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Morgan Lee
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Deadpool Roasts Wolverine for "Sticking to the Script," Doomsday D23 Trailer Drops Sentinel Robot Army
At D23, Hugh Jackman played his own video asking Marvel if he could join Avengers: Doomsday, and Deadpool clapped back with some choice language. The official trailer followed, with Doctor Doom taking his throne and a Sentinel robot army closing out the footage.
Sziget Night Four: BMTH Builds an Apocalyptic Theater, Rose Gray Wraps It Up With Just a Mirror
On Day 4 of Sziget Festival 2026 in Budapest, Bring Me The Horizon rolled out a full-scale apocalyptic spectacle, while Rose Gray compressed an entire night into one hour. Skepta, Nia Archives, and Peggy Gou each held down their own corner of the fest.
Phoebe Bridgers Hosts Listening Party on Roller Skates: She Wants Her New Album to Live in Real Life, Not on Your Phone
Ahead of the release of "Lost Weekend," Phoebe Bridgers skated around a Los Angeles rink playing the record for fans, while personally explaining why she chose poster campaigns over online hype.
Madonna Turns 68: Fan Messages to Take Over London's Outernet Mega-Screen
London's Outernet will launch a free interactive exhibition on August 16, projecting fan messages and photos for Madonna onto its 360-degree mega-screen to celebrate her 68th birthday—echoing her "Confessions II" party held at the same venue just last month.
A 2015 Church Performance Becomes Jon Hassell's Posthumous Album, a Decade Later
Ndeya, the label founded by the late experimental musician Jon Hassell, will release his first posthumous work, capturing the final live performance of his life. The Pentimento trilogy will be completed on October 2.
Album Title First, Then Gone? Erykah Badu and Alchemist's Collab Album Set for August 28 Release
Alchemist once revealed the album was called "Abi & Alan" last year, but now that the official release date has been announced, the name is nowhere to be found — Bandcamp simply reads "Sorry, we don't have an album title yet." Get an early listen to the new track "Witch Doctor."
Chevrolet Pulls Out of China's Retail Market, But the Factory Keeps Running
Chevrolet's annual sales in China have plummeted from 760,000 units to under 9,000 in a decade. GM is pulling the badge from showrooms but keeping the factory alive, shifting to contract manufacturing for export to emerging markets while pouring all its resources into Buick and Cadillac instead.
Three-Time World Champion Asked to Ride It Himself — Rough Crafts' Build Sells Out Royal Enfield's Limited Edition in 179 Seconds
After spotting the Caliber Royale at Goodwood, Freddie Spencer personally requested a ride — an encounter that ultimately sparked a globally limited run of 100 Shotgun 650 special editions, which sold out in under three minutes.
Ferran Torres Scored Spain's World Cup-Winning Goal — Then Rushed Straight to a Bieber Pop-Up
The hero behind Spain's second World Cup title turns out to be a full-blown sneakerhead off the pitch — one who shops out Justin Bieber's pop-ups, lives in all-black fits, and swears by his Under Armour boots.
This Hokkaido House Was Designed as One Giant Window Into the Forest
Architect Yosuke Tomiya's Morimado House in Hokkaido — its name literally translating to "forest window" — uses split-level circulation and an arched opening to turn the backyard forest into scenery you can't help but run into every day.
Paola Pivi: When Everything Gets Recorded, Where Does Play Go?
From a secondhand vacuum cleaner in a Milan warehouse to a wooden clog thrown across a childhood apartment complex, Paola Pivi's essay for designboom asks a pointed question: in an age of total surveillance, how much freedom is left in play?
The House With a Sinking Kitchen: How Arakawa and Gins Tried to Outbuild Death
In a house called Bioscleave House in East Hampton, the kitchen sinks into the ground and the floors ripple like untamed terrain. Its designers believed keeping the body in a state of constant alertness could slow aging — and maybe even push back against death itself.
Hobonichi Techo Teams Up with Beloved Character Sunsun — Banana-Peeking Design Lands on Weekly Planner
Japanese stationery brand Hobonichi Techo has launched a collaboration with the popular puppet character "Puppet Sunsun," featuring a lineup of 7 items including planner covers, the weekly "Hobonichi Weeks" planner, and desk pads. The collection drops September 1st at TOBICHI, LOFT stores nationwide, and other retailers.
Turns Out He Bought Spider-Man's Childhood Home—Queens Homeowner Has Spent 3 Years Sorting Fan Mail
Google Maps labels the address "Spider-Man's Home," and when Jack Shi bought the house three years ago, he had no idea. Now fans from around the world show up at his door, and his mailbox is stuffed with letters addressed to Spider-Man himself.
Sam Neill Wrapped His Final Scene Before He Could See It Release: "Legend of Zelda" Movie Adds Impa and a Mysterious Queen to Cast
The live-action "Legend of Zelda" film finished shooting back in April, with Sam Neill having completed his scenes before his passing—his character still unrevealed. Dichen Lachman and Yvonne Strahovski join as Impa and a mysterious Queen, with the film set to hit theaters May 7, 2027.
20 Years, 300 Unreleased Beats: Busta Rhymes Finally Delivers "Dillagence 2"
J Dilla left Busta Rhymes over 300 unreleased beats before he passed. Two decades later, the veteran MC has finally pieced together a sequel, dropping August 25th — with Ma Dukes herself in the room for the preview listen.
Fenix Flexin Denies Faking His Vocals With AI—But Treblo's Own Detector Just Snitched on Him
"Rubberz" blew up hard enough to threaten a Billboard Hot 100 run, until a leftover file name and a generative AI detection tool started unraveling the truth.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Opens to $355M Domestic, Smashes $900M Worldwide in Week One
Sony and Marvel Studios' latest team-up pulled in $168M on opening day alone, topping even Avengers: Endgame's single-day record, and closed out its first weekend with $355M in North America and $927M globally.
Virgin Mary Meets Betty Boop? Palace's Fall 2026 Lineup Turns Workwear and Worship Into a Full-On Fever Dream
Avirex leather jackets, GORE-TEX technical outerwear, a Betty Boop collab, and neon-embroidered Virgin Mary hoodies — Palace's latest drop puts religious iconography and cartoon characters on the same rack, rolling out in phases starting August 7.
Fenix Flexin's "Rubberz" Storms the Billboard Charts, But He Can't Even Nail His Own Song Live
West Coast rapper Fenix Flexin landed at No. 58 on the Billboard Hot 100 with an '80s British synth-pop track, but multiple live performances have shown him fumbling the lyrics he supposedly wrote himself — and the AI suspicions keep piling up.
Why People Who Swear Off Group Travel Are Booking Private Jet World Tours: The Real Clue Is in the Aircraft and Headcount
From a 75-seat retrofitted 757 to a 16-passenger Airbus A319, TCS, National Geographic, and Aman each carve out their own clientele through aircraft type and group size — flying you to Antarctic ice caves or a private tour of the Sistine Chapel, then handing you back your own driver and guide once you land.
Want to Make Up After a Cold War But Can't Find the Words? Here's What Your Zodiac Sign Actually Says (Cancer Just Asks If You've Eaten)
The most awkward part of a cold war isn't the silence—it's when you finally want to make up, but the words come out completely wrong. Here's a breakdown of the common miscommunication traps for all 12 zodiac signs, plus what they actually mean to say, from Cancer's "have you eaten" to Aquarius's habit of over-analyzing everything. Understand yourself, understand them too.
Peter Parker's Lost Year: The Toei Spider-Man Who Rode Motorcycles and Piloted Giant Robots
Before Spider-Man: Brand New Day hits theaters, we're digging back through 64 years of Spider-Man evolution — and the weirdest chapter isn't any movie version, it's Japan's Toei studio turning Peter Parker into a motorcycle-riding stuntman who summons a giant robot in 1978.
Remi Wolf Drops New Track About Dating Someone "With No Ass and No Emotional Capabilities" — And She's Into It
After two years of silence, Remi Wolf returns with new single "Twiggy," first debuted as a surprise performance at Newport Folk Festival. The lyrics hit with a rawness that catches you off guard, and even she can't quite say whether the song's about a relationship or the chaos of addiction.
Memory, Neighborhoods & Strippers: Dazed's 5 Most Talked-About Photo Stories of July
From self-portraits restaging family trauma to a Xerox-degraded photo show, these are the five photo stories Dazed readers couldn't stop talking about in July — each one using a different tool to fight against something slowly disappearing.