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Taylor Swift’s crowd showed more than just enthusiasm during her three shows in Edinburgh, Scotland, over the weekend. The singer’s fans—commonly known as Swifties—also caused seismic activity during this stop on the Eras Tour. According to an emailed statement sent to TIME from the British Geological Survey (BGS), seismometers around Edinburgh were triggered by roaring crowds dancing at Murrayfield Stadium.

If Game of Thrones taught us anything, it was that a Targaryen with an adult dragon shouldn’t be trifled with. But in House of the Dragon Season 2, premiering June 16, two opposing sides of House Targaryen—each with their own team of dragons—are set to face off against one another. Set nearly 170 years before the events of Game of Thrones, the new season of House of the Dragon will chronicle the early days of the violent conflict known as the Dance of the Dragons, a war of succession that broke out between the ruling Targaryens.

In 1985, journalist David Blum wrote a New York Magazine cover story that simultaneously anointed and damned a small group of hot young actors who had performed together in the then-recent hit The Breakfast Club and would, in various permutations, go on to anchor other young-adult hits like St. Elmo’s Fire and Pretty in Pink.

The National Music Publishers’ Association, a trade group that represents music publishers and songwriters, filed a complaint with the U. S. Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday about Spotify Technology SA’s decision to provide audiobooks to subscribers, which resulted in reduced royalty payments to songwriters. The audiobooks addition gave Spotify leeway to reclassify its premium subscription offering as a “bundle.” Under a complicated system set by the U.

Sony Pictures Entertainment is getting into the exhibition business. The studio behind recent films like “Bad Boys: Ride or Die” and “The Garfield Movie” has acquired the distinctive theater chain Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, the companies said Wednesday. Included in the deal is the genre film festival Fantastic Fest. Sony said it will continue to welcome content from all studios and distributors at the dine-in theaters. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Alamo Drafthouse was founded in 1997 as a single screen, family-owned repertory theater in Austin, Texas, and has grown to 35 locations in North America.

Billy Porter is receiving backlash for greeting U. S. President Joe Biden with a kiss on the hand at the White House’s early Juneteenth Holiday celebration and concert on Monday. The holiday celebration, hosted by Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, included singers Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle and rapper Doug E.