Wet Leg lead new additions to SXSW 2022 line-up

Waterparks have shared an update on their forthcoming new album, teasing that it’s “80 per cent done”.The follow-up to last year’s ‘Greatest Hits’ will be the band’s fifth album, and according to a social media post the Texas trio are wading through a lot of material.Yesterday (February 14), the band’s official Twitter account confirmed that their next album – tentatively titled ‘PARX5’ – is currently “80 per cent done”. They also revealed that they’ve penned 55 songs for the project that total two hours and 23 minutes.Over on frontman Awsten Knight’s Instagram Story, he said of the new material: “Can’t even describe how good this shit is,” and that song number 54 out of 55 was his “current fave”.He also tweeted that the band “need more friends on this album”, with Phem and Against The Current‘s Chrissy Costanza throwing their hats in the ring in the replies.TAG pic.twitter.com/FA0RM5DIEi— DANNY FANDOM (@awsten) February 14, 2022Speaking to NME at Reading Festival last year, Knight revealed that there are some collaborative tracks sitting in the Waterparks vault.Texas rapper De’Wayne previously featured on their 2021 single ‘You’d Be Paranoid Too (If Everyone Was Out To Get You)’, and Aswten told NME that this wasn’t the only song they worked on.

Megan Thee Stallion is celebrating her 27th birthday in a very meaningful way. On Tuesday, the rap superstar  -- whose real name is Megan Pete — announced the launch of the Pete and Thomas Foundation.

The New York Times is being taken to the woodshed on social media for using the term “overrepresented” in an article on Asians in figure skating.

Focus Features has dated B.J. Novak’s feature directorial debut, Vengeance, for Friday, July 29.

Chris Willman Music WriterThe maxim “everything’s bigger in Texas” most definitely applies when it comes to having an outsized per capita concentration of brilliant songwriters. So, it’s almost surprising to realize that it took until 2005 for a Texas Heritage Songwriters Association to be formed, for the purpose of finally founding a Hall of Fame.One key figure in its origins was a beloved Texan not everyone realizes had a reputation as “a lover of the song, and a friend to songwriters”: University of Texas football coach Darrell K.

Steven Gaydos Executive VP of ContentNearly 50 years after his passing, 2022 Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee Lefty Frizzell remains one of the indisputable pillars of country music. His influence on another country music giant, the late Merle Haggard, is both profound and clear to anyone with ears. Haggard’s vocal style developed in the 1950s when Frizzell’s impact was at its peak.

Joe Rogan is speaking out about all the controversies he’s recently been making headlines for…

UPDATE: The Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton (R), said Wednesday that the office will investigate GoFundMe after its decision to end a fundraising effort aimed at assisting the “Freedom Convoy” in Canada. Paxton said they will review possible breaches or violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act.

EXCLUSIVE: Rosario Dawson and Lana Parrilla are boarding the upcoming SXSW Linda Goldstein Knowlton directed documentary Split At The Root, as EPs.

XXXTentacion, titled Look At Me!, is set to make its premiere at this year’s SXSW festival.The film — directed by Sabaah Folayan and produced by FADER Films — was announced earlier this month. It follows the controversial career of XXXTentacion (AKA Jahseh Onfroy), a troubled teenager who left a lasting influence on the SoundCloud rap genre.“Look at Me! explores how Florida teenager Jahseh Onfroy became SoundCloud rapper XXXTENTACION, one of the most streamed artists on the planet,” reads the film’s synopsis.“Through frank commentary from family, friends and romantic partners, and unseen archival footage, director Sabaah Folayan offers a sensitive portrayal of an artist whose acts of violence, raw musical talent and open struggles with mental health left an indelible mark on his generation before his death at the age of 20.”The documentary will debut at the film festival segment of SXSW, which takes place in Austin, Texas, from March 11 to March 20.

Dolly Parton has joined forces with Kelly Clarkson for a “haunting” new version of ‘9 To 5’, it’s been revealed.As Variety reports, the pair recorded a collaborative take on Parton’s classic 1980 single for an upcoming documentary called Still Working 9 To 5.The film, which is co-directed/produced by Gary Lane, is due to premiere at this year’s SXSW in Austin, Texas.Per an official description, Still Working 9 To 5 “examines the 40-year evolution of gender inequality and discrimination in the workplace” since 1980”.It added: “[It] explores why workplace inequality 40 years later was never a laughing matter.”“We could do a documentary just on the making of the duet,” Lane told Variety of Parton and Clarkson’s team-up.Speaking of how the new version of ‘9 To 5’ differs from the much-loved original, co-director/producer Camille Hardman explained: “The first iteration, Dolly’s original version was very upbeat. There was a lot of hope I would say in the song.“And this version is just a little bit melancholic,” she said, acknowledging the film’s themes of inequality.Lane went on to tell the outlet that Parton had dubbed the new collaboration ‘9 To 5: The Slow Version’, saying that it’s “definitely slowed down and more haunting”.

Alamo Drafthouse Cinema announced a major expansion with seven new theaters including three new regions, Chicago, Birmingham, and St. Louis, and expansions in Washington, D.C. and New York City — with a kung fu-themed Staten island location opening this spring. The move also includes locations in Colorado and Texas.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterAlamo Drafthouse, the specialty cinema chain that’s famous for in-theater dining and a strict no-cell phone policy, is expanding its North American footprint.The Texas-based exhibition company plans to open four additional venues in new regions, including Chicago and Birmingham, as well as markets with existing Alamo Drafthouse locations, such as Grand Prairie, Texas and Glendale, Colo. It intends to welcome those venues — and previously announced in-the-works multiplexes in Staten Island, N.Y.; Crystal City, Va.; and St. Louis, Mo.

Damn, son, while some festivals have still been really hurting thanks to COVID and Omicron problems, the 2022 South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW), which runs March 11-20, this year, is truly going for it. The 2022 edition of the festival program includes 99 features including 76 World Premieres, 4 International Premieres, 4 North American Premieres, 2 U.S.

According to folklore, spring would come early if he didn't see it.  Phil made his appearance as a dangerous incoming winter storm has more than 20 states from the Rocky Mountains to New England — and as far south as Texas — under winter storm warnings, watches or both. According to records dating back to 1887, Phil has predicted winter more than 100 times.

Khloe Kardashian is some serious #fitspo! The Keeping Up With the Kardashiansstar posted back-to-back shots to her Instagram on Feb. 1, showing off her fitness progress on her upper back and shoulders. “About 3 months apart,” Khloe captioned the post which displayed a current photo compared to another (still very fit!) shot from months ago. “[L]et’s go @coachjoe.paris we are sculpting my back and arms,” she completed the caption, tagging her personal trainer for his help in her fitness journey.

brand new “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” movie to the streaming service on Feb. 18, and if it’s Valentine’s Day content you’re looking for, the second season of reality series “Love Is Blind” launches on Feb.

Grimes is showing off her new ink — and sharing her plans for even more! The 33-year-old singer took to her Instagram Story on Thursday to share pics of her latest white-ink tattoo, which wraps around her breasts.Grimes noted that her latest addition is part of «the long slow effort to have a full alien body-[gonna] be totally covered in white ink/… post-human.»Last April, Grimes covered her full back in white ink, which she called «beautiful alien scars.»Grimes welcomed her first child, a son named X Æ A-Xii, in May 2020. She shares the tot with Elon Musk, whom she was first romantically linked to in 2018.Last September, Musk revealed that he and Grimes were «semi-separated» but «still love each other» in a statement to ."[We] see each other frequently and are on great terms," Musk said, before addressing the reason for his and Grimes' semi-separation.«It’s mostly that my work at SpaceX and Tesla requires me to be primarily in Texas or traveling overseas and her work is primarily in L.A.,» he said.

Showcase” event.“Showcase,” an annual variety comedy show spotlighting up-and-coming performers, has served as a launching pad for the careers of numerous stars, such as Kate McKinnon (“Saturday Night Live”), Tiffany Haddish (“Girls Trip”), Ego Nwodim (“Saturday Night Live”), Nico Santos (“Superstore”), Drew Tarver (“The Other Two”) and Nicole Byer (“Nailed It!”). Formerly a live theatrical production attended by executives, casting directors and talent agents across the entertainment industry, this year’s Showcase will be a pre-filmed hour of sketch comedy shot on location in Los Angeles.