archiveJanuary 2021

Music

Country Music Memories: Garth Brooks Sings at Super Bowl XXVII

Twenty-eight years ago today (Jan. 31, 1993), Garth Brooks took his turn at one of the most coveted performance slots of all time: singing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl. But according to former NFL executive director Don Weiss' book, The Making of the Super Bowl: The Inside Story of...
Music

Sophie Is Gone, and It’s Okay to Cry

It was after 1 a.m. by the time Sophie arrived onstage to close out PC Music’s SXSW showcase in March 2015, but you’d have been playing yourself if you left before her set. PC Music was one of the hottest topics of discussion in Austin that year — a mysterious,...
Fashion & Style

Mejuri’s IWD Campaign Stars Annie Murphy and Grace Mahary + More Fashion News You May Have Missed This Week

Photography via MejuriFrom Thom Browne's kids collection to Teyana Taylor's size-inclusive designs at PrettyLittleThing, here's the news you won't want to miss. By Eliza Grossman Date January 30, 2021 Facebook Twitter Mejuri Taps Annie Murphy and Grace Mahary for International Women’s Day Campaign Photography via MejuriCanadian jewellery brand Mejuri has...
Music

Country Music Memories: Taylor Swift Sets a Grammys Record

Eleven years ago today (Jan. 31, 2010), Taylor Swift made musical history: It was on that date the then-20-year-old became the youngest country artist, and, at the time, the youngest act of any genre, to ever win Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards.Swift received the honor for her sophomore album,...
Film

Suicide Squad Cast: What The Actors From The 2016 Movie Are Doing Now

Will Smith (Floyd Lawton/Deadshot)In the role of Floyd Lawton, better known as Deadshot, an expert marksman and assassin, Will Smith plays the lead character in this ensemble piece. Having risen to fame for his starring role in NBC's The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Smith became one of the biggest movie...
Books

Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for January 30, 2021

Today's Featured Deals In case you missed yesterday's most popular deals Previous Daily Deals Graceling by Kristin Cashore for $1.99 An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena for $2.99 A Longer Fall by Charlaine Harris for $2.99 City of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty for $2.99 The Broken Crown by Michelle...
Music

Watch System of a Down’s New Video for ‘Genocidal Humanoidz’

System of a Down premiered their new video for “Genocidal Humanoidz” Saturday following a charity livestream to provide humanitarian aid to Armenians affected by the conflict over the disputed area known as Nagorno-Karabakh. A mix of live performance and animation, the visual features System of the Down playing their first...
Music

Florida Georgia Line Almost Called Themselves Orange Peach

The states of Florida and Georgia are known for their oranges and peaches, respectively, and that's almost how Florida Georgia Line got their name. As this installment of Taste of Country‘s You Think You Know Country? series reveals, the country hitmakers almost named themselves Orange Peach."We lived together for two years in Nashville...
Film

Friday The 13th Is The Subject Of Another Lawsuit

As mentioned, this is not the first lawsuit that has been fought over Friday the 13th. Several of the people who worked on the original 1980 film, including screenwriter Victor Miller and director Sean Cunningham, have been locked in legal battles over creative rights of the franchise for years. In...
LGBTQ

Turkish students depict sacred Islamic site alongside rainbows. They’re detained and dubbed ‘deviants’ by ministers

Demonstrators wearing masks hold an LGBT+ flag during the demonstration at Boaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey. (Tunahan Turhan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Four students were detained Saturday (30 January) and dubbed “deviants” by Turkey’s interior minister over a piece of artwork that reportedly depicted rainbows alongside the Kaaba. The Kaaba is the...
Music

Avant-Pop Producer Sophie Dead at 34 After ‘Sudden Accident’

Sophie, the avant-pop artist who produced singers like Madonna and Charli XCX and released the acclaimed 2018 album Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides, has died at the age of 34. The Scottish-born musician’s record label, Transgressive, confirmed Sophie’s death. “Tragically our beautiful Sophie passed away this morning after a terrible...
Pop Culture

Bling Empire Season 2: Everything We Know

If Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Crazy Rich Asians, and The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills had an eight-episode love child, it would be Netflix's Bling Empire. The series, which premiered on January 15, follows the lives of ultra-wealthy Asians living in Los Angeles. There are extravagant parties, blinding jewels,...
Music

Country Music Memories: Faith Hill Performs Anthem at Super Bowl

Twenty-one years ago, on Jan. 30, 2000, Faith Hill had the distinct honor of opening Super Bowl XXXIV at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta by singing the National Anthem.Hill's version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" is widely considered to be one of the greatest Super Bowl anthem performances of all time....
Television

‘WandaVision’ Recap: Behind the Screens

A review of this week’s WandaVision, “We Interrupt This Program,” coming up just as soon as I get the commemorative T-shirt… As its title(*) suggests, “We Interrupt This Program” takes a break from the weekly sitcom pastiche WandaVision has offered so far. We get glimpses of events from the first...
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