Jalaiah, creator of Renegade, performs at the NBA All-Star Game! pic.twitter.com/w5qtYTrjeh — NBA (@NBA) February 17, 2020 When a dance you made up in your bedroom can suddenly set the internet on fire, you might end up seeing celebrities, social media stars and millions of TikTok users busting your moves with no idea who came […]
And you may find yourself staring at this beautiful news and calling all of your friends to coordinate ticket plans! In an unprecedented move for the theater industry, David Byrneâs sensational Broadway show American Utopia will be returning in the fall after a brief hiatus. Vulture can confirm that the show will start up again […]
Despite all of her eerie tunes that allude to teens sleeping with their friendsâ fathers, Billie Eilish is a massive, massive Justin Bieber fan, so much so that her childhood bedroom was festooned with Believe-era Biebs posters all over the walls. The duo would go on to meet and collaborate following Eilishâs meteoric rise, and […]
Huge win for the prog rock community. Emerson, Lake & Palmerâs half-hour epic âKarn Evil 9â is being turned into a sci-fi film, with the lyrics serving as the narrativeâs overarching inspiration. Per Deadline, the movie will revolve around how âthe annual âKarn Evilâ â a macabre rite of passage â is a young personâs […]
Back in the early aughts when a young Justin Timberlake was just starting to go solo, a huge concert was being organized by the Rolling Stones in Toronto to benefit a SARS outbreak. Mick Jagger, digginâ the sweet âSeñoritaâ sounds of the future Trolls legend, invited him to perform during the concertâs coveted evening sets […]
Justin Bieber is going through changes. Or ⊠he already went through them? Something is changing and itâs certainly not his love for cringey lyrics. After a break to work on his health, Justin Bieberâs fifth studio album, Changes, details the same three moods heâs always had: sentimental, horny, and spiritual. The Biebs contains multitudes. […]
How much do you think it costs to rent out one of those massive Times Square billboards? Because Harry Stylesâs cover of âBig Yellow Taxiâ by Joni Mitchell deserves a wide distribution. Okay, yes, that maybe defeats the meaning of the song, but the pure joy emanating from this clip needs to be spread! Every […]
Who didnât get married last year? You might find yourself asking this today, scrolling through Facebook Valentineâs Day odes and staring down the barrel of a new Justin Bieber album. But while 2019 revived the Wife Guy, particularly in music, theyâve been around the whole time. We donât mean guys making music with their wives, […]
YG and Kehlani think theyâre on some BeyoncĂ© and Jay-Z âUpgrade Uâtype stuff. The fairly new couple went all âThe Cartersâ for their joint song âKonclusions.â Listen, itâs a good track, but it includes so much we, as a society, didnât need to know about them. Starting right at the beginning of the song, with […]
Following an investigative report published by the New York Times in June 2019, which revealed that hundreds of thousands of master tapes had been destroyed in the 2008 Universal Studios warehouse fire, a group of artists and musiciansâ estates pursued a class-action lawsuit against Universal Music Group. The most recent filing in the lawsuit confirms […]
James Bond is Old Hollywoodâs last man standing, the rare film franchise from the â60s that can still do numbers in the 21st century. People will always show up for a meticulous crime thriller, for a hero who never seems to sweat or worry. A character as adept at cheating death as 007 needs a […]
Hollywoodâs most powerful foursome is now becoming even more powerful. Chris Martin leads Coldplay, Gwyneth Paltrowâs husband Brad Falchuk is one of TVâs biggest producers, GP needs no introduction, and now actress Dakota Johnson is controlling the behind-the-scenes, too. The Peanut Butter Falcon actress directed Coldplayâs latest music video, âCry Cry Cry,â with Cory Bailey. […]
âMusicâs biggest nightâ carried on mostly business as usual on Sunday, but prior to the Grammys ceremony, was overshadowed by weeks-long behind-the-scenes tension. Last Thursday, a dramatic news story broke revealing that Recording Academy president Deborah Dugan, newly in the role as of August 2019, was put on administrative leave only ten days ahead of […]
Remember those latent fears youâve been having that artificial intelligence will one day take over the world ultimately rendering humans unnecessary and utterly meaningless? Well, in case you forgot, âTravisbottâ has arrived to turn those fears into a reality! What is a âTravisbottâ you ask? Well, itâs a deepfake version of rapper Travis Scott that […]
As one Oscars season comes to a close, another opens its doors anew. So begins the 2021 Best Original Song race, with this instant-classic title track for the upcoming James Bond film, No Time to Die, from 18-year-old professional Grammy collector Billie Eilish. Just last Sunday, Eilish made her Academy Awards debut singing a cover […]
Well, there go our jobs and livelihoods as entertainment journalists. On Thursday, Vogue sat Billie Eilish down for an interview with an âAIâ that generated some surprisingly insightful questions. Fair warning: As with any âbot-writtenâ parody or spec script, these questions are sort of more the product of a language-learning neural network working with a […]
The NME Awards are like the Grammysâ cheeky British cousin. This yearâs ceremony, the music publicationâs 67th, was a particularly chaotic event. Taylor Swift expressed awe at the irreverence of the show and was more open than ever with her boyfriend, Joe Alwyn, while punk rapper Slowthai got into a tussle with the crowd after […]
Teens can make anything cool. Their social media superiority launched songs like âOld Town Roadâ and âThe Boxâ to No. 1 on the Billboard charts and, every day, pop songs like Dua Lipaâs âDonât Start Nowâ become templates for teens to dance, lip-sync, or act to. But the creative geniuses on TikTok are also discovering […]
Sam Smith has taken a page from the Taylor Swift Finishing School for Cryptic Young Pop Stars, as theyâve been real mysterious and clue-droppy on Instagram all week in the lead-up to their new single and album, To Die For, which will be available for preorder tomorrow. Could To Die For be a direct response […]
Somebody please let Camila Cabello know what silent films are, because girl is playing fast and loose with the concept of diegetic sound in her latest music video, for the bonus track on the digital edition of Romance, âMy Oh Myâ featuring DaBaby. The (mostly) black-and-white video casts Camila as a silent movie star within […]
Swiss Casino flies high on his latest single, âToast To My Girlsâ. The UK-based artist demonstrates his impressive flow and acute sense of artistry on this new release, and continues his successful musical journey, entering 2020 with new inspirations and projects. Swiss Casino came up with the single the next morning of a night at […]
Dude! Our very long, very loud national nightmare is over. A month after Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer announced he would be suing his band for excluding him from several high-profile performance events during Grammys week, heâs back in action once again with his Boston brothers. Per Rolling Stone, Kramer performed with Aerosmith in an official […]
Eminemâs surprise appearance at last nightâs Academy Awards ceremony threw us for a brain-scrambling loop, along with many members of the live audience. Some celebs were visibly amped to witness this absolutely out-of-left-field âLose Yourselfâ performance, nearly two decades after Eminem won an Oscar, in absentia, for the song. Others (Billie Eilish) were openly perplexed, but […]
If you like Bernie Sanders, but havenât yet been compelled to get off your buns about it, The Strokes are hoping they can lure you to one of their chosen candidateâs Get Out the Vote rallies with the promise of new music. And if not, you can enjoy it from the comfort of your own […]
This March 31, it will be a year since Nipsey Hussle, born Ermias Joseph Asghedom, was murdered in Los Angeles, shot and killed outside his store Marathon Clothing. Last month, director Ava DuVernay introduced Meek Mill, DJ Khaled, John Legend, Roddy Ricch, Kirk Franklin, and YG to the Grammys stage for a tribute to the […]
BeyoncĂ© knows how to treat her friends right. A few weeks ago, she gifted celebrities like Reese Witherspoon and Kim Kardashian West clothes, shoes, and accessories from the revamped Ivy Park. And last night, she threw them a post-Oscars party so spectacular there was a strict social media ban. For wealthy eyes only! But, still, […]
Somewhere, Blue Ivy Carter is yelling, âGet The Wall Street Journal on the phone, immediately!â The brains and the braun behind BeyoncĂ©âs whole operation, Blue Ivy canât be happy with her grandma Tina Knowles-Lawson telling the WSJ that BeyoncĂ© is working on something new. âI mean, my art pieces are like my children,â Knowles-Lawson said […]
Because her Rock Hall induction wasnât the time or place for Janet Jackson to bust out a memorable performance and/or bring down the goddamned arena, weâve got some good news as 2020 continues to swallow us whole. Jackson announced today that sheâll be embarking on an international tour in support of her upcoming album, both […]
One of the most important parts of any modern awards show is the scouring of every frame as they flash past for essential isolated moments. If youâre lucky, you get one great one, like Jason Bateman beating Game of Thrones for an Emmy or Gwyneth Paltrow fighting with her dress to get across the awards-show […]
With single life on the horizon and a list of men not good enough for her piling up, Rihanna is back to doing what she does best: Being a merciless tease about the progress of R9 while also reminding us we should probably restock our Gloss Bombs at Sephora. Take this new interview she did […]