Florida Governor Ron DeSantis approved Florida’s $101.5 billion budget, which includes a large chunk of Covid-19 federal relief funds from the American Relief Plan, which DeSantis once described as “Washington at its worst.” Most of the approximately $9 billion federal relief funds will go to police, teachers and first responders, …
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Music streaming can be something of a catch-22 for fledgling artists: You can’t break through without impressive streaming numbers, and it’s hard to get impressive streaming numbers without breaking through. Spotify is making an attempt at leveling the playing field. On Wednesday (May 26th), the streaming service announced its new …
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The Saturday Night Live cast reflected on their wild year during the cold open for the Season 46 finale, with Chris Rock — who hosted the Season 46 premiere — also making a surprise guest appearance. In front of the first full-capacity audience of the season, cast members reminisced about …
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Z2 Comics has announced it will be publishing the first-ever graphic novel based on Freddie Mercury this fall. Freddie Mercury: Lover of Life, Singer of Songs, created in partnership with Universal Music Group and Mercury Songs Ltd, will follow the Queen singer’s life through his childhood in Zanzibar and India …
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In 2008, filmmaker Luke Holland began hunting Nazis. He was not attempting to capture them, or bring them before a war-crimes tribunal, or put a bullet in their head. Holland merely wanted them to talk. The elderly men and women he sought out in the big cities and small burgs …
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Duran Duran have announced their 15th studio albumFuture Past, out October 22nd via Tape Modern for EMG. On Wednesday, the band gave a preview of the album with a new single, “Invisible,” produced by Duran Duran and Erol Alkan. The music video for the song was created by an artificial …
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The short documentary about John Lennon and Yoko Ono, 24 Hours: The World of John and Yoko, is available to stream on the Coda Collection on Amazon Prime Video. The release marks the first time the 35-minute film has been available in full since it first aired on the BBC …
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The Simpsons have released a song from their recent episode spoofing Morrissey, “Everyone Is Horrid Except Me (And Possibly You),” as an official single. The episode, dubbed “Panic on the Streets of Springfield,” aired in April and centered around Lisa becoming enamored with a brooding, militant vegan British musician named …
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Willow Smith surprised her mother Jada Pinkett Smith with a reunion performance from her mom’s former metal band Wicked Wisdom. The early Mother’s Day gift arrived during Wednesday’s Red Table Talk episode. Before the performance, Willow reminisces about the influence the band had on her growing up. “When I was …
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Hayes Carll was in the middle of a performance last week when he managed to sum up what many musicians and fans have been feeling for months. “I tell people for the first four years of my career and for the last 16 months of my career, I’d finish a …
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