Kael Voss
John Williams, 94, Made a Surprise Return to Conduct the Imperial March
John Williams wasn't on the bill. At 94, in a wheelchair, making his first public conducting appearance since February 2024, he walked out anyway at the Hollywood Bowl's tribute to his own career and picked up the baton one more time — for the Imperial March. Thousands of lightsabers lit up the amphitheater before he'd conducted a single note.

Riley Vox
Stop Calling Disclosure Day the Next Matrix Before You've Bought a Ticket
The Paris premiere happened a week ago. The film opens wide in America on Friday. And somehow, on the strength of a trailer, a Williams score, and a Le Grand Rex afterparty, half the internet has already decided Disclosure Day is a paradigm shift. Look — calm down. Here's the part nobody wants to say out loud.