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“Oh, come on,” Brandi Carlile says, motioning me into a booth and pointing to three pizzas on the table between her and her wife, Catherine. “You can’t not have a slice. It’s so good.” It’s midafternoon in Nashville at the Urban Cowboy Bed and Breakfast, where Carlile is hosting a …

Over the last few weeks, a peculiar remix of 4 Non Blondes’ “What’s Up?” and Nicki Minaj’s “Beez in the Trap” has taken TikTok by storm, with everyone from Sabrina Carpenter and Demi Lovato to Malala Yousafzai and Simone Biles joining in on the trend. The videos start with Linda …

There’s a scene in the beginning of Practical Magic, where a young Sally Owens (Sandra Bullock’s character, played by Camilla Belle) casts a spell on herself to ensure she’ll never fall in love. She retrieves herbs and white flower petals, putting them into a wooden bowl that she holds up …

Sabrina Carpenter should get on Shark Tank with this product offer! On Thursday, Saturday Night Live shared a cut sketch where Carpenter “sells” and pitches opting for a “tall, plain boyfriend” as a partner. The sketch, which didn’t make it to last Saturday’s episode, sees Carpenter on a boring date …

Earlier this year, Spinal Tap finally found a Stonehenge prop they’re happy with —the actual prehistoric monument, in Wiltshire, England. The semi-fictional meta rock titans secretly played what they’re billing as their last concert ever there earlier this year, with guests Eric Clapton, Josh Groban, and Shania Twain, and a …

Dave Ball, the production half of groundbreaking Eighties synth duo Soft Cell, best remembered for their 1981 New Wave classic cover of “Tainted Love,” died on Wednesday of natural causes. He was 66. “He will always be loved by the Soft Cell fans who love his music and his music …

Last year, Joan Baez published her first-ever collection of poetry, When You See My Mother, Ask Her to Dance, expressing her thoughts on personal and family life and some of her music peers. But a few months ago, different types of verse began flowing out of her. “I saw two …

Generative artificial intelligence is seeping deeper into our cultural fabric by the day. In just two years, AI videos of Will Smith eating spaghetti have evolved from poorly developed nightmare fuel to genuinely deceptive clips. And in the music industry, “AI artists” are garnering multimillion-dollar deals, charting, and being co-signed …

“Why can’t you love me, like a woman can?” Lzzy Hale sings in Halestorm’s forthcoming single, “Like a Woman Can,” a highlight of the Nashville-based rock band’s new album, Everest. Hale, who came out as bisexual in 2022, has never been shy about her sexuality. She’s written and sung about …

B.A.P.S (short for ““Black American Princesses”) was a 1997 comedy starring Halle Berry and the late Natalie Desselle as two working-class women from Georgia who luck their way into the world of the Beverly Hills elite. Dismissed by critics at the time as “tacky” and “abysmally awful,” and accused of …