Beach House Loft Dream Pop Into a Lush New Realm With ‘Once Twice Melody’: Album Review

Ben Affleck is stepping out for the day.

Karen Fukuhara has revealed that she was recently attacked.

“I will do my best to represent Poland as proudly as I can.“See you soon live from Puerto Rico!”Shree Saini from the United States took first runner-up, while Olivia Yace from Côte d'Ivoire was awarded second runner-up.The official Miss World instagram account posted an image of Karolina being crowned Miss World 2021, which the caption: “Karolina is currently studying for a Master’s Degree in Management and would like to continue her studies with a PhD.“Karolina also works as a model. “She enjoys swimming and scuba diving and playing tennis and badminton. “One day she hopes to become a motivational speaker.“Karolina is also very passionate about the voluntary work that she is involved in.”Peter Andre flew to Puerto Rico to host the pageant which took place earlier today.He shared a selfie on Instagram, in view of his 1.8 million followers, once he had arrived on the island.The official Miss World instagram account shared a video of him arriving at the event too.The Mysterious Girl singer, 49, was also involved in the pageant in 2019.He had planned to continue hosting duties last year until the event was postponed.In a statement in December, the pageant said: “Miss World 2021 temporarily postpones global broadcast finale in Puerto Rico due to health and safety interest of contestants, staff, crew, and the general public.”“The finale will be rescheduled at Puerto Rico Coliseum Jose Miguel Agrelot within the next 90 days.”In 2020, a film called Misbehaviour about beauty pageants was released starring Keira Knightly.Misbehaviour is based on the feminists who disrupted the 1970 Miss World pageant in London.

Jussie Smollett, 39, is set to be released from jail on bond, a court has ordered during an appeal to overturn the former Empire star’s conviction.The Mighty Ducks star was sentenced last week after being found guilty of lying to the police.Smollett claimed to have been the victim of a racist and homophobic attack in January 2019 but was accused of staging the attack himself.On Wednesday, judges ruled Smollett should be released while the appeal of his conviction on five felony counts of lying to police about a racist and homophobic attack is underway.He will be released from the Cook County Jail on a $150,000 (£113,000) personal recognizance bond.The 39-year-old has spent just six days in prison, however his lawyers argued that he would be in danger of physical harm in prison, stating that their client had received “vicious threats” on social media which “no doubt reflects the hatred and wish for physical harm toward Smollett, which he may experience during incarceration.”They also said that Smollett would have completed his sentence by the time the appeal process would be completed.Last week, a Cook County judge sentenced Smollet to a 150 day prison sentence for staging a hate crime hoax.Smollett was remanded into custody immediately.During the sentencing, Smollett said in an outburst: “If I did this, then it means that I stuck my fist in the fears of Black Americans in this country for over 400 years, and the fears of the LGBT community.“Your honour, I respect you and I respect the jury, but I did not do this, and I am not suicidal, and if anything happens to me when I go in there, I did not do it to myself, and you must all know that.”Earlier this week, Smollett’s family claimed he had been placed in the prison’s

Tom Hiddleston and Zawe Ashton are reportedly engaged as the Fresh Meat actress displayed her massive rock on her ring finger at the BAFTAs. While Zawe, 37, appeared to conceal her ring in official photos from the star-studded red carpet at the event, in a photo posted by host AJ Odudu at London's Grosvenor Hotel it was clearly visible. In the sweet snap, AJ can be seen taking centre stage in a blue sparkling dress with a matching choker necklace while Tom, 41, dons a tuxedo with a black bowtie on one side, as Zawe stands in a pink dress on the other.

BTS‘ V has revealed that his long-awaited solo mixtape will be released sometime this year.Yesterday (March 16), the BTS singer replied to a series of posts made by fans on the community app Weverse about his long-awaited solo mixtape, during which he revealed several new details about the project.In response to one fan’s question about the unnamed mixtape’s release date, V revealed: “I’ll release it within the year,” as translated by Koreaboo. Last May, the singer told Rolling Stone that he had been “looking” to release the mixtape at the end of 2021, but the release ultimately did not materialise.The update elicited reactions of surprise from BTS fans shortly after, which prompted more fans to ask V about a potential tracklist for the record. Notably, fans wondered if unreleased songs that V had previously teased on social media in past months would be officially released as part of the mixtape.However, the singer quickly shut down those speculations, claiming that he has since “deleted” the songs he previously teased.

Just days after announcing that the studio co-founded by streamer Dr Disrespect (real name Herschel Beahm) would be selling fans NFTs that will give early access to a game that hasn’t been fully announced yet, Beahm has defended the decision to do so.

Twinsies! Teresa Giudice showed up to Watch What Happens Live! last night in a gorgeous, skintight Marine Serre catsuit — the same one Khloe Kardashian sported last year! The ensemble, which retails for $556, was worn by the Real Housewives of New Jersey star on last night’s episode of the live show hosted by Andy Cohen. Teresa, who was also joined by guest Loni Love, accessorized the look with a $5,540 diamond choker and matching $5,515 tennis bracelet from her jewelry line Jewels by Teresa. The mom-of-four also wore similarly blue-colored pointed-toe pumps to top off the style, wearing her dark chestnut brown locks long and tousled.

Slipknot have finally confirmed the identity of their newest member, known as Tortilla Man, who has been with the band since 2019.The band confirmed Tortilla Man’s identity through an photo that shows the percussionist holding up a note reading “I AM MICHAEL PFAFF”. The Instagram post was captioned “You’ve been warned” and announced an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session on Reddit leading up to the band’s Knotfest Roadshow tour.A post shared by Slipknot (@slipknot)Pfaff’s reveal comes three years after he first joined the band in 2019, replacing longtime backing vocalist and percussionist Chris Fehn.

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Naman Ramachandran Despite a period of temporary closures from January to April/May 2021 due to COVID-19 restrictions and limited film slate, business rallied in the fourth quarter for the Cineworld Group cinema chain to post revenues of $1.8 billion for 2021. The company recorded a $708.3 million loss before tax for the full year ending Dec.

EastEnders star Danny Dyer revealed the details after he accidentally stole more than £100 worth of petrol.Danny, 44, was left red-faced after what he thought was a "scam letter" came through his front door.The former Mick Carter actor became furious upon reading the letter which accused him of filling his car up £109 worth of petrol and driving off without paying for it.Convinced it was a "scam" the actor called his fraud company and followed up by checking in with his local petrol station where "the scene of the crime" happened.The actor shared the details of the hilarious incident on the latest episode of his podcast with daughter Dani - Sorted With The Dyers.Danny explained that the previous week, he had filled up his car full of petrol worth £109.When he entered the shop to pay for the petrol, he recalled getting distracted while deciding what to have for lunch.After striking up a conversation with the cashier, he forgot to mention that he had filled his car up with petrol as he paid for his other lunch items.Danny said he left the petrol station "with his tail between his legs" after he realised his mistake.He hilariously said: "I did drive off without paying £109 to fill up my car,""I felt just a little bit embarrassed."I paid for it and cleared it all up. It's all paid for now.

David Beckham is incredibly proud of his children and no doubt very excited about the upcoming wedding of his eldest son Brooklyn and his fiancée Nicola Peltz. So he can be forgiven for recently revealing a little secret to his fans – his suit of choice for the big day.MORE: David Beckham shares incredible wedding photo with son BrooklynEarlier this week, Victoria Beckham's husband proudly shared a picture to his 71 million fans on Instagram showing him, his father David and his father-in-law Anthony Adams looking dapper in their wedding attire.WATCH: Brooklyn Beckham divides fans with his speedy poke bowl recipeCaptioning the rare family photo, David wrote: "Creating special memories.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe transition from bedroom pop to one of New York’s biggest stages is not an easy one — the intimate sound and emotions of the loosely defined style are almost the polar opposite of the big gestures and loud volume it takes to fill a major venue. Yet two of the genre’s most popular (and youngest) artists, Clairo and Arlo Parks, did it with ease Thursday night before an impressively full crowd at New York’s historic, 6,000-capacity Radio City Music Hall.Parks, 21 — who is nominated for two 2022 Grammys — is already a major star in her native England and is the more animated performer of the two, although Thursday’s show represented a big step up from her last area performance (at the 650-capacity Music Hall of Williamsburg in September).

Beach House kicked off their US tour in Pittsburgh last night (February 18), and they gave live debuts to a number of tracks from new LP ‘Once Twice Melody’.The Baltimore duo – comprised of Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally – released the follow-up to 2018’s ‘7’ in four separate parts, with the final instalment arriving yesterday.Beach House’s show at Pittsburgh’s Stage AE saw them give multiple songs from the album –  ‘Pink Funeral’, ‘Superstar’, ‘Masquerade’, ‘New Romance’ and the title track – their live debut.You can check out some clips from the show below:‘Once Twice Melody’ (Live debut)‘Silver Soul’‘Dark Spring’‘PPP’‘Pink Funeral’ (Live debut)‘Lazuli’‘Beyond Love’‘Superstar’ (Live debut)‘Bluebird’‘Masquerade’ (Live debut)‘Myth’‘Drunk In LA’‘Take Care’‘New Romance’ (Live debut)‘Somewhere Tonight’‘Girl Of The Year’‘Space Song’‘Lemon Glow’Beach House will kick off a UK and European tour in May; the stint includes a headline performance at the O2 Academy Brixton in London – remaining tickets can he found here.The full schedule is as follows:MAY 202121 – The National Stadium, Dublin23 – Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow24 – Manchester Academy, Manchester26 – O2 Academy Brixton, London28 – De Roma, Antwerp30 – Ancienne Belgique, Brussels31 – L’Olympia, ParisJUNE 20212 – Paloma, Nimes4 – Primavera Sound Festival, Barcelona7 – Carlswerk Victoria, Cologne8 – Columbiahalle, Berlin9 – Falkoner Centre, CopenhagenSpeaking in a recent interview with NME, Beach House singer Victoria Legrand described ‘Once Twice Melody’ as “the most all-consuming album that we’ve ever worked on”.“We became so fully submerged in this universe,” she explained.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorGrammy nominated rapper Jack Harlow, Variety’s Hitmaker cover star, dropped what is presumably the first single from his next album late Thursday: “Nail Tech,” his first new solo release since his major-label debut album “That’s What They All Say,” released 14 months ago.Just hours after it dropped Kanye West took a break from promoting his new streaming service to give the song and Harlow a big (if loaded) cosign: “This n—a can raaaaaaap bro,” West wrote on Instagram. “And I’m saying n—a as a compliment Top 5 out right now.” (Hear the song and watch the video below.)Harlow was quick to respond with effusive thanks.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorDua Lipa has parted ways with her longtime management firm, Ben Mawson and Ed Millet’s TaP Management, a source close to the situation has confirmed to Variety. However, the source says that contrary to other reports, the singer is not currently taking meetings with other management companies, although presumably she will at some point in the future.

Victoria Legrand and ‎Alex Scally‎ have been releasing their eighth studio album Once Twice Melody in installments over the past few months starting in November. Today you can hear the final batch of songs from the 18-track release.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIt’s a fair bet that anyone who clicks on this article does not need a backstory on Woody Guthrie — legendary singer-songwriter, activist, poet, artist, writer of “This Land Is Your Land” and many other standards and the single greatest influence on Bob Dylan and a generation of musicians.But as a stunning, just-opened exhibit at the Morgan Library & Museum shows, there was much more to him than his most well-known songs might indicate. Most striking of all, as manuscripts of his writings show, he was an amazingly deft wordsmith who would have made a hell of a rapper — and many of his verses and casual writings show a rustic, ribald sense of humor that is rarely present, or at least rarely obvious, in most of his songs.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe Clive Davis pre-Grammy gala has been called off for this year, but that’s not stopping the legendary mogul from throwing a big party — his 90 th birthday is April 4, the day after the big show, and he’s throwing a star-studded bash at Casa Cipriani in New York two days later, on Wednesday the 6th, a rep for Davis confirms to Variety. The event is sure to include a guest list that outshines even his famously star-studded pre-Grammy parties — while many of these names are longtime Friends of Clive, the New York Post says invitees include Alicia Keys, Swizz Beatz, David Foster, Katharine McPhee, Pat Houston, David Geffen, and entertainment lawyer Allen Grubman, as well as label heads such as Monte Lipman, Tom Corson, Rob Stringer and Julie Greenwald. Davis wrote on the invite: “I personally hope you will one day be told that the next birthday you celebrate will be your 90th.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorElectronic duo Milkblood have signed with Loud Robot, the record label from JJ Abrams’ company Bad Robot, and dropped their new song and video, “No Mind.” The track is featured in the end credits of the forthcoming film “Uncharted,” starring Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg; the video for “No Mind” highlights scenes from the film.Milkblood consists of music producers Pat Morrisey and David Dahlquist — who have worked with SZA, Hayley Kiyoko, Weezer, Saint Jhn and others — with video director Mike Diva (Doja Cat, Lil Nas X, Run The Jewels).In 2020, Morrisey and Dahlquist launched the group with their debut single “Sick of Being Honest,”  made during lockdown. The video for the track, directed by Mike Diva, has garnered almost 13.8 million views on YouTube to date.According to the announcement: From there, the three creators conceived an entire world-building narrative around Milkblood.