Author: Press Room
Kneeling has always been seen as a sign of honor, respect, and humility. Back in the 1980s, football players and coaches began kneeling when athletes were injured on the field, as a sign of reverence and concern. But on Sept. 1, 2016, when San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick took the knee alongside teammate Eric Reid during the national anthem, it was not seen as a gesture of respect. “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses Black people and people of color,” Kaepernick had told the NFL Network that…
When Luke Combs joined the Wilder Blue for a cover of Steve Young’s “Seven Bridges Road” in 2023, it kicked the Texas band up a notch in notoriety. “Our friends think we’ve blown up,” Zane Williams, the band’s frontman, says. Not quite: Williams is currently standing not in the front lounge of a tour bus but in the RV the group uses on the road. But even if they didn’t really turn into overnight superstars, the impact of the collaboration, and the run of opening slots the Wilder Blue landed on Combs’ 2024 stadium tour, is tangible. “He personally leveled…
Bad Bunny is officially an Emmy award winner. At the Creative Arts Emmys on Saturday night, his Super Bowl LX Halftime Show swept all seven categories it was nominated in. It made the Debí Tirar Más Fotos artist’s all-American spectacular the most-decorated nominee of the night.The special brought home the Emmy for Outstanding Variety Special (Live), becoming only the third halftime show to clinch the category. It also nabbed awards for music direction, choreography, sound mixing, lighting design, technical direction/camerawork and directing. (Bad Bunny technically has a claim to an eighth award, although it won’t actually go to him: the…
Both Bad Bunny and Sabrina Carpenter win their first-ever Emmys Saturday at the Creative Emmy Awards Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl LX Halftime Show won seven Emmys Saturday at the Creative Emmy Awards, breaking the record for most Emmys won by a halftime performance. Sabrina Carpenter also won her first Emmy Award, taking home the outstanding variety special (pre-recorded) trophy as performer and executive producer on Disney+’s The Muppet Show reboot; Carpenter beat Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour | The Final Show in the category. Bad Bunny won his first Emmy in the outstanding variety special (live) category, where his Super…
T he nation’s campuses are alive with sounds of optimism again: students reuniting, deans speechifying, parents with Allen wrenches wrestling with Chinese-made dressers. (I speak from experience.) Inside those stately buildings, though, the nation’s elite colleges are in a state of siege. The Trump administration continues to “investigate” dozens of major universities for fostering antisemitism. It’s tried to force at least nine schools to adopt a series of “anti-woke” policies — banning the use of race and sex in admissions, adhering to strict gender definitions, etc. — if they want to continue receiving federal grant money. It’s demanded that Penn…
Noel Gallagher is praising his brother, Liam, amid the release of their new documentary Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger. The film centres on the brothers’ 2024 reunion and huge ‘Live ‘25’ tour dates. Produced by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight and directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace (Meet Me In The Bathroom), It debuted yesterday (September 5) at the Venice Film Festival under the ‘Out of Competition – Non Fiction’ category, with the brothers attending the premiere and making their first off-stage appearance together in public since disbanding in 2009. Now, Noel has offered some kind words about his brother, describing him as “delightful” – a…
Kid Cudi has defended performing with Kanye West again, after they reunited during West’s Chicago concert. Find all the details below. The controversial rapper gave two homecoming concerts at Soldier Field in Chicago on Friday and Saturday (September 4 and 5), which saw him reunite with Big Sean after years of feuding. Other guests included Travis Scott, Young Thug, Chief Keef and Rick Ross. Cudi was among the list of West’s previous collaborators who appeared at the second gig, joining to perform ‘Father Stretch My Hands, Pt. 1’, ‘Ghost Town’ and ‘Pursuit of Happiness’ to close out the show together.…
Pulp treated fans at End Of The Road festival to a set of deep cuts and rarities, with Jarvis Cocker telling fans it would be the last gig for a while. Find out all the details below. The Britpop icons closed the festival’s mainstage last night (September 5), marking the end of their 2026 tour. To celebrate, they delivered a setlist full of rarities and live debuts – including the first-ever performance of ‘Deep Fried In Kelvin’ from their seminal 1995 album ‘Different Class’. Elsewhere, they dusted off several tracks from their back catalog, playing ‘Little Girl (With Blue Eyes)’…
Noel and Liam Gallagher made their first off-stage public appearance together at the Venice Film Festival for the premiere of the new documentary Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger. The film centres on the brothers’ 2024 reunion and huge ‘Live ‘25’ tour dates. Produced by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight and directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace (Meet Me In The Bathroom), the film debuted yesterday (September 5) at the Venice Film Festival under the ‘Out of Competition – Non Fiction’ category. Apart from their on-stage performances for Oasis’ ‘Live ’25’ tour, the pair have rarely been spotted together in public since disbanding in 2009. So, it was a big…
Taylor Swift didn’t take the opportunity to write a song for the Toy Story 5 soundtrack lightly. In June, the superstar made her big country music return with the evocative single. “It really hit me the weight of this, how lucky we were to get to take up what Randy Newman has created and and continue that legacy,” Swift said on American Country Countdown with Ryan Fox, referring to the country single “I Knew It, I Knew You,”which she and Jack Antonoff wrote for the film. “I just thought we’re gonna take these beautiful tapestries of musical art he’s created…
