‘Explanation for Everything’ Review: A Witty, Multi-Faceted Study of a Manufactured Controversy

Empress Of has collaborated with Rina Sawayama on a new track, ‘Kiss Me’.Per a press release, the track is set to be taken from Empress Of’s upcoming fourth album, which will be the follow-up to 2020’s ‘I’m Your Empress Of’ and her 2022 EP ‘Save Me’.The track is a piano-led love song in which Empress Of expresses her desire for another person – “Just touch my lips and pull my hair/To come with you, I’d go anywhere,” she sings.The pair appear together in the song’s music video, which finds them “in an angelic setting in the English countryside with their hair blowing in the wind”.Check out ‘Kiss Me’ below:Empress Of is currently opening for Sawayama on her US tour, after which she will perform a headline show at Los Angeles’ Masonic Lodge on October 4.You can see Sawayama and Empress Of’s remaining tour dates below and buy your tickets here.SEPTEMBER26 – Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium28 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre 30 – San Francisco, CA – WarfieldOCTOBER6 – Bentonville, AR – The Momentary9 – New Orleans, LA – House Of BluesSpeaking about her ‘Save Me’ EP last year, Empress Of said: “One of the biggest key things for me making music is being out of my comfort zone.“I think a lot of artists relate to that. Because when you’re out of your comfort zone that’s when innovation happens.

Coldplay were joined by Bryan Adams during their show in Vancouver for a rendition of his classic hit ‘(Everything I Do) I Do It For You’.Frontman Chris Martin invited the Canadian music legend onstage at BC Place on Friday night (September 22) to perform the 1991 Number One hit alongside support act H.E.R..Adams kicked off the performance singing the first verse on acoustic guitar while Martin played the piano.The frontman also joined in the vocal duties before H.E.R. came onstage to perform the song’s famous guitar solo.

Natalia Bryant stunned while making her runway debut during Milan Fashion Week.

Savannah Chrisley is mourning her ex-fiancé, Nic Kerdiles, after his tragic, fatal motorcycle accident on Saturday (September 23).

Were Bijou Phillips and Danny Masterson living apart for years before their split? She is setting the record straight on the claims!

Olivia Rodrigo has cancelled her publicity tour in Australia days before it kicks off due to “unforeseen circumstances”.The pop star was due to host a Q&A with fans on September 22. She was also booked for a number of media interviews in promotion of her new album ‘Guts‘.A spokesperson from Universal Music Australia said [via MusicNews]: “Olivia is devastated that she won’t be able to make it, however she’s so excited to see her Australian Livies [fans] in 2024.”Rodrigo recently announced her ‘Guts World Tour’ for next year, which opens in Palm Springs, California on February 23, 2024.The singer-songwriter was set on a promo tour of Australia following her record-breaking success in the country.

Katy Perry just made a massive music deal.

Halle Berry is calling out Drake for using a 2012 photo of her without her permission to promote his new single, “Slime You Out”.

EXCLUSIVE: Sung Kang and Emelia Hartford know a thing or two about driving fast cars in movies with their roles in Fast and Furious and Gran Turismo, respectively.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Southern California Public Radio president/CEO Herb Scannell has announced his plans to retire after four years at the organization, which operates KPCC-FM (“LAist 89.3”), LAist.com and LAist Studios. Scannell, the Nickelodeon vet who later ran BBC Worldwide North America and Mitú, will remain in the role until a new successor is named. The SCPR board has started a search for Scannell’s replacement.

By The financial expectations that come with being a present-day bridesmaid are, to be blunt, psychotic. I have to buy the hideous dress I’ll never wear again in the color you choose? I have to pay for alterations to that dress because I’m 5'2" and you said ankle length but not floor length? I have to book the tickets to Vegas because you want to drink mimosas a million miles from home? I have to pay for the subpar stylist to twist my hair into a complicated updo because you think it’s elegant? I have some news for you, my friend: You should be picking up the tab.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Memento Distribution has picked up French distribution rights to Gabor Reisz’s ‘Explanation for Everything’ following its world premiere in Horizons competition at the Venice Film Festival. The deal was closed by Films Boutique.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer The Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA are pushing California lawmakers to grant unemployment benefits to striking workers. In California, workers currently do not receive unemployment pay when they are on strike. But state lawmakers are working on a bill, SB 799, that would extend benefits to workers who have been on strike for at least two weeks.

Al Pacino’s girlfriend, Noor Alfallah, has filed for custody of their infant son, Roman.

The Writers Guild and SAG-AFTRA will rally on Thursday at Amazon Studio in Culver City to highlight their push a bill that would provide unemployment insurance to striking workers in California. Striking writers and actors in New York and New Jersey are already eligible to receive unemployment benefits after 14 days on the picket line, but not in California.

Gogglebox star Izzi Warner said 'it's unbelievable' as she and co-star Sophie Sandiford were flooded with messages. It followed the show's triumph at the National Television Awards.

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WGA West President Meredith Stiehm and SAG-AFTRA Secretary-Treasurer Joely Fisher were in Sacramento last week lobbying California legislators for passage of Senate Bill 799, which would make striking workers eligible to collect unemployment benefits. The bill passed through the Assembly Insurance Committee on Thursday and the Legislature has until September 14 to send the bill to the Governor’s desk.

Meghan Markle headed back to Beyoncé’s “Renaissance” Tour for round two on Monday night.

Ethan Hawke has directed, written and/or acted in quite a few notably esoteric projects throughout his multi-faceted career, and he’s now come up with another in Wildcat. This one makes use of four Flannery O’Connor stories that tie in to aspects of the writer’s difficult life and truly do illuminate aspects of it in clever and plausible ways. The general public would have no clue as to what’s going on in this often perceptively made film that connects with her work, but the episodes are frequently weird, abruptly amusing and almost always cleverly pertinent in some way.