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Maya Hawke Announces New Album Moss, Shares “Thérèse”: Stream
Maya Hawke, star of Stranger Things and eldest child of Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke, has announced her sophomore album, Moss. It drops September 23rd, and as a preview she’s shared the lead single, “Thérèse.” Hawke announced the follow-up to 2020’s Blush during an appearance on The Tonight Show this week, where she also said, “Fuck the Supreme Court,” and claimed “I don’t remember” what happened in Season 4 of Stranger Things. When host Fallon asked about her new song, “Thérèse,” she explained, “There’s a painting at the Met, and it’s called Thérèse Dreaming, and it’s the name of the girl in the painting, and it’s a song about the girl in the painting, who in my head is me.” The single itself is folksy and whimsical. “I go to see Thérèse dr...
Cameron Diaz Unretires for Netflix Movie with Jamie Foxx
After an eight-year break, Cameron Diaz has unretired from the film industry and will reunite with Jamie Foxx for the Netflix action comedy Back in Action. Foxx made the reveal on Twitter by sharing audio from a staged phone call with Diaz in which they discuss her unretirement. When Diaz says she’s anxious about announcing her return, Foxx gives a hand-off to Tom Brady, who hops on the line to offer some advice. “I was talking to Jamie and he said you need a few tips on how to unretire,” Brady quips. “I’m relatively successful at unretiring.” For those who don’t pay attention to American football, the future Hall of Fame quarterback retired from the NFL earlier this year for a grand total of 40 days before announcing he was rejoining the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Advertisement Related Vi...
Everything Coming To and Leaving Netflix in July 2022
As we enter the final days of June, Netflix has unveiled its slate of new programming for July 2022. The upcoming month will be led by the premieres of Stranger Things 4: Volume 2 — arriving on the first day of July — the live-action Resident Evil series, The Gray Man and the documentary D.B. Cooper: Where Are You?!. July will also mark the last month for subscribers to watch all seven seasons of 30 Rock, The Social Network and more. Take a look at everything coming to and leaving Netflix in July 2022 below. Coming to Netflix Coming SoonIndian Predator: The Butcher of Delhi — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARYA series of mutilated bodies and taunting notes left outside a Delhi jail sends police hunting for a seasoned killer with a grudge against the system. Masaba Masaba: Season 2 — NETFLIX SERIESAmid a ...
See the Sanderson Sisters Reunite in the First Trailer for Disney’s ‘Hocus Pocus 2’
The first look at Disney+’s upcoming Hocus Pocus sequel has arrived, offering fans a first glimpse at the reunification of the Sanderson sisters, portrayed by Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy. Hocus Pocus 2 was confirmed to be in development in 2019. Jen D’Angelo wrote the screenplay. Production wrapped up just earlier this month after a few ending scenes were reshot. Directed by Anne Fletcher, the trailer sees the witchy sisters return to the town of Salem, Massachusetts after being summoned once again, this time, by two high school students. While the witches died at the end of the 1993 original movie, directed by Kenny Ortega, they’re resurrected in the sequel with yet another lighting of the Black Flame Candle. “It’s been 29 years since someone lit the Black Flame Ca...
George Clooney and Julia Roberts Star in ‘TIcket to Paradise’ Trailer
Julia Roberts and George Clooney will reunite on the big screen in an upcoming romantic-comedy film, Ticket to Paradise, directed by Ol Parker. The movie sees Roberts and Clooney star opposite each other as two long-divorced parents who spontaneously married each other when they were younger. The ex-couple must join forces to stop their daughter Lily (Kaitlyn Dever) from making the same mistake when she travels to Bali on a post-graduation trip and attempts to marry a local. “Worst 19 years of my life,” Clooney says to Roberts of their relationship in the trailer, to which she replies, “We were only married for five.” “I’m including the recovery,” he jabs back. Parker, who previously directed Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, is helming the...
Gucci Mane Enlists Lil Baby for New Iced-Out Track and Video “All Dz Chainz”
Gucci Mane has returned with a new track, dubbed “All Dz Chainz,” featuring Lil Baby, with production from Wheezy and Juke Wong. The song arrives with an accompanying music video, which naturally sees the two rappers showing off their iced-out chains. “They sayin’ I do too much ’cause I got all these chains on me,” Lil Baby raps. “N***** don’t like when we in the club, ’cause they get rained on/We get on with n*****, we turn disses into pain song/The feds picked up the case, he got a bond, that money bring him home.” The single follows Gucci Mane’s So Icy Gang: The ReUp, which arrived earlier this month as a deluxe edition of his 2020 compilation album with new tracks featuring Quavo, Yung Miami and more. Meanwhile, Lil Baby is hot off the premiere of his Untrapped: The Story of ...
Alanis Morissette Pays Tribute to Taylor Hawkins at London Show
Alanis Morissette played one of the final shows in London before the COVID lockdown and now, she’s back touring Europe in the belated honor of the 25th anniversary of Jagged Little Pill. At her show on Tuesday night at the city’s O2 Arena, Morissette dedicated “Ironic” to the late Foo Fighters and her former drummer Taylor Hawkins, who died at the age of 50 in March. As she played the Jagged Little Pill hit, images of Hawkins were displayed on the screen behind the stage and at its conclusion, it said ‘In Memory of Taylor Hawkins’ along with another photo. [embedded content][embedded content] Hawkins performed in Morissette’s band during the Jagged Little Pill tour, which ran from 1995 through 1997. The opening band for that tour? The Foo Fighters. The drummer’s time in the band was c...
Steve Lacy Drops New Track “Bad Habit”
Today, Steve Lacy dropped a new track titled “Bad Habit” with an accompanying music video. From his forthcoming album Gemini Rights, the new track marks Lacy’s second release in anticipation of the album’s summer release. Fused with a funky bassline, smooth tempo and electronic effects, the track discusses regret over a failed love interest. Specifically, Lacy discusses his wish for taking action sooner. “I bite my tongue, it’s a bad habit/Kinda mad that I didn’t take a stab at it/Thought you were too good for me, my dear/Never gave me time of day, my dear/It’s okay, things happen for/Reasons that I think are sure, yeah,” sings Lacy in the song’s chorus. The music video showcases the Compton-born musician moving around an empty space that switches from one color to the next. Wearing a...
R&S Records Employee’s Discrimination Lawsuit Dismissed by Tribunal
A racial discrimination lawsuit against R&S Records was dismissed on technical grounds last month because the claimant, Raj Chaudhuri, was a freelancer, not a label employee, BBC News reports. Chaudhuri had accused R&S founder Renaat Vandepapeliere—who has released music by Aphex Twin, James Blake, Nicolás Jaar, and more—of various instances of discrimination and prejudice, which the label denied. Vandepapeliere said he was “delighted” with the result, according to the BBC. Chaudhuri had claimed his tenure at the label had ended with “no warning,” around the time that Vandepapeliere clashed with R&S artist Eddington Again. At the time, Vandepapeliere explained the label’s lack of diversity with a series of controversial comments. In one, Vandepapeliere wrote of a recently signe...
The 1975 Reveal Album Title, Share Lyrics for New Song “Part of the Band”
She was part of the airforceI was part of the bandI always used to bust into her handIn my imaginationI was living my best lifeLiving with my parentsWay before the paying penance and verbal propellantsAnd my cancellations And I fell in love with a boy,it was kinda lameI was Rimbaud and he was Paul VerlaineIn my imaginationSo many cringes in the heroin binges,I was coming off the hinges,Living on the fringes of my imagination Enough about me now‘You gotta talk about the people baby’ Now I’m at home – somewhere I don’t likeEating stuff off of motorbikesComing to her lookalikes I can’t get the language rightJust tell me what’s unladylike I know some Vaccinista tote bag chic baristas sitting in east on their communista keisters writing about their ejaculations I like my men like I like m...
quinn Announces New Self-Titled Album
Producer and songwriter quinn has announced her new self-titled album. The new album, which follows her 2021 debut Drive-By Lullabies, is out July 22 via DeadAir. Check out the quinn album cover below. quinn, who is now 17 years old, gained attention a few years ago with the song “I Dont Want That Many Friends in the First Place.” She releases music regularly on Bandcamp. Read about one of those releases, I’m Definitely Getting Sued for This (Beat Tape No. 1), in “The Best Underrated Albums of 2021, According to Pitchfork Staff.”
R. Kelly Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison in Federal Sex Crimes Case
R. Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after being found guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking in September 2021, TMZ reports. Kelly declined to make a statement in court today (June 29) because of additional pending litigation, The New York Times reports. Judge Ann M. Donnelly, who sentenced Kelly, told the disgraced R&B singer, “These crimes were calculated and carefully planned and regularly executed for almost 25 years,” according to The Times. “You taught them that love is enslavement and violence.” Kelly was found guilty of all the charges against him last year. The singer was first indicted in July 2019; the trial was delayed from its original start date multiple times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He pleaded not guilty in 2020. The trial included testimony from ...
