Shay Mitchell/Instagram Shay Mitchell is making lemonade (or perhaps cake?) out of lemons on her 33rd birthday. Much like her fellow Aries and Tauruses around the world, the Pretty Little Liars actress had to get creative and plan around the coronavirus outbreak. So she did what any celeb currently self-quarantining would do—make a TikTok! Dressed in sweatpants,
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Travis Nelsen, longtime drummer in Austin indie rock group Okkervil River, has died. Okkervil River announced the news in a statement on their Instagram account on April 9. “Travis Nelsen, Okkervil River’s drummer from 2003-2010, passed away on Tuesday,” the band wrote. “He was a radiant, hilarious, charismatic, generous, passionate human being with a heart
Bravo Shereé Whitfield is asking for prayers as the search for her mother wages on. The Real Housewives of Atlanta alum took to social media on Wednesday to reveal that her mom, Thelma Ferguson, is missing. “Please keep my mom and my family in your prayers! We all know that prayers can move mountains!!! I was hesitant
Consequence of Sound has announced Angel from Maywood: A Livestream Tribute to John Prine. The homage to Prine, who died earlier this week, will feature performances by the Decemberists’ Colin Meloy, Kevin Morby, the Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle, Grace Potter, Norah Jones, the Head and the Heart, Lake Street Dive, and more. The tribute will
Swathed between two flutes and a mesmerizing piano, the new instrumental song “Liama” is a lovely reminder to slow things down and listen to the music. Ensconced in an imaginative song for the listener’s taking, the duo behind “Liama” are New Jersey’s Steve Markoff and Patricia Lazzara, with Allison Brewster Franzetti helming the piano. As
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Iggy Pop has announced new 2xCD reissues of his classic albums The Idiot and Lust for Life. In addition to remastered versions of the original albums, the reissues feature bonus live discs: Live at The Rainbow Theatre, recorded at London’s Finsbury Park in 1977, and TV Eye Live, respectively. The Stooges founder is also releasing
Stock image of athletics. On March 30, the eve of Trans Day of Visibility, Idaho governor Brad Little signed two anti-trans bills into law. One barred trans people from updating the gender on their birth certificate, the other barred trans girls and women from playing sport at school or college. The second law, HB500, bans
As the old adage goes… Don’t cry because Coachella is postponed, smile because it happened. With this year’s annual music festival pushed to October because of the coronavirus crisis, the 250,000 attendees expected to make their way to the desert this month are suddenly left with ample time on their hands to reminisce about past Coachella
Usher, Lil Jon, and Ludacris have released a new song. The latest track from the team behind “Yeah!” is called “SexBeat.” That’s it below. Usher’s song “Climax” recently came up in an interview with the Weeknd, which then led to social media challenges and subtweets. (Here’s a summary, if you’re interested.) Ludacris’ most recent album
If we didn’t know better, we would have thought that was the season ending that Grey’s Anatomy had originally planned. Season 16 was cut short by four episodes due to the coronavirus pandemic, but what became the finale aired tonight and gave us quite a bit to ponder until next season begins (whenever that will
The Weeknd was featured on the latest cover of Variety following the recent release of his new album, After Hours. In the interview with Variety’s Jem Aswad published yesterday (April 8), the singer talks about the new album at length. Amid all the relatively typical album-cycle conversation about influences and what individual songs are about,
Hannah Ann Sluss appeared on Wednesday’s episode of Off the Vine With Kaitlyn Bristowe and shared what she really thinks of Peter Weber‘s “manhood.” When asked to compare it to a vegetable, the model from Tennessee picked cauliflower “because it has no taste.” “Cauliflower needs a lot of flavor. It’s just bland,” she said. “There’s
Hayley Williams has unveiled another track from her solo debut PETALS FOR ARMOR. The latest song is titled “My Friend.” Watch its lyric video below. “My Friend” is the eighth offering from the Paramore frontwoman’s solo debut. In February, she shared PETALS FOR ARMOR I, which featured five songs from her album, including “Simmer” and
Coachella has never been just about the music. Across its 20-year history, the annual festival has become synonymous with style—most notably the boho chic aesthetic first popularized by Coachella’s earliest celebrity adopters like Vanessa Hudgens, Alessandra Ambrosio and Katy Perry. The Indio, Calif. event, which typically takes place this month but was postponed to October because of the coronavirus
Philadelphia rapper Chynna Rogers died today at age 25. Following the news of her passing, tributes poured in from her peers and friends. “I don’t like doing this when my people go but I think everybody needs to know that you were special,” Vince Staples wrote. “Too special for words. Stay outta trouble lil cuh.”
Modern Family has come to an end. After 11 seasons, the Pritchett/Dunphy/Tucker/Marshall clan all said goodbye with a two-part finale tonight, and when we say that, we mean they literally all did a lot of saying goodbye, over and over and over again. Pretty much everyone is headed somewhere new, whether it’s Switzerland, Colombia, Missouri,
Cindy Lee, the project of former Women frontperson Patrick Flegel, has released a new album called Cat O’ Nine Tails. Check out a preview collage of the record and a video for one song, “I Don’t Want to Fall in Love Again,” below. Cat O’ Nine Tails is available by digital order through a Geocities
A protest against LGBT+ rights in Banda Aceh, Indonesia (Adli Dzil Ikram/Pacific Press/LightRocket/Getty) A vicious mob who doused a trans woman in petrol and burned her alive will not face murder charges, Indonesian police have confirmed. The 42-year-old woman, named locally as Mira, was set upon by a gang of thugs for allegedly stealing a
Tom Brady got super candid about his relationship to Gisele Bündchen and their past problems in a new interview with Howard Stern. Speaking on The Howard Stern Show on Sirius XM on Wednesday, the six-time Super Bowl champion and former New England Patriots quarterback recalled a time his marriage to the Brazilian supermodel was in jeopardy. “A couple of years ago…she
Omar Apollo is back with a new single called “Imagine U.” Take a listen to the new song, co-produced by Kenny Beats, below. “I’m all about the feeling when it comes to music,” Apollo said in a statement. “The lyrics and melody came to me so naturally and I feel like free thinking is what’s
What we thought was going to be an eternal mystery—what would Mark Frost and David Lynch have done with their creation if Twin Peaks had lasted longer than two seasons—was solved when Showtime brought the cult-classic drama and most of the original cast back for a third season in 2017. Yet nothing will ever quite compare
The music world is reacting to the death of John Prine, who died today (April 7) of COVID-19 complications at the age of 73. “A simple majority of who I am as a person, let alone a musician, is because of John Prine,” Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon tweeted. “He is my number 1.” Amber Coffman
We could all take notes from Sophia Bush. This afternoon, the former One Tree Hill actress took to Instagram to share a “bright spot on this #quarantine Tuesday” will her fans and followers. “This is my friend JP. He’s been my neighborhood’s UPS man for as long as I can remember. He’s one of my favorite people to
Apple Music has launched a $50 million advance royalty fund to ensure that artists will get paid and label operations can continue during the coronavirus pandemic, Rolling Stone reports. The streaming giant confirmed the news in a letter to labels (obtained by Rolling Stone). Eligible labels must have a direct Apple Music distribution deal and
Dan Conner is a man of conflicting emotions. The widower at the heart of The Conners, the spinoff to ABC’s Roseanne revival that killed off Roseanne Barr‘s character in the series premiere, grew close to Louise (Katey Sagal), only to cut things off with the character. In the sneak peek above, Dan (John Goodman) confesses
Courtney Garvin, best known as a member of the Courtneys, has a new band with multi-instrumentalist Connor Mayer called Gum Country. Today, they’ve announced their debut album. It’s titled Somewhere and it’s out June 19 (via Kingfisher Bluez/Burger/Dinosaur City/Waterslide). Check out the album’s title track in the video below. “I wrote ‘Somewhere’ a couple years
Andrew Moffat teaches at Parkfield Community School in Birmingham. (Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize/YouTube) Andrew Moffat, the Birmingham teacher whose No Outsiders programme became the subject of continued school protests last year, said he will settle for “tolerance” of LGBT+ people rather than “celebration”. Moffat said he has implemented a “realistic” change of terminology in
10. Will Smith, who after Bad Boys made Independence Day and Men in Black in quick succession, credited Bay for propelling him to movie stardom with his shirtless vision. “So Michael Bay was shooting this scene, and I wanted to have my shirt on,” Smith recalled on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in January 2020.
Over a decade after their 2009 debut album II, Desire—the project fronted by Megan Louise—have announced their second album. It’s called Escape, and it arrives this summer via Italians Do It Better. The album was produced by Johnny Jewel. Check out the tracklist in the Instagram post below. Check out the Johnny Jewel-directed video for