It may not seem as though country music has taken center stage at the Super Bowl all that often, but throughout the big game’s history, more than a dozen of the genre’s artists have performed during pre-game festivities and at halftime. Super Bowl organizers have more often selected country stars to sing the National Anthem
Few filmmakers in history have impacted a genre as quickly and substantially as Jordan Peele has influenced horror cinema. He made a game-changer with Get Out, his directorial debut, and in no way did he suffer a sophomore slump with 2019’s Us. Naturally, cinephiles the world over are now drooling with anticipation over Peele’s next
Kanye West has announced a listening event for his upcoming album Donda 2. According to a post on the rapper’s Instagram, the listening event will be held at Londepot Park Stadium in Miami on the album’s prospective release date, February 22. He also revealed that tickets for the event will be available on February 14,
A Snoop song called “Crip Your Enthusiasm” is the cultural mashup you didn’t know you needed. By Frazier Tharpe February 11, 2022 Snoop Dogg speaks at the Super Bowl LVI Pepsi Halftime Show press conference on February 10, 2022 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, CA.Courtesy of Brian Rothmuller/Getty Images. Today in
This list of Black romances was originally published in our In the Club newsletter, In The Club. Sign up for it here for tips and tricks to keep your book group well-met, well-read, and well-fed. Now that January is gone, it’s Black History Month, which is always an interesting time, I think. For one, it’s a reminder
Luke Bryan showed Las Vegas his kind of night when the country star kicked off his residency at Resorts World on Friday. It was a spectacle that featured top-end technology, pyrotechnics, a slew of No. 1 songs, and a whole lot of ass-shaking. In a press conference prior to the concert, Bryan promised a “high
If you’re in the mood for a wacky creature feature you probably need to look no further than the upcoming Crabs, which has unleashed an absolutely bonkers trailer this week. Crabs is being described as “Zombeavers meets Godzilla,” which should give you a decent idea what to expect from this one. And yes, it features
Kanye West appears to be burning more bridges with people he was once close with — saying that Kid Cudi will not be appearing on his new album … because of Pete Davidson. The omission was made crystal clear Saturday, with Ye taking to IG to specifically call out KC and his participation in ‘Donda
In February of 1993, Toby Keith released his debut single, “Should’ve Been a Cowboy.” Co-produced by Nelson Larkin and Harold Shedd — the pair that co-produced all of Keith’s self-titled debut album — the song is about a man wistful for a different kind of life. More precisely, the protagonist of “Should’ve Been a Cowboy” feels as
Sam Ryder drilled a hole-in-one during a golf tournament in the Arizona desert — and the reaction from the crowd would’ve almost certainly put a smile on Adam Sandler‘s face. Check out this insane moment that went down Saturday at the Waste Management Phoenix Open (yes, that’s the real name) … where the golfer was
Play video content TMZ.com Dr. Oz just got his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame — but because he dived into politics as a Republican … he thinks his spot on the boulevard will get the Trump treatment. We talked to the daytime TV legend — who’s now running for an open U.S.
On Friday, Nina Dobrev honored her boyfriend, Olympic snowboarding champion Shaun White, on Instagram. White retired from professional snowboarding on February 10, after placing fourth in the halfpipe competition. Japan’s Ayumu Hirano took home the gold medal, while Australian Scotty James and Switzerland’s Jan Scherrer won silver and bronze, respectively. Dobrev shared a carousel of
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The last time Anaïs Mitchell released a new album under her own name was 2012. The years between Young Man in America and her latest self-titled LP, released on Jan. 28, were hardly a creative gap for Mitchell. Her acclaimed musical Hadestown was on its journey to Broadway and went on to win the Tony Award for Best Musical in
It’s an especially big weekend in Los Angeles as the city gets ready to host Super Bowl LVI this Sunday as their home team (the Rams) face off against the Cincinnati Bengals. Justin Bieber got the party started on Friday night by performing a concert at the Pacific Design Center before hosting a post-set festivities
A hotel considered to be one of the most haunted places in El Paso if not all of Texas was gutted by fire just a week after a paranormal documentary was filmed there. Coincidence … or sinister connection? “We recorded, you know, a lot of really strange things in the building just a week ago
At long last, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel returns! And even better, it’s doing two episodes a week for four weeks for a combo binge-episodic effect. Apple TV releases Severance, and the race will be on to determine what in the heck is going on because it’s a mindbender! And we cannot forget Valentine’s Day. There’s
AMC’s “Tales of the Walking Dead” spinoff anthology series continues casting up, and today Variety reports that Daniella Pineda (“Cowboy Bebop”) has come on board. The show’s six-episode first season is expected to premiere this summer. The show’s cast also includes Terry Crews, Parker Posey, Jillian Bell, Anthony Edwards and Poppy Liu. Confirmed directors for the “Tales of the Walking Dead”
Vince Gill‘s Down to My Last Bad Habit is full of big-name collaborators — you just have to look further than the tracklist to notice some of them. The lauded musician’s 14th studio album arrived six years ago, on Feb. 12, 2016. Listeners will find Cam (“I’ll Be Waiting for You”) and Little Big Town (“Take
Films from Belfast to Drive My Car, from The Worst Person In The World to Nightmare Alley saw ticket sales pop after Academy Award nominations and as distributors kick into high gear for this weekend and beyond, juggling theater counts and ramped up media campaigns that now have a shiny new imprimatur. For Neon’s The Worst
Kevin Devine has released a new song, ‘How Can I Help You?’, taken from his forthcoming album Nothing’s Real, So Nothing’s Wrong. Along with the track, he’s also announced a spring 2022 US tour with Pronoun, Kississippi, and Kayleigh Goldsworthy. Listen to ‘How Can I Help You?’ and check out the list of dates below.
The new Netflix doc is the latest scammer tale to take the timeline by storm. By Grant Rindner February 11, 2022 Cecilie Fjellhøy in The Tinder Swindler.Courtesy of Netflix. If there are two things that have captured the cultural zeitgeist, it’s elaborate tales of scammers and dating app horror stories (just ask West Elm Caleb).
Nuance is crucial for understanding book challenges, and because there’s a lack of nuanced discussion around the ways in which book challenges have appeared in the last year, it’s been easy for those seeking censorship to claim that in any and all cases of book-related discussions in public education and libraries. Intent is key. Take
Allison Moorer’s son John Henry was playing in a New York City park in 2019 when he climbed an old, squeaky glider and began stomping his foot to its rhythm, then singing along. Using video of John Henry’s instinctive performance that his teacher had sent, Moorer’s longtime musical collaborator Kenny Greenberg created a loop while
Florence Pugh, perhaps unintentionally, maintains a fervent flock of style devotees. They’ve strung up Instagram accounts, Tumblr pages, and aspirational essays in her honor. But none of the many (many) eyes tracking the actress’s every sartorial whim seem to sway her. Does the pressure of the world’s style tabulation ever make Pugh rethink her wardrobe
Love is in the air, but you need a great country song to keep it there. This playlist of the greatest country love songs features some of the most romantic, endearing, satisfying and — ahem — passionate songs from hitmakers of every generation. Country love songs from the 1970s, ’80s, ’90s and 2000s are included on this list
A biopic of Anna Nicole Smith is in the works, and her ex — Larry Birkhead — seems pretty peeved about the whole production. The film — currently titled “Hurricanna” — follows Anna’s therapist in an attempt to save Smith’s life. The therapist, played by Holly Hunter, goes on a “36-hour odyssey in which she
Nat Ćmiel is no longer interested in covering up imperfections. There was a time when the Singapore-born, London-based artist, who has inhabited the yeule moniker since 2014, would hesitate to release a song if something as much as a vocal crack stuck out in the mix. Following the success of 2019’s Serotonin II – an