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The pro wrestler who was attacked by the son of Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson has spoken out for the first time since the viral incident. Raja Jackson, 25, received backlash on social media after footage from a Knokx Pro Wrestling event live-streamed on Kick showed him punching Syko Stu, real name Stuart Smith, in the head multiple times. Fightful reporter Sean …

Mark Jenkins’ 2019 debut “Bait” was a microbudget monochrome portrait of a Cornish coastal community that reveled in its old-school, hand-processed aesthetic and proved a surprise indie hit in U.K. theaters. The firm stand against gentrification taken in its onscreen narrative, about middle-class townies crowding out longstanding local businesses, also felt indicative of Jenkins’ place in a film industry intent …

Bryan Martin’s recent set came to an unexpected end. The country singer was performing at New York’s Schaghticoke Fair on Aug. 29, when he was removed from the stage by police. Cops escorted Martin off of the stage because he appeared intoxicated. Videos from the concert seemed to show Martin slurring his words and getting emotional. At one point, a …

Jim Jarmusch has been doing his idiosyncratic thing for so long we sometimes take him for granted. But then he comes along with a film as delicate and lovely, as singular and perfectly realized as Father Mother Sister Brother and quietly floors you. What a pleasure to see a study of family relationships so entirely unconcerned with banal platitudes, emotional …

Lil Nas X’s father has spoken out after his son’s recent arrest. The two-time Grammy-winning musician, who legal name is Montero Lamar Hill, was arrested and taken to a hospital on Aug. 21 in Los Angeles. The arrest came after he was found walking on the street without clothes and charged at officers. He was subsequently charged with four felonies …

WWE returns to France for a big WWE Clash In Paris PLE this Sunday at the Paris La Défense Arena. European crowds, in general, consistently deliver great energy throughout an arena — and France, in particular, has proven to be an all-time crowd across the combat sports board. What Sunday’s event lacks in title matches, it makes up for with …

Taylor Swift made a surprise appearance post-engagement, wearing a black strappy top as she stepped out for a Nashville girls trip. The “Blank Space” singer joined Brittany Mahomes for the star’s 30th birthday celebration on Friday, August 29. Swift and Travis Kelce joined Brittany and Patrick Mahomes one day earlier in Kansas City for a college football game. Just days …

Jim Jarmusch has made anthology films before: Mystery Train (1989), Night on Earth (1991), Coffee and Cigarettes (2003). In fact, he could claim to be the pre-eminent specialist in this now very unfashionable movie form. But with his new one, a deeply pleasing and gently quietist triptych on the subject of family, he is giving us something new and personal. …

Whatever happened to the mantra “survive until ’25,” the go-to refrain for theater owners and Hollywood executives trying to remain optimistic when the box office kept slumping last year, with revenue lagging well behind pre-pandemic levels?  Perhaps the mantra disappeared this summer when it became clear that not even the likes of Superman or even bigger and scarier dinosaurs could …

VENICE — Anyone who loves the Oscars remembers Julia Roberts’s best actress speech for “Erin Brockovich” in 2001. At nearly four minutes, it’s legendary, iconic, joyful, unhinged, humble, a little self-centered, way too long and in the Top 5 of the 21st century — or maybe ever. Who can forget her starting off with that famous laugh and immediately turning …