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Last year marked the 40th anniversary of the MTV Video Music Awards. The inaugural ceremony, held at Radio City Music Hall and hosted by Dan Aykroyd and Bette Midler in 1984, saw the Cars taking home video of the year their groundbreaking clip for “You Might Think.”

Since then, the VMAs have doled out 40 more trophies for their top prize, with only a small handful of acts joining the club of repeat winners. Taylor Swift has racked up five wins while Eminem, Rihanna, and Beyoncé have notched two a piece.

Despite MTV handing over the choice to viewers in 2006, the quality of the winners in the category has remained surprisingly consistent,...

SiriusXM is bringing back Ed Sheeran’s exclusive SiriusXM channel for a limited time!

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Listen to the Ed Sheeran Channel on the SiriusXM app here September 3-October 2, and on Channel 79 on car radios September 12-25.

Additionally, the Grammy Award-winning global star will perform an exclusive concert at Irving Plaza in New York City on Wednesday, September 24, as part of SiriusXM’s “Small Stage Series.” The intimate show will see Ed performing his chart-topping hits, fan favorites, and new songs from his upcoming album, “Play,” out on September 12. The exclusive performance will also air on the channel and...

The 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Show lineup has not been revealed yet, but speculation is intensifying. Fresh betting odds and fan polls are giving us an early picture of who could headline the world’s biggest stage.

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According to Gambling.com’s latest data shared by Just Jared, here are the top contenders by probability:

Taylor Swift — 44.4% Jay-Z — 40% Dua Lipa — 38.1% Drake — 34.8% Post Malone — 33.3% BTS — 28.6% Miley Cyrus — 25% Ed Sheeran — 22.2% Billie Eilish — 20% Metallica — 18.2% Fan Poll Favorites

A Billboard poll paints a similar picture, with fans voicing support for both pop icons and legacy acts. The most-mentioned names include:

BTS — 85.97% Taylor Swift — 5.93% Other — 2.13% Lady Gaga — 1.14% Drake — 0.91% Justin Bieber — 0.89% Metallica — 0.89% Post Malone...

From the creator of Outer Banks, Jonas Pate, comes a new YA series The Runarounds, which follows the formation of a band of five boys at the end of their senior year of high school in Wilmington, North Carolina.

William Lipton, Axel Ellis, Jeremy Yun, Zendé Murdock and Jesse Golliher are the core five group of bandmembers who make up The Runarounds, and the series also stars Lilah Pate as Sophie Kinney, Marley Aliah as Ruthie Bender, Maximo Salas as Pete Atuna and more.

Along with original songs written for the show, The Runarounds features countless needle drops from other rock bands like The Kinks, Led Zeppelin, U2, The Rolling Stones and so many more. Rock on to The Runarounds soundtrack starting today with launch of the show:

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Green Day took a not-so-subtle dig at Will Smith as the musician and rapper faces accusations that he used artificial intelligence to beef up the look of his crowds in a recent video thanking fans.

On TikTok, the band shared a video from one of the recent shows on their South American tour that showed fans crammed up near the stage singing along to “Basket Case.” The video was cheekily captioned, “Don’t need AI for our crowds .”

Smith is accused of using AI on a tour video of his own,...

Green Day are on tour in South America right now, and on Thursday (August 28th), they posted a TikTok video showing off their fans’ enthusiasm and passion. The caption, though, took some shots at Will Smith: “Don’t need A.I. for our crowds...

Imagine if Michael Haneke’s “Funny Games” were instead about a pair of lone-wolf, conservationist vigilantes trying to save the world instead of two sociopathic twinks wanting to tear it down, and you’ll have some idea of the hyper-contained, rigorously controlled torture chamber that is Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Bugonia.”

Jesse Plemons stars as a galaxy-brained conspiracist beekeeper who’s either severely mentally ill or the only prophet among us, hijacking his cousin (Aidan Delbis) into a scheme to kidnap a big pharma executive (Emma Stone) whom he believes to be a body-snatched alien sent to end the planet.

Lanthimos works from an on-the-nose-for-the-now feature screenplay by “Succession” and “The Menu” writer Will Tracy, diverting from the droll theater of cruelty present in scripts by Efthimis Filippou (“Kinds of Kindness”) or the florid repartee of Tony McNamara. “Bugonia” has all the streak of Tracy’s kill-the-rich brand of satire, but with...

Buried way down in the end credits is an acknowledgment that Yorgos Lanthimos’ Bugonia is based on the film Save the Green Planet! Audiences familiar with that 2003 Korean sci-fi comedy, written and directed by Jang Joon Hwan, will be at a distinct disadvantage in terms of surprises. But for anyone coming fresh to the American remake, there are plenty of weird twists, explosive violence, bursts of slapstick physical comedy and satirical jabs. Either way, the pleasure of watching Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons go at it as a Big Pharma executive and a crunchy-granola conspiracy theorist is reward enough.

While Stone memorably worked with Lanthimos on The Favourite and Poor Things, she was joined by Plemons last year in the director’s enigmatic triptych, Kinds of Kindness. Their new collaboration is more satisfying than that uneven and overlong puzzle box, not to mention more readily coherent as a narrative. But...

Green Day are going all out for New Years Rev, the upcoming comedy film from Lee Kirk that follows three best friends who embark on a road trip to open for the band at a New Year’s Eve concert, not realizing the opportunity was a prank. The movie is scheduled to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 12, but Green Day teased that “Toronto is just the beginning.”

New Years Rev stars Mason Thames, Kylr Coffman, and Ryan Foust as the Analog Dogs, the garage rockers who...

In celebration of her new “Whirlwind Deluxe” album, Lainey Wilson performed live for SiriusXM’s Small Stage Series, presented by Hershey’s, to a packed room of SiriusXM listeners and fans at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles. The exclusive intimate show featured hits including “Somewhere Over Laredo” and “Watermelon Moonshine” along with other new songs and familiar classics.

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Experience Lainey Wilson’s performance on The Highway (Ch. 56) on album release day, Friday, August 22, at 8:30pm Et, and stream it in full on the SiriusXM app now. Select songs from the performance will also air on The Pulse (Ch.

Exclusive: Brandon Flynn (The Parenting), Elizabeth Perkins (Another Simple Favor), T.R. Knight (Grey’s Anatomy) and Ryan Powers (She-Hulk) are set to star in Deluxe Ocean View, a psychological horror film from director Bradley Bredeweg, based on an original screenplay by Powers.

In the indie, set on the icy shores of Cape Cod, renowned exposé journalist Ethan Everett (Flynn) arrives at the empty luxury resort, Notre Joie, for a career-saving interview. But the off-season staff and guests — including the beguiling owner Vera (Perkins), unsettling manager Oliver (Knight), and charming drifter Johnny (Powers) — draw Ethan into a surreal maze of guilt, secrets, and waking nightmares that forces Ethan to confront horrors far greater than any story he’s ever uncovered. Inspired by classics like The Shining and Mulholland Drive, the film unravels a story of guilt, deception, and how far we’ll go to outrun the past.

Simona Paparelli Wolf is producing under Sorry, Mom Pictures, alongside Powers for R U Mad At Me Productions and Emmy nominee Jason B. Stamey, who also served as casting director.

“I am honored to join this talented team of actors and producers to bring a bold, unsettling vision to life with this character-driven psychological horror,” said Bredeweg in a statement to Deadline. “As an Lgbtqia+ storyteller, I’m drawn to narratives that challenge norms and explore the complexities of identity, judgment and redemption. Written by the prolific Ryan Powers, this film terrifies me in all the right ways because it dares to ask a question we too often avoid: What drives a person to destroy their life in a single moment?”

Known for roles in 13 Reasons Why, the Max horror-comedy The Parenting, Apple’s Manhunt, Hulu’s 2022 reboot of Hellraiser and more, Flynn is repped by Paradigm, Untitled and Schreck Rose Dapello.

A three-time Emmy nominee known for roles in Weeds, Sharp Objects and the like, Perkins has most recently been seen in Prime Video’s Another Simple Favor as well as series like Minx, The Afterparty, and The Morning Show. She is repped by Gersh and Brillstein Entertainment Partners.

Knight is an Emmy nominee known for his role of Dr. George O’Malley on Grey’s Anatomy who has also recently been seen on shows like The Flight Attendant and Genius. He is repped by Buchwald, Authentic Talent and Literary Management, and Paul Hastings.

Powers’ credits include She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, The Madalorian, The Nice Guys, and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., to name just a few. He is repped by Atlanta Models and Talent.

A Television Academy Honoree and GLAAD Award winner, Bredeweg is best known for co-creating and showrunning The Fosters and its spinoff Good Trouble for Freeform and Hulu, as well as producing hit Broadway revivals and originals including Dear Evan Hansen, Moulin Rouge, Green Day’s American Idiot and the recent Scissorhandz on the West End. He is currently writing and directing a new Pat Benatar musical to premiere in New York City in 2026 and as a director, developed Life From the Other Side, a feature penned by Oscar-nominated screenwriter Paul Schrader. He is repped by Untitled, UTA, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.

The film’s producers are repped by Lastine Entertainment Law.

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Chinese media giant Col has unveiled its global content distribution division, positioning itself as the world’s largest micro-drama reseller with over 1,000 titles in English and Chinese. The company targets broadcasters, streamers, telcos and digital platforms seeking bite-sized entertainment for mobile-native audiences. Col’s hit “From Rags to Rank One” gained 238 million views in a single day, averaging 77 minutes of watch time per user and surpassing 1 billion cumulative views in China.

The company operates across the full micro-drama value chain, creating original IP and managing platforms including FlareFlow, Sereal+ and Unireel. “Micro-dramas are the storytelling language of a mobile generation: fast, emotional, and deeply immersive,” said Timothy Oh, general manager of Col’s Southeast Asia operations. The company is also integrating AI into production workflows and exploring AI-generated anime series.

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Webtoon Entertainment is launching Video Episodes, transforming popular webcomics into short-form videos with motion, sound and voice acting.

Michael Chiklis, who played Ben Grimm / The Thing in 2005's Fantastic Four and 2007's Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, defends the movies from the poor critic reception they received two decades ago. Marvel's First Family are back in the spotlight thanks to The Fantastic Four: First Steps, which many consider to be the first time the superhero team has worked on screen. However, the nostalgia cycle has seen the 2000s films, which were criticized at the time of their release, looked back fondly on by the people who grew up with them as their first exposure to the classic Marvel heroes.

Speaking with Collider, Chiklis reflected on the lasting legacy of Fantastic Four and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer despite poor critic reactions. He noted the films' box office grosses, noting, "We made three-quarters of $1 billion, those two movies. So, you know, all those people can...

MTV has revealed the nominees for the 2025 edition of the Video Music Awards, and Lady Gaga leads the pack with 12 nods, coming in just ahead of her "Die with a Smile" collaborator, Bruno Mars, who netted 11. The pair divided and conquered, racking up the most nominations between two songs each. Both "Die with a Smile" and Mar's collab with Rosé, "Apt.," received noms for Video and Song of the Year, while Gaga's "Abracadabra" cleaned up in technical categories.

The other dominant single was Kendrick Lamar's unstoppable "Not Like Us." The rapper and beef winner snagged 10 nominations in total, including for Artist of the Year and Best Collaborator for "luther" with Sza.

Lady Gaga is the leading nominee for the 2025 Video Music Awards, and one of her collaborators is right on her heels.

Gaga has 12 nominations for the VMAs, including for video of the year (for “Die With a Smile”), artist of the year and album of the year for Mayhem. Bruno Mars has 11 total nominations, all for his collaborations with Lady Gaga on “Die With a Smile” and K-pop artist Rosé on “Apt.”

Kendrick Lamar picked up 10 nominations, seven of them for his video for “Not Like Us.” It will compete for video of the year with “Die With a Smile,” “Apt.,” Ariana Grande’s “Brighter Days Ahead,” Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather,” Sabrina Carpenter’s “Manchild” and The Weeknd and Playboy Carti’s “Timeless.”

The VMAs added two categories for this year’s ceremony, best pop artist and best country video. Among the first-time nominees are Alex Warren,...

We have the nominations for MTV’s 2025 VMAs. Lady Gaga leads the field with a dozen noms, followed by Bruno Mars with 11 and Kendrick Lamar with 10. They’re the only performers in the double digits, and this marks the third year that Gaga has led all nominees.

Rosé and Sabrina Carpenter are next with eight each, followed by Ariana Grande and The Weeknd (seven), Billie Eilish (six) and Charli xcx (five), Bad Bunny, Doechii, Ed Sheeran, Jelly Roll, Miley Cyrus and Tate McRae have four each. See the full list below.

The Moonman statuettes will be handed out during the VMAs ceremony on September 7 at the Usb Arena in New York City. CBS and MTV will simulcast the event live, and Paramount+ will stream it.

Vying in the marquee Video of the Year category are Grande’s “Brighter Days Ahead,” Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather,” Lamar’s “Not Like Us,...

The Flaming Lips and Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock paid tribute to Ozzy Osbourne, who died at 76 on July 22, with a cover of Black Sabbath’s classic “War Pigs.”

The bands kicked off their joint-headlining tour at Atlanta venue Coca-Cola Roxy on Aug. 1. For the encore of the Flaming Lips’ set, Brock joined the band on stage for a rousing rendition of the 1970 heavy metal tune.

“You’re gonna know this song,” the Flaming Lips singer Wayne Coyne told the audience, noting that the band has covered “War Pigs” since...

When 5 Seconds of Summer were invited to join the nostalgia-heavy When We Were Young Festival in 2023, their immediate response was an eager yes. They likely would have ended up on the Las Vegas Festival Grounds even if they weren’t performing. The bill was an exhaustive list of nearly every band they loved and learned from while growing up in Sydney, Australia. 5Sos would be taking the stage after Yellowcard and preceding sets from Sum 41, Good Charlotte, and headliners Green Day. It was a no-brainer.

But once their initial enthusiasm dissipated,...

Ozzy Osbourne was laid to rest on Wednesday during a funeral in his native Birmingham, England, giving fans one last chance to bid farewell to the heavy-metal pioneer. Osbourne died last week at the age of 76, sparking tributes from throughout the music world: Green Day played a snippet of Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man” onstage to thank Osbourne, Alice Cooper and his band sang Sabbath’s “Paranoid,” and artists from Pearl Jam to Metallica posted remembrances.

Carrie Underwood was also a fan of Osbourne, and of heavy metal music in general.

FireAid’s organizers said Tuesday that they’ve tasked the concert’s law firm, Latham & Watkins, to review the organization’s grant process as the charitable concert faces scrutiny from President Donald Trump and a congressman in California over how the $100 million the show had raised has been doled out so far.

Trump blasted FireAid over the weekend, taking to Truth Social to call the benefit show “a total disaster” and “another democrat inspired scam,” claiming that the $100 million the concert had raised is missing. Trump’s jabs at FireAid came before he once again attacked California Governor Gavin Newsom (calling him Newscum), alleging that the governor mismanaged fire response. Meanwhile, Kevin Kiley, a Republican congressman for California’s third district, had called for the Department of Justice to investigate how FireAid disbursed its donations, claiming “none of the $100 million donated went directly to L.A. victims, and nonprofits having...

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The year is 1995 and there you are, standing in the studio with Radiohead somewhere in the Netherlands, rugs underneath your feet. “Okay,” Thom Yorke says into the mic, “I’m ready,” then strums the first chords of a song called “High and Dry.”

This scene marks one of several intimate moments that transports you to the heart of rock & roll history, as part of Rolling Stone Presents: Amplified,...

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You’ve collected every album from your favorite band on vinyl, scored tickets to their shows over the years, and know every lyric by heart. The only thing missing? A classic band tee to prove you’ve been a fan since day one.

If you’re looking for a vintage-inspired option and happen to have an Amazon Prime membership (or sign up for a free 30-day trial), Amazon...

No one would mistake Billie Joe Armstrong for a supporter of Donald Trump; the Green Day frontman has routinely taken jabs at the president and his “Maga agenda” during the band’s concerts. But Armstrong seemed extra fired up during Green Day’s headlining set at Rock Werchter in Belgium on Friday — which just so happened to coincide with Independence Day and Trump’s signing of the so-called One, Big Beautiful Bill stripping Medicaid benefits from millions of Americans.

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During the band’s performance of “Holiday”, Armstrong told his crew to cut the lights before leading the crowd in a chant of “Fuck Donald Trump.” While recent sets have also seen Armstrong incorporate political chants during “Holiday” (such as “Fuck Ice” and “No War”), none appear to have been as directly aimed at Trump himself.

That wasn’t the only striking moment of the night,...

If you’ve picked up a guitar for the first time in the last, say, three decades, odds are you’ve tried to learn Green Day’s “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life).” It’s a veritable alternative nation classic, as well as a guitar 101 standard. And so it’s no surprise that Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has started using the song as a chance to invite fans on stage to play it with him.

That’s what happened last night, June 30, when Green Day performed in Luxembourg.

Billie Joe Armstrong has long been closing Green Day shows with “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life),” occasionally inviting a fan up onstage to play guitar on the hit ballad. However, things took a humorous and awkward turn at the band’s concert in Luxembourg on Monday night (June 20th), when a fan decided to play the Oasis classic “Wonderwall” instead.

Video footage posted to TikTok (watch below) shows a young fan starting to play “Wonderwall,” much to the chagrin of Armstrong. The frontman exclaims, “Oh, fuck me!” in the mic, before promptly taking the guitar off the fan’s shoulder and saying, “Nice try, nice try.” The fan then appears to plead with Armstrong, but is ushered off the stage by a crew member, as the Green Day singer goes on to play “Good Riddance” himself.

Even more hilarious, Oasis singer Liam Gallagher reacted to the video posted on X/Twitter,...

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong jumped onstage with Sex Pistols Featuring Frank Carter at the Tons of Rock festival in Oslo, Norway, on Thursday (June 26th) to perform the classic “Anarchy in the U.K.”

With Green Day set to headline later in the evening, Armstrong was watching the Sex Pistols’ set from the side of the stage. About 90 seconds into the song, Armstrong ran out onto the catwalk and joined Carter in singing the punk anthem.

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The two put their arms around each other, as Carter screamed “Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Billie Joe Armstrong!” The Green Day singer looked like the Pistols’ biggest fan as he jumped up and down and sang with Carter, engaging the audience in a sing-along before eventually walking off stage and letting Carter and the Pistols finish the song themselves.

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Emma Stone is kidnapped by Jesse Plemons for a bizarre reason in the first trailer for Bugonia, a new dark comedy from Oscar-nominated director Yorgos Lanthimos. The latest film from Lanthimos – who has received Oscar nods for The Lobster, The Favourite, and Poor Things – is an English-language remake of the 2003 South Korean film Save the Green Planet! directed by Jang Joon-hwan.

Bugonia stars Stone, reuniting with Lanthimos after The Favourite, the short film Bleat, Poor Things, and Kinds of Kindness – alongside Plemons, reuniting with the director and actress after the latter film. The cast also includes Alicia Silverstone, reuniting with Lanthimos after The Killing of a Sacred Deer, alongside Aidan Delbis and Stavros Halkias.

Now, Focus Features has released the first official teaser trailer for Bugonia. The footage follows Plemons as a conspiracy-minded beekeeper and one of two conspiracy-minded men who kidnap a powerful corporate CEO (played by Stone), convinced...

Billie Joe Armstrong was not here for one fan’s behavior at a recent Green Day show. In videos posted by fans on Monday, the rock band frontman was captured yelling at a fan in the audience at Germany’s Hurricane Festival.

The video shows Green Day leading a yell-and-repeat before taking off his guitar and stepping away from the microphone to yell at and point at a person in the crowd. According to a fan account that shared a video of the incident, Armstrong was reacting to a “person...

Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong told Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Trump administration to “fuck off” in support of the thousands of Los Angeles-area residents who have been protesting raids against the immigrant community, which began over the weekend.

Armstrong posted an Instagram video filmed from one of the Los Angeles protests, captioned with a flipping-the-bird emoji and an ice cube. It’s soundtracked to Green Day’s “Fuck Off,” a bonus track from their Saviors (edition de luxe), which arrived in May. The clip shows a spray-painted...

Green Day recorded a John Lennon song for a CD compilation to raise funds for Amnesty International.

Green Day donates all royalties from the iTunes sales of their single ‘Boulevard Of Broken Dreams’ to help victims of the Asian tsunami through the International Red Cross.

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Green Day has supported the following charities:

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Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has expressed his solidarity with the thousands of Los Angeles residents currently protesting ongoing raids targeting the immigrant community by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice), along with the Trump administration’s deployment of the National Guard. In an Instagram post on Sunday evening, Armstrong shared news footage of the protests, including a burning Waymo self-driving vehicle, which he soundtracked to the tune of Green Day’s song “Fuck Off.” The accompanying caption included two emojis: a middle finger and an ice cube.

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Ryan Reynolds (Welcome to Wrexham) narrates and Green Day provides the theme song for National Geographic’s nature series Underdogs, which just debuted an official trailer. The series celebrates overlooked and underappreciated wild creatures and will premiere on National Geographic on June 15, 2025 at 9pm Et/Pt.

“Getting to work with National Geographic on Underdogs was a dream come true—mostly because I can finally watch a project of ours with my children. Technically, they saw Deadpool & Wolverine but I don’t think they absorbed much while covering their eyes and ears and screaming for two hours,” said Ryan Reynolds. “We’re so proud to elevate the unsung heroes of the natural world to the top of the entertainment food chain and can’t wait for everyone to see.”

Reynolds serves as an executive producer along with Mark Linfield, Vanessa Berlowitz, Dan Rees, George Dewey,...

Ryan Reynolds' new Nat Geo nature series is going where no other nature series has gone before. It's taking a deep dive into the bottom of the food chain.

A new trailer for Underdogs features nature's "Superzeroes" and a theme song by Grammy Award-winning band Green Day. The Deadpool & Wolverinestar narrates and executive produces the five-episode series that celebrates the "losers" of nature's food chain. Underdogs will focus on the "bizarre mating strategies, surprising superpowers, deception, dubious parenting skills, and gross-out behaviors," of various wild animals, the official description via The Hollywood Reporter reads.

"For over 135 years, National Geographic has gone to the ends of the earth to bring you the most stunning footage of nature ever put to film," Reynolds says in the clip. "But enough with the top of the food chain. It's time to shift our focus to the bottom. I've teamed up with Nat Geo to...

National Geographic has released the trailer and key art for Underdogs, which is narrated by Ryan Reynolds and will premiere on June 15 at 9/8c. It will be simulcast on ABC and will be available to stream the next day on Disney+ and Hulu.

For 137 years, National Geographic has been bringing you breathtaking wildlife footage of iconic animals—penguins, elephants, whales, and more. As if those windbags need any more free PR.

Hold on to your binoculars, folks, as Nat Geo gets up close and personal with the outcasts of the animal kingdom in Underdogs. From their hidden talents to their unconventional hygiene choices to their unsavory courtship rituals, Underdogs celebrates the unique behaviors of the animals who don’t usually get to be the stars of the show.

Underdogs comes from Reynolds’ Emmy Award-winning Maximum Effort and Emmy and BAFTA Award-winning Wildstar Films (a Fremantle company).

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Ryan Reynolds is a proven winner, as is his soccer team Wrexham A.F.C. (ever since he and Rob McElhenney bought the club). Reynolds’ new National Geographic show, however, celebrates nothing but the Earth’s biggest losers.

Underdogs, a five-episode series narrated and executive produced by Reynolds, showcases animals on the very base level of the food chain, the kind with “bizarre mating strategies, surprising superpowers, deception, dubious parenting skills and gross-out behaviors,” per Nat Geo. This will be stuff you’ve never seen before — on Nat Geo or elsewhere — like a cave in New Zealand that “glows brighter than a bachelor pad under a black light thanks to the glowing butts of millions of mucus-coated grubs.”

Harry Gregson-Williams composed the show’s music — that’s nice. But somehow, Reynolds got Green Day to write and record the show’s theme song. Naturally, it rocks.

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Gaten Matarazzo was just 14 years old when he landed the biggest role of his career so far as Dustin Henderson in Netflix’s Stranger Things. However, not long before joining his young friends in their battle against the supernatural forces of Hawkins, Matarazzo starred in a brief role in the popular crime thriller The Blacklist.

The Emmy-winning series, which ran for nearly a decade, The Blacklist marked Matarazzo’s on-screen debut with a small but significant role as Finn in its second season.

Gaten Matarazzo made his on-screen debut with a small role in The Blacklist

Gaten Matarazzo is a multi-talented performer who has ventured into acting, music, and voice work since rising to fame through the Netflix phenomenon Stranger Things.

Related: Everyone’s Freaking Out After Stranger Things Star Gaten Matarazzo’s Upsetting Reveal about a Creepy Fan Confession

However, before gaining widespread recognition as Dustin Henderson, Matarazzo began his career on Broadway.

Matt Pinfield got the surprise of a lifetime following his recent stroke and coma, as the former MTV veejay was gifted with a custom cane from none other than Ozzy Osbourne.

As previously reported, Pinfield awoke from two-month coma in March after suffering a massive stroke in January. The radio and television personality later reported that he was “slowly but surely recovering,” and recently made a public appearance as a host of Green Day’s recent Hollywood Walk of Fame induction ceremony.

Osbourne, who has battled his fair share of health issues over the past several years, sent Pinfield a beautiful custom cane with a gold handle engraved with the name “Ozzy.” The onetime 120 Minutes host proudly posted a photo of himself holding the cane on Instagram, writing the following:

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Green Day is being honored!

The rock band – featuring members Billie Joe Armstrong, Tre Cool, and Mike Dirnt – was presented with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday (May 1) in Los Angeles.

During the ceremony, Ryan Reynolds took to the mic to pay tribute to the band.

Keep reading to find out more…“These guys, they live at the intersection of both nostalgia and evolution,” Ryan said, via San Francisco Chronicle. “I don’t think a band like this stays together this way and is this prolific for this long without integrity. I think it’s like the bedrock of what they are.”

If you didn’t know, Ryan featured Green Day’s 1997 hit “Good Riddance” in Deadpool & Wolverine.

While on stage, Billie Joe noted that the event “kind of like being at your own funeral.”

“This is for my mom,” he added. “This is like...

Green Day were honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame today, May 1st. As promised, Matt Pinfield made his first public appearance since suffering a massive stroke in January to serve as emcee.

“What an honor it is to be here today with these three guys that I love. Love their music and love them as people,” said the legendary former MTV host while opening the ceremony. “[Dookie] made so many young people pick up guitars, bass, and drums, and want to sing and write songs.”

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He continued, “That is what punk rock, rock and roll music is all about. That beauty, that love, a passing on of that gift. And that’s the thing that’s so special about Green Day and why it’s such an honor to be here today.”

Outside of leaning on a cane to walk up to the podium,...

Fans of Green Day's American Idiot may still want to hold out hope for the oft-delayed film adaptation, according to Billie Joe Armstrong himself. In a new career-spanning piece for Variety, the Green Day frontman commented on the canceled movie, noting he thinks "eventually it’s going to happen." “There was supposed to be [a film], but it never panned out,” explained Armstrong in the piece. “I’m sure something is gonna happen. The musical did so well and they’ve done it in Australia, Italy, Germany, England … It’s traveled so well." Following the debut of the Tony-winning musical in 2010, talks of a film adaptation abounded, with director Michael Mayer, Armstrong, and Playtone Productions seemingly attached to the project. There was even a release...

Green Day have a new movie in the works, but Billie Joe Armstrong still has his eyes on another film project — an adaptation of the American Idiot musical — that was planned but never made.

Speaking to Variety ahead of the band’s Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony today, Armstrong was asked about the status of the American Idiot film, based on the one-time Broadway musical. Back in 2016, HBO revealed plans to adapt the musical with Armstrong in the role of St. Jimmy, but nearly a decade later, the film remains unmade.

The lineup for Eddie Vedder’s Ohana Festival has been announced, with Green Day and Hozier joining the Pearl Jam frontman and his band the Earthlings as headliners. The annual music bash returns to Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, California from September 26th through 28th.

Other notable acts include Garbage, Kings of Leon, Kim Deal, Mannequin Pussy, Margo Price, Cage the Elephant, Mdou Moctar, Leon Bridges, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, Wet Leg, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Royel Otis, Stereophonics, Lukas Nelson, and Labrini Girls.

Tickets, including one-day and three-day Ga and VIP passes, will first be available to Ten Club members today, April 29th, starting at 10:00 a.m. Pt via the festival’s website. The general pre-sale (sign up here) will follow on Thursday, May 1st at 10:00 a.m. Pt, with remaining tickets available through the public on-sale beginning two hours later at 12:00 p.m. Pt.

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Following a recent stroke that left Matt Pinfield in a two-month coma, the former MTV VJ has shared a new health update, assuring fans he is “slowly but surely” on the mend. The message, which Pinfield shared to his Instagram, comes after it was recently announced that he would host Green Day’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star unveiling ceremony on May 1st.

“Slowly but surely recovering..lots of physical therapy..Fighting my way back!!” Pinfield wrote on Instagram. “One day at a time.” Pinfield, 63, suffered a stroke back in January 2025, leaving him incapacitated physically and cognitively for about two months. During that time, he also suffered from a bout of pneumonia and had to be put on a ventilator. Pinfield came out of his coma in early March.

In his March interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Pinfield revealed that his medical team initially believed he would never be able to speak or walk again.

Matt Pinfield gave a health update over the weekend while announcing news he’ll be making an upcoming welcome appearance after suffering a stroke earlier this year followed by a months-long coma.

“Slowly but surely recovering..lots of physical therapy..Fighting my way back!! One day at a time,” the radio host and former MTV VJ wrote on Friday via a caption on Instagram. The post included the announcement that he will serve as the host of Green Day’s Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony, which takes place on May 1 at 11:30 a.

Do you have the time to come check out my shrine? Green Day is leaving the boulevard of broken dreams for Hollywood Boulevard, landing a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Fresh off of their Coachella gig, Green Day will next be welcomed to paradise, receiving the 2,810th star on the Walk of Fame right near Amoeba Music. In a statement, Walk of Fame producer Ana Martinez said, “The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce is honored to welcome Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool to the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Green Day’s music has not only inspired generations but also served as the soundtrack to our lives.” The ceremony will take place on May 1st.

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On the heels of headlining sets at Coachella 2025, Green Day will be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The unveiling ceremony is set for May 1st at 11:30 a.m. Pt and will be streamed live on the Walk of Fame’s website.

“The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce is honored to welcome Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool to the Hollywood Walk of Fame,” Walk of Fame producer Ana Martinez said. “Green Day’s music has not only inspired generations but also served as the soundtrack to our lives.” Ryan Reynolds and Serena Williams (the latter who is a massive fan) are set to speak at the event, with Matt Pinfield hosting.

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Update: It appears Rivers Cuomo was trolling, as a representative says Jack Black has not been cast in the Weezer movie.

Weezer revealed that they’re making a new “mockumentary”-style movie about their band while playing Coachella this month, and now, frontman Rivers Cuomo has seemingly confirmed that Jack Black will star in the film.

According to a screenshot from Weezer’s Discord (via Reddit), Cuomo shared the news with an AI-generated film poster depicting Cuomo and Black together and featuring the full band underneath them: “Weezer, costarring Jack Black” it reads. Cuomo captioned the post itself “nope, it’s real,” assumedly confirming that Black will appear in the film. The connection between Black and the group goes back decades, as Weezer and Black’s band Tenacious D toured together in 2001, and Black’s wife Tanya Haden played cello on Weezer’s 2003 cover of Green Day’s “Worry Rock.

Update: It appears Rivers Cuomo was trolling, as a representative says Jack Black has not been cast in the Weezer movie.

Weezer revealed that they’re making a new “mockumentary”-style movie about their band while playing Coachella this month, and now, frontman Rivers Cuomo has seemingly confirmed that Jack Black will star in the film.

According to a screenshot from Weezer’s Discord (via Reddit), Cuomo shared the news with an AI-generated film poster depicting Cuomo and Black together and featuring the full band underneath them: “Weezer, costarring Jack Black” it reads. Cuomo captioned the post itself “nope, it’s real,” assumedly confirming that Black will appear in the film. The connection between Black and the group goes back decades, as Weezer and Black’s band Tenacious D toured together in 2001, and Black’s wife Tanya Haden played cello on Weezer’s 2003 cover of Green Day’s “Worry Rock.

Riot Fest celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2025, and the Chicago institution is celebrating one of its best lineups to date. Green Day, blink-182, Jack White, and Weezer will headline three-day festival, set for September 19th-21st at Chicago’s Douglass Park, alongside a formidable undercard featuring Weird Al” Yankovic, Rilo Kiley, Dropkick Murphys, Sex Pistols (featuring Frank Carter), The Pogues, and Idles.

Other confirmed acts The Beach Boys, Alkaline Trio, Jawbreaker, Bad Religion, Sparks, Knocked Loose, All Time Low, The Damned, The Hold Steady, The Front Bottoms, Texas Is the Reason, Rico Nasty, Inhaler, The Linda Lindas, Panchiko, Superchunk, James, Buzzcocks, Knuckle Puck, The Cribs, Hanson, Toche Amore, Lambrini Girls, Mac Sabbath, The Wonder Years, Helmet, Marky Ramone Plays The Ramones, Camper Van Beethoven, and Wishy, with plenty more more still to be announced.

Tickets to Riot Fest 2025, including 3-Day Ga, VIP, Deluxe, and Deluxe+, are now on sale.

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The 2025 Coachella Music Festival has just come to a close, and we’re still recovering from all of the incredible performances.

From Lady Gaga to Green Day to Jennie and Lisa from Blackpink, there was no shortage of slayage on the main stages of the annual festival in Indio, Calif.

But of course, we’ve already starting to wonder: who should headline next year’s Coachella?

Keep reading to find out more…

Organizers announced that the festival will take place across two weekends once again: April 10-12, 2026, and April 17-19, 2026. Advance ticket sales begin in May.

There are so many contenders having big moments already in 2025, and/or on the brink of what should be massive comebacks – all prime for headliner contention.

We want to know: who do you think deserves a slot next?

We’ve rounded up some likely contenders. Vote now, and if you don’t see your favorite act,...