The rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine in America under the Joe Biden administration has been a historic success. As of this week, more than 200 million shots have been administered — doubling the president’s original 100 day goal. Among vulnerable seniors, 81 percent have gotten at least one shot, as …
Read More »'Stolen: The Search for Jermain' Highlights Plight of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
Connie Walker vividly remembers the day she started to pitch a story about a missing indigenous woman to her boss at a national currents-affair show — a woman whose disappearance was garnering far less attention than that of a white woman in a similar situation. Walker had hardly started speaking …
Read More »Snoop Dogg Guest Stars in 'Mythic Quest' Season 2: Watch the Trailer
Apple TV+ has released the trailer for Season 2 of its workplace comedy seriesMythic Quest. The first two episodes of the nine-episode season premiere May 7th on the streaming platform, with subsequent episodes premiering every Friday. Season 2 sees the team behind the biggest multiplayer video game of all time …
Read More »Radiohead Revive Their Archival Concert Series With Rare 'In Rainbows'-Era Show
Exactly one year after they started dropping archival concerts in wake of the pandemic, Radiohead will revive the streaming series on April 8th at 3 p.m. ET. The band will unearth seven shows from the Radiohead Public Library archive on YouTube, kicking off with a January 16th, 2008 performance at …
Read More »Watch St. Vincent Rock 'Daddy's Home' Songs on 'SNL'
St. Vincent performed her two recent singles “Pay Your Way in Pain” and “The Melting of the Sun,” from her upcoming album Daddy’s Home, during her return as Saturday Night Live musical guest. Both performances marked the first time Annie Clark had played the songs live. “Pay Your Way in …
Read More »Catch Up on Biden's First Press Conference in 5 Minutes
WASHINGTON — On the 65th day of his presidency, President Joe Biden appeared before the White House press corps for his first formal press conference. He took questions from more than a dozen reporters on issues that included America’s forever wars, U.S.-China relations, the southern border with Mexico, and voting …
Read More »'Invincible': A Teen Superhero Tries to Fill His Dad's Boots
Imagine growing up with Superman as your dad. He constantly misses your Little League games to battle Lex Luthor and Brainiac, yet you can’t even brag to your friends about what he does because of the whole secret identity thing. Oh, and good luck feeling worthy to fill his red …
Read More »'Operation Varsity Blues': Netflix Doc Lays Out a Scandal, One Recreation at a Time
If you knew Rick Singer prior to 2019, chances are good that you worked for a prestigious university or were a very, very wealthy parent. The tall man with the gray Frankenstein’s-monster haircut ran a consulting and college-counseling business called “The Key”; having been an actual high school basketball coach …
Read More »Katie Crutchfield on the Songwriting Superpowers of Fiona Apple
For this year’s annualWomen Shaping the Future issue, we asked 12 of today’s top musical acts to talk about the women who have inspired them most in their lives and careers. Here, Waxahatchee‘s Katie Crutchfield talks about her lifelong admiration for Fiona Apple‘s music, and how she helped inspire Waxahatchee’s …
Read More »Selena Gomez Moves Smoothly into Spanish-Language Pop on 'Revelación'
Selena Gomez is following in the footsteps of Christina Aguilera as the next major pop star to musically embrace their Latina heritage. Twenty years after Aguilera’s Mi Reflejo LP, Gomez dropped her first Latin project, the Revelación EP. Both titles explore a theme of reflections, like looking into the mirror …
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