Bethany Cosentino has announced her debut solo LP, Natural Disaster, with a video for her new song “It’s Fine” and the news that her band, Best Coast, is going on an “indefinite hiatus.” Natural Disaster was produced by Butch Walker and is due out July 28 via Concord. “It’s Fine” arrives with a music video directed by Janell Shirtcliff. Watch Cosentino play an off-duty diner waitress who packs up her bags and skips town in the clip below.Of the new album, Cosentino said in a statement:When I look at all the artists I find most influential, the common thread is…
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Billowing flames and clouds of smoke are typical for rocket launches. Destroyed launchpads and wreckage strewn far and wide across surrounding wetlands, however, are most definitely not. Then again, the April 20 test flight of SpaceX’s gigantic Starship—the largest vehicle ever flown—was no typical rocket launch. Expectations for Starship are sky-high because SpaceX intends the system’s unprecedented power and planned routine reusability to revolutionize spaceflight itself while also landing NASA astronauts on the moon as early as 2025. But the bar was much lower for this test flight, which sought to send Starship on a near loop of Earth: SpaceX…
Country singer Jimmie Allen is being sued for sexual assault and sexual abuse by his former day-to-day manager. The woman filing the lawsuit is doing so anonymously, identifying herself as “Jane Doe.” Allen, 37, appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in May 2021 to promote his children’s book My Voice Is a Trumpet. During the appearance, he shared photos of his then-wife, Alexis Gale, and daughters. (Gale is currently pregnant with her and Allen’s third child, but they announced they were separating on April 21, 2023.) As he told Ellen DeGeneres of the book’s inspiration: “When you see things happening…
Drones in flight and robotic arms can now be controlled via the ChatGPT chatbotWestend61/Getty images Microsoft says it has used the natural language AI ChatGPT to control a range of robots with simple text commands. The approach means people with no engineering or coding experience will be able to instruct sophisticated robots to carry out tasks, but an expert warns that it could be risky to ask AI models to control robots on behalf of people. ChatGPT was created by OpenAI, an AI company that is itself partly owned by Microsoft. … Read The Full Article Here
25 May 2023 5 Must-Read Books for History Buffs Calling all history buffs with a love for literary fiction! These compelling reads seamlessly blend the allure of history with the power of storytelling, transporting you to different eras and immersing you in the lives of unforgettable characters. So grab a cozy chair, prepare to travel through time, and lose yourself in these remarkable literary journeys that bridge the gap between past and present. Forced to Fight (Rise of the Horse King Volume 1) by CD Haun Release Date: March 13, 2023 A story of 2 brothers. Brasus doesn’t want the…
Ariana Grande has spent most of the year filming the Wicked movies in London and keeping a lower profile on her social media channels. But in honor of her second wedding anniversary with Dalton Gomez, Grande posted an extraordinarily rare look into their life together. She shared a photo of them kissing from their wedding day, captioning it, “2 [years married], 3.5 years together!!!! I love him so.”InstagramGrande and Gomez have managed to keep almost their entire romantic relationship private. Entertainment Tonight did get a little update on their dynamic in April as Grande continues working abroad.“Ariana Grande and Dalton…
Meanwhile, at the Capitol, when they’re not fuming, lawmakers are befuddled.“This is a serious situation. You just can’t let someone like this have access to this kind of classified information, and, if you do, you ought to at least use technology to block that person from being able to share it,” says Senator John Kennedy, a Louisiana Republican. “I mean, most of us can put controls on the internet to stop our kids from looking at pornography, for God’s sake. How hard is that?”Pentagon officials are promising members of Congress another briefing in early June. In the meantime, lawmakers fear…
Halestorm and Volbeat are putting the “north” in “North America” this summer, scheduling an 18-date trek across the northern portion of the U.S. with a wealth of the dates dipping into Canada as well.The trek gets underway July 12 at Toronto’s Echo Beach, heading West and then circling back across both the U.S. and Canada before coming to a conclusion Aug. 9 at Milwaukee’s Wisconsin State Fair. See all of the dates, cities and venues listed below.The tour comes as Halestorm continue to support their 2022 album, Back From the Dead, which featured the title track, “The Steeple” and “Wicked…
In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, The Terminator vet Arnold Schwarzenegger opened up about the current status of Triplets, Universal Pictures’ long-in-development sequel to the 1988 comedy Twins. Schwarzenegger has confirmed that the project is unfortunately no longer moving forward despite his and Danny DeVito’s willingness to do the movie. He called out Ghostbusters: Afterlife director Jason Reitman as the one responsible for the project’s cancellation. “Jason Reitman fucked it up,” Schwarzenegger revealed. “Jason Reitman literally stopped the project when his father died. His father wanted to do it really badly. I wanted to do it really badly.…
Idris Elba has proven to be one of the best action stars, and his next role is destined to be one of his best. Apple TV+ on Thursday dropped the full-length trailer for Hijack, a new drama series. Hijack will debut globally with the first two episodes on Wednesday, June 28, on Apple TV+. The series was created by George Kay (Lupin, Criminal) and Jim Field Smith (Criminal Truth Seekers), who also wrote and directed the series, respectively. Told in real-time, Hijack is a tense thriller that follows the journey of a hijacked plane as it makes its way to…
China’s population has fallen after decades of sky-high growth. This major shift in the world’s most populous country would be a big deal by itself, but China’s hardly alone in its declining numbers: despite the momentous occasion of the global population surpassing eight billion late last year, the United Nations predicts dozens of countries will have shrinking populations by 2050. This is good news. Considering no other large animal’s population has grown as much, as quickly or as devastatingly for other species as ours, we should all be celebrating population decline. Declining populations will ease the pressure eight billion people…
25 May 2023 6 New Fantasy and Sci-Fi Books to Dive Into Step into a world where magic, technology, and extraordinary adventures await! Our hand-picked selection of new fantasy and science fiction books will transport you to realms beyond your wildest imagination. Happy Reading! A Debt to the Stars by Kevin Hincker Release Date: April 19, 2023 Diana Roark didn’t begin life as the richest person in human history. But when aliens come for payment on Earth’s galactic debt – debt they did not even know they had – she will risk whatever she must to buy the planet free.…
Fashion’s love affair with leggings plays out like a dramatic Netflix rom-com; there have been highs, which, of course, bring with them the lows, but in the end, you know they’re meant to be together. After reaching something of a sartorial peak in the ’80s and early ’90s, leggings fell out of favour, replaced by other stylish trouser options, such as low-rise jeans, parachute pants, and pedal pushers. What a time it was to get dressed! Then, we witnessed a legging resurgence in the early ’00s by way of leather-look styles and jeggings. Now, however, we’ve settled into a significantly chicer…
This Diwali, you should get a smartphone that looks great and performs great. A smartphone that you could be proud to own and that can completely change your user experience with its innovative all-rounder features.vivo recently added a new smartphone to its vivo V25 series, the vivo V25 5G. This smartphone looks attractive and has outstanding features that can help you do everything you want, from playing games to multitasking to capturing timeless beauty. You name it, vivo V25 can do it. Flawless performance.Let’s tell you in brief about the vivo V25:Colour-Changing Fluorite AG Glass DesignThe premium look of the…
Michigan-based experimental project Wolf Eyes have announced a new album. Dreams in Splattered Lines arrives May 26 via Warp imprint Disciples, marking the 25th anniversary of the prolific group, currently a duo of Nate Young and John Olson. Along with the announcement, Wolf Eyes have shared three tracks from the LP. Listen to “My Whole Life,” “Engaged Withdrawal,” and “Days Decay” below. Also below, find a trailer for the album.Dreams in Splattered Lines was recorded following Wolf Eyes’ residency at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. “We had spent a lot of time in NYC during the residency…
Selected to open the 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, Maïwenn’s film Jeanne du Barry takes a bold and daring approach in recounting the life and tumultuous journey of Jeanne Vaubernier, the court favorite of French King Louis XV (Johnny Depp). Driven by her ambition to escape poverty, Jeanne employs her charms to captivate influential men, ultimately catching the attention of the King himself. The film beautifully portrays their love-at-first-sight encounter, rekindling Louis XV’s zest for life and leading to the controversial decision to make Jeanne his official favorite. The ensuing scandal highlights the prejudices and societal expectations of…
Talk about a total charmer. Milan Carter is that and then some. A jack of all trades, Carter is bursting onto the scene in the highly-anticipated Netflix action-comedy series FUBAR as a spy with a heart of gold and a bevy of one-liners to boot. Carter shines in the fun, ambitious FUBAR, a globe-trotting affair that mixes humor and family feels into one oversized action-packed adventure. It was a pleasure to speak with the lively and charismatic Carter, a Philly native like my family (Philly love, always) who was sincere and forthcoming in his answers to various questions and topics.…
The Hubble Space Telescope may have just found a rare “missing link” black hole hiding in Earth’s cosmic backyard.Located roughly 6,000 light-years away at the core of the nearby star cluster Messier 4, the intermediate-mass black hole candidate is an ultradense region of space packed with the mass of 800 suns, causing nearby stars to orbit it like “bees swarming around a hive,” according to the researchers who detected it.”It’s too tiny for us to be able to explain other than it being a single black hole,” study lead-author Eduardo Vitral, an astrophysicist at the Space Telescope Science Institute in…
Scar Songs: Stories by W. Royce Adams What’s it About? A collection of stories dealing with male protagonists at various life stages who experience events that leave either a psychological or physical memory scar, revealing the ways people deal with their hurt. “You will soon discover that in matters of the heart, memories are much kinder than reality.” — Judith McNaught Every so often, the website that keeps me loosely connected to my high school graduating class sends me an email with the subject line, “In Memory.” Someone in my class has passed away. I stare at their picture frozen…
Earth’s magnetic field, generated by the flow of molten iron in the planet’s inner core, extends out into space and protects us from cosmic radiation emitted by the Sun. It is also, remarkably, used by animals like salmon, sea turtles and migratory birds for navigation. But how? And why? A new study from researchers at Western’s Advanced Facility for Avian Research (AFAR), home to the world’s first hypobaric climatic wind tunnel for bird flight, explores a brain region called cluster N that migratory birds use to perceive Earth’s magnetic field. The team discovered the region is activated very flexibly, meaning…
Photography by Getty Images From awkward interviews and the premiere of ‘The Idol’ to jaw-dropping red carpet looks, this year’s festival had no shortage of viral moments. By Stephanie Davoli Date May 26, 2023 Every May, the Cannes Film Festival not only gifts us with the premiere of several new Hollywood and foreign films, but it also presents us with some of the most exciting celebrity moments — and this year’s 76th annual event was no exception. RELATED: The Best Looks From the 2023 Cannes Film Festival As the festivities took place over the last ten days on the French…
As far as we know, it went something like this.One morning in September 2020, a van collected five elderly guests from a Marriott hotel in San Diego, California. It drove south, crossing the border into Mexico, and stopped in front of the mirrored windows of the Regenerative Medicine Institute in Tijuana. Among the passengers was MJ, who had recently been diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment, which is often followed by dementia. “My mind was not what it should be,” she says. “I was having a lot of trouble with dates and the time.”The guests were helped out of the van…
Miley Cyrus likely won’t be hitting the road in support of her latest album, Endless Summer Vacation. During an interview for British Vogue‘s latest cover story, the 30-year-old superstar singer revealed that she doesn’t see herself going on tour in the near future. “It’s been a minute,” Cyrus said. “After the last [headline arena] show I did [in 2014], I kind of looked at it as more of a question. And I can’t. Not only ‘can’t’, because can’t is your capability, but my desire. Do I want to live my life for anyone else’s pleasure or fulfillment other than my…
Crunchyroll has set the Psycho-Pass: Providence movie theatrical release date for the newest film in the sci-fi anime franchise. What is the Psycho-Pass: Providence movie theatrical release date? The movie will play in North American theaters on July 14, with special advanced fan sneak peek showings taking place on July 11 and 13. The release notes that Australia, the United Kingdom, Mexico, India, and other regions will have additional release dates revealed for summer 2023 announced soon. “January 2118. Chief Inspector of the Criminal Investigation Department, Akane Tsunemori, receives a report of an incident on a foreign vessel — the…
Brian Cox is speaking out about his controversial exit from HBO’s Succession. Logan Roy was killed off during Succession Season 4 Episode 3, a development that divided the hit drama’s fans. Cox believes the shocker happened “too early.” “[Succession creator Jesse Armstrong] decided to make Logan die, I think ultimately too early,” Cox said in an interview with Amol Rajan Interviews, which is set to air on BBC2 in the U.K. on Thursday (May 25) night, Deadline reports. “I mean, he’d made him die in the third episode… It was an odd feeling.” The star said he struggled initially and…
The rapid development of unexpected drought, called flash drought, can severely impact agricultural and ecological systems with ripple effects that extend even further. Researchers at the University of Oklahoma are assessing how our warming climate will affect the frequency of flash droughts and the risk to croplands globally. Jordan Christian, a postdoctoral researcher, is the lead author of the study, “Global projections of flash drought show increased risk in a warming climate,” published today in Nature Communications Earth and Environment. “In this study, projected changes in flash drought frequency and cropland risk from flash drought are quantified using global climate…
25 May 2023 The Buzziest Books of May | 2023 May was a month of excitement for book lovers, as it brought us a plethora of captivating new releases. From established bestselling authors to debut writers, this month’s literary offerings have something for everyone. If you’re looking for your next great read, then look no further than our list of some of the most anticipated books published in May! Summer Reading by Jenn McKinlay Release Date: May 16, 2023 When a woman who’d rather do anything than read meets a swoon-worthy bookworm, sparks fly, making for one hot-summer fling in…
Princess Diana in an off-shoulder minidress when Prince Charles went public with his affair. Mariah Carey in a hip-high slit after leaving a tumultuous marriage. Ariana Madix in a fiery-red cutout set in the wake of #Scandoval. The revenge dress isn’t a new phenomenon, but it remains at the forefront of everyone’s minds. Inspired by the black mini worn by the Princess of Wales in the 1990s, the modern revenge dress is fashion at its most communicative. It’s bold, fitted in silhouette, and red or black in color. It boasts plunging necklines and conspicuous cutouts, high splits and open backs.…
It is possible to fall out of love with technology. I have seen skilled, successful software engineers give up their laptops to become farmers or therapists or realtors. They may use spreadsheets and software to manage their crops, but code is no longer their main concern; they’re more worried about the disposition of their goats.No one wants to talk about it at the morning stand-up, but everyone is thinking: How could someone turn their back on the future? Especially when so many people are trying to find their way in. But replacements are hired, memories fade, and new JavaScript frameworks…