Normani Prioritizes Vibe on Long-Awaited Debut ‘Dopamine’: Album Review

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Will Smith debuted his new single “You Can Make It” at the 2024 BET Awards, just two days after releasing the track that features Fridayy and Sunday Service Choir.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music One of the biggest challenges for any artist is knowing when a creation — a song, a story, a painting — is finished and ready to be shared with the world. More than many, Neil Young has shown a willingness to wait, recording songs and full albums — and even performing them in concert — and then sitting on them for years… or decades.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music As this album’s cover artwork suggests — it appears to show a restaurant table with one man drinking tea and eating baked beans, and the other drinking syrup — a full-length collaboration album between British avant singer-songwriter James Blake and psychedelicized Atlanta rapper Lil Yachty might not have been on anyone’s prediction list for 2024. But even knowing both artists’ predilection for the unexpected, it’s a surprisingly symbiotic alliance.

Aramide Tinubu A six-part adaptation of award-winning author Sandra Barneda’s bestselling novel of the same name on Apple TV+, “Land of Women” follows Gala Scott (Eva Longoria), a New York socialite whose world is turned upside down when her husband abandons her and the life they’ve built together in order to avoid paying a massive debt. With limited funds and resources, Gala rounds up her eccentric mother, Julia (Carmen Maura) and her 17-year-old daughter, Kate (Victoria Bazua), to hide out in La Muga, Julia’s tiny hometown in Northern Spain. Gala hopes to stay hidden from her husband’s creditors in the small town.

told Grazia. “What we do [in the industry] matters, it can change culture and, when you change culture, you can change policy, perception. You can change a lot of things with storytelling.” Longoria will soon be back in front of the camera with the six-part series “Land of Women” from her new Hyphenate Media Group.

EXCLUSIVE: Edward Norton has signed on to narrate Fasting And The Longevity Revolution, a health and wellness documentary directed by Barry Alexander Brown, best known as a longtime editor on projects directed by Spike Lee. 

Land of Women premieres this Wednesday on Apple TV+, and take my word for it when I say the show is so much better than the title of the show. Nothing against a land with women—quite the contrary—but it doesn't really tell you anything about the series, nor does it sound particularly exciting. (I'd say the same thing if it was Land of Men; what does that even mean, other than some prehistoric series where caveman ruled, I guess?) But in short, a series I didn't really think I'd care for at all happened to be the most pleasant surprise and perfect for summer.If you loved Eva Longoria in Desperate Housewives, then .

Blink-182 have kicked off their 2024 North American tour last night (June 20) and debuted a new song along with their classic deep cuts.The band – comprised of the original line-up Tom Delonge, Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker – took over the Kia Center in Orlando Flordia last night to kick off their 2024 ‘One More Time’ tour.Comprised of 26 tracks, the night’s setlist included deep cuts such as ‘Obvious’ and ‘M+M’s’ which were played with Delonge for the first time since 2013. They also performed ‘When Your Heart Stops Beating’ and ‘There Is’ which are tracks from their side-projects +44 and Box Car Racer respectively.

Only Murders in the Building is going Hollywood in a major way with Season 4.

Eva Longoria is stepping out for the premiere of her Apple TV+ series!

Eva Longoria is hard at work on a press tour for her new Apple TV+ series Land of Women, but she’s also opening up about one of her most well-known projects.

“Yellowstone.”Paramount announced in a press release Thursday when the final episodes of the Western series will finally premiere.The second half of Season 5 will kick off on Sunday, November 10 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.Production started on the remainder of the show’s final season on May 20 in Montana.The first half of “Yellowstone” Season 5 finished in January 2023, and then the show went on a long production hiatus due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes — as well as behind-the-scenes drama and feud allegations involving star Kevin Costner, who plays rancher John Dutton.

Spoiler alert! Don’t continue reading if you didn’t watch last night’s highly anticipated episode of When Calls the Heart on the Hallmark Channel!

John Kennedy Contributor Deep in the second act of NxWorries’ sophomore album, “Why Lawd?,” Anderson .Paak has an epiphany: Maybe monogamy isn’t so bad after all. “I know I said that I cannot choose one / But I’m starting to think you could be all I need,” he enunciates over rapid drum programming. “Girl, I believe you are my one and only.” It’s a low bar for romance, sure, but for the 38-year-old singer/rapper it’s a step in the direction of maturity — even if the breakthrough seems too late to save his songbook love jones.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music It’s probably safe to assume that anyone who clicked on this article already knows the context of David Bowie’s culture-shifting 1972 album “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars,” which is indisputably one of the greatest and most influential albums of the rock era. If not, play the album immediately, click here and here — and save “Rock and Roll Star,” the sprawling new 5-CD, superfan’s-dream-come-true boxed set, for when you inevitably become a superfan yourself, because this definitely is not the place to start your relationship with the album.

Normani‘s debut album Dopamine is finally here!!!!

Camila Cabello has shared the tracklist of her awaited new album, “C, XOXO” The list of songs includes some of her collaborators, which range from Drake, to Playboi Carti, to Lil Nas X.A post shared by camila (@camila_cabello)Cabello shared the tracklist on her social media, including two collaborations with Drake, another one with JT, Yung Mami, and alongside Lil Nas X, and Playboi Carti. She also teased the cover of her record, which shows Cabello looking straight at the camera, with her hair dyed blonde as she licks a bright blue lollipop.

Entertainment Tonight” at the launch of her new business venture, Fenty Hair, that she’s “starting over” on her highly anticipated ninth album, which has been dubbed “R9” by fans.“Music for me is a new discovery. I’m rediscovering things,” she said at the event in Los Angeles on Monday.

Floyd Collins, the 1994 musical that has built an enduring popularity due to an Off Broadway cast recording, will finally receive a Broadway staging: The Adam Guettel-Tina Landau musical will be part of the just-announced 2024-2025 40th Anniversary Lincoln Center Theater season.

Amir Khan has shared stunning images of his long-awaited luxury wedding venue in Bolton. The Bolton-born boxing champion's multi-million pound project has been in the making for more than a decade but has faced severe delays as costs have spiralled.