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When tickets for a screening of Indian action epic “RRR” at the TCL Chinese Theatre sold out within 98 seconds earlier this month, one of the film’s stars, N. T. Rama Rao Jr., turned to a culinary analogy from home to make sense of it: Maggi, an instant noodle brand popular in India that only requires two minutes to cook. “That’s the fastest food you can actually cook back in India,” Rao explained during a recent interview with The Times. “This was faster than cooking a Maggi!” The speed of the sellout is a measure of…

Chief Keef – 4NEM (2021)As someone generally averse to the fact that album releases never seem to slow down any more, even at the end of December, I managed to miss Chief Keef’s 4NEM when it dropped in late December last year. Known for pioneering drill before it splintered into a thousand different global subgenres, the Chicago rapper is beloved for the kind of abrasive, potty-mouthed raps that older listeners shake their fists at but which send younger listeners into a craze.The cover art of 4NEM, depicting a gang of…

via 20th Century Studios Christian Bale, John David Washington, and Margot Robbie are the trifecta of stars that appear on the new poster for Amsterdam, the latest murder mystery from controversial writer-director David O. Russell. “Let the love, murder, and conspiracy begin,” is the caption for the post of the image made by the official Twitter account for 20th Century Studios. The trio of acclaimed actors is not the only headline-grabbing names attached to the project. In typical Russell fashion, the film…

K-pop outfit BTS will host their own three-episode Apple Music 1 radio show beginning May 28 with new episodes arriving weekly. The first one will premiere at 6 am PDT. The show will be called BTS Radio: Past & Present. ABC News reports that the group will "take listeners on their quest to stardom while sharing stories and songs that helped shaped them." "We wanted to use this radio show to celebrate nine years of BTS with you guys and with our ARMY all over the world," said RM of the seven-member boy band — which…

If there’s an abiding image of 2022’s Sound City, it’s the cartons of water provided by one of the festival’s corporate sponsors; essentially, it looks as if all the artists are chugging milk on stage. It sparks bemusement and mirth in equal measure and captures the festival’s entire atmosphere in microcosm – there’s a pleasant irreverence blanketing Liverpool city centre.“It’s water, I swear!” protests Peter Harrison to one of the festival’s many cries of “Is that milk?” as his band San Lorenz – whose dramatic art rock…