BTS announced their Love Myself campaign in partnership with UNICEF to support children’s mental health on Monday. UNICEF’s #OnMyMind initiative aims to provide support for children and their families, and advocate for inclusive living environments free of neglect and abuse. In a video released Monday, RM, the leader of BTS, …
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The buzz around this year’s Stagecoach Festival, kicking off Friday in Indio, California, is among the loudest in the country music fest’s 16-year history. Tickets sold out in less than a month after going on sale last September — hitting that mark months before sister festival Coachella —and giving Stagecoach …
Read More »Vinyl in the Sun: Inside the First Solar-Powered Record Pressing Plant in the U.S.
At the crossroads of an intense creative period and a personal tragedy, Dave Newell found himself stuck with an idea he couldn’t shake: What if he opened a record pressing plant? This was back in 2021. Newell was grieving the death of his father, pondering what the next few decades …
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This story was adapted from “Everything you need to know about food waste,” a comprehensive guide from our friends at one5c. one5c is the original optimistic newsletter about climate action and sustainable living. Subscribe here to get their best world-saving know-how sent right in your inbox. O n a per-person …
Read More »Thom Yorke Warns You to Run Away in Pensive New 'Confidenza' Soundtrack Song
“If I were you, I’d run away/Get out while you still can,” Thom Yorke sings on his new song “Knife Edge.” “‘Cause this to me is life or death/And all I think about.” The pensive song, which ambles along slowly with piano and sparse strings, comes off the soundtrack to …
Read More »'Election Fraud, Pure and Simple': Prosecutors Lay Out Criminal Case Against Trump
In October of 2016, Donald Trump’s fixer paid $130,000 to Stormy Daniels, a porn star who was shopping out claims of a scandalous affair between herself and Trump — who at the time was in the heat of his first campaign for president. The long tail of the scandal’s fallout …
Read More »'Deadpool & Wolverine' Trailer: What Could Go Wrong With These Two Together?
What would hurt worse, Wolverine‘s claws slicing right into your groin or Deadpool‘s semiautomatic handguns firing into your flanks while he cradles you spread eagle on icy terrain? The trailer for Marvel’s upcoming Deadpool & Wolverine doesn’t answer that question — these two seem to survive on pithy sass and …
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I n the warehouse-huge back room of his company Return Home, just south of Seattle, Micah Truman walks over to what looks like an off-white shipping crate, complete with a lock on the front. “Put your hand onto it,” instructs Truman, who, with his woodsy vest and tidy appearance, looks …
Read More »Jam Master Jay's Family Waited 22 Years for Justice. They're Still Processing What It Means
A s TJ and Jesse Mizell stroll through the Amsterdam Houses — the community of brick buildings for low-income households on Manhattan’s Upper West Side where they grew up — residents play basketball and stand around chatting. It’s an unusually sunny March day, and it feels good to be outside. …
Read More »Kid Cudi Breaks Foot After Jumping Off Coachella Stage: 'Just Leaving the Hospital'
Kid Cudi had to cut his Coachella Weekend Two performance short after he broke his foot mid-show. On Sunday night, the rap star shared that he was “just leavin the hospital” after injuring himself during his set at the Sahara Tent. Fan videos captured the rapper jumping off stage and …
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