Conan O’Brien, The 2026 Oscars Interview

Conan O’Brien, The 2026 Oscars Interview

Conan O’Brien made me promise not to repeat the joke. Should it survive long enough to make the cut for his Oscars monologue, he understandably doesn’t want the punchline spoiled. “It’s like this little baby bird that I’m cradling,” he says, cupping empty palms as if they could protect the words from his own merciless…

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K-pop Stars on New Album, Military Enlistment

K-pop Stars on New Album, Military Enlistment

There’s mounting evidence of Seventeen’s cultural dominance around the planet, from sold-out stadium shows and chart-topping albums in the U.S. and Japan to festival-headlining sets in Mexico and Germany. But nowhere is it more apparent than in the group’s home city of Seoul. The area surrounding the headquarters of their label Pledis Entertainment’s parent company,…

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Highest 2 Lowest, Reuniting With Denzel, Cannes

Highest 2 Lowest, Reuniting With Denzel, Cannes

Spike Lee arrives for this interview in Los Angeles fresh off of Steven Spielberg’s plane, wearing a New York Knicks hat and jacket. He’ll be quickly changing into a black-and-white suit covered in tiny Michael Jordan silhouettes to speak at Francis Ford Coppola’s AFI Life Achievement Award Ceremony in Hollywood, then will hop on another…

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