Latin Music U.S. Revenue Topped $490 Million During H1 2025 Thanks to Double-Digit Paid Streaming Growth, RIAA Report Shows

Photo Credit: Karol G by Junta de Andalucia / CC by 2.0 Latin music turned in 5.9% year-over-year (YoY) recorded revenue growth in the U.S. during 2025’s opening half, generating $490.3 million at wholesale value, according to the RIAA. The trade organization disclosed these and other figures in its mid-yearContinue Reading

Best-Ever Pumpkin Pie

A truly great pumpkin pie recipe has to nail three things: a silky, well-spiced filling, a crust that’s flaky yet tender, and the kind of irresistible appeal that earns its place on an already crowded Thanksgiving dessert table. This one delivers on all fronts. As one reader put it, “IContinue Reading

Readers Respond to the June 2025 Issue

BUBBLE SPEED In “The Quantum Bubble That Could Destroy the Universe,” Matthew von Hippel discusses vacuum decay, in which a change in the Higgs field would create an expanding quantum bubble that would transform the laws of physics within it. He describes an essay proposing that “humanity could survive vacuumContinue Reading

Dinner Avec Dior! Inside the Opening Night of Beverly Hill’s Most Fashionable New Eatery

Upon arrival to the North Rodeo Drive address, they made their way up the sweeping staircase to the third-floor setting, which overlooks a lush multi-story garden created in collaboration with landscape architect Peter Wirtz. Designed by Peter Marino, the restaurant is reminiscent of the elegance of Dior’s historic boutique atContinue Reading

“I call it the Sisyphus arpeggio”: How Ludvig Forsell and Hideo Kojima worked symbiotically to elevate both story and score

The evening before interviewing composer Ludvig Forsell I finally finished Death Stranding 2 after tens of hours of play. It was a spectacular finale that left me brimming with musical questions Please beware, this article includes spoilers for Death Stranding 2’s ending. Forsell described that particular finale sequence as hisContinue Reading