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Born in Maryland, raised in South Africa, and now based in Brooklyn, Shalom Obisie-Orlu has always been drawn to different forms of writing: short stories, personal essays, poetry. Growing up as one of five children, she’d make up songs while “messing around” with her siblings, and after moving to the US for college, she’d do

Kevin Faingnaert / Redux  The Belgian director discusses how his own adolescence led to him crafting the Cannes Grand Prix winner. By Raymond Ang March 8, 2023 On a chilly winter evening in February, the 31-year-old Belgian filmmaker Lukas Dhont found himself at the Griffith Observatory, on a field trip of sorts with his two

Natasha Lyonne’s Charlie Cale in Poker Face is one of the best dressed characters on TV.Courtesy of Peacock Charlie Cale solves murders all over the country—but more importantly, she looks great while doing it. By Jason Diamond March 10, 2023 No one on television looks or sounds like Natasha Lyonne, with her raspy, 1940s-bartender voice, 

Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding have joined forces for a new single called ‘Miracle’. Check it out below. Speaking about the collaboration in an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, Harris said: I mean, with her… I feel like I always want the same thing…. I think that this is something that she’s

Fever Ray entered electronic music stardom via the Knife: the now-disbanded electropop duo formed with their brother Olof Dreijer. In both their solo and the Knife work, Fever Ray charges dancefloor rhythms with blunt declarations of progressive politics. On ‘Full of Fire’, the ten-minute track off the Knife’s swan song epic Shaking the Habitual, they

On March 31, Concord Jazz will release a new album inspired by Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew titled London Brew, which features contributions from Nubya Garcia, Shabaka Hutchings, Dave Okumu, Tom Skinner, Benji B, Theon Cross, and more. Today, we get to hear the second single from it, ‘Raven Lies Low’, following ‘Miles Chases New Voodoo in

Christine and the Queens has announced a new album called PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE. Out June 9, the follow-up to last year’s Redcar les adorables étoiles (prologue) features guest appearances from Madonna and 070 Shake as well as production from Mike Dean. Check out the Chris-directed video for the new single ‘To be honest’, and

Photographs: Everett Collection, Getty Images; Collage: Gabe Conte 20 years after its release, the mildly successful historical nautical drama has become an inescapable hit with a certain type of movie fan. By Gabriella Paiella March 8, 2023 March—2023. Napoleon is master of Europe. Only the British fleet stands before him. Oceans are now battlefields. And

Kali Uchis’ music conjures a world of fantastical intimacy, and she knows how to tease us in. While the intro to her triumphant 2018 debut, Isolation, extended over two minutes, carrying an air of mystery and escapism, the track that opens her third album, Red Moon in Venus, is shorter but just as efficient: “I just

Indigo De Souza has released ‘Smog’, the second single off her upcoming album All of This Will End. Following lead cut ‘Younger & Dumber’, the track arrives with an accompanying video directed by De Souza. Check it out below. “I remember writing this song during the peak of the pandemic,” De Souza said of ‘Smog’

Photographs: Krista Schlueter; Collage: Gabe Conte Here’s everything you need to know about how to get in on GQ’s first Web3 drop.   By The Editors of GQ March 6, 2023 By now you’ve probably heard that GQ is dropping its first-ever digital art NFTs. With 1,661 tokens, the GQ3 Issue 001: Change Is Good collection is offering unprecedented

Money. It’s the lifeblood of any business. Without it, you can’t pay your employees, keep the lights on, or do much of anything else. So how can you bring in more revenue for your company? This blog post will discuss five surefire ways to increase your business income and help you reach your financial goals!

A good bedtime routine is essential to ensure that you get a quality night’s sleep every evening. But what sort of activity should you do before you go to bed? Everyone’s different, of course, but some activities are proven to result in a better night’s rest and listening to music is one of them. With

Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Madison Cunningham grew up performing along with her four sisters in church, where her father was a worship pastor. She started playing guitar at age seven and formed her first band while in high school in Orange County, but it wasn’t until after graduating that she discovered influences such as the Beatles,

Clockwise from top left: Marcello Hernández, Michael Longfellow, Molly Kearney, Devon Walker, Sarah Sherman, James Austin Johnson. After a slew of exits, Saturday Night Live is reloading—with a squad of young comics that could form the nucleus of the show for years to come. By Luke Leifeste Photography by Tyrell Hampton March 6, 2023 GQ

Throughout the week, we update our Best New Songs playlist with the new releases that caught our attention the most, be it a single leading up to the release of an album or a newly unveiled deep cut. And each Monday, we round up the best new songs released over the past week (the eligibility period

As a man, it is important to take steps to stay healthy and maintain a healthy sex life. Fortunately, there are some simple steps that you can take to improve your sexual health and keep your sex life going strong. Keep reading to learn more about how to improve your sexual health as a man.

Chris Rock live at the Hippodrome Theater in Baltimore for his Netflix show, Selective Outrage.Courtesy of Kirill Bichutsky via Netflix There were, of course, Will Smith jokes in Rock’s new show last night. Here’s what he said, plus other highlights. By Grant Rindner March 5, 2023 For the last year or so, Chris Rock toured

Glen ‘SPOT’ Lockett, the in-house producer and engineer for legendary punk label SST Records, has died. The news was confirmed by former SST co-owner Joe Carducci, who revealed in a Facebook post that SPOT died at a healthcare facility in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. He had been on oxygen in late 2021 after fibrosis had begun to

There are many reasons why you can part with an old broken car. The first is the trouble that happened — road accidents, floods, vandals. Secondly, an old horse may require attention and costs more than it produces horsepower. But surveys of motorists show another interesting pattern: owners just want to change cars to update

Austin Butler may actually keep talking in Elvis Presley’s voice.Courtesy of Warner Bros via Everett Collection A vocal coach explains how the Oscar nominee may have physically changed under the intense pressure of playing the King. By Tara Ariano March 3, 2023 Since its release last June, Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis has been a nearly constant source of