EXCLUSIVE: Backrooms director and cast break down turning a viral webseries into one of A24’s most unsettling horror films

Kane Parsons, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Renate Reinsve break down how A24’s Backrooms turns the viral liminal horror series into a haunting psychological film about isolation, liminal spaces, and emotional trauma.

Sony’s sloppy Spider-Man universe gets even messier with Spider-Noir
Sony’s sloppy Spider-Man universe gets even messier with Spider-Noir

After years of it seeming like the Spider-Man film rights might be better off in Marvel’s hands alone, Into the Spider-Verse came along and proved that Sony was still capable of telling phenomenal stories featuring everyone’s favorite webhead. Into the Spider-Verse’s sumptuous visuals and focus on a different web-slinging New Yorker made it unlike any […]

Memory V re-creates the Memorymoog without the massive headaches or price tag
Memory V re-creates the Memorymoog without the massive headaches or price tag

The Memorymoog is legendary for being an absolutely massive-sounding synth and being incredibly unreliable. But now you can enjoy its classic Moog sound without the headaches or the sky-high vintage price, thanks to Arturia’s Memory V emulator. The Memorymoog was only made between 1982 and 1985, and was the last polyphonic synth made by Moog […]

Nobody wants to tell me why they only listen to their own Suno slop
Nobody wants to tell me why they only listen to their own Suno slop

There’s this alarming trend in the Suno subreddit. People aren’t just prompting AI songs; they’re sitting around listening almost exclusively to their own slop. And in some cases, they proudly proclaim that they don’t listen to music on traditional streaming platforms anymore – it’s just AI all day. “Does anyone just listen to their own […]

Spotify is narrating magazine articles now
Spotify is narrating magazine articles now

Would you listen to magazine articles on Spotify? The streaming platform certainly hopes so, as it’s launching a new format for narrated long-form articles, alongside its usual array of music, podcasts, and audiobooks. Starting today, more than 650 articles from publications including Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, Vogue, Variety, Billboard, Vibe, GQ, Wired, Vanity Fair, and […]

Ozzy Osbourne’s next stage act is an AI avatar, and fans are split

Ozzy Osbourne’s family is working with Hyperreal and Proto Hologram on a lifelike AI avatar that can speak to fans, respond in real time.