Do you have a field of dreams — a place where your imagination transforms into a reality? When I built my first bookstore, it was born from a simple conversation between me and God; he suggested that I build a store where I wrote all the books. After laughing at …
Read More »Kehlani Begs Their Love to Stay on the 'Altar' in New Song
Kehlani has released a new song, “Altar,” from their next album, Blue Water Road, which is expected to arrive later this year. “Altar” is a swooning hit of pop-R&B that finds Kehlani (who uses she/they pronouns) crooning over a crisp drum skip and a mix of sparkling, swaying synths and …
Read More »We Have Seen Next Year's Big Oscar Winner, and It Is 'Belfast'
We do not like Oscar prognosticating. We do not like it on a boat, we do not like it with a goat. We do not like it with eggs and salmon, and we do not like it from Pete Hammond. Nothing against the journalists who cover this beat, of course; …
Read More »Coldplay's Next Single 'My Universe' Will Feature BTS
Coldplay will release a new single with BTS, “My Universe,” on September 24th. The track was produced by Max Martin, who helmed all of Coldplay’s upcoming album, Music of the Spheres. While Coldplay had previously shared a track list for Music of the Spheres that included “My Universe,” it was …
Read More »'Children of the Same Foul Spirit': Bush Draws Parallels Between Domestic Extremists, 9/11 Terrorists
Current and former U.S. presidents marked the 20th anniversary of 9/11 with speeches as memorial events took place in New York City, Shanksville, Penn. where Flight 93 crashed, and the Pentagon. Former president George W. Bush — who was president on the day of the attack and started two subsequent …
Read More »Finn Wolfhard's Band the Aubreys Preview New LP With Song 'Karaoke Alone'
Finn Wolfhard‘s band the Aubreys have dropped the first single from the group’s debut studio LP, Karaoke Alone, which arrives on November 5th. While the album was written during the pandemic in lockdown, according to a statement it is not about Covid-19. The Stranger Things star and bandmate Malcolm Craig …
Read More »Clive's Moving Castle
I . They come in droves, teeth and Bvlgari gleaming. Their smiles are tolerant for the red carpet step-and-repeat and much more earnest, earned, once they’re safely past the guarded double doors. In the room all together, they make up a living museum — a sentient Coachella poster, a Forbes …
Read More »Foo Fighters to Re-Open Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club
Foo Fighters will reopen beloved 9:30 Club in Washington D.C. on Thursday after the venue was shuttered for 18 months due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Tickets, which were limited to two per person, went on sale on Wednesday and quickly sold out to the intimate, surprise-announced show. The band also …
Read More »New 'Disappearances' Podcast Covers Infamous Missing Persons Cases
Sarah Turney is best known for running a media campaign to pressure police to arrest her father for the murder of her sister, Alissa Turney, who went missing in 2001. The years-long mission, which included a blog, Facebook and Instagram accounts, and a podcast called Voices for Justice, culminated in …
Read More »'Dune,' 'Spencer' Turn Venice Film Festival Into Center of Red-Carpet Universe
It starts with a rumble, an earthshaking sonic blast that sounds like the “Zimmer Honk” played through some sort of cosmic coliseum’s P.A. system. It is an announcement: Something massive is underway. An opening quote, “Dreams are messages from the deep,” suggests you’re about to go on a tour of …
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