The Opener: Clyde Crooks’s haunting pop cuts deep

The LA producer and singer chats Bach, Nate Sib, and getting over his edgelord tendencies. Clyde Crooks by Korynn Washington. The Opener is The FADER’s mini-interview series with exciting new artists we think you should know. Clyde Crooks is a creature of Los Angeles. The L.A. born-and-raised songwriter and producer’s music boasts the pristine commerciality…

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What Will David Ellison Name His Mega Hollywood Studio?

Bigger-is-better studio merger logic goes back in Hollywood nearly as long as the industry has existed. So, too, do eyerolls about such consolidation. In 1933, for instance, comedy troupe the Marx Brothers unveiled the name of their production company, with a characteristic wink, as International Amalgamated Consolidated Affiliated World Wide Film Productions Company Incorporated, of…

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‘Rose’ Trailer: Watch a First Look at Sandra Hüller’s Next Must-See Performance (Exclusive)

In their conversations leading up to the making of Rose, star Sandra Hüller and director Markus Schleinzer worked hard at fine-tuning their eponymous 17th-century hero. Hüller was to play a woman disguising herself as a male soldier in the aftermath of the Thirty Years’ War, ingratiating herself in a small Protestant village. She considered preparation…

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Taylor Swift Debuts Music Video for New Single “Patient Zero” Starring Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell at 2026 VMAs

Taylor Swift dropped the music video for her latest single “Patient Zero” during the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards Sunday night. Swift premiered the video after accepting the inaugural artist director honor. It stars Swift, alongside Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell — Johnson introduced Swift with the honor onstage. The music video features Johnson as…

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