Month: October 2020

Photo: Scott Dudelson/Getty Images for Coachella Blinks, the moment you’ve waited for is finally here, but not without a healthy dose of controversy. At midnight on Friday, K-pop super girl group Blackpink released their highly anticipated debut album, The Album. The 8-song album features previously released tracks “How You Like That,” “Ice Cream” featuring Selena Gomez, and a new track “Bet You Wanna” featuring Cardi B. Although she appears on the album, Cardi B seems less than thrilled with Blackpink’s fanbase, known as Blinks, who apparently have been hounding her to promote The Album. “I really love the girls but I won’t let you lil kids play with me. I already got payed to do...

A new video on TikTok has prompted a resurgence in the popularity of Fleetwood Mac's 1977 song "Dreams." In a video shared on the popular social media app several days ago, user @420doggface208 posted footage of himself, presumably skateboarding down a sidewalk, with a bottle of Ocean Spray cran-raspberry juice in his hand as "Dreams" plays out loud. After taking a swig of juice and riding safely into the road, the user mouths along to Stevie Nicks as she sings, "It's only right that you should play the way you feel it." The video also went viral on Twitter, when a user shared it, writing: "I don’t use this verbiage often but this is a whole vibe. simple as that." FLEETWOOD MAC CO-FOUNDER PETER GREEN DEAD AT 73 Since then, the iconic rock band has responded, writing "We love this!"...

BLACKPINK have released their debut studio album. It features guest appearances from Cardi B, Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, Victoria Monét, and more. Listen to it in full below. Prior to the album’s release, the group shared videos for “Ice Cream” and “How You Like That.” Following the hit success of their earlier singles “Ddu-Du Ddu-Du” and “Boombayah,” BLACKPINK released their Kill This Love EP ahead of their appearance at Coachella last year.  The group more recently joined Lady Gaga on her Chromatica song “Sour Candy” and jumped on the Blessed Madonna’s full-length club remix of Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia. A documentary about the band, titled Light Up the Sky, premieres on Netflix on October 14.

Saturday Night Live returns to the studio this weekend for the season 46 premiere, after wrapping up last season with some socially-distanced episodes. And the long-running NBC sketch comedy show is already taking aim at the presidential election, which is heating up with just weeks to go. The show released a sneak peek Thursday of Jim Carrey and Maya Rudolph getting into full hair, makeup and costume as Democratic candidate Joe Biden and running mate Kamala Harris.  Live from New York: Jim Carrey and Maya Rudolph got into full hair, makeup and costume as Democratic candidate Joe Biden and running mate Kamala Harris, as they teased this weekend's season 46 premiere of Saturday Night Live Election year: The NBC sketch comedy show returns this week...

Jim Carrey and Maya Rudolph. NBC After Tuesday's memorable meme-spouting presidential debate, we now have a slightly different event featuring Joe Biden. Jim Carrey and Maya Rudolph are set to play the Democratic presidential nominee and running mate Kamala Harris on the upcoming season of SNL. The live sketch show dropped a teaser ahead of Saturday's premiere. The teaser doesn't feature Carrey's Biden voice, so get pumped for that. Meanwhile, Carrey's makeup and wardrobe te...

Walt Disney Co. Executive Chairman Bob Iger has resigned from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s COVID-19 economic task force, an abrupt public confirmation of the growing tensions stemming from California’s reluctance to allow theme parks to reopen. Iger’s departure from the governor’s high-profile task force, a group organized in April to inject an element of business acumen and gravitas into the state’s pandemic recovery efforts, happened earlier this week, a Disney spokesperson told The Times after the resignation was reported by the Sacramento Bee. “We very much appreciate Mr. Iger’s service on the task force and respect his decision to resign,” Ann O’Leary, the governor’s chief of staff, said in an emailed statement. The Disney spokesperson did not provide any information as to when Iger — who an...

Chrissy Teigen’s mother Vilailuck Teigen has posted a series of pictures from the hospital following Chrissy Teigen’s pregnancy loss Wednesday. “My heart aches,” Vilailuck wrote in the caption of the video, which was posted alongside pictures of her holding the child. “Love you so much baby Jack.” Teigen, 34, announced overnight Wednesday that she suffered a pregnancy loss after being hospitalized in Los Angeles over the weekend. The mother of two had been expecting a boy she and husband John Legend, 41, had named Jack. Teigen received blood transfusions after experiencing bleeding during the past month of her pregnancy, but, as she explained on Instagram, “We were never able to stop the bleeding and give our baby the fluids he needed, despite bags and bags of blood transfus...