With its Alan Jackson guitar twang and some dreamy pedal steel, Elijah Ocean’s new song “Thirty-Five” is straight out of a Nineties jukebox. The rambling singer-songwriter and Maine native, who landed in Nashville after detours in Brooklyn and L.A., released the song on Monday as the first taste of his …
Read More »Watch Beabadoobee Bring 'Last Day on Earth' to 'Fallon'
Beabadoobee virtually performed her new single “Last Day on Earth” live(-ish) for the first time on Friday’s episode of The Tonight Show. This “Last Day on Earth” begins as a typical pandemic-era virtual performance before the camera pulls back and reveals Beabadoobee and her band are actually in a large …
Read More »Mary J. Blige's 'My Life' Documentary: 8 Things We Learned
Mary J. Blige has a long, illustrious career, riddled with Top Ten hits, million-selling albums, Grammys, and Oscar nominations. But there’s one project that has particular importance for her: “I have 13 albums, but my second, My Life, is my most important,” she says in a new documentary commemorating the …
Read More »Jerry Seinfeld Is Making a Movie About the Creation of the Pop Tart
Jerry Seinfeld will produce, direct and star in a new comedy based around the creation of the popular, mass-produced breakfast pastry, the Pop Tart, Variety reports. The film, which will be released on Netflix, boasts the fitting title: Unfrosted. Seinfeld co-wrote the movie with Spike Feresten and Barry Marder. It’s …
Read More »Nine Business Leaders Predict the Next Big Step for the Post-Pandemic Gig Economy
At a time when an act as simple as leaving the house felt unsafe, services provided by companies like DoorDash, Postmates, Instacart, etc. became critical to consumers just trying to go about their daily lives. The pandemic changed the way customers buy and businesses sell, but what will its lasting …
Read More »Free Birds: How 'Tuca & Bertie' Went From Indie-Comic Heroines to TV Cult Favorites
Seven years ago, Lisa Hanawalt published a comic on Hazlitt Magazine’s website depicting an anthropomorphic, topless toucan belly-up on the floor of her apartment trimming her toenails, clippings flying into the air. “This is Tuca. She’s a toucan. She lives in the city,” the first panel reads. It was the …
Read More »Polo G Unseats Olivia Rodrigo Atop 'Rolling Stone' Artists 500 Chart
Polo G finally unseated Olivia Rodrigo after her three-week reign at the top of the Artists 500 chart. For the week of June 11th through June 17th, Polo G — who’d previously peaked at Number Three on the Artists 500 — earned 186 million streams thanks to the release of …
Read More »Trump Considered Transferring Infected Americans to Guantanamo Bay, Book Says
During the early stages of the pandemic, then-President Donald Trump was looking for ways not to bring infected Americans in Asia home for care and asked White House staff if sending them to Guantánamo Bay — where the United States holds terrorist suspects — was an option. This is according …
Read More »Devi Juggles Two Guys in 'Never Have I Ever' Season Two Trailer
Season two of Netflix’s hit series Never Have I Ever will answer the question: How does a high school nerd juggle two boyfriends? Netflix has released the trailer for the Mindy Kaling-created show’s upcoming second season, which premieres July 15th. It jumps right back into the action after the events …
Read More »Kenny Chesney Plots 2022 Stadium Tour
Kenny Chesney has firmed up plans for a stadium tour that will kick off next spring. The Here and Now: 2022 Stadium Tour are Chesney’s first live dates to be announced since having to table his 2020 Chillaxification Tour last spring as the Covid-19 pandemic took hold. The Here and …
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