In the world of music, 2024 was the year of the underdog. New artists made historic strides globally and dominated the top of the charts, introducing fresh sounds — from Ayra Starr‘s danceable Afrobeats to Laufey’s Grammy-winning jazz-pop fusion — to the pop zeitgeist. Read More...
Since “Mission: Impossible III” in 2006, Simon Pegg has been part of the core ensemble of the “Mission: Impossible” franchise, playing hacker and sometime field agent Benji Dunn opposite its stalwart star Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt. Pegg was never going to be the actor risking life and limb on screen — “it’s Benji’s job to be the one that actually says, ‘what the fuck are we doing here?’,” he observes. Read More...