140
Spurs 121, Bulls 117
Bucks 116, Mavericks 114
Pelicans 98, Suns 121
Timberwolves 120, Jazz 113
Hawks 105, Clippers 102

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Eagles 10, Packers 7

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Why Vincent Mason’s ‘Wish You Well’ is a one-of-a-kind song for the newcomer

Why Vincent Mason’s ‘Wish You Well’ is a one-of-a-kind song for the newcomer
Why Vincent Mason’s ‘Wish You Well’ is a one-of-a-kind song for the newcomer
Vincent Mason’s ‘There I Go’ (Interscope/MCA Nashville/Music Soup)

The debut album from Vincent Mason, There I Go, is out now, and it features his first single, “Wish You Well.”

Vincent’s first top-40 country hit holds a special distinction in his catalog. 

“I’ve always loved this song. [It’s] the only song that I’ve ever recorded that I didn’t write,” he reveals. “It was a song that I was a fan of, it was a song I always wished I’d written, and the more I listened to it, the more I felt like I, in a weird way, could’ve written it.”

“I feel like I would’ve maybe sat down and tried to tell the same story,” he continues. “I didn’t feel like I needed to change a melody, I didn’t feel like I needed to change a word. I’ve always just loved this one, and I love singing it every night, and I love to see how it’s continued to grow, especially at the shows.”

In 2026, Vincent will launch his own There I Go headlining tour in January, before joining Morgan Wallen on select dates on his Still the Problem tour later in the year.

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Goo Goo Dolls set charity hometown show in Buffalo

Goo Goo Dolls set charity hometown show in Buffalo
Goo Goo Dolls set charity hometown show in Buffalo
John Rzeznik (L) and Robby Takac of the Goo Goo Dolls perform at Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre on August 16, 2025 in Sterling Heights, Michigan. (Scott Legato/Getty Images)

Goo Goo Dolls are shufflin’ off to Buffalo — Buffalo, New York, their hometown — later this month for a special show.

The band will do a benefit show at Buffalo’s Town Ballroom Nov. 20 to raise money for FeedMore WNY, which provides food and skills training to residents of Western New York. Tickets go on sale Nov. 12 at googoodolls.com/tour, with 100% of the proceeds going to the charity.

Goo Goo Dolls did two additional charity shows Sunday and Monday night: They performed at New York City’s Beacon Theatre to raise money for Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation, which helps young people affected by violence. It’s part of a partnership with the charity that dates back to 2021; the band has been selling autographed guitars at their shows to help the cause.

The “Iris” hitmakers will ring in 2026 with a New Year’s Eve show in Atlantic City, New Jersey. So far, they have two festival dates booked for next year: one in February, one in April.

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Zara Larsson’s ‘Crush’ sounds ‘like a fun, big pop song’ — until you listen to the lyrics

Zara Larsson’s ‘Crush’ sounds ‘like a fun, big pop song’ — until you listen to the lyrics
Zara Larsson’s ‘Crush’ sounds ‘like a fun, big pop song’ — until you listen to the lyrics
Zara Larsson on ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’ (ABC/Paula Lobo)

Zara Larsson has been nominated for a Grammy in the best dance pop recording category for the title track of her album Midnight Sun, but it’s another song from the album, “Crush,” that is climbing the charts right now. Zara says “Crush” is an example of what happened when she decided to co-write every song on the album.

“I feel really confident as a writer and as a singer just going into the studio and feeling like, ‘I want this to be my truth,'” she told ABC Audio. “And some of the songs on the album, they’re a bit messy. And it’s like, some of the songs aren’t the nicest, but it’s the truth. And I think it’s just more fun that way.”

And “Crush” is, in fact, messy: It’s about being infatuated with someone else while you’re already in a committed relationship. “A lot of people that I played it to, they’re like, ‘Ooh, that’s relatable.’ And I’m like, ‘Oh, okay!'” Zara said.

“But it sounds like such a fun, big pop song. And I don’t think you really clock what I’m singing about until the very end, perhaps, or if you listen twice,” she continued. “But I thought, ‘You know what? Let me just sing about this.'”

“Maybe [this is] something that I wouldn’t have done a couple of years ago, because I would have been like, ‘Oh no!! What are people gonna think about me?’ and all that stuff,” she noted. “And now, I just don’t really care!” 

Zara is currently touring Europe, but she’s coming back to the U.S. for some multi-artist shows in December. Her Midnight Sun tour starts Feb. 28 in Portland, Oregon.

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Donald Glover says ‘This Is America’ wouldn’t exist without ‘weirdos in hip-hop’ like Outkast

Donald Glover says ‘This Is America’ wouldn’t exist without ‘weirdos in hip-hop’ like Outkast
Donald Glover says ‘This Is America’ wouldn’t exist without ‘weirdos in hip-hop’ like Outkast
Donald Glover on the red carpet of the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony (Disney/Cristian Lopez)

Donald Glover told Outkast at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame that there would be no Childish Gambino without them. He similarly shared with ABC Audio that the group’s existence helped make songs like “This Is America” possible.

“I don’t think that there’d be like ‘This is America’ or anything like that without them kind of allowing…weirdos in hip-hop, whether it’s like [Outkast], Missy Elliott or you know like Timbaland and Magoo,” he said. “These were people who were allowed to be, like, visually stunning.” 

He noted Outkast was just the first he was personally able to witness as they came from his hometown of Atlanta.

Donald inducted the rap duo, comprised of Big Boi and André 3000, into the Performer category of the Rock Hall Saturday night, where he spoke more about the influence they had on his career.

“Big Boi and André, I want to personally thank you. Around the time Speakerboxxx/The Love Below came out, I wrote a letter from college to my brother, and I said, ‘I had a dream that we wrote a show together,’” Donald said of his FX show Atlanta with brother Stephen Glover. “Thank you for showing me that brothers may not always see eye to eye in their philosophies or styles, but they need each other in a world that would rather see them both fail together.”

Outkast then took the stage and thanked a slew of people for their success, following their speech with a performance featuring Big Boi and special guests including Doja Cat, Tyler, The Creator, Killer Mike and J.I.D.

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Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks announce 2026 tour

Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks announce 2026 tour
Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks announce 2026 tour
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Jon Anderson, founding singer of the classic rock band Yes, performs onstage during his “1,000 Hands” solo tour at The Rose on August 29, 2019 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images)

Former Yes frontman Jon Anderson has announced a new set of tour dates with his backing band, The Band Geeks.

The 10-show Yes Epics, Classics and More tour will kick off April 17 in Ridgefield, Connecticut, with stops in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, before wrapping May 7 in Royal Oak, Michigan.

Anderson and The Band Geeks released their first album together, True, in August 2024, and songs from the album will be included in the set, along with tracks from the Yes catalog.

Anderson has been touring with The Band Geeks since 2023. They wrapped their most recent U.S. tour in July.

They are currently working on a new album, with plans to release it in the second half of 2026.

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‘Stranger Things’ creators share main characters they almost killed off

‘Stranger Things’ creators share main characters they almost killed off
‘Stranger Things’ creators share main characters they almost killed off
Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler, Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair, Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler, Joe Keery as Steve Harrington, Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers and Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson in ‘Stranger Things’ season 5. (Netflix)

Stranger Things creators Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer are opening up about the characters they almost killed off in earlier seasons of the show.

While the brothers did not disclose any details about which characters could possibly meet their demise this season, they recently spoke to Entertainment Weekly about main characters who came close to dying in earlier seasons.

“Hopper at the end of season 3. I think death grazed him,” Matt Duffer said. “There was a version where he perished at the end of 3. It’s been a while since we had those discussions, but I feel like he came the closest to dying.”

David Harbour has played Jim Hopper in every season of Stranger Things. His return in season 4 was shocking to some fans, after his character was caught in an explosion at the end of season 3.

Ross Duffer said it “would’ve been very easy to kill him.”

“Hopper still had growing to do. We hadn’t finished his story. It’s important to us to be able to finish the stories we want to finish and not just be offing people for shock value,” Ross Duffer said.

Matt Duffer also said the duo considered killing off fan-favorite character Steve Harrington, who is played by Joe Keery, back in season 1.

“That was close,” Matt Duffer said. “We just fell in love with Joe Keery, but had we not liked Joe Keery, Steve would’ve been gone.”

Netflix is releasing season 5 of Stranger Things in three different drops. The first four episodes arrive on Nov. 26, just ahead of Thanksgiving, while the following three episodes will debut on Dec. 25. The series finale premieres on Dec. 31.

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The Velvet Underground’s John Cale and Charli XCX release ‘Wuthering Heights’ collaboration ‘House’

The Velvet Underground’s John Cale and Charli XCX release ‘Wuthering Heights’ collaboration ‘House’
The Velvet Underground’s John Cale and Charli XCX release ‘Wuthering Heights’ collaboration ‘House’
John Cale performs on stage at the Loaded Festival 2023 on June 08, 2023 in Oslo, Norway. (Per Ole Hagen/Redferns)

Pop star Charli XCX has released her collaboration with The Velvet Underground’s John Cale.

The song, “House,” is part of the album of music Charli created for Emerald Fennell’s upcoming take on Wuthering Heights.

Charli previously explained in an Instagram Story message that a quote from Cale — “elegant and brutal” — had inspired the sound of her music for the film. She reached out to Cale to see what he thought about the songs, which led to them talking about “House.”

“He recorded something and sent it to me. Something that only John could do,” she said. “And it was… well it made me cry.”

The pair released a video to go with the song, which is set in a dark woods at night, and includes a raven, burning candle wax, and Cale seemingly holding Charli down against her will on a marble altar.

Wuthering Heights, starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, hits theaters Feb. 13, 2026.

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Bonnie Raitt announces 2026 tour dates

Bonnie Raitt announces 2026 tour dates
Bonnie Raitt announces 2026 tour dates
Bonnie Raitt performs onstage during the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on January 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

Bonnie Raitt has announced her first tour dates for 2026.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer is set to hit the West Coast and Canada, with the tour kicking off May 28 in Spokane, Washington, and wrapping in the U.S. on June 13 in Bellingham, Washington. It will then hit Canada with special guest Jon Cleary, starting June 16 in Vancouver and wrapping June 27 in Winnipeg.

A ticket presale begins Tuesday at 10 a.m. local time. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday at 10 a.m. local time.

A complete set of dates can be found at BonnieRaitt.com.

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