Hacks, the excellent dramedy about comedy, is finally set to return for its third season, out May 2, on Max. The new run of episodes will pick up one year after the end of Season Two when (spoiler alert), comedian Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) graciously fired her writing partner Ava …
Read More »Radical Vulnerability: A Lesson in Goodbyes
When was the last time you asked yourself how you were doing and actually listened to the answer? When was the last time you asked yourself what you needed and actually listened to the answer? When was the last time you asked yourself how your heart was and actually listened …
Read More »Djo Has a Hot 100 Hit. For Joe Keery, It's a 'Rebirth'
When Joe Keery first moved to Chicago to attend DePaul University’s Theatre School, he had no idea what direction his life would take. After graduating in 2014, the Massachusetts native stuck around for three more years, working at a restaurant, getting small acting gigs, playing in his former band Post …
Read More »The Smoke and Mirrors of Pre-Rolls: Papers and Marketing Gimmicks
Cannabis and hemp products undergo rigorous testing during production, yet a critical aspect often goes unnoticed — the safety of smoking accessories like rolling papers remains unchecked for harmful contaminants including pesticides and heavy metals. Because of this, there is simply no way of knowing what contaminants may have made …
Read More »Thousands of Rich People Simply Haven't Been Filing Their Taxes, IRS Says
President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022, securing billions in funding for the Internal Revenue Service to bolster its ability to go after corporations and the super-wealthy. Republicans haven’t been happy — likely because they’re well aware of how the one-percenters they cater …
Read More »Hozier Still Wants You to 'Be As You've Always Been' Only a Little Quieter This Time
Five years to the day since Hozier released his second album, Wasteland, Baby! the impassioned Irishman is reissuing the album with bonus tracks that display new depths to his emotions. On “Be (Acoustic),” Mr. Hozier-Byrne strips away the original’s snaky funk bass and dials back his own tumult for a …
Read More »Paramore Drive Over the Deep End and Survive in Metaphoric 'Thick Skull' Video
Paramore entered into This Is Why with the goal of both internal and external interrogation. The album asked complicated questions about the human condition that yielded answers that looked like those on the surface, but, on closer inspection, it turned out to be another layer of confounding inquiries. It opens …
Read More »Hear Keith Richards Take on Velvet Underground's 'I'm Waiting for the Man' for Lou Reed Tribute Album
Keith Richards takes on the Velvet Underground’s classic “I’m Waiting for the Man” for an upcoming tribute album dedicated to the music of Lou Reed. Arriving a day before what would have been Reed’s 82nd birthday, Richards also shared a new video of studio footage from the recording of his …
Read More »Schoolboy Q Is Still a Mystery. That's What Makes Him Great
“Gang shit, I invented that, huh?” asks Schoolboy Q on “Pop,” a track from Blue Lips, his first album in nearly five years. It’s clearly an overstatement. But give the former Hoover Street Crip credit: Back in the early 2010s, he fused the open-eared, genre-less sensibility of Tumblr rap with …
Read More »1D Meets 'NSync as Liam Payne, JC Chasez Team Up for New Song 'Teardrops'
The multi-generational boy band crossover event to end them all is here: One Direction and ‘NSync have linked up — well, kind of. Liam Payne has got a new song out today, “Teardrops,” which he co-wrote with ‘NSync’s JC Chasez. Fittingly, the track harkens back to that late-90s/turn-of-the-millenium sound, with …
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