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The country star scores the biggest country holiday album debut of 2025 Brad Paisley is ringing in the holidays—and marking his long-awaited return with new music—with an impressive debut for Snow Globe Town, his first album of all-new material in several years. The project arrives as the highest-debuting country holiday album of 2025, reaffirming Paisley’s enduring impact and the loyalty of fans who have eagerly awaited his next chapter. Driven by exceptionally strong pure album sales, Snow Globe Town made a commanding entrance across multiple Billboard charts. The album debuted in the Top 50 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, which ranks the most-consumed country releases each week, and earned a prominent position on the Billboard Holiday/Seasonal Albums chart, highlighting the m...

There are some corners that cannot be unturned, some scientific experiments that cannot be un-experimented, some contraptions that cannot be unseen. There are those, too, of course, that are glorious. And then there are those, like this one from Speedrunner and X, TikTok, and Twitch user veegeea, that sit in the curious valley between the two.I'm not sure whether veegeea has gone where no person should, or exactly where a person should. Their project is, 'Project IRL', is, as they put it, one that allows them "to put on a full fledged game stream experience anywhere I’d like utilizing the capabilities of the ROG Ally and Ally X with one doing AAA Gaming and the other grabbing the recording and putting together the stream."In other words, it looks like a project to allow them to become an I...

A few weeks ago, after the release of A House of Dynamite on the 2025 movie schedule, a colleague recommended Annie Jacobson’s 2024 non-fiction book Nuclear War: A Scenario and explained how Denis Villeneuve was attached to direct an adaptation. I immediately turned on the audiobook version (narrated by the Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist) to see what the fuss was about. What followed was an intense, harrowing, and unforgettable experience like no other.With Vileneuve attached to direct the upcoming book-to-screen adaptation at some point (he has a lot on his plate right now), I’m both excited and absolutely terrified by the prospect of one of the great filmmakers of our time bringing nuclear war to the big screen. Here are a few things I cannot wait to see when Nuclear War comes out. ...

Every week, 88Nine music director Erin Wolf shares a sonic gem she found using her nearly 20 years of new-music exploration experience. You can hear all her discoveries live on 88Nine at 10 p.m. every Monday on What’s All This: Adventures in New Music.If you’ve been feeling the winter blahs already, a little dose of spring can be found in the latest from Stockholm-based artist Waterbaby.“Beck n Call” follows the release of another new single earlier this year, “Amiss,” — both of which mark her first fresh music since acclaimed 2023 debut EP, Foam. That record is what first earned Kendra Egerbladh’s bedroom-pop project acclaim, including two 2024 Swedish Grammy Nominations for Newcomer of the Year and Composer of the Year (which show that the best may be yet to come).“Beck n Call” features ...

DraftKings, the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, and hospitality investment firm LionGrove recently opened a DraftKings retail sportsbook at Foxwoods El San Juan Casino in Puerto Rico during the property’s four-year anniversary celebration. DraftKings plans to introduce its online sportsbook within coming months, pending licensure and regulatory approvals. Puerto Rico joins 28 U.S. states where the company operates regulated sports betting, as well as Washington, D.C., and Ontario, Canada. “Puerto Rico has an incredible sports culture and a deep connection to entertainment,” DraftKings President of Operations Paul Liberman said in a statement. “We’re thrilled to bring our retail sportsbook to the Foxwoods El San Juan Casino and look forward to providing eligible customers with a fun, sea...

Adapted from the hit Broadway musical – inspired by The Wizard of Oz – Wicked left a lasting impression. The film received ten Oscar nominations, including two wins for Best Costume Design and Best Production Design. On November 19th, 2025, its sequel, Wicked: For Good, is set to rekindle our passion for all things pink and green. By Alexandre Chevarin,  Jordan Bako,  and Ambra Flora. Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande in Wicked (2024) by Jon M. Chu © Universal Studio...

Primary Wave Music has partnered with Derry Music Company for the music, publishing copyrights, and recording catalog of legendary jazz pianist and composer Dave Brubeck.The deal also gives Primary Wave a share in the licensing of Dave Brubeck’s name, image and likeness rights, according to its press release on Tuesday (November 18).The publisher will handle marketing, branding and licensing opportunities for Brubeck’s catalog, including sync deals for film and TV projects.Brubeck’s catalog includes compositions such as In Your Own Sweet Way and It’s a Raggy Waltz, along with recordings featuring the Dave Brubeck Quartet. The group’s 1959 album Time Out became the first jazz record to sell one million copies, driven by Take Five, which was composed by saxophonist Paul Desmond that became t...

It is 4 am. About eight hours ago I told my partner I wasn't really vibing with News Tower, a handsome newspaper management sim that's leaving early access after nearly two years. I've not left my desk since.See, that was before the Newspaper Wars. Before I decided to stick it to the corrupt politicians, puritanical 1930s Karens and the intimidating mobsters. Before I hired lawyers, installed pneumatic tubes and finally added a third page to New York's beacon of truth, its greatest paper, The Firestarter. (Image credit: Sparrow Night)Now I'm a machine, spitting out hard-hitting story after hard-hitting story. Mine disasters, political scandals, bank heists, economic turmoil—and yes, the occasional bit of celebrity news, but always on a quest to inform rather than sensationalise. Relate...

A former McDonald's robber has been reunited with his family after years, thanks to a new film starring Channing Tatum.The star of Magic Mike plays the role of criminal Jeffrey Manchester, a man who was convicted and sentenced to 45 years in prison for a series of robberies in the late 1990s and early 2000s, in the movie Roofman. The film follows Manchester's life post-prison break, where he famously hid out in a Toys R Us for months after escaping prison and ended up forming a romantic relationship with one of the employees, a newly divorced mother of two.Manchester, an ex-military sergeant and divorced father of three, started robbing businesses like McDonald's, Burger King restaurants, Toys R Us, and Blockbuster stores by creating a hole in the roof to sneak in. He successfully hit 38 b...

April 11, 2023 Vanderbilt Voice Center’s Professional Voice Conference brings medical professionals and vocal athletes together A Vanderbilt Voice Center conference will focus on wellness, readiness and resilience for vocal professionals and will touch on topics such as vocal hygiene, recovery after injury, allergies, surgery, respiration, life on the road, and more. By Danny Bonvissuto Source link