By Tessa Nolan In January 2024, France became the first major music market in the world to impose a dedicated levy on music streaming revenues.…
By Tessa Nolan Emma Stone does not merely collect accolades. She accumulates them at a pace that outstrips almost every performer of her generation, and…
By Tessa Nolan In January 2026, when the 98th Academy Award nominations were announced, Emma Stone received two more – Best Actress and Best Picture…
By Tessa Nolan There is a moment early in The Strangers when Ekow Eshun describes taking a Brillo pad to his own face at the…
By Tessa Nolan There is a particular species of Hollywood memoir that operates as a victory lap dressed as humility. Ed Zwick’s Hits, Flops, and…
By Tessa Nolan When Denis Villeneuve’s Dune arrived in cinemas in October 2021, it carried a burden that had crushed every previous filmmaker who dared…
By Tessa Nolan On 11 June 2026, the Royal Institute of British Architects announced that Rockbund Shanghai – a meticulous, nearly two-decade restoration of eleven…
By Tessa Nolan Two years ago, Chappell Roan was working at a donut shop in Los Angeles, seriously considering giving up on music. This February,…
By Tessa Nolan In the modern music industry, careers are supposed to follow a predictable arc. An artist breaks on TikTok, surges through algorithmic playlists,…
By Tessa Nolan When Whoopi Goldberg launched WhoopInk, a new publishing imprint with Blackstone Publishing, in early 2026, the announcement landed with the quiet confidence…