In front of a sellout crowd of 8,786 fans, Marty Costes reached base three times and drove in the go-ahead run as the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp took a 5-4 Opening Day win over the Gwinnett Stripers Friday night at 121 Financial Ballpark. With the game knotted up at three, Jacksonville (1-0) pushedContinue Reading

On Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter, released Friday (March 29), the superstar salutes pioneering country artist Linda Martell, the first Black woman to ever play the Grand Ole Opry in 1969, and, in doing so, is introducing the pioneer to a whole new audience.  Though she has long retired, the 82-year-old Martell returnsContinue Reading

Netflix has announced their new Agatha Christie adaptation, The Seven Dials Mystery, will be penned by former Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnall. Previously serving as the head writer for the 2005 spinoff Torchwood, Chibnall was later tapped to succeed Steven Moffat as the showrunner for Doctor Who season 11. ResponsibleContinue Reading

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump drew criticism Friday for posting a video on social media that contains the image of a hog-tied President Joe Biden painted on the tailgate of a passing truck. The Biden campaign was quick to condemn the video for suggesting physical harm to the sittingContinue Reading

It’s Friday, March 29th, and we’ve been blessed with a ton of new music this week. Beyoncé’s long-awaited ‘Cowboy Carter’ is finally here. J-Hope dropped his new album, ‘Hope on the Street Vol. 1.’ Machine Gun Kelly teamed up with Trippie Redd for ‘Genre: Sadboy.’ Fans are raving about theContinue Reading

Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Fantastic Four #18! Out of all the members of the Fantastic Four, the Thing’s powers are easily the most straightforward, as they are directly tied to his physical appearance. Ben Grimm was mutated by cosmic rays, and was transformed into the super-strong, rocky-skinned hero fans knowContinue Reading

This weekend, ESPN and Fox Sports will broadcast games from the new UFL league which has been built out of the former USFL and its rival, the XFL. Fox will broadcast two games – the Birmingham Stallions taking on the Arlington Renegades, and the St. Louis Battlehawks playing against theContinue Reading

Sheryl Crow has a friend in Olivia Rodrigo. While chatting about her new album Evolution on Late Night With Seth Meyers on Thursday night (March 28), the 62-year-old singer-songwriter opened up about her bond with the “Drivers License” singer. “I met her at Billboard Women in Music and I justContinue Reading

2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards: How to Watch & Stream the Show Online

Saddle up! Beyoncé is to make an appearance at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards. Ludacris will host the show live from the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles on Monday (April 1). Related Here Are All the Performers & Presenters for the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards 03/29/2024 “I’m looking forward to hostingContinue Reading

How Hipgnosis’ Accounting Practices Led to Big Problems at the Catalog Fund

Accounting scandals may not get the public’s attention like a raid by Homeland Security, but questions about the quality of a publicly traded company’s books is a serious matter. This week, an internal report made public by Hipgnosis Songs Fund, the London-listed company that played a major role in turningContinue Reading

What Does Private Equity Mean for the Music Business Long-Term?

Let me start this column the way I ended the last one: Private equity isn’t destroying the music business. But it’s worth wondering: How will so much outside investment change the way the music industry works?   Obviously, we’re going to see more documentaries, Broadway shows and box sets, bothContinue Reading

If you thought surprise drops and visual albums were the peak of Beyoncé‘s powers, think again. With 2022’s Renaissance and her buzzy new Cowboy Carter album, Queen Bey is meticulously rolling out a sprawling trilogy of releases that is sure to leave an indelible mark on popular music. Long beforeContinue Reading

Lizzo Declares ‘I Quit’ in New Message: ‘I Didn’t Sign Up for This Sh–‘

Lizzo took to social media on Friday afternoon (March 29) to share an emotionally driven statement. “I’m getting tired of putting up with being dragged by everyone in my life and on the Internet,” she wrote against an orange and yellow background. “All I want is to make music andContinue Reading

A little context if you care to listen: Raye had a major role on Beyoncé’s freshly released album, Cowboy Carter. The “Escapism” superstar took to Instagram to reveal that she co-wrote one of the project’s standout tracks, “Riiverdance.” Alongside a video of her posing with a cowboy hat, she wroteContinue Reading

HYBE Shares Gain 18% Following UMG Partnership Announcement as Music Stocks Rise Overall

HYBE shares jumped 17.5% to 230,000 won ($170.84) this week following news that the company struck a 10-year partnership with Universal Music Group (UMG) that calls for the label to distribute HYBE’s physical and digital music and put its artists on HYBE’s Weverse social media platform. HYBE America CEO ScooterContinue Reading

Hear From the 4 Black Women Country Artists on Beyoncé’s ‘Blackbiird’: ‘We Were Having a Little Destiny’s Child Moment’

When Beyoncé released her Cowboy Carter album on Friday (March 29), the second in a trilogy of albums following 2022’s Renaissance, one of the immediate standouts from the country music-influenced project was a lush, harmony-stacked version of The Beatles’ classic “Blackbird” (stylized as “Blackbiird” on the album). Beyoncé’s lilting, gentle singing onContinue Reading

It’s been less than a day since Beyoncé finally dropped her Cowboy Carter album, and the project is already breaking records. The album is officially Spotify’s most-streamed album in a single day in 2024, the streaming service announced on Friday (March 29). This is the first time a country-album holdsContinue Reading

Carrie McLeod makes sure new homes are built properly. As a senior superintendent for homebuilder Taylor Morrison, McLeod spends her days touring home construction sites at a new development in Volusia County, inspecting the homes, making sure they’re built to the homebuyer’s needs. McLeod said when she got into theContinue Reading

Multiple stars from the 2016 action thriller The Accountant will be joining Ben Affleck in the upcoming sequel, The Accountant 2. Directed by Gavin O’Connor, The Accountant stars Affleck as Christian Wolff, the titular autistic accountant with major criminal affiliations who is hired to audit a robotics company. Upon release,Continue Reading

Many dog owners believe their pets understand and respond not only to commands such as “sit” and “stay,” but also to words referring to their favorite objects. “Bring me your ball” will often result in exactly that. But science has had trouble determining whether dogs and other animals genuinely activateContinue Reading

In a rare legal victory for wild horse advocates, a judge has ruled U.S. land managers failed to adopt a legal herd management plan or conduct the necessary environmental review before 31 mustangs died during the roundup of more than 2,000 horses in Nevada last summer. U.S. District Court JudgeContinue Reading

New DC Universe fan art imagines Scarlet Witch actress Elizabeth Olsen as the new Mera, following Amber Heard’s iteration. James Gunn’s DC Universe is on its way, with multiple live-action movies and TV shows being developed, as well as animated projects, that will all be interconnected with each other. TheContinue Reading

Worlds Beyond Number is an independent creator-owned narrative-play audio drama created by Dimension 20 alumni Brennan Lee Mulligan, Lou Wilson, Aabria Iyengar, and Erika Ishii. Their main storyline, “The Wizard, The Witch, and The Wild One,” follows three childhood friends who, after being reunited by adults, begin a quest toContinue Reading

Manhattan prosecutors suggested Friday that Donald Trump violated a gag order in his hush-money criminal case this week by assailing the judge’s daughter and making a false claim about her on social media. The Manhattan district attorney’s office asked Judge Juan M. Merchan to “clarify or confirm” the scope ofContinue Reading

Warning: SPOILERS for Lisa FrankensteinCole Sprouse hardly speaks as the Creature in Lisa Frankenstein – though when he finally does, it’s in a valuable moment that perfectly encapsulates the twisted romance that develops throughout the film. It’s a long, bloody road before the Creature and Lisa (Kathryn Newton), the twoContinue Reading

Oppenheimer‘s “Can You Hear The Music” montage is one of the most memorable sequences from the film, not only because it is visually stunning but also because it is narratively deep. Based on American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, Christopher Nolan’s epic biographical drama Oppenheimer walks throughContinue Reading