For months—months!—consumers and fashion industry thinkers alike have wondered what the pandemic would do to the shopping habits of Americans. For the most part, of course, a crunched economy and staggering job losses mean that many of us are shopping far less. But when people are shopping, are they more conscious in their choices, or
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Chadwick Boseman, best known for playing Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films, has died after a battle with colon cancer. He was 43 years old. A statement posted to the actor’s social media by his family said Boseman had been battling the disease since 2016, when he was diagnosed with stage three. It
For many students, recent graduates and young people in general, the COVID-19 pandemic has been incredibly stressful, especially when it comes to finances, and *particularly* when it comes to money and school. Between juggling university fees, stressing about paying off student loans and factoring in general expenses (all during a global pandemic), budgeting and financial
A statue of Princess Diana, commissioned last year by her sons, Princes William and Harry, will be installed at Kensington Palace’s Sunken Garden on what would’ve been her 60th birthday. The statue was supposed to be installed on the anniversary of her death (Aug. 31), but it was postponed due to COVID-19. A ceremony is
As a tabloid staple for the last decade, Kim Kardashian has become a master of media spin. The reality star is an expert at changing the pop culture narrative around herself and her family through strategically released storylines and images via her TV show, social media, and photos taken by her personal paparazzo. So it
Selena Gomez and BLACKPINK’s much-hyped collaboration “Ice Cream” is here, and it’s truly song of the summer material. The lyrics, primarily in English with a bit of Korean, exude confidence. They paint a portrait of a woman who knows her worth and knows what she wants: the right guy who values her for who she
For three days, Donald Trump’s surrogates have described him as a kind-hearted visionary who eschews identity politics, is a great friend to the most marginalized among us, who has faced the pandemic and other crises facing the nation head on, and who is America’s last backstop against the deprivation and anarchy his opponents, Joe Biden
There are movies in this world that aren’t meant to do anything except give you a sense of pure happiness, and that’s Bill & Ted Face the Music. As a fan of the original two, I was ready and willing for whatever Bill & Ted Face the Music gave me, but I definitely wasn’t prepared for the
Late Show host Stephen Colbert didn’t hold back about U.S. President Donald Trump and Day 3 of the Republican National Convention on Wednesday night in a scathing live monologue. Before starting up his biting Trump commentary, Colbert played a clip of Avengers parody America: Endgame, starring Trump as the villain Thanos and various other Republicans
Pretty Awkward don’t really strike me as a concept band – their new single “Misfits” isn’t weighed down with a lot of theatrical bells and whistles, nor does it feel like a small puzzle piece of a much grander story still in the process of being told by the time the track concludes. URL: https://www.prettyawkwardband.com/
“See You Dance” is the debut song from Baltimore’s Cristal Carrington. Flashy like neon lights and raging with gratifying grooves, Carrington leaves everything on the dance floor. A satisfying dance/pop track, Carrington’s perky vocals immediately grab the listener. From the intermixed counting in Spanish, to the drowning rhythms, Carrington’s fearlessly fun track hits all the
Welcome back to Fit Diaries, where GQ asks our favorite style lords to document a week through their outfits. Up next: Christian Slater shares the secret to his legendary baseball hat collection, the rules for wearing sneakers, and why masks are like Twitter accounts. Christian Slater would tell you that before he met his wife,
Katy Perry and fiancé Orlando Bloom are officially parents to a newborn baby girl. First announced by humanitarian agency UNICEF — both Perry and Bloom are Goodwill Ambassadors with the organization — the world was introduced to Daisy Dove Bloom via Instagram. View this post on Instagram Welcome to the world, Daisy Dove Bloom! We
Thank you for chatting with us today. To start off, tell our readers more about how you got started in music! Thanks so much for inviting me to interview! Long before “Kendra & the Bunnies” was started, I began training as a vocalist, actress, and dancer through the musical theatre. I started these professional lessons at
After being separated from her ex-husband for five years, Halle Berry is taking her divorce case into her own hands. According to court documents obtained by People, the actor filed a petition with the court on August 12 to represent herself in the final stages of her divorce from ex Olivier Martinez. The documents were
On August 25, the Republican National Convention kicked off its second evening of endorsements for President Donald Trump with (debatably accurate) speeches from the current president’s colleagues, constituents and family members. This includes remarks from his third and current wife Melania Trump who gave a lengthy speech in the White House Rose Garden. While there
That’s true, though one would hope that the hero history has chosen for this moment might be, say, an epidemiologist, or someone who doesn’t respond to Americans’ cries for racial justice with tweets about shooting protesters. But according to the Republicans who spoke at the RNC, this fraught moment demands the expertise and compassion only
There may be a new lady in Brad Pitt’s life. This week, dating rumors spread after German model Nicole Poturalski was spotted boarding the same private jet as Pitt, bound for the South of France, according to Entertainment Tonight. The outlet reports that Poturalski arrived at Paris’s Charles de Gaulle Airport from Berlin, while Pitt
The man who gunned down John Lennon outside his Manhattan apartment in 1980 was denied parole for an 11th time, state corrections officials said Wednesday. Mark David Chapman was denied after being interviewed by a parole board Aug. 19, according to corrections officials. Chapman, 65, is serving a 20-years-to-life sentence at Wende Correctional Facility, east of Buffalo.
News that there is indeed going to be a live-action Static Shock movie that leads to the question of who will play Virgil Ovid Hawkins/Static. Considering the limited amount of Black comic book characters that get to lead, not just star, in a comic book movie, the optics of this are very important—not just for
Director Christopher Nolan, known for bending reality and configuring complex storylines into labyrinthine mazes for the moviegoer to navigate, keeps true to form with his latest movie, Tenet. There’s an abundance of time “inversion” — I’ll attempt to explain that later — and riveting action scenes, gorgeous cinematography, typical dark, apocalyptic Nolanesque music, and the
As the convention opened, word came that longtime Trump surrogate and Trump advisory board member Mary Ann Mendoza, the “angel mom” of a police officer killed by an undocumented drunk driver, would not be speaking as promised. Earlier in the afternoon, the Daily Beast reported, she’d tweeted a QAnon thread promoting the anti-Semitic Protocols of
Has Jerry Falwell been in hot water about anything else recently? Amazingly, before l’affaire Granda resurfaced, Falwell Jr. was already on administrative leave from Liberty university, following backlash from an Instagram photo he had posted. In the now-deleted image, his fly was undone, he was holding a beverage, and he had his hands around a
Yes, for a second straight night, it was 2+2=5 at the Trump convention. Pam Bondi, reminding those watching from home that the theme of the night was supposed to be “the land of opportunity,” bashed Biden as a proponent of cronyism who saw the nation as the “land of opportunism,” leaving out the fact that
There’s never a dull moment in the White House. On August 23, counsellor Kellyanne Conway announced that she will be resigning from her position in the Trump administration at the end of the month. In a statement released on her social media accounts, Conway explained her decision, writing: “I will be transitioning from the White House
The Tragically Hip are offering help to Canadian musicians who have been struggling during the novel coronavirus pandemic. The band says they are selling reusable, non-medical cloth masks with the word “Courage” — the title of one of their most popular songs — printed on the front. Read more: Big-name music artists taking performances online
In the center of a dark and twisted hurricane of harmonies, we find the soft and smooth vocal stylings of one Taylor Colson waiting to lead us to the loving arms of safety in “Hurt Me,” Colson’s all-new single currently out everywhere indie pop is available. TWITTER: https://twitter.com/itstaylorcolson?lang=en Our leading lady doesn’t take her job
“Beyond The Blue” is the new single from Maryland singer/songwriter Natalie Otto. Billed as country and Americana in nature, “Beyond The Blue” as its title suggests goes beyond genres and designations. Otto’s honoring of her late sister, who died at a young age in a car accident. resembles a loving tribute and testament of moving
“Better” is the newest single from pop rocker Mark Haberland, who goes by the moniker Mark And The Tiger. Originally from Round Pond, Maine, Haberland uncaged sound is now broadcasting from Los Angeles, Calif. The West Coast spark and sunny musical tropes in “Better” are just a few of the bright spots. The murky lyrics
“One Love Fits All” is the newest single from multi-dimensional singer, Dawn Rix. Known for her country charted hit song “In America” and this summer’s kickin’ “Don’t Let The Makeup Fool You”, Rix is on a mission to spread love and kindness. Cementing her key role in the ever growing Christian Country scene, “One Love