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Keeping track of all the new albums coming out in a given month is a big job, but we’re up for it: Below is a comprehensive list of the major releases you can look forward to in April. If you’re not trying to potentially miss out on anything, it might be a good idea to keep reading.

Friday, April 4

• Anika — Abyss (Sacred Bones)
• Ant — Collection of Sounds: Volume 4 (Rhymesayers)
• Babe Rainbow — Slipper imp and shakaerator (P(doom) Records)
• Black Country, New Road — Forever Howlong (Ninja Tune)
• Bnny — One Million and Three Love Songs (Fire Talk)
• Buffet Lunch — Perfect Hit! (Upset The Rhythm)
• Cameron Knowler — CRK (Cameron Knowler)
• Coffin Prick — Loose Enchantment (Temporal Drift)
• Craig Finn — Always Been (Tamarac Recordings/Thirty Tigers)
• Daniel Kleederman — Another Life (Many Hats Distribution)
• Dirty Projectors and Stargaze — Songs of the Earth (Nonesuch/New Amsterdam)
• DJ Koze — Music Can Hear Us (Pampa Records)
• Djo — The Crux (AWAL)
• duendita — a strong desire to survive (10k)
• Elton John and Brandi Carlile — Who Believes In Angels? (Island EMI Records)
• Fugue State — In the Lurch (Strange Mono)
• Glare — Sunset Funeral (Deathwish Inc./Sunday Drive Records)
• Grace VanderWaal — Childstar (Pulse Records)
• Heaven — Dream Aloud (Telepathic Love Records)
• Hiromi — OUT THERE (Concord)
• Hyldon and Adrian Younge — HYLDON JID023 (Jazz is Dead)
• Jessy J — Terranova (Changi Records)
• L.A. Guns — Leopard Skin (Cleopatra Records)
• L.A. WITCH — DOGGOD (Suicide Squeeze)
• Lawrence Hart — Come In Out of the Rain (Domino)
• Lily Seabird — Trash Mountain (Lame-O Records)
• Linying — Swim, Swim (Nettwerk)
• Malcom Todd — Malcolm Todd (Columbia)
• Maz — NPC EP (Winspear)
• Mekons — Horror (Fire Records)
• Melanie Fiona — Say Yes EP (Public Records/COLTURE/Title 9)
• Miki Berenyi Trio — Tripla (Bella Union)
• Momma — Welcome to the My Blue Sky (Lucky Number)
• Panchiko — Ginkgo (Nettwerk)
• Penelope Trappes — A Requiem (One Little Independent Records)
• Perennial — Perennial ’65 EP (Ernest Jenning Record Co.)
• Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs — Death Hilarious (Missing Piece Records)
• Roomer — Leaving It All To Chance (Squama)
• Sarah Mary Chadwick — Take Me To a Bar / What Am I, Gatsby? (Kill Rock Stars)
• Scowl — Are We All Angels (Dead Oceans)
• Simona — Astuta (Pack Records/Create Music Group)
• Sister Ray — Believer (Royal Mountain Records)
• Sleigh Bells — Bunky Becky Birthday Boy (Mom + Pop)
• SYML — Nobody Lives Here (Nettwerk)
• The Waterboys — Life, Death And Dennis Hopper (Sun Label Group)
• Wet — Two Lives (30SF)
• Will Johnson — Diamond City (Keeled Scales)
• Yann Tiersen — Rathlin from a Distance | The Liquid Hour (Mute)
• young friend — motorcycle sound effects (Nettwerk)

Friday, April 11

• Abbey Cone — Greener (Abbey Cone)
• The Album Leaf — Rotations (Nettwerk)
• Bedridden — Moths Strapped To Each Other’s Backs (Julia’s War Recordings)
• Bjørn Riis — Fimbulvinter (Karisma Records)
• Bon Iver — SABLE, fABLE (Jagjaguwar)
• Bootsy Collins — Album of the Year #1 Funkateer (Bootzilla Records)
• Clutter — Loves You EP (PNKSLM Recordings)
• Daughter of Swords — Alex (Psychic Hotline)
• The Driver Era — Obsession (Kartel Music Group)
• Fancy Hagood — American Spirit: The Last Drag (Fancy Hagood Enterprises)
• fantasy of a broken heart — Chaos Practitioner EP (Dots Per Inch)
• Galactic and Irma Thomas — Audience with the Queen (Tchoup-Zilla Records)
• Gerald Clayton — Ones & Twos (Blue Note)
• Jon Pardi — Honytonk Hollywood (UMG)
• Joni — Things I Left Behind (Hand In Hive)
• Leatherman — Turn You On (This Charming Man Records)
• Lullahush — Ithaca (Future Classic)
• Magnolia Park — VAMP (Epitaph)
• Maria Usbeck — Naturaleza (Cascine)
• The Mars Volta — Lucro Sucio; Los Ojos Del Vacio (Clouds Hill)
• Nell Smith — Anxious (Bella Union)
• Nellie McKay — Hey Guys, Watch This (Omnivore)
• OK Go — And the Adjacent Possible (Paracadute)
• Ribbon Skirt — Bite Down (Mint Records)
• Röyksopp — True Electric (Dog Triumph)
• set dressing — i can’t be alone tonight EP (Fire Talk)
• Sons of Ra — Standard Deviation (Free Electric Sound)
• Spin Doctors — Face Full of Cake (UMG)
• Tapeworms — Grand Voyage (P-VINE)
• Teen Mortgage — Devil Ultrasonic Dream (Roadrunner)
• Trousdale — Growing Pains (Zula Records)
• Valerie June — Owls, Omens, and Oracles (Concord)

Saturday, April 12 (Record Store Day 2025)

Find the full list of Record Store Day 2025 releases here.

Friday, April 18

• A Bigger Mouth — Band Stand (Practise Music)
• Adrian Younge — Something About April III (Linear Labs)
• Beirut — A Study of Losses (Pompeii Recording Co)
• The Convenience — Like Cartoon Vampires (Winspear)
• Cumulus — We’ve Got It All (Share It Music)
• Divide and Dissolve — Insatiable (Bella Union)
• Domino Kirke — The Most Familiar Star (Many Hats Distribution)
• Iron Lung — Adapting // Crawling (Iron Lung Records)
• JP Saxe — Articulate Excuses (Arista Records)
• Julien Baker & Torres — Send a Prayer My Way (Matador)
• Little Barrie & Malcolm Catto — Electric War (Easy Eye Sound)
• Lostboycrow — The Sound of God Laughing (Nettwerk)
• Mayday Parade — Sweet (Many Hats)
• Melvins 1983 — Thunderball (Ipecac Recordings)
• MIEN — MIIEN (Fuzz Club)
• Neil Young — Coastal: The Soundtrack (Reprise)
• Pigeons Playing Ping Pong — Live at The Capitol Theatre (No Coincidence Records)
• Quade — The Foel Tower (AD 93)
• quickly, quickly — I Heard That Noise (Ghostly International)
• Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson — What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow (Nonesuch)
• Rocket — Versions of You EP (Transgressive)
• Scrounge — Almost Like You Could (Ba Da Bing!)
• Soft Play — Heavier Jelly (Heavy Jelly)
• Superheaven — Superheaven (Blue Grape Music)
• Tunde Adebimpe — Thee Black Boltz (Sub Pop)
• Taylor Rae — The Void (Missing Piece Records)

Friday, April 25

• Beach Bunny — Tunnel Vision (AWAL)
• Bells Larsen — Blurring Time (Royal Mountain Records)
• Big Wett — Risk It (Play It Again Sam)
• Billy Idol — Dream Into It (Dark Horse Records/BMG)
• Cloth — Pink Silence (Rock Action)
• Coco Jones — Why Not More? (Def Jam)
• Cosmic Cathedral — Deep Water (InsideOutMusic)
• d4vd — Withered (Darkroom/Interscope)
• DeathbyRomy– Hollywood Forever (DeathbyRomy)
• Deerhoof — Noble and Godlike in Ruin (Joyful Noise Recordings)
• Eliana Glass — E (Shelter Press)
• Emma-Jean Thackray — Weirdo (Brownswood Recordings)
• Femi Kuti — Journey Through Life (Partisan Records)
• Fib — Heavy Lifting (Julia’s War Recordings)
• Fly Anakin — (The) Forever Dream (Lex Records)
• Ghost — Skeletá (Loma Vista)
• The Golden Dregs — Godspeed (End Of The Road)
• Hannah Rose Platt — Fragile Creatures (Xtra Mile Recordings)
• H.E.A.T — Welcome to the Future (earMUSIC)
• JakoJako — Tết 41 (Mute)
• Jawdropped — Just Fantasy EP (Fire Talk)
• Jeff Goldblum And The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra — Still Blooming (Decca)
• Jensen McRae — I Don’t Know How But They Found Me! (Dead Oceans)
• Joan Osborne — Dylanology Live (Megaforce)
• Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen — The Bywater Sessions (FHQ Records)
• Ledisi — The Crown (Listen Back Entertainment)
• Luke Titus — From What Was Will Grow A Flower (Sooper Records)
• Lyn Lapid — Buzzkill (Mercury Records)
• Luke Spiller — Love Will Probably Kill Me Before Cigarettes and Wine (Big Machine)
• Maria Somerville — Luster (4AD)
• Monk — Dark Side of the Mind EP (Dine Alone Music)
• The Moonlandingz — No Rocket Required (Transgressive)
• The Opheilas — Spring Grove (Get Better Records)
• Patrick Wolf — Crying the Neck (Apport)
• Prima Queen — The Prize (Submarine Cat Records)
• Rodeo Boys — Junior (Don Giovanni Records)
• Roi Turbo — Bazooka EP (Maison Records)
• Salami Rose Joe Louis — Lorings (Brainfeeder)
• Samantha Fish — Paper Doll (Rounder Records)
• Samia — Bloodless (Grand Jury Music)
• Self Esteem — A Complicated Woman (Universal)
• Slow Leaves — In Solitude, For Company (Birthday Cake Records)
• Soft Loft — Modern Roses EP ([PIAS])
• Smokey Robinson — What The World Needs Now (Gaither Music Group)
• Stereophonics — ‘Make ’em Laugh, Make ’em Cry, Make ’em Wait’ (The Stereophonics Limited)
• Sumac and Moor Mother — The Film (Thrill Jockey Records)
• Sunflower Bean — Mortal Primetime (Lucky Number)
• Tennis — Face Down in the Garden (Mutually Detrimental)
• Tucker Wetmore — What Not To (Back Blocks Music)
• Um, Jennifer? — Um Comma Jennifer Question Mark (Final Girl Records)
• Uwade — Florilegium (Ehiose Records)
• Vendredi sur Mer — Malabar Princess (A+LSO)
• Viagra Boys — Viagr Aboys (Shrimptech Enterprises)
• William Tyler — Time Indefinite (Psychic Hotline)
• Willie Nelson — Oh What A Beautiful World (Legacy)
• Wishy — Planet Popstar EP (Winspear)

Taylor Sheridan can seemingly do no wrong on TV. Although he put his main Yellowstone series out to pasture and 1923 will also soon end, The Madison will continue that universe later this year, and Sheridan has a buffet of standalone series to keep his Paramount Plus fires burning. That crop’s (arguably) most well-received example would be Landman, which was the subject of intense renewal speculation until, finally, the cat fell out of the bag, so let’s talk about what could be burning on the oil field for the second season.

Cast

First thing’s first, Billy Bob Thornton will be back as Tommy Norton, but Jon Hamm will not return as Monty Miller, who has been confirmed dead by series-co-creator Christian Wallace. Although Hamm will be missed, those who cannot resist those enduring Don Draper vibes can still find him on Apple TV+, where his soon-to-premiere Your Friends & Neighbors series has already been renewed.

Hamm’s departure paves the way for Demi Moore’s Cami role to be expanded after her oil-tycoon husband’s demise. She will be sporting “running” shoes, too, from the looks of a casting notice that seeks “someone to serve as Demi Moore’s ‘running double on camera,’” so get ready for Action Cami.

And big if true: Former 1883 star Sam Elliott will reportedly (according to Matt Belloni’s Puck newsletter) join the cast in an undisclosed role.

Returning central cast members will include Michelle Randolph as Tommy’s daughter, Ainsley, and Ali Larter, as Tommy’s ex-and-current flame/wife, Angela. Jacob Lofland will also come back as Cooper, who quickly proved that he has what it takes to go his own way, professionally speaking.

Sadly, we obviously will not be seeing more of Michael Peña on Landman, but we can likely count on returns from Paulina Chávez, Kayla Wallace, Andy Garcia, and James Jordan.

Casting notices also went out for a variety of extras, including dozens of roughnecks, paramedics, and “beautiful young ladies” (age 22-30) “to appear at an event, interacting closely with wealthy men in a scene.” Filming for these roles will take place throughout North Texas and the Fort Worth area.

Plot

Despite Taylor Sheridan’s secretive ways, clues were bound to slip out. A Fort Worth newspaper read the tea leaves (more casting notices) and concluded that filming began in March. That dovetails with Billy Bob Thornton’s pre-renewal guess that March would be the magic month, and we can expect Tommy to take over Monty Miller’s position at M-Tex Oil. That switch-up was noted by Hamm during a post-finale interview with Hollywood Reporter:

“That’s going to be Billy Bob’s thing [ahead] – heavy is the head that wears the crown, so to speak. That stuff is true and I think his journey through not only the time on the show but the rest of his life is: careful what you wish for. I think he’s definitely found that with his relationship with Angela [his reconciled ex-wife played by Ali Larter], and I think his relationship with his son [Cooper, played by Jacob Lofland] and daughter [Aynsley, played by Michelle Randolph] are really going to be burdens for him to manage as well.”

As for how Tommy will handle these additional stressors, Thornton suggested to Variety that Tommy’s resistance to his new role will be futile:

“Tommy would much rather be out there doing what he’s been doing, but unfortunately, under these circumstances, it’s the right thing to do … he also certainly never wanted to be some type of executive person – it’s against his nature. So I don’t think that Tommy is going to stop being a landman. I don’t know this for a fact, but I know the character — and I know I sure wouldn’t stop.”

Additionally, we can expect Tommy to further tangle with Andy Garcia’s cartel boss, Galino, whether that means they are working as partners or adversaries. On that note, Thornton did joke, “I think Taylor is trying to kill me … He had me beat up at the beginning and beat up at the end. At least he let me throw a few punches myself there in the middle.” And surely, his family dynamics will be a source of metaphorical punching in the next season, too.

Release Date

Taylor Sheridan generally accomplishes quick turnarounds once filming really gets cranking, so we can probably expect Landman to return in early 2026. Hell, late 2025 is also possible in a show without fancy-pants effects.

Trailer

Since no trailer exists yet, this compilation video of Tommy/Ainsley’s father-daughter moments (including *that* viral joke) should suffice.

It’s been four long years Turnstile toured the world behind Glow On, one of 2021’s best albums. But it appears the hardcore band will have some new music out soon.

“THE BOYS ARE BACK,” a fan wrote on the Turnstile subreddit, along with a photo of a billboard in the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles that reads “Never Enough Turnstile.” There’s also a date: June 6. That’s hopefully when the new album — or at least a song — will drop. It’s not just boys who are back, though: as noted by Stereogum, the billboard seems to confirm that Meg Mills, who has played with Turnstile as a touring guitarist, is now a full-time member.

“We made a lot of ill new relationships with people,” singer Brendan Yates told Uproxx about the success of Glow On. “We’re just thankful that we were fortunate enough for them to hear the record, and the record did the work. The word of mouth has been very strong.” He added, “We’ve been really fortunate enough to run into people that are real ones lately,” he adds. “And the ones that we’ve been holding on to for a long time have been riding with us for like a decade now. So it’s solid.”

You can see the Turnstile billboard here.

You nearly withered on the vine as a Lifetime show and then miraculously found new life (and death) on Netflix for four more seasons. Joe Goldberg got away with murder, globe trotted, and framed Dr. Nicky for that entire time, but get ready to meet reality. Or not?

For his final magic trick, Stalker Joe decided that it was a marvelous idea to come back to his old stomping grounds, and we can only assume that his New York welcome home will not go as planned. Penn Badgley’s serial killer character will be haunted and, if everything goes well, also hunted, and Cardi B. made clear that she is here to watch Joe’s final round. Maybe he’ll even get what he deserves. Soon, it will be time to watch this happen.

When Does You Season 5 Come Out?

April 24. Watch your back, Joe Goldberg.

The closing roster of characters will include Joe’s current wife, Kate (Charlotte Ritchie), and her various siblings, portrayed by Anna Camp and Griffin Matthews. Nava Mau joins as a detective, and Madeline Brewer will help Joe reopen Mooney’s bookshop as his employee and potential victim.

In all likelihood, we will see some flashes of Beck (Elizabeth Lail), Candace (Ambyr Childers), and Love (Victoria Pedretti). And don’t forget about Marienne (Tati Gabrielle), who is still alive. Is it too much to wish upon John Stamos to return as Dr. Nicky?

Perhaps, but I’ll never stop rooting for justice to happen on You.

Today is April Fools’ Day, the day when you can’t trust anything you see on the internet. (That’s maybe not the best description because by that logic, every day is April Fools’ Day.) Companies love to get a good gag in for April Fools’, and they usually fall in one of two categories: a stunt that attempts to deceive, or a stunt that’s just silly and fun. NPR Music went with the latter approach this year, by sharing a new Tiny Desk Concert from… Kevin Hart.

As his rap alias Chocolate Droppa (or rather, “Kevin Hart” is Droppa’s alter ego, per NPR), Hart and a backing band delivered a ten-minute, four-song set consisting of “ATL RAP,” “West Coast,” “Love Song,” and “Don’t F*ck With Dem.” During the first break between songs, Hart insisted the whole set it “off the dome.”

Hart fans know that Chocolate Droppa is nothing new. Under the alias, Hart released an album — Kevin Hart: What Now? (The Mixtape Presents Chocolate Droppa), to accompany his stand-up special Kevin Hart: What Now? — in 2016. He got some real firepower to contribute to the project, as collaborators include Lil Yachty, Nick Jonas, T.I., Migos, Trey Songz, Big Sean, 2 Chains, Metro Boomin, Wale, PnB Rock, and many others.

Check out the Tiny Desk Concert above.

Spring has supposedly sprung, and the streaming services are more than happy to oblige if you’re doing the seasonal cleaning thing. Let’s get real, though, there’s a good chance that you are browsing this list after the Reacher and Severance finales and could use some bingewatching distractions while waiting for more. So, don’t let my introductory chatter stop you from diving into this incoming sea of seasons in order of their releases.

Here are the must-see shows for April 2025.

Pulse: Season 1 (Netflix series 4/1)

Willa Fitzgerald (Reacher) and Jessie T. Usher (The Boys) star in this medical drama that should appeal to The Pitt viewers. Literally heart-pounding action will revolve around a Level 1 Trauma Center, where residents still somehow have time to get randy. Additionally, the customary life-or-death situations will be further complicated by a natural disaster. No matter how much stress comes down the professional line, however, expect these fledgling doctors’ personal lives to deliver even more messiness.

The Bondsman: Season 1 (Prime Video/Amazon series 4/1)

Kevin Bacon stars as a demon-hunting bounty hunter in this series that turns horror conventions on their heads. He portrays Hub Halloran, who rises from the grave with regrets involving love and lost musical dreams. Perhaps one of those missed goals is within his grasp, but he’ll have to keep the Devil satisfied while getting his country groove back on during spare moments. This show looks like a hellaciously fun time, and few people can say no to Bacon.

The Handmaid’s Tale: Season 6 (Hulu series 4/8)

Gilead’s Most Wanted is gearing up to make a final push for the resistance in the Elisabeth Moss-starring Hulu flagship series. The above trailer teases a new “reformer” phase for Serena Joy while June and her fellow rebels are gearing up to make sure that Commander Lawrence regrets this entire sordid societal experiment. In the meantime, series creator Bruce Miller has moved aside as showrunner, so that he can develop follow-up series The Testaments, which will be based upon Margaret Atwood’s companion novel.

Hacks: Season 4 (Max series 4/10)

Comedy queens Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder return as Deborah and Ava, respectively, to make the most of Ava’s awe-inspiring turning of the tables in the most recent season finale. In the process, the pair will have to work for the survival of Deborah’s new late night show. Of course, Ava only believes that she “beat [Deborah] at her own game,” as revealed in the above trailer, and expect this further meeting of the minds to get ugly. Hold on, Ava, you’re in for more than you ever imagined.

Black Mirror: Season 7 (Netflix series 4/10)

The technological nightmare continues with a new supply of terrorized characters portrayed by Paul Giamatti, Emma Corrin, Rashida Jones, Chris O’Dowd, Issa Rae, Billy Magnussen, and Harriet Walter, for starters. The Penguin‘s Cristin Milioti also reprises her Nanette Cole role in a followup to the infamous, Twilight Zone-inspired “USS Callister” episode, but don’t expect to see Jesse Plemons because, well, you know.

The Last of Us: Season 2 (HBO series 4/13)

The acclaimed video-game adaptation returns with Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey back as Joel and Ellie following their quest through the Cordyceps-afflicted United States. They will be joined by Kaitlyn Dever as Abby, and ideally, the toxic fandom can give it a rest and actually focus on the experience of watching these survivors thrive even while inside and outside peril continues.

Government Cheese: Season 1 (Apple TV+ series 4/16)

Prepare for the surreal in this 1969-set comedy series that heads into San Fernando Valley. An unconventional “family” has come together, which shatters the coming-home dreams of David Oyelowo’s character, Hampton Chambers, after he leaves prison. In response, Hampton fires up even more chaos, which adds up to a storytelling gamble from creators Paul Hunter and Aeysha Carr as Apple TV+ beefs up its comedy roster that recently includes hits like Shrinking, Bad Monkey, and Platonic and will bring back Ted Lasso for another Jason Sudeikis-infused season.

Law & Order: Organized Crime: Season 5 (Peacock series 4/17)

Excellent news: following a too-long official renewal wait, Elliot Stabler can now utter “the F-word” while letting his hotheaded self fly in between pursuing baddies within the criminal underworld. This season will pick up with Stabler attempting to maneuver away from crime-family vengeance after events in Rome while high-tech terrorism is threatening to explode stateside, and at some point, Olivia Benson will surface. As has become customary with this series, the overarching story of this show will be fueled by longer-running arcs, which should be better served in its new streaming home.

Ransom Canyon: Season 1 (Netflix series 4/17)

Netflix’s quest for more Yellowstone-appealing content fires up with this adaptation of Jodi Thomas’ book series about “a romance-fueled family drama and contemporary Western saga that charts the intersecting lives of three ranching families, all set against the rugged expanse of Texas Hill Country.” Josh Duhamel and Minka Kelly headline as their community, Ransom, fights back against past secrets that are stirred up by the arrival of a mysterious cowboy. If you’re looking for even more Neo-Western selections on Netflix, American Primeval and Territory should scratch that same itch.

Andor: Season 2 (Disney+ series 4/22)

The greatest Star Wars show will return with Diego Luna’s Cassian Andor. The second season will take place over four years while Cassian continues his rebel-hero evolution in the face of the imperial threat as the show pushes forth toward Rogue One territory. In addition to Luna, this story will continue with Ben Mendelsohn (as Orson Krennic), Forest Whitaker (as Saw Gerrera), Stellan Skarsgård (as Luthen Rael), and Denise Gough (as Deedra Meero) among the ensemble cast.

You: Season 5 (Netflix series 4/24)

Will Joe Goldberg’s carefully constructed stalker world finally come crashing down around him? He’s dancing with fire by returning to his blood-drenched old stomping grounds of Mooney’s bookshop, where his “rare books” cage still exists to imprison new targets. Of course, old ghosts always haunt him, and he’s bound to (again) poorly cover any homicidal tracks that he throws down. Memories of Geneviere Beck, Love Quinn, and Gabrielle will surely fly while his obscenely rich wife, Kate, and her family will likely throw up obstacles to Joe’s sanity. And do not forget about Dr. Nicky still languishing behind bars while ready to jump at vengeance. Netflix has made no secret of this being Joe’s final stand, so expect this to be a banger of a finale.

Back in November 2024, Megan Fox announced she was pregnant with her and Machine Gun Kelly’s first child together. (The two both have other children from previous relationships.) Well, it’s been a few months since then, and sure enough, the child has arrived.

On March 27, the day of the child’s birth, MGK shared a short video of his newborn daughter holding onto one of his fingers and wrote, “she’s finally here!! our little celestial seed 3/27/25.”

Naturally, as people are wont to do, they started looking for clues about any info related to the newborn. Some suspected that given MGK’s caption, the baby’s name is Celestial Seed, to the point that some have outright said that assuming it’s true. Once MGK caught wind of this, he cleared up any confusion. In a post shared on his Instagram Story yesterday (March 31), MGK shared a screenshot of a video that misnames his child and wrote, “wait guys…her name isn’t ‘Celestial Seed’ [crying-laughing emoji] her mom is gonna tell you the name when we’re ready.”

So, while it’s not rare for celebrities to give their children uncommon names, this kid isn’t named “Celestial Seed.” There’s a good chance the baby has a relatively typical name, given MGK and Fox’s histories with naming children: Fox’s previous three children are named Noah Shannon Green, Bodhi Ransom Green, and Journey River Green, while MGK’s first daughter is named Casie Colson Baker.

For months now, it has been rumored that set to star in Sam Mendes’ upcoming four-pack of movies about The Beatles are Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney, Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, Joseph Quinn as George Harrison, and Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr. That cast has been all but confirmed for a while now, and it turns out the rumors were correct: At the end of Sony’s CinemaCon presentation last night (March 31), Mendes himself took the stage to make the reveal (as NME notes). All four cast members were present as well.

Furthermore, he also revealed that all four of the movies are scheduled to arrive in April 2028. Collectively, the films are referred to as The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event and Mendes called them the “first binge-able theatrical experience,” per Variety.

Mendes also said (via Deadline) he “had been trying to do a film for years, but I finally gave up” because he felt the “story was too big for one film” and a TV series didn’t seem right. He continued, “There had to be a way to tell the epic story for a new generation. […] I can assure you there is still plenty left to explore and I think we found a way to do that.”

Emerging from the smoking wreckage of 2024, Drake has been frantically trying to right the ship after picking the wrong fight(s) last year. While his efforts to curtail the spread of Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” onslaught through legal means seem like a case of “too little, too late,” Some Sexy Songs 4 U, his recently released joint album with Partynextdoor, seemingly put him back in good standing with his core fans. Meanwhile, the video for that album’s standout track, “Nokia,” might just be another step in the right direction.

Gone are the moody visuals and tough guy posturing of much of his For All The Dogs video output. Instead of pouting his way through a dystopian tableau or posing with Albanian mobsters, Drake puts on a lively show in the “Nokia” — albeit in cinematic grayscale, which honestly, might fit the theme for those of his fans old enough to remember playing Snake under the desk in class on their trusty gray brick phones.

Flanked by fleets of dancers evoking the dot matrix of those phones’ old two-color screens and bopping along like he doesn’t have a care in the world, Drake looks and sounds like he’s actually having fun again — which, lest we all forget, is when he’s usually at his best. Of particular note are the facts that he released the video via his “burner” YouTube, which could signify a reset for him, while the video itself was reportedly shot in IMAX, which is at least a cool tidbit that shows he’s still got grander visions for his career. The video also stars Canadian NBA star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, proving Drake still has a few supporters in the league — in this case, an MVP candidate.

Perhaps he can bring this more upbeat vibe into his next project and shake off the funk from having his greatest rival thrash him during the biggest television event of the year.

Watch Drake’s “Nokia” video above.

Back in 2022, it was announced that Kendrick Lamar, Dave Free, and the creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, were developing a comedy film about a slavery re-enactor who discovers that his girlfriend’s family once owned his. Last year, the release date was set for this Independence Day, July 4, 2025.

However, in December, Kendrick announced his Grand National Tour with SZA, which kicks off on April 19 and runs through mid-June, which means Kendrick wouldn’t be available for the film’s press tour. Which could explain why Deadline reports that the live-action comedy has been rescheduled to March 20, 2026. As Deadline notes, this leaves the summer schedule a bit more wide-open this year for blockbuster hopefuls Jurassic World Rebirth and Superman.

Little is known about the film beyond the above tagline, although Stone did chat with Bloomberg about the movie, calling it “funny” that the release date would have pitted the comedy against the latest installment of the Jurassic Park franchise. The movie will be Kendrick Lamar and Dave Free’s first film as producers, expanding the rapper’s run of pop culture dominance that included performing at the Super Bowl, securing yet another No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, GNX, and garnering a new No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hit in “Luther” with SZA.