Noah Cyrus sorted through the lowest lows on her latest album, The Hardest Part, and continued exploring the same notions of love and self-understanding on its deluxe edition not long after. Now, coming out on the other side, the singer has recruited Vance Joy for “Everybody Needs Someone.” The record, …
Read More »Return of a Jedi: Daisy Ridley to Reprise Role as Rey for New 'Star Wars' Movie
Daisy Ridley will reprise her role as Rey in one of three new live-action Star Wars movies announced at the franchise’s big event in London Friday, April 7. The as-yet-untitled project will be the first Star Wars film since 2019’s The Rise of Skywalker. It will reportedly follow the events …
Read More »Indiana Jones' Whips Away Bad Guys in 'Dial of Destiny' Trailer
Indiana Jones outruns a subway on a horse in one promising scene in the new trailer for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, which dropped on Friday. The two-minute clip for the film, which comes out June 30, sets up its plot: Jones’ goddaughter (played by actress Phoebe Waller-Bridge) …
Read More »Brothers Osborne Balance Attitude and Tenderness in Three New Songs
Brothers Osborne are back with their first new music since the deluxe edition of their album Skeletons. The award-winning country duo of TJ and John Osborne released three new songs on Friday, a little preview of an upcoming fourth studio album that has yet to be announced. The three new …
Read More »Man Pleads Guilty to Voluntary Manslaughter in Murder of Pop Smoke
One of the four men charged in the murder of rapper Pop Smoke has pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and home invasion robbery. The 20-year-old man — whose name has been withheld from the court because he was a 17-year-old minor at the time of Pop Smoke’s Feb. 2020 death …
Read More »Sex, Money, and Power: The Rise and Fall of Tennis Great Boris Becker
An early scene in Boom! Boom! The World vs. Boris Becker, a new two-part documentary about the German tennis great who famously won Wimbledon at the age of 17 before going down like the Hindenburg, encapsulates what’s made the athlete such a controversial figure. Ion Tiriac, a Romanian businessman who …
Read More »'Transatlantic': The Daring Rescue of Jews From Nazi-Occupied France
TV shows and movies inspired by real-life events tend to overstate the truth for dramatic effect. Netflix’s Transatlantic is a rare case of underplaying history — in this case, the work of Varian Fry, Mary Jayne Gold, and the rest of the European Rescue Committee, who worked to get Jewish …
Read More »Texas Republicans Try to Break the Internet to Deny Women Abortions
There is more than one way to burn a book, Ray Bradbury wrote, and the world is full of people running about with lit matches. Texas House Rep. Steve Toth brandished the equivalent of a butane torch earlier this session when he introduced House Bill 2690, legislation that seeks to …
Read More »Jonas Brothers Reminisce About Deep Conversations at 'Waffle House' on New Single
The Jonas Brothers have different, fonder memories of Waffle House than what the restaurant’s reputation might suggest. On their latest single, aptly titled “Waffle House,” the three-piece band reminisce about deep conversations shared over hot plates of breakfast food — not stumbling into Waffle House after a night out and …
Read More »How Everything But The Girl Got Back Into A Groove After 24 Years
Like many people, musicians Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn found themselves in isolation during the pandemic, conjuring up memories of sharing space with strangers on a dancefloor. The time spent indoors would eventually lead the pair, who began releasing music in the Eighties as Everything But the Girl, to find …
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