With just a few more weeks to go until Taylor Swift drops her new album The Tortured Poets Department, the anticipation is building — and other music companies are preparing to join the party.
SiriusXM unveiled that they’ll have a Swift-themed station that will play solely her songs. Swifties will also be able to share their stories and love for the pop star. Then, after the album is out, it will play on repeat throughout that weekend.
Here’s how fans can tune in.
How To Listen To Taylor Swift’s Channel 13 (Taylor’s Version) On SiriusXM
SiriusXM will launch their Channel 13 (Taylor’s Version) station on April 7, fittingly 13 days before Swift’s album is released. Fans in North America will be able to listen to it from their cars or the SiriusXM app. It will also only be available until May 6 — but does provide a month worth of pure Swift content.
“The versatility of Taylor’s music and the phenomenal impact she’s had in her career across so many musical genres will be on full display on Channel 13 (Taylor’s Version),” Scott Greenstein, SiriusXM’s President and Chief Content Officer, shared. “We’re all experiencing a legend at work and are so thrilled to work with Taylor to present a one-of-a-kind channel that connects her fans with her extraordinary body of work.”
The Tortured Poets Department is out 4/19 via Republic. Find more information here.
Did you think that the Summer Of Suitswas going to be a 2023 thing? Well, it’s time to call your dry cleaners because Suits is sticking around in 2024! Much like every other cult favorite show, Suits is getting a rewatch podcast, since that seems to be the next logical step until the upcoming spinoffs come to life.
The Suits rewatch podcast will be hosted by Patrick J. Adams and Sarah Rafferty as they break down each episode and share behind-the-scenes info and tidbits, and they are expected to be joined by select cast and crew. We know that one infamous Suits alum has some podcasting experience, but she likely will not appear.
The podcast will be available on SiriusXM, and the duo shared their excitement in a statement (via Deadline): “On the heels of the record-breaking Suits resurgence, it feels like the perfect time to rewatch the show that changed our lives. We are thrilled to collaborate with the incredible team at SiriusXM and look forward to connecting with our friends from the cast and crew, as well as the Suits fans who made it all possible.”
This is just the beginning of the next Suits phase as the upcoming spinoff recently went into production and the flagship series is expected to premiere in the UK later this year. Maybe next they will come out with an actual suit line, just for fun.
The New York Jets had high hopes for the 2023 season with Aaron Rodgers joining the team to give them a star-caliber quarterback for the first time in ages.
Given how well their defense played in 2022, having even league-average quarterback play figured to make them a playoff contender, with the hope that Rodgers could tap into the form that made him a 4-time MVP and give them a chance to compete for a Super Bowl berth. However, the excitement for the Rodgers era lasted all of four plays before the then-39-year-old was sacked and tore his achilles, ending his season on the first drive of his Jets career.
This week, the league sent out paychecks as part of their “performance-based pay system,” which was created to reward players, particularly at premium positions, who make less but play key roles for teams. The money doesn’t count against the cap and allows guys who thrive early as a lower-round or undrafted player to get at least some extra cash for playing well above their pay grade — for example, Brock Purdy nearly doubled his salary last year thanks to the system.
Even though it was designed for those players, everyone is a part of it, including Rodgers, with Adam Schefter bringing word that for his four plays in a Jets uniform, the QB was sent a check for $81 — the lowest payout in the league this year.
Jets QB Aaron Rodgers earned $81.14 through the NFL’s performance-based pay system, the lowest amount among all NFL players last season.
The system rewards all NFL players based on their play time and base salary. If a player has a low base salary but plays a significant number… pic.twitter.com/dldDmr338f
Listen, every bit helps, but it is a bit funny to send a man who made almost $37 million last season a check for $81. Aaron can at least get a lunch or two off of that sudden windfall.
After co-starring with Austin Butler and Barry Keoghan in the Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg-produced Masters Of The Air and playing one of American history’s most reviled figures in Abraham Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth in Manhunt, you could say Irish actor Anthony Boyle is riding a wave. The action verb is key. One can also be carried away by these kinds of waves, right into some bad career choices. But that isn’t going to be Boyle.
My interest in talking with him was partly related to that. How does someone about to break out process the reality of that? We get into that. There’s also the intensity of his on-screen work as Booth, an absolute demon of a man. How did Boyle make such a giant villain digestible? How could he stomach wearing him around for a while? That part of the conversation dips into a really interesting counter to the idea of method and actors who never break character while shooting. That is very much not Boyle’s style, and he breaks down the why not of that perfectly. Also, I may have talked him out of buying a horse and provided a sense of hope that Americans can, occasionally, do a passable Irish accent.
This is a gargantuan monster villain of history. How do you shrink that down and find a way into him as a character?
Always go back to the childhood. The Jesuit priests say, “Show me the boy for the first eight years and I’ll show you the man.” And with Booth, I went back and looked at all these letters that he had. He had all these letters when he was 15 until he’s 26. But before that there’s lots of books written about him. His family were called The Mad Booths of Maryland. They were known as this crazy, eccentric actor family. There’s one bit in the book, which is insane, which is when his one sister dies, his father goes back, his father’s playing Hamlet. He comes back and he digs up his little sister’s corpse. She’s been rotting for a month or two, but turned this on Booth and parades him around the town saying, “She’s fine, John. Tell her she’s fine. Tell her she’s fine.” His childhood was just so fucked. The whole family exhibited really severe mental health issues, but obviously this is 1830, so they were just called eccentric. They were called actors, so no one really knew what was going on.
So yeah, how I got into him, how I humanized him was going back to the childhood, looking at how growing up in that environment would affect someone’s psychology. And a lot of things, a lot of what happens to kids is when severe trauma happens to them the brain breaks in two and you have one version of yourself that that happened to and another version, and it’s a way of protecting yourself to be like, “It happened to him. It didn’t happen to me. I’m Booth, I’m godlike. My mother says I’m going to be special. I’ve got these special hands. I’m God, I’m the most beautiful, I’m the most talented.” This innate narcissism and arrogance thing comes into him.
Is it harder for you to play a character where there is nothing you can identify with, there’s nothing that’s likable about the person? Do you have to sympathize with them in a way?
I don’t like bringing too much of myself into the work in that respect. I like it being something that I step into.
Has that always been the case or is that something that has evolved over time?
I’ve always done that. I’ve always liked performances like that. I’ve always done that or tried to do that. I just enjoy it more and I think I produce better work when I don’t try and make him close to me. If I separate it and step into it, it always feels more interesting.
Obviously, there are schools of thought where some actors do that, some don’t. Is there a part of you that is afraid that it might fuck with your own hard wiring if you get too close? The horror stories about people going a little too method and things of that nature, is that a part of it, that you’re a little concerned about the impact of that on you, the person?
It is an interesting question. I mean, maybe. I’m usually quite good at leaving it at work. I’m usually quite good at once they call cut stepping away, but sometimes you do it and it lingers a little bit because you’re walking around as someone for 12 hours a day.
The shaving scene with Lovie Simone (who plays Mary Simms) is super close, super intense. The threat of violence is… you’re so menacing in that moment and you’re saying some horrible things that I know obviously you don’t feel in your heart. It’s very hard to say to a person that you are working with. When you’re able to separate like that, does it make it easier to do those scenes without feeling the anguish of that physical action of what you’re doing and the actual pain of having done that, even though obviously it’s acting and it’s not real? Is that separation a defense for that?
Yeah, the separation’s easier for that because you’re saying some racist things and no matter what context, you’re acting and everyone is in communion with each other and you know that you’re acting, but you’re still a white person saying the N-word to a black person. That’s still a fact of what’s happening and I think it’s easier if you’re not feeling like yourself in that moment and they’re not feeling themselves in that moment. And if you’re both in the character thing. And it’s also easier if you have a decent relationship with the person and after the take come up to Lovie and hugging her and saying, “Are you okay? How are you?” And checking in. That also helps. I think it doesn’t help if you’re doing that work and you stay in it and you’re not speaking to that person and stuff. I think it helps if at the end of the day to go, “That was tough. Well done.” It’s just humanizing. That makes it feel a little bit easier. She’s such a brilliant actress, man. She’s so good in that scene.
Very good. Yeah. I know you’ve talked about this a bit, but you’ve been in a lot of historical dramas of late. I know you’ve got another one on the horizon. Is that also a genre that you yourself like as a viewer? Or are there other genres that you love that you want to explore?
I just watch reality TV. I don’t watch any prestige period dramas. I just watch Love On The Spectrum, Down With Love, anything that’s just nice, anything that it’s good fun. (Laughs) I watch a lot of quiz shows. There’s a quiz show in England called The Chase.
Do you try to keep up? Is it a spectator sport or do you actually try to participate?
I play it with people. It’ll be on the TV and I’ll go, “Capital of France, Paris!” and try and count them and beat the other people in the room.
How does a project like this imprint on you? What’s the lesson you take away? Maybe it’s a lesson about villainy. I’m just curious about how these things change you. As you said, there’s a separation between you and the role, but anything you put your passion into is going to change you.
How has it changed me? I mean, I learned how to ride a horse for Booth, and I’ve been riding horses ever since. My mate’s uncle tried to sell me a horse a couple of days ago.
Are you going to buy it?
I don’t know, I mean, it’s $3,500, but then the horse stays in his stables and I’m like, “Wait, so I’m just going to give you $3,500 and then you just have a horse.” I’m not sure.
I used to own a horse — well, my wife did, but it was quite the upkeep. It’s like buying an old house. There’s always a vet bill. I’m not anti-horse. I’m just saying it’s an investment. But you do get to say that you have a horse. That’s a good conversation starter.
That’s all I got though.
Get a picture. It’s like people with kids, you just say, “This is my horse,” and you come up with a charming name and it works.
(Laughs) Yeah, yeah. So I don’t know if I’m going to buy it because, I mean, it is in Donegal and when I live in Ireland, I’m like an hour away from Donegal. I don’t know, it’s a different thing. But yeah, maybe I might buy a horse.
What I took away from Manhunt was horse riding and I don’t ever think I take away too much like parables that I can transfer into my life or whatever. It is very rare that it changes the molecular structure of me as a human being.
Is that because the structure of you is in a really good place and you just like where you are?
I feel like I know who I am and I’ve always just known who I am. Doing a role, I don’t come away with a big life lesson. I usually come away with amazing experiences and loads of new friends and I really love doing it. But it’s very rare that I’ll come away from a job and go like, “Wow, that’s changed me. I’m going to now become a monk.” You know what I mean?
I’ve seen things where people are saying, “You’re the Internet’s next Irish boyfriend.” Or that you’re, “going to blow up” and all this stuff, all the buzz. All very helpful when you’re promoting a show. But is there a pressure felt by you where it influences how you pick your next project and you feel like, “Okay, well, I need to really capitalize on this,” or are you just going about things the same way you always have?
No, I’m going to do a small, independent movie next. There may be pressure from other people on me. But I am just always going to follow the role, the character, the writing. As you say, all that stuff’s helpful when you’re promoting something. But I don’t pay any mind to it. I’m just going to keep doing what I’m doing and keep working away and yeah, I just like the work, man. I just really like it.
You’ve had a couple of roles where you’ve channeled the American accent. How do you find that? Is that a product of pop culture? Is that a product of speech coaches?
Watching The Simpsons every day after school, listening to Kanye West growing up. Yeah, we constantly have the American accent in our ear. You come home and Friends is on the TV, the movies that you’re watching, you’re watching Scorsese or whatever. We constantly have an American accent just in our ear. So I think it’s easier for Irish actors to do the American accent more than it would be for an American to jump into, say a Belfast accent.
So I do voices, but I can’t do a voice to somebody who does the voice. I will literally stop breathing if I try it. I don’t know what it is.
Come on, give me a Belfast. Come on.
(Shames ancestors by doing a mildly passable Irish accent) “All right, come on give me a Belfast. Come on.”
That’s good!
That’s as close as I can do. It’s not bad. That is impressive that you got me to do that.
I’m actually impressed. I work with a lot of American actors that can’t get close, so I’m very impressed, man. That was good, bro. Genuinely.
This was great. I really appreciate it. If I get to talk to you again, we will talk about the horse. I want to know an update on the horse.
I’ll give you an update on the horse.
And I’ll do the whole interview in an Irish accent.
I look forward to it.
New episodes of ‘Manhunt’ release on Apple TV+ every Friday
American-born TikTok user Kayleigh Donahue is going viral on the platform because of her unflinching take on why it was a mistake for her to move back to the U.S. after spending 4 years in Ireland.
She now lives in the Boston area.
Kayleigh moved back to the U.S. from Ireland to make more money, but that didn’t go as planned. Even though she got paid more, the cost of living was so much higher that she saved less money than she did in Ireland. She also missed the generous number of vacation days she got in Europe as compared to America.
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“Basically, I really got sucked into the American Dream way of living when I was abroad, which is funny because I loved living abroad,” Kayleigh said. “But you know, making more money, that’s enticing. Good job, that’s enticing. It’s not true. It used to be. It definitely used to be. You could come here and make a ton of money, make a great life for yourself. But the younger generation today, in this country — screwed. It’s literally all a lie that is sold to you. It’s such a struggle, and the older generation doesn’t seem to see how much of a struggle it is for the younger generation here.”
In the end, who wants to work harder for a lower quality of life?
“Needless to say, I will most likely be moving back to Europe where 20-plus days of paid vacation a year is literally the law, and I will make less money, but somehow, you know, the cost of living is lower there and I can save more,” Kayleigh concluded the video.
It’s always amazing to see kids develop their talents through play. A lot of times kids move on quickly from one interest to another continuing to explore their interests while having fun. But every once in a while, parents discover not only a new talent that is suddenly unlocked, but one that they continue to be interested in beyond a fun few weeks.
One preschooler is taking the internet by storm with his incredible acting skills. Jordan Sunshine, who’s only 4-years-old has racked up nearly 100K followers with the skits he does. In a recently uploaded video, Jordan pantomimed a skit from “Madea’s Family Reunion, playing all the characters complete with outfit changes.
The video starts off as Jordan dressed as Nikki, who was played by a young KeKe Palmer in the film. Then comes Madea, also played by Jordan and Uncle Joe, sporting a white mustache with matching white hair.
The little boy’s facial expressions and perfect lip-syncing to the audio makes for an entertaining few minutes. Commenters cannot get enough of the talent this kid displays at such a young age. With Jordan being so young with a longer Afro, commenters confuse him for a girl, but his mom assures people that he’s a boy in a reply.
“This is amazing.. I can’t remember nothing and she got down,” someone writes.
“These children are great with their acting skills,” another says.
“This kid is phenomenally talented, mummy don’t waste that talent please and thanks,” one person advises.
“This little baby’s pantomiming skills are better than some professionals,” someone praises.
Jordan definitely has an immense amount of talent for someone so little. The best part is that he’s having fun while he’s doing it. Watch the him put his talent on display below.
In a video resurfaced from 2009, we see Lithuanian composer and conductor Mindaugas Piecaitis leading the Klaipeda Chamber Orchestra in an original piece composed by him…and Nora the Piano Cat. A large screen hanging behind the orchestra shows Nora at the piano, waiting through the orchestral introduction with her paws on the keys before finally beginning to play her part of the CATcerto.
Of course, we can see that the piece has been composed around Nora’s notes and not the other way around, but the effect is extraordinary. Nora is making music, and Piecaitis has embellished and illuminated it with his expert artistic ear.
The piece is a musical journey, from a slow haunt to an upbeat romp and several layers in between. If you close your eyes, you might not even realize the piano is being played by a cat. Even the dissonant chords sound good with Piecaitis arrangement, and it’s an impressive feat both for the cat and the composer. (Piecaitis even got to go meet with Nora in person a few years after their collaborative performance. And of course, in typical cat fashion, she only played a couple of notes for him. Nobody can make a cat do anything, including play the piano, which makes Nora’s videos all the more delightful.)
Watch and enjoy:
Sadly, Nora crossed the rainbow bridge in February of 2024, after a good, long 19 years with her humans, Betsy and Burnell. As the couple tells it, Nora had been a rescue cat, and one day they heard some repeated notes coming from the piano. The piano playing became a regular hobby for the gray tabby, and after one of Betsy’s piano students suggested she share Nora’s special talents on YouTube, she became one of the earliest viral video stars.
The “CATcerto” is but one of many Nora the Piano Cat creations, which span from books to artwork, and she’s even the main character in an upcoming animated children’s show.
“She may be an animated character now and she will live on, but she was real,” Betsy told ABC 6 News in Philadelphia. “I just think she wanted to send a message about the importance of music and creativity in the world and I think she will inspire a whole generation of young musicians and artists.”
Who wouldn’t be inspired by a sweet kitty plunking away on the piano with her paws? Watch Nora’s humans describe what she meant to them and the series that’s currently in the works:
A gay man is getting some love for the way he handled a straight woman at a bar who behaved rather entitled towards him. A Reddit user named KineticVibes was out with his friends when he noticed a woman trying to get his attention.
“I (25M) was out with friends last night and we went to a bar. This girl made eye contact with me when I walked in and I smiled at her. Me being a gay man I thought nothing of it,” KineticVibes wrote.
The woman approached him after realizing he wasn’t reacting to her flirtations from across the bar. “About 20 minutes later, the same girl walks up to my friends and me, and it’s clear she is very drunk and says to me, ‘Do you want to buy me a drink?’ To which I replied, ‘No, sorry, I’m here just to hang with my friends,’” he continued.
She was clearly taking an aggressive approach by walking up and asking him to buy her a drink. Why didn’t she just ask what he was drinking and buy him a drink instead? She also unintentionally put him in a very uncomfortable spot because he didn’t want to tell her he was gay.
Even though it’s 2024 and people are a lot more accepting of people’s sexuality, you never know when a drunk person in the bar will have a problem with someone being gay and try to start a fight. “I am still not totally comfortable telling any old stranger on first meeting that I’m gay—so this seemed like the best course of action for me,” KineticVibes wrote.
Even though he was polite, the girl kept prodding him.
“She looks rejected and a bit frustrated now behind her glossy eyes and says, ‘A pretty girl wants to drink with you and you say no?’ Now I’m getting frustrated, and I kind of snap and say, ‘Well, I’m gay, so pretty girls don’t work on me.’”
“She snarkily laughs and says, ‘Well, if you ever decide to date women, let me know,’ to which I very snappily reply, ‘If you ever decide to become a man, let me know,’” KineticVibes said. The quick-witted response made his friends a bit uncomfortable.
“You could tell it embarrassed her and my friends all kind of got mad at me, saying that I should have patience and be nicer,” he concluded the story.
But did he need to be nicer to the woman? She tried to make eye contact, but he didn’t respond. Then she asked him to buy her a drink, to which he said no, politely. She then doubled down and asked why he wouldn’t buy one for her because she was pretty. Just about everyone in the comments on the story thinks he did the right thing by responding to her snark with a bit of sass. “I would’ve bought you a drink after that. Handling with humor 10/10,” A_Bull_Nuts responded.
Others thought the woman acted entitled by demanding a drink and got what she deserved. “If she was a dude, people would call her an incel for behaving like she’s entitled to anyone’s attention. It’s not cute when dudes do it. It’s not cute when dudettes do it,” NotSoBunny wrote.
“This is what I came here to say… She reeks of entitlement! She put herself out there and got shot down and then doubled down. She may not be a man, but she’s got a huge set of balls demanding a stranger pay her way,” formiddabble-opponent added.
We like to think that our fur babies have their own completely unique and individual personality. But just ask any veterinarian that spends all day interacting with a variety of animals—and they’ll tell you that each breed tends to have its own set of quirks.
Just take it from Dr. Molly Brinkmann, who is delighting viewers on TikTok with her spot-on impressions of the different pet breeds that check into her office on a regular basis. She not only nailed the stereotypical attitude of each breed, but what they are most likely going to need a vet visit for in the first place.
First, there’s always upbeat, if not a little derpy Labrador or Golden Retriever who comes in without a care in the world. These dogs are most likely in for eating something they should have. In this pretend dog’s case, it’s socks.
“I ate some socks the other day, like 12 of them…but I really do feel fine!” Brinkmann says.
The nervous German Shepard, on the other hand, is having a “butt problem.” Yup that checks out.
Meanwhile an Aussie who bursts through the door has been running for 45 miles a day, and can’t stop despite having an injury. “I need to know how I can fix this ASAP.”
Then, a poor little anxious Doodle comes in with an emotional support toy while coming in for itchy ears, followed by a prim and proper Cavalier who requests that the vet not mess up their freshly done hair while getting their “anal glands expressed.”
Lastly a French Bulldog comes in with all the problems— itchy skin, a sore back leg, watery eyes and quite possibly a urinary tract infection. This dog comes to the vet so often that it gets a frequent flier card.
All in all, pet parents felt like Brinkmann’s impressions were flawlessly accurate. Not to mention hilarious.
“My golden ate an entire pan of brownie and we had to get his stomach pumped. He was thrilled and cheerful through the whole ordeal,” one person wrote.
“If you don’t like having money, get a bulldog!” chimed another.
For round two, Brinkmann got even further into character as she portrayed everything from a snippy Chihuahua who’s miffed to be waiting for three minutes to a forgetful Bernese Mountain Dog who cannot get it together as they rummage through their purse for an insurance card (not sure is Brinkmann is making a point about Bernese Mountain Dogs here, or Bernese Mountain Dog owners).
And yes, she finally threw a “spicy cat” into the mix. Complete with shades, knife, and attitude.
In fact, Brinkmann did yet another follow-up video focused solely on her cat patients.
There’s the Tuxedo cat who can’t sit still, the male orange cat who acts like he owns the place and constantly flirts, the Persian with resting frown face, the hot-tempered Tortie who trusts no one and the forever-kitten Bengal who has no idea how to use its inside voice.
Looks like Brinkmann has been having fun with vet impressions for a while now. Her TikTok account is filled with videos showing how different breeds act at Christmas parties, amusement parks, getting groomed, greeting their owners at the door, you name it. And while there is a lot of dog content, she doesn’t leave the kitties out. And it’s clear she has equal love for every breed she impersonates.
For more adorable pet impressions, you can find Brinkmann’s TikTok here.
One of my favorite things about GloRilla is her running joke about being “thick.” Obviously the Memphis trickster is very petite (despite recently adding some… ahem… size up top), but talks herself up like she’s draggin’ a wagon, and honestly, we should all be that confident. Even when Glo is standing next to “the best ass on Instagram,” Megan Thee Stallion, she never breaks kayfabe, twerking it out with Meg like they’re identical twins.
Glo even captioned a video in which they do just that while previewing a new collaboration “Me and Meg Thick AF!!!” The song, meanwhile, is an absolute scorcher, with the two rappers hyping each other up: “Go Meg! Go Meg! Go Meg! Go Meg!” goes Glo. “Get ’em Glo! Get ’em Glo! Get ’em Glo! Get ’em Glo!” Meg shoots back. Yeah, this one is going Looney Tunes on the apps when it drops — which it will probably do on GloRilla’s new mixtape, EhhThang EhhThang, which drops this Friday, April 5.
Now that Glo has a song with Megan and both Glo and Megan have songs with Cardi B and all three have songs with Latto, how far away do you think we are from a female rap Avengers teaming up to save hip-hop and finally give us that “Ladies’ Night” remake we’ve all been clamoring for for the last six years? I’d say about six months, maybe. You can check out the preview of GloRilla and Megan Thee Stallion’s new song above.
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