American rapper Kid Cudi performs live on stage during Rock en Seine music festival at Domaine National de Saint-Cloud on August 21, 2025, in Paris, France. (Photo by Kristy Sparow/Getty Images For ABA)
Kid Cudi is giving fans an inside look at his music-making process on his newly launched Twitch channel, Kid Cudi Presents: Someone Cooked Here. He had his first livestream on Tuesday, where he chopped it up, freestyled and worked in the studio alongside Dot Da Genius.
His goal is to allow fans to see what goes on behind the scenes, an experience he wishes he could have had with his favorite musicians.
“I started this because I’ve always dreamed of being a fly on the wall in some of my favorite artists sessions, and decided it would be cool to give u guys VIP access,” he wrote on Instagram ahead of the release. “Who knows what we’ll make, who knows who will show up, get ready. U just got a ticket into my world. Welcome.”
Following the nearly six-hour stream, Cudi took to Instagram to express his gratitude for those who tuned in.
“Thank You to everyone for the subs, the love, all the gifts u sent, the support was DEF felt and MUCH appreciated,” he wrote, alongside a video clip from the livestream. “Im so geeked I cant sleep! We had 12k people watching and over 600 subs.”
“The team was sayin these are strong numbers for a first stream,” he continued. “So guess what? ROUND 2 OF ‘SOMEONE COOKED HERE’ TOMORROW!!”
The livestream is set to begin Wednesday at 1 p.m. PT. Cudi says if he reaches 1,000 subs, fans can vote for the song they’d like for him to release. “The best thing about being independent is I can do what I want,” he concluded.
FEQ 2026 lineup. (Courtesy of Festival D’été de Québec)
Muse, The Lumineers and Limp Bizkit are among the headliners for Canada’s Festival D’été de Québec, or FEQ, taking place July 9-19 in Québec City.
The bill also includes The All-American Rejects, Royel Otis, Daughtry, Goldfinger, Lord Huron and Testament. Gwen Stefani and Jelly Roll are among the headliners, as well.
Passes are on sale now.
For the full lineup and all ticket info, visit FEQ.ca.
Neal Schon (R) and Aenel Pineda perform onstage during Journey Freedom Tour at Pacifico Yokohama National Convention Hall on October 21, 2024 in Yokohama, Japan. (Photo by Jun Sato/WireImage)
Journey has been forced to reschedule two shows on their Final Frontier tour due to weather.
In a post on Instagram, the “Don’t Stop Believin'” rockers announced that “severe weather” has prompted them to move their concert scheduled for Wednesday in Montreal to Friday. Their Hartford, Connecticut, concert, originally scheduled for Saturday, has now been moved to May 24.
“Stay safe and thank you for your understanding,” the post adds. “We can’t wait to see you and make these shows unforgettable.”
Journey launched their Final Frontier tour on Feb. 28 in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The outing, which is being billed as their farewell tour, has dates confirmed through July 2 in Laredo, Texas. Journey is also scheduled to play the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota, on Aug. 11.
The 98th annual Academy Awards ceremony will be held Sunday, and with this group of nominations come a bunch of interesting facts. Here’s a look at some fun facts about this season’s crop of nominees.
Sinners achieved a rare feat to become the most-nominated film in Oscars history. With 16 nominations, it blew past the previous record holders La La Land, Titanic and All About Eve, which all earned 14 nominations each. Director Ryan Coogler and his producing partner and wife, Zinzi Coogler, are the first Black married couple to earn a nomination in any category. Zinzi Coogler is also the first Filipina producer and the third Black woman nominated for best picture.
International films were particularly dominant across many categories this year. Both Sentimental Value and The Secret Agent picked up many nominations across the board. Both films are up for the coveted best picture prize, as well as the best international feature film award. Stellan Skarsgård received his first-ever Oscar nom for his Sentimental Value performance, marking the first time an actor from a film not in the English language has been nominated in the best supporting actor category.
Speaking of The Secret Agent, its star Wagner Moura is the first Brazilian best actor nominee in Oscars history. He’s the third Brazilian acting nominee overall, after Fernanda Torres received a best actress nomination last year for I’m Still Here and her mother, Fernanda Montenegro, received a nomination in the same category for the 1998 film Central Station.
Much has been said about Timothée Chalamet’s feelings toward ballet and opera. But how about the fact that he is the youngest male actor since Marlon Brando, and second youngest overall, to earn three acting nominations at the Oscars. He’s also nominated for best picture as a producer on Marty Supreme, which, at 30 years and 26 days old, makes him the youngest person to ever be double-nominated for producing and acting in the same year. He just beats out Warren Beatty, who was 30 years, 10 months and 20 days old when he received those nominations for the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde.
The Oscars will take place on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood. The show will air live on ABC and will also stream live on Hulu.
(WASHINGTON) — The FBI warned police departments in California in recent days that Iran could retaliate for American attacks by launching drones at the West Coast, according to an alert reviewed by ABC News.
“We recently acquired information that as of early February 2026, Iran allegedly aspired to conduct a surprise attack using unmanned aerial vehicles from an unidentified vessel off the coast of the United State Homeland, specifically against unspecified targets in California, in the event that the US conducted strikes against Iran,” according to the alert distributed at the end of February. “We have no additional information on the timing, method, target, or perpetrators of this alleged attack.”
The warning came just as the Trump administration launched its ongoing assault against the Islamic Republic. Iran has been retaliating with drone strikes against targets throughout the Mideast.
A spokeswoman for the FBI office in LA declined to comment.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
U.S. intelligence officials have also grown concerned in recent months about the expanding use of drones by Mexican drug cartels and the chance the technology could be used to attack American forces and personnel near the Mexican border.
“An uncorroborated report suggested that unidentified Mexican cartel leaders had authorized attacks using UAS (drones) carrying explosives against US law enforcement and US military personnel along the US-Mexico border,” according to a September 2025 bulletin reviewed by ABC News. “This type of attack against US personnel or interests inside the United States would be unprecedented but exemplifies a plausible scenario, although (cartels) typically avoid actions that would result in unwanted attention or responses from US authorities.”
ABC News contributor John Cohen, the former head of intelligence for the Department of Homeland Security, said he is concerned about the possibility of drone warfare coming from both the Pacific and Mexico.
“We know Iran has an extensive presence in Mexico and South America, they have relationships, they have the drones and now they have the incentive to conduct attacks,” Cohen said. “The FBI is smart for putting this warning out so that state and locals can be better able to prepare and respond to these types of threats. Information like this is critically important for law enforcement.”
While the FBI’s warning did not specify how or when vessels carrying attack drones could get close enough to the U.S. mainland, intelligence officials have long been concerned about equipment being pre-positioned – either on land or on ships at sea — in the event Israel or the U.S. struck Iran.
Slash of Guns N’ Roses performs on Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury Festival 2023 on June 24, 2023 in Glastonbury, England. (Kate Green/Getty Images)
Slash is executive producing a new documentary called Black Zombie.
The film, directed by Maya Annik Bedward, “unearths the buried origins of the zombie, reclaiming it as a symbol of survival and spiritual resistance,” according to a press release.
“I’ve always believed horror reflects the fears and truths buried in society,” the Guns N’ Roses guitarist says in a statement. “BLACK ZOMBIE uncovers the real origins behind one of horror’s most iconic figures, and I’m proud to help bring that story forward.”
Black Zombie is set to premiere March 13 at the 2026 South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas.
In addition to shredding songs like “Welcome to the Jungle” and “Sweet Child O’ Mine,” Slash is known for being a horror aficionado. He’s long provided the score to the Halloween Horror Nights Universal Monsters haunted house at Universal Studios Hollywood.
Luke Steele of Empire of the Sun performs during 2025 Austin City Limits Music Festival at Zilker Park on October 10, 2025 in Austin, Texas. (Tim Mosenfelder/FilmMagic)
Empire of the Sun has announced the Ask That God: Afterlife tour, a sequel to the band’s 2025 run supporting their latest album, 2024’s Ask That God.
The North American headlining trek kicks off Aug. 11 at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado, and will wrap up Oct. 9 in Las Vegas.
“Ask That God: Afterlife feels like a tour of unknowns and possibilities — new visions, new plateaus, fragile breakthroughs,” says frontman Luke Steele in a statement. “I think things are going to happen on this tour that have never happened before.”
Steele continues, “We can’t wait to take this music and this tour to new frontiers. Let’s break barriers together.”
Presales begin March 17 at 10 a.m. local time, and tickets go on sale to the general public on March 20 at 10 a.m. local time.
For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit EmpireoftheSun.co.
Kacey Musgraves’ ‘Middle of Nowhere’ (Lost Highway)
Kacey Musgraves’ sixth studio album, Middle of Nowhere, is set to arrive May 1 and includes guest appearances from Miranda Lambert, Willie Nelson and Billy Strings.
It was inspired by a sign in her hometown that reads “Golden, TX: Somewhere in the Middle of Nowhere” — and also by her private life.
“The bulk of this record was made during the longest single period of my life,” Kacey reveals, “and I found that for the first time, it actually felt incredible being alone and existing in a space not defined by anyone else. I became fascinated with the concept of liminal space, both geographical and emotional. We don’t linger in these transitional, empty spaces long enough and rush to define where or whatever is next.”
You can get your first taste of the album with the music video for “Dry Spell.”
“I became so at ease with being in the ‘middle of nowhere’ in many senses and sitting in the un-comfort of the undefined,” Kacey continues. “I had a lot of time for creative ambling and leaning into myself in different ways; horses, humor, writing with my early collaborators again, and living out my very simple, inspired life between Texas, Tennessee, and Mexico.”
Here’s the complete track listing for Kacey Musgraves’ Middle of Nowhere, the follow-up to 2024’s Deeper Well: “Middle of Nowhere” “Dry Spell” “Back on the Wagon” “I Believe in Ghosts” “Abilene” “Coyote” (feat. Gregory Alan Isakov) “Loneliest Girl” “Everybody Wants To Be a Cowboy” (feat. Billy Strings) “Horses and Divorces” (feat. Miranda Lambert) “Uncertain, Texas” (feat. Willie Nelson) “Rhinestoned” “Mexico Honey” “Hell on Me”
Eric Bellinger performs onstage during the Black Music Action Coalition’s 2026 Music Maker dinner at The Sun Rose on January 28, 2026, in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/Getty Images for Black Music Action Coalition (BMAC))
Eric Bellinger’s City Winery tour just got a little longer. The singer has added dates to his upcoming trek.
Now included on the schedule are shows in New York and LA. Eric is set to perform at New York’s Sony Hall on May 10 and LA’s The Novo on May 24. Tickets go on sale Friday.
Eric’s upcoming tour will see him perform mainly at City Winery locations, with stops in Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Chicago, St. Louis, Nashville and more. His set will feature live renditions of 30 songs, as per the set list posted Tuesday, including “Drive By,” “Your Favorite Song,” “G.O.A.T” and “Type A Way” featuring Chris Brown.
With tours now having themes and dress codes, Eric is asking fans to come “grown & sexy, fly and sophisticated to the shows!”
“And for those that don’t really wanna dress up but still wanna come wit a lil casual spice….. I got y’all on the Tux Tees!” he wrote, sharing the link to his merch.
Jeffrey Epstein is seen in this image released by the Department of Justice in Washington, December 19, 2025. (U.S. Justice Department)
(WASHINGTON) — Authorities on Monday began searching a sprawling ranch in New Mexico formerly owned by the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, renewing questions about the steps taken by the U.S. Department of Justice nearly a decade ago.
While the New Mexico Department of Justice has released few details about the new investigation, here is what we know about the ranch and what prompted the renewed scrutiny:
Did the Department of Justice ever search the ranch?
When Epstein was arrested in July 2019 on federal sex trafficking charges, the investigation into his alleged illicit activity swept across many of his opulent properties. However, investigators apparently never searched his New Mexico ranch, formerly known as “Zorro Ranch,” according to emails released by the U.S. DOJ earlier this year.
When Epstein was found dead by suicide in a Manhattan jail cell in August 2019, investigators’ scope broadened, but authorities appear to have never returned to raid the property for potential evidence.
While New Mexico initiated its own investigation into the property, the probe was paused in 2019 at the request of the U.S. DOJ, according to New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez.
What prompted state authorities to re-open their investigation?
In a statement issued last month, the New Mexico DOJ said the investigation was re-opened because “revelations outlined in the previously sealed FBI files warrant further examination.”
The statement did not provide further details about the “revelations,” and state Attorney General Torrez has not publicly commented on which files prompted the investigation. The New Mexico DOJ has not responded to inquiries from ABC News about the scope of the investigation.
However, approximately a week before the New Mexico DOJ opened their investigation, the office received a request from the New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands to investigate an unsubstantiated allegation included in files released by the U.S. DOJ that two bodies were buried in the hills around the ranch.
“On behalf of the New Mexico State Land Office, I am requesting that both the U.S. Department of Justice and the New Mexico Department of Justice thoroughly investigate this disturbing allegation,” New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands Stephanie Garcia Richard said on Feb. 10 in a letter obtained by ABC News.
According to documents released by the U.S. DOJ, a local radio host received an email in November 2019 from an anonymous individual who claimed to have worked at the ranch and alleged that two “foreign girls” were buried on the grounds of the ranch after being strangulated.
The radio host told the FBI that he originally received a demand for one bitcoin in exchange for the location of the bodies and seven videos of sexual abuse.
According to an FBI report memorializing the tip, the host promptly shared the information with the FBI. The report suggested that the tip was received by the FBI and that the radio host spoke with investigators, though it does not appear the claim was investigated further, in part because the email account that sent the tip was deactivated.
The report and materials released by the U.S. DOJ did not include any evidence to corroborate the claims beyond the initial email. The documents and concern from the New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands appear to be part of the reason investigators have re-opened the investigation.
Who owns the ranch now?
Zorro Ranch was sold in 2023 to Texas businessman and politician Don Huffines, who is currently the Republican nominee for Texas’s state comptroller. He was endorsed by President Donald Trump in an upset victory against the incumbent.
In a post on social media, Huffines explained that he was aware of the history of the property when he purchased it in 2023 and that “at the time of the sale, it was marketed that the proceeds would go to the victims.”
He said in the post that he has renamed the ranch “San Rafael” and intends to “to remake it as a Christian retreat, reclaiming it for Jesus.”
The New Mexico DOJ this week said it “appreciates the cooperation of the current property owners in granting access for the search and extends its thanks to the ranch staff for their professionalism.”
It is unclear if the New Mexico DOJ obtained a search warrant for the property or is just operating with the consent of the property owner.
What is the goal of the investigation?
The investigation comes as New Mexico lawmakers are seeking to better understand how Epstein was able to avoid legal scrutiny for years. Last month, the New Mexico House voted unanimously to create an Epstein “Truth Commission” to better understand Epstein’s activities in the state. The commission has subpoena power and a budget of $2 million to carry out its investigation.
In a column last week, Attorney General Torres acknowledged that the state’s investigation faces obstacles but vowed to issue a public report about his findings.
“Epstein has been dead for years. Zorro Ranch has changed ownership. Physical evidence may no longer exist, and the statute of limitations has likely run on many potential offenses. These are real obstacles, and survivors deserve to hear them stated plainly. But we will follow the evidence wherever it leads and leave no credible question unexplored,” Torres said.
