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Hilary Duff on How I Met Your Father, “Drops of Jupiter,” and covering Third Eye Blind
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Hilary Duff hops on a call with Kyle Meredith to talk about Hulu’s How I Met Your Father, the sequel series to late-aughts’ “legen-dary” sitcom How I Met Your Mother, in which she plays the lead role of Sophie. Related Video The actress/musician takes us into what it’s been like to take on a title with so much history, portraying an alternate reality 2022 that has no pandemic, and being able to drop in more adult storylines and gags than the original series was able to get away with. Advertisement Duff also talks about how the show has given her a taste of the dating lifestyle that she never experienced, the fashion that she g...
Trump’s Truth Social Comes to App Store, Doesn’t Work
Truth Social, the new social media platform from former President Donald Trump, launched today in Apple’s App Store and promptly failed to work. As Axios and others have reported, new users weren’t able to use the app, but instead were immediately added to a waitlist. “You’re not just another number to us,” the message reads, before assigning them a number. Some people were invited to be beta testers last week, and Trump-supporting congressional representatives like Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga) were able to use Truth Social and report bugs. It’s unclear how long new users will stay on the waitlist, when it will come to Android and other platforms, or even how far the app has been developed. Advertisement Related Video Truth Social has been touted as a bastion...
Grace McKagan Unveils New Song “Baby That’s Rock N Roll”: Stream
Grace McKagan, the daughter of Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan, has unveiled the music video for her new song “Baby That’s Rock N Roll.” Grace goes for a garage-rock sound this time around, combining a driving beat with fuzzed-out guitars. Director Connor Ellmann’s Super 8-style video adds to the vintage aesthetics, as Grace rides through the Hollywood hills on the back of a motorcycle. “The single speaks to the current mainstream attitude towards rock music, and how distorted it is from the original depth and authenticity from which it was derived,” Grace McKagan said in a press statement. “I’m not the guru on what rock is or isn’t, but the personification of the genre has evolved a lot, especially in these past couple of years. Studs, dirty sex, a guitar riff on a pop song, and wearin...
Spice Up Your LEGO Collection with the New Spice Girls Tribute Set
It’s time to spice up your memorabilia collection: LEGO and BrickHeadz have announced the release of their Spice Girls Tribute set. These cuboid versions of the pop icons honor the 25th anniversary of their blockbuster sophomore album, Spiceworld. The Spice Girls Tribute set is composed of 578 LEGO pieces that you can use to build 3-inch-tall versions of Baby Spice, Scary Spice, Sporty Spice, Ginger Spice, and Posh Spice for your home. Of course, the set comes complete with some of the Spice Girls’ most famous trademarks, like Mel B’s cheetah-print catsuit and Geri Halliwell’s Union Jack dress. Each figure has their own microphone and stands on a baseplate, making this set ideal any Spice Girls superfan to display. See photos below. The LEGO Spice Girls Tribute set doesn’t yet have a relea...
Adam Sandler Stars as a Basketball Scout in Trailer For LeBron James-Produced Film ‘Hustle’
In the first teaser of Netflix‘s LeBron James-produced basketball film, Hustle, Adam Sandler delivers a love letter to basketball as a devoted scout. Hustle follows the story of a former professional basketball scout, played by Sandler, who embarks on the journey of remaking his career after he discovers an overseas player with great potential. The movie dissects the mental and physical lengths that both Sandler’s character Stanley Beren, and the player Bo Cruz, portrayed by Juancho Hernangómez, have to go through in order to get into the NBA and become a household name in America. The trailer shows Stanley giving a dramatic pep talk to Cruz, making sure that he truly loves the game or else there is no point in moving forward in their partnership. Sandler, who has been a long time fan of t...
Extended Version of ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Rumored for Theatrical Release
According to reports, an extended version of Spider-Man: No Way Home could be hitting theaters next month. Although not much information has surfaced, a theatrical re-release of the Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios blockbuster could be part of a plan to break the $2 billion USD box office earnings mark. A re-release of Spider-Man: No Way Home could also help the movie move past its already impressive standing at the sixth-highest grossing movie of all time. Rumors of an upcoming extended version are based on info of a release in Indonesia and a potential premiere date of March 11. It is interesting to note, earlier this month news noted that the Blu-Ray version of Spider-Man: No Way Home would feature more than 100 minutes of additional content featuring Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock, Tobey ...
‘Halo’ Live-Action Series Will Unmask Pablo Schreiber’s Master Chief
Paramount+ has confirmed that the helmet will be coming off for Pablo Schreiber‘s Master Chief in the upcoming Halo live-action series adaptation. In a recent interview with IGN, the show’s executive producer and 343 Industries’ studio head Kiki Wolfkill revealed that fans will indeed “see his face.” “I think we set out to tell a character story and a personal story,” she remarked. “And once we really got into what that story was, it became clear that you really needed to see the person in the armor and under the helmet.” She added that the face reveal will be a massive moment for fans of the franchise, who have waited two decades for the moment (despite his short face reveal in the games). “For some people, it’s been a moment 20 years in the making, and for other people, it is someth...
‘Fullmetal Alchemist’ Teases 20th-Anniversary Theatrical Celebrations
In celebration of the original anime and manga‘s 20th-anniversary, Square Enix has now launched a mysterious website for Hiromu Arakawa’s Fullmetal Alchemist. Named Vengeance Scar, the new page features a photo-realistic image of the anime villain with his signature red eyes, crossed scar on his forehead under a hood, and his heavily tattooed arm drawn and ready for transmutation. According to Anime News Network, the poster has also been featured on flyers handed out at movie theaters in Japan, although not much else is known about the project yet. Most importantly, there’s a countdown timer on the site that is set to end of March 2, and Square Enix is expected to reveal more about the 20th-anniversary project on the day, so fans should stay tuned for more updates to come. For th...
SPIN Presents Lipps Service With alt-J
In this week’s edition of Lipps Service, host Scott Lipps Zoomed with Joe Newman and Gus Unger-Hamilton of veteran British indie rock band alt-J. During their conversation, they traced the band’s origins from their 2007 formation, their mutual love of Larry David and how they’ve kept things fresh over the years. Their new album, The Dream, was released on February 11. Alt-J also will be hitting the road for a North American tour on February 25. Since it began in 2018, the acclaimed podcast has featured many of the biggest voices and personalities in music, including exclusive interviews with Red Hot Chili Peppers singer Anthony Kiedis, David Lee Roth, Shepard Fairey, Courtney Love, Dove Cameron, Mick Fleetwood, Nikki Sixx, Perry Farrell and many, many more. On last week’s edition of SPIN P...
For Your Next Playlist, Stream These 9 Black Music Artists On The Rise
From rap and pop to R&B and soul, there is creative innovation happening in the music industry across genres. Perhaps now more than ever, musicians are utilizing social media and streaming platforms to collaborate, distribute and connect with new audiences through their music. To help curate your next mix, HYPEBEAST reached out to two tastemakers in the music industry — Tuma Basa, Youtube’s Director of Black Music Culture, and Carl Chery, Creative Director of Urban Music at Spotify — to discuss the modern intersection of Black culture and music and to highlight nine Black music artists currently on the rise. Baby Tate [embedded content]Atlanta rapper Baby Tate has been making music since 2015, though she hit her stride in 2020 after signing to Issa Rae’s label Raedio and releasing the ...
For Your Next Playlist, Stream These 9 Black Music Artists On The Rise
From rap and pop to R&B and soul, there is creative innovation happening in the music industry across genres. Perhaps now more than ever, musicians are utilizing social media and streaming platforms to collaborate, distribute and connect with new audiences through their music. To help curate your next mix, HYPEBEAST reached out to two tastemakers in the music industry — Tuma Basa, Youtube’s Director of Black Music Culture, and Carl Chery, Creative Director of Urban Music at Spotify — to discuss the modern intersection of Black culture and music and to highlight nine Black music artists currently on the rise. Baby Tate [embedded content]Atlanta rapper Baby Tate has been making music since 2015, though she hit her stride in 2020 after signing to Issa Rae’s label Raedio and releasing the ...
Muni Long Is Finally Getting Her Flowers (And Flowers)
Muni Long is winning. Her name is finding a home on TikTok, and as of late, the Billboard Hot 100 as her breakout single “Hrs and Hrs” cracks the top 20 on its ascent up the charts. By now, the artist formerly known as Priscilla Renea’s new moniker might even be more inescapable than her pen game, which alone is responsible for a decade of transcendent pop hits. [embedded content][embedded content] Regardless of what you have or haven’t heard of Muni, listeners are scrambling to predict her next-big-thing status, with TikTok even placing her on “emerging artist” lists thanks to her inescapable smash. Muni, whose resume proves she’s just as much the past and present as she is the future, has no preference for what you call her. “I’m at a place where I just want to win,” she tells SPIN earli...
