Author: Press Room

Kelly Clarkson has opened up about the gift Taylor Swift sent her following the re-release of Swift’s ‘1989‘ album recently. READ MORE: Taylor Swift – ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ review: her best album will never go out of style The singer released her re-recording of ‘1989’ on October 27, the fourth album in a series of re-recordings after ‘Fearless’, ‘Red’ and ‘Speak Now’. This week (November 9), Clarkson told E! News about how she in fact receives a gift from Swift after the release of every re-recording in her ‘Taylor’s Version’ series. Clarkson suggested to Swift back in 2019 that she begin to re-record…

Hooray, showbiz is back! Now what? Wednesday night, SAG-AFTRA reached a tentative agreement with the AMPTP, bringing to an end to six months of Hollywood strikes, involving the writers guild and then the actors. The writers have been back at work for a month, and SAG leadership has told its members they can resume working even while everyone waits for the new agreement to be ratified. Things have gotten pretty lean over the last few months of television, as some networks and streamers have largely run out of original scripted programming, while others have been more carefully parsing it out to…

A WEEK AFTER THE MASSACRE in Lewiston, Maine, left 18 dead, 13 wounded, and a swath of New England terrorized and on lockdown, the gun industry was thinking about its bottom line. During a Nov. 1 quarterly-earnings call, Ruger CEO Christopher Killoy touted the company’s profits, and the sales boost from new products like its SFAR — a “small-frame auto-loading rifle,” chambered to fire devastating, high-caliber bullets. The firearms press is enamored with this new assault rifle, touting it as “easy to carry, fast to the shoulder, and packing the punch of an old-school .30-caliber battle rifle.” But had that…

Nei consueti “annunci di Amadeus” (possiamo per piacere pensare ad un format con una bella sigla e una grafica a questo punto?) arrivano oggi i nomi degli 8 finalisti di Sanremo Giovani. A questo lotto si aggiungeranno altri 4 artisti che arriveranno direttamente dalle selezioni di Area Sanremo. La finale che sancirà i 3 partecipanti al Festival si terrà il 19 dicembre in prima serata su Rai Uno.Tra i 49 precedenti artisti presentati da Sanremo Giovani ecco gli otto nomi. Ci saranno i già conosciuto Bnkr44 con Effetti Speciali, Clara (da Mare Fuori) con Boulevard, lo streamer Grenbaud con Mama,…

Ice Spice, Victoria Monét, and Fred Again.. are among the nominees for Best New Artist at the 2024 Grammy Awards. They’re nominated alongside Jelly Roll, Noah Kahan, Coco Jones, Gracie Abrams, and the War and Treaty. Find the full list of 2024 Grammy nominations here.It’s a big year at the Grammys for Monét, whose single “On My Mama” is nominated for Record of the Year. She also received nominations for Best R&B Album (Jaguar II), Best R&B Song (“On My Mama”), Best R&B Performance (“How Does It Make You Feel”), and Best Traditional R&B Performance (“Hollywood”).Ice Spice, meanwhile, has been…

On Thursday, November 9th, GMG Group CEO Jim Spanfeller announced that he was shutting down the women-centric website Jezebel, after failing to find a buyer. After 16 years, six editors-in-chief, four presidential administrations, tens of thousands of posts, hundreds of internet shitstorms, and at least one gallery of digital illustrations of the penises of Walt Disney princes, one of the internet’s last remaining stalwarts of Web Feminism was to fall silent.  Jezebel gave me my first shot at being a writer, and so its demise feels especially unmooring, like learning one’s childhood home is about to be razed. And while…

Sabato 11 novembre 2023 Amadeus, ha annunciato i nomi dei primi 8 finalisti di Sanremo Giovani 2023. 8 giovani artisti selezionati tra i 49 finalisti per le audizioni live. di cui vi abbiamo scritto qui. Sanremo Giovani 2023 i primi 8 finalisti Eccoli in rigoroso ordine alfabetico: bnkr44 – Effetti speciali – (Puro Srl)CLARA – Boulevard – (Warner Music Italia)Grenbaud – Mama – (Universal Music Italia)Jacopo Sol – COSE CHE NON SAI – (Universal Music Italia)Lor3n – Fiore D’inverno – Musica è (Cosmig srls)SANTI FRANCESI – Occhi tristi – (Sony Music Entertainment Italy)Tancredi – Perle (Warner Music Italia)Vale LP –…

Sheer Mag have this week (November 9) unveiled details of their upcoming new album’s title track. Check out ‘Playing Favorites’ below. READ MORE: The Big Read – Sheer Mag: “So much rock music is bad and meaningless” The band’s new album will arrive on March 1 via Jack White’s Third Man Records. The band recently revealed the first new track from their album, ‘All Lined Up’, and that they’d signed to Third Man.  A statement about the album says the band “capitalise on a decade’s worth of devotion to their own collective spirit — a spirit refined in both the sweaty…

The 2024 Grammys are approaching, and Boygenius, Olivia Rodrigo, and Miley Cyrus have all received nominations for Record of the Year. SZA, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Victoria Monét, and Jon Batiste complete the pack. See the nominated songs below.This Grammys cycle marks Boygenius’ first string of nominations. The supergroup of Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker, and Lucy Dacus is nominated for “Not Strong Enough,” from their debut album, The Record. It’s Dacus and Baker’s first nomination each; Bridgers has been nominated four times before.Rodrigo is up for Guts’ lead single, “Vampire,” which is competing for a few other awards this year,…

As anyone who follows him on social media will know, James Blunt is a master of self-deprecation. He begins his riotously entertaining new memoir Loosely Based on a Made-Up Story – a title that presumably allows for the odd dramatic embellishment – by referring to himself as a “one-hit wonder”. It’s a wry nod to the once-grating ubiquity of his signature song, 2005’s ‘You’re Beautiful’, but also too modest by half. After all, one-hit wonders don’t release the UK’s 18th biggest-selling album of all time – the previous year’s ‘Back To Bedlam’ – or fill arenas nearly 20 years later.…