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Actor Tom Hardy has flipped the script and surprised hip-hop fans with his lyrical skills on his debut rap album under the alias Frankie Pulitzer. The project, Czarface Meets Frankie Pulitzer, has everyone asking, who knew Bane had bars? On Aug. 28, 2026, Hardy delivered his collaborative project with hip-hop supergroup Czarface—consisting of rap/production duo 7L & Esoteric and Wu-Tang Clan member Inspectah Deck—called Czarface Meets Frankie Pulitzer.

If you were fired from your job, you would have every right to be bitter towards your former employers. So it was a bit shocking to hear what former Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott had to say about the Buffalo Bills ahead of the upcoming season. Sean McDermott was let go by the Buffalo Bills this past offseason and has laid pretty low. He was rumored to be in the running for several coaching openings in the offseason but decided to take a year off from the NFL.

We have been waiting, and waiting, and waiting, but the Costco in Amherst is officially open... well, kind of. You can't shop there yet, but you can still save money. It has been a long time since it was first announced that Costco would be opening up in Amherst, and now it is open, at least part of it. As of Friday, September 4th, the gas pumps at the Costco on Ridge Lee Road in Amherst are open for business. The rest of the store, not so much.

Some restaurant chains will end 2026 with more locations than they had at the start of the year. As with most years, 2026 has seen its share of chain restaurants closing locations. Only so many can survive, after all. READ MORE: How to Find the Only Remaining Rainforest Cafe Restaurants But there is one type of chain restaurant that seems to come up more often in conversations about struggling chains: Pizza.

Some hosting opportunities are about keeping the energy high and moving the program along. Others require you to understand the weight of the moment. I recently had the honor of serving as Mistress of Ceremonies for the 5/14 Memorial Foundation's Project BLOOM fundraising kickoff at the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens. BLOOM stands for Building Legacy Out of Memory.

The mother of King Von's son, Shekema "Queen Kema" Springfield, called OTF Vonnie a liar and thief during her testimony at Lil Durk's murder-for-hire trial. On Thursday (Sept. 3), at Lil Durk's murder-for-hire trial in Los Angeles, Springfield took the stand and reportedly testified that he never saw Durk at the home of King Von's memorial and there were no conversations about avenging Von's killing during the three-day gathering.

Ye surprised the crowd with not only a Big Sean reunion on night one of his two Chicago shows, but appearances from 2 Chainz, Future and fellow hometown hero Twista as well. On Thursday (Sept. 3), Yeezy took the stage at Soldier Field in Chicago for the first of his two sold-out hometown shows. Equipped with a new face mask that features uneven glowing eyes, Ye stood atop the world as he ran through his extensive catalogue for over two hours.

After two days of major rainfall had a horrible impact on the infrastructure in different parts of the City of Buffalo, the local government is stepping up to help residents of the city manage cleanup after nearly 4 inches of rain that fell in just a few hours caused flooded streets and sewage backups across New York State's second-largest city.

We hadn't ever seen anything like this before last year. It was an entire festival dedicated to stuffed peppers. If you missed it, there's good news. It's coming back again this year! Coming soon, we're going to celebrate the best of the best when it comes to stuffed peppers in Western New York at Pepper-Palooza. Pepper Palooza is back for its second year! If you missed it last year, don't miss it again.

For many people around Western New York, the start of September is pretty exciting but also kinda routine. You have the start of High School and College Football around the region, plus the hometown Buffalo Bills getting ready for the regular season. You have the Bisons getting ready to wrap up thier season and talk about the Sabres getting to work soon. Plus, of course, back to school too, with tens of thousands of kids getting back to work in the classroom.