Bloomberg reports that the singer and actress is one of the youngest female self-made billionaires in the United States. Of her estimated $1.3 billion net worth, over 80 percent — roughly $1.1 billion — comes from her Rare Beauty brand. But Gomez is also making money from her “brand partnerships, acting deals, and a mental-health startup, an array that should help ensure wealth longevity should she ever decide to stay away from the public eye.”
I know I’ve personally contributed to her fortune by streaming Selena Gomez & the Scene’s “Kiss & Tell” every week for the past decade.
“Selena is not just a pop star,” Hollywood Branded founder Stacy Jones said. “She’s a multifaceted businesswoman with diverse income streams contributing to her impressive net worth.” Carolyn Sloane, a professor at University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy, added, “It’s smart that she’s kind of created a career that’s not so dependent on music being a big part of the financial piece.”
Robert Eggers is known for his compelling and often disturbing horror films, but it turns out that that just runs in his family. Sam and Max Eggers, Robert’s two brothers, are venturing into horror with The Front Room, a new creepy tale from A24, the leader in creepy tales.
The Front Room is adapted from a short story by Susan Hill, who also penned The Woman In Black amongst other harrowing horror stories. It also marks the return of Brandy to horror movies after her performance in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer. Maybe Osgood Perkins will invite her to join his next story if this goes well.
Here is everything to know about The Front Room.
Plot
The story follows Belinda and Norman, a young couple with a child on the way, who are asked to take in Norman’s mother Solange. Norman is hesitant at first, warning Belinda of his mother’s religious affiliations and offensive outbursts, but after Solange offers money, the duo have no choice but to take her in. Suddenly Solange has a keen interest in the unborn child, and nothing will get in her way.
It’s got your classic A24 horror tropes: creepy house, some light cult activity and an unsettling old woman. It’s a recipe for success! It’s also personal for the Eggers twins. Max explained to Script Mag, “The subject matter was something we’d lived through ourselves. Taking care of someone as they declined. We took care of our grandfather as he declined. When the story was presented to us through Lucan Toh and Babak Anvari, we knew exactly what to do with it. How to make it personal. How to enlarge it. Taking care of someone, as Susan Hill writes, and as you can see, is not easy.”
Cast
After a long acting hiatus, singer/actress Brandy is finally making her comeback as the film’s pregnant protagonist Belinda. The actress hadn’t taken many movie roles over the years, but she was excited by the emotional aspect of The Front Room. She told Screen Rant, “I didn’t really know what I was getting myself into when I first read the script. I knew it was a lot, and there was so much to it. It was all over the place emotionally” she revealed. Even though she was unsure at first, after meeting with the Eggers, she was on board. “But I didn’t know until I met Kathryn, and met Sam and Max, and Andrew Burnham, and what it was going to really be about, and being in the scenes and reacting, and really being on your toes as an actress.” Andrew Burnap plays Belinda’s husband, Norman.
Poor Things‘ Kathryn Hunter plays as Solange, Belinda’s mother-in-law who comes to visit and really makes herself at home. Hunter is known for her physical acting work, which she seems to put to good use in the film.
As Cosmopolitan notes, she was spotted wearing a pair of red thigh-high boots, with Swifties immediately noted are pretty darn similar to the ones she wore in 2017 in the video for her Reputation hit “Look What You Made Me Do.” So, the theory now is that Reputation (Taylor’s Version) is set to be announced soon and this outfit Easter egg was Swift’s subtle way of teasing it.
Worth noting is that this isn’t the first time fans have thought Swift was teasing Reputation (Taylor’s Version). Cosmopolitan points out, “Of course, we’ve been burned before. Like when Taylor showed up at the Grammys and everyone was convinced that (1) her entire outfit was a Reputation easter egg and (2) she’d announce Rep TV that night. But instead she one upped herself by announcing The Tortured Poets Department. Oh, and there was the time fans figured out that TTPD upside down is Irish for ‘Reputation’ and thought the announcement was coming during Tay’s Dublin shows.”
Swift spoke about the re-recorded album in her 2023 Time Person Of The Year interview, saying of revisiting the project, “It’s a goth-punk moment of female rage at being gaslit by an entire social structure [laughs]. I think a lot of people see it and they’re just like, ‘Sick snakes and strobe lights.’” She also promised the “From The Vault” tracks will be “fire.”
In 2012, The Hunger Games franchise introduced young adult audiences to the dystopian world of Panem, an alternate version of North America way in the future after society collapses, which might be sooner than we think after the sudden dissolution of Bennifer.
Suzanne Collins penned three novels in the original series, which became the massively successful movie franchise starring Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, and Josh Hutcherson. Once those movies had a significant cultural moment, Collins began working on the next generation of Hunger Games books with 2020’s The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (and the 2023 movie adaptation). Now she’s at it again with another prequel story, The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping. That novel is expected to hit shelves March 18th of next year.
Shortly after the fifth novel was announced, a movie adaptation was promised, and while we don’t even have the book yet, the theatrical version won’t be too far behind.
“From the beginning, Lionsgate has been a wonderful home and partner for the Hunger Games franchise, and I’m very excited to be collaborating with Adam and the team as we bring this next story to theaters in 2026,” Collins previously declared in a statement.
Here is everything to know so far about the upcoming reaping.
Plot
Stick with me here: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes takes place 64 years before Katniss’ storyline, while The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping will take place 24 years before Katniss’ own Games, so we will get to see what it was like during those in between years when Snow rose to power. Sunrise is expected to tell the story of Haymitch Abernathy, played by Woody Harrelson in the original trilogy, on the day of his own reaping. Haymitch was a tribute in the 50th Hunger Games, also known as The Second Quarter Quell. We know he wins his own games and goes onto help Katniss, but he was left traumatized before becoming a mentor.
Throughout the series, the Second Quarter Quell is often referred to as the most gruesome Hunger Games. In the Catching Fire novel, Haymitch details how he was able to win, so the novel and movie adaptation will likely follow the same (bloody and gruesome) storyline.
“The Second Quarter Quell is legendary and looms large over the history of the Games, even into the time of Katniss Everdeen a quarter-century later. Like fans around the globe, we are eagerly anticipating this exciting return to Panem,” read a statement from Lionsgate after the movie was first announced.
Since the novel and the movie were announced at the same time, it’s possible that Collins wrote the story with the big screen adaptation in mind, so it should be pretty faithful to the book. We’ll have a better grasp of plot points when as the book release moves closer.
Cast
Obviously, Woody Harrelson is a little too old to play a teen, but you never know how fare they might go with de-aging. For now, there has only been speculation regarding casting, since it is relatively early. Rumors have been swirling that Challengers star Mike Faist could be in the running, and fans have been quick to point out that he would be a little too old for the role, though that hasn’t stopped him before!
No other cast has been announced at this time. We know that there are 48 tributes, so there will probably be some good casting announcements to come, in addition to whoever will play a middle-aged President Snow.
Release Date
The movie is set for a November 20th, 2026 release date. The book will be released on March 18th, 2025.
Trailer
No trailer just yet, but you can take a look back at The Hunger Games just to jog your memory a bit.
Well, the North American leg kicked off in Portland, Oregon last night (September 5), and the setlist (via setlist.fm) could serve as an indicator of what upcoming shows will look like.
As an Abrams fan account notes, Abrams is following in Taylor Swift’s footsteps by reserving one part of her set for a rotating surprise song. In Portland, the surprise song was “Right Now.”
Find the setlist and Abrams’ upcoming tour dates below.
Gracie Abrams’ The Secret Of Us Tour Setlist For 2024
1. “Felt Good About You”
2. “Risk”
3. “Blowing Smoke”
4. “21”
5. “I Love You, I’m Sorry”
6. “Where Do We Go Now?”
7. “Gave You I Gave You I”
8. “Mess It Up”
9. “Full Machine”
10. “Right Now”
11. “Good Luck Charlie”
12. “I Knew It, I Know You”
13. “I Know It Won’t Work”
14. “Friend”
15. “Normal Thing”
16. “Feels Like”
17. “Let It Happen”
18. “Tough Love”
19. “I Miss You, I’m Sorry”
20. “Free Now”
21. “Us” (encore)
22. “Close To You” (encore)
Gracie Abrams’ 2024 & 2025 Tour Dates: The Secret Of Us Tour
09/06/2024 — Seattle, WA @ WAMU Theater
09/08/2024 — Berkeley, CA @ The Greek Theatre
09/11/2024 — Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theatre
09/15/2024 — Denver, CO @ The Fillmore Auditorium
09/19/2024 — Irving, TX @ The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
09/20/2024 — Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall
09/22/2024 — Austin, TX @ Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park
09/24/2024 — Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theater
09/25/2024 — Minneapolis, MN @ The Armory
09/27/2024 — Chicago, IL @ Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
09/29/2024 — Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
09/30/2024 — Atlanta, GA @ Coca-Cola Roxy
10/02/2024 — Washington, DC @ The Anthem
10/04/2024 — New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall
10/08/2024 — Philadelphia, PA @ The Met
10/09/2024 — Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway
10/10/2024 — Portland, ME @ State Theatre
02/09/2025 — Madrid, Spain @ Palacio Vistalegre
02/11/2025 — Lisbon, Portugal @ MEO Arena
02/15/2025 — Stuttgart, Germany @ Porsche Arena
02/17/2025 — Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Ziggo Dome
02/19/2025 — Hamburg, Germany @ Sporthalle
02/21/2025 — Düsseldorf, Germany @ Mitsubishi Electric Halle
02/22/2025 — Berlin, Germany @ Velodrom
02/24/2025 — Zurich, Switzerland @ The Hall
02/25/2025 — Milan, Italy @ Alcatraz
02/27/2025 — Paris, France @ Accor Arena
02/28/2025 — Brussels, Belgium @ Forest National
03/03/2025 — Nottingham, UK @ Motorpoint Arena Nottingham
03/04/2025 — Leeds, UK @ First Direct Arena
03/06/2025 — London, UK @ The O2
03/07/2025 — Manchester, UK @ Co-op Live
03/08/2025 — Cardiff, UK @ Utilita Arena Cardiff
03/10/2025 — Dublin, Ireland @ 3Arena
03/12/2025 — Glasgow, UK @ OVO Hydro
Over the past couple weeks, Linkin Park has been teasing something, and the prevailing theory has been that the group was getting ready to reunite following the death of singer Chester Bennington.
Yesterday (September 5), they made the big reveal: The band is indeed back, and there’s a new album (From Zero) and tour on the way. The biggest follow-up question from the announcement, though, is who is the new singer they just added?
Who Is Linkin Park’s New Singer Emily Armstrong?
Armstrong is the lead singer and co-founder of Los Angeles rock band Dead Sara. The group released a self-titled debut album in 2012, and it spawned what remains Dead Sara’s most successful single: “Weatherman,” which ranked on the Billboard Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart. Their 2015 album, Pleasure To Meet You, was a top-10 release on the Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums chart. In a 2013 interview, Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl proclaimed, “Dead Sara should be the next biggest rock band in the world.”
Also joining Linkin Park is Colin Brittain, a songwriter/producer for artists like G Flip, Illenium, and One OK Rock who will play drums for LP. The band lineup currently features Armstrong, Brittain, Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Phoenix, and Joe Hahn. Rob Bourdon, a founding member of Linkin Park, is no longer in the group.
In a press release, Shinoda said of Armstrong and Brittain, “The more we worked with Emily and Colin, the more we enjoyed their world-class talents, their company, and the things we created. We feel really empowered with this new lineup and the vibrant and energized new music we’ve made together. We’re weaving together the sonic touchpoints we’ve been known for and still exploring new ones.”
The new members’ first song with the band, “The Emptiness Machine,” is out now, so watch the video above. Find the From Zero cover art and tracklist below, along with Linkin Park’s upcoming tour dates.
Linkin Park’s From Zero Album Cover Artwork
Warner Records
Linkin Park’s From Zero Tracklist
1. “From Zero (Intro)”
2. “The Emptiness Machine”
3. “Cut The Bridge”
4. “Heavy Is The Crown”
5. “Over Each Other”
6. “Casualty”
7. “Overflow”
8. “Two Faced”
9. “Stained”
10. “IGYEIH”
11. “Good Things Go”
Linkin Park’s 2024 Tour Dates: From Zero World Tour
09/11 — Los Angeles, CA @ Kia Forum
09/16 — New York, NY @ Barclays Center
09/22 — Hamburg, Germany @ Barclays Arena
09/24 — London, UK @ The O2
09/28 — Seoul, South Korea @ INSPIRE Arena
11/11 — Bogota, Colombia @ Coliseo Medplus
From Zero is out 11/15 via Warner Records. Find more information here.
Steven begins today’s episode by apologizing to Ian and the Sum 41 fan community for his recent disrespectful comments on the pod — new information has come to light that made him rethink his snarkiness. Then there is a short Sportscast about the new NFL season, and more despair from Steven about the state of his fantasy albums draft team.
The guys then pivot to the new MJ Lenderman album out today, Manning Fireworks. It’s Steven’s favorite record of the year, and Ian likes it, too, though not as much. Steven also recounts seeing King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard live for the first time this week, which made clear just how huge that band is.
In the mailbag, they address emails about the worst contracts in music history and whether they “yay or nay” the band Girls.
In Recommendation Corner, Ian talks about the emo band Floral Tattoo while Steven stumps for a new book by The Hold Steady’s Franz Nicolay.
New episodes of Indiecast drop every Friday. Listen to Episode 205 here and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. You can submit questions for Steve and Ian at [email protected], and make sure to follow us on Instagram and X (formerly Twitter) for all the latest news. We also recently launched a visualizer for our favorite Indiecast moments. Check those out here.
For day-one fans of Toro Y Moi, his new album Hole Erth might be a hard left turn — especially the two songs for which he dropped videos as the album finally hit DSPs. In the videos for “Babydaddy” and “Madonna,” Toro embraces his inner horndog, employing trappy beats and singing with vocoder effects as he muses about the fairer sex on the two songs. Both videos have a scuzzy, home movie feel, with “Madonna,” which features Don Toliver, adding a night vision filter reminiscent of a certain notorious tape from the early 2000s, and the video for “Babydaddy” resembling strip club security footage. You can check out the former above and the latter below.
The songs are certainly a departure from the previously released singles for the album like “Heaven” and “Tuesday,” which featured nostalgic vibes evoking the innocence of childhood. It seems Toro is branching out with the new album, which also features rappers Duckwrth, Kevin Abstract, and Kenny Mason, as Chaz spreads his wings and leaves the washed-out vibes of his early Chillwave projects behind. Coming up, Toro will appear at the Las Vegas-based Life Is Beautiful Block Party — which should be the perfect venue for his to debut his racier new direction.
Watch the videos for “Madonna” and “Babydaddy” above.
J. Cole has been lying low for the past few months, but thanks to ASAP Rocky, he’s back with a vengeance. The two blog era vets team up on “Ruby Rosary,” a mournful dirge for their foes produced by The Alchemist. There’s a lot of wordplay on this record, which features a murky beat just subtle enough to give them a lot of room to work. The Alchemist had previously hinted that he might have produced for J. Cole, and while this pays off a bit of that promise, it’s still not quite The Fall-Off… which means there may be more on the way.
“Ruby Rosary” is the second song Rocky dropped after delaying his album Don’t Be Dumb. Before this, Rocky dropped “Tailor Swif” despite the record previously leaking and his promise to keep any leaked tracks off the album.
While Rocky didn’t give a reason for delaying the album, he did say it had a surprising co-sign; “I sat, and I played the album for Tim Burton, and he was f*cking with it heavy,” he told Billboard. “He was rocking his head and he’s like, ‘Wow! I didn’t know you made that kind of music!’”
The Kansas City Chiefs started their quest for a third Super Bowl in a row with a win over the Baltimore Ravens, although it looked for a moment like that might not have ended up being the case. Kansas City came out on top, 27-20, after a Ravens touchdown as time expired in the fourth quarter was ruled out of bounds by the slimmest of margins.
Baltimore got the ball with 1:50 left and the ball on its own 13, and Lamar Jackson managed to march them down the field and into the red zone. After missing a pair of throws to Isaiah Likely and Zay Flowers on first and second down, Jackson fired a strike to Likely on the final play of the game, and it looked like he scored a touchdown that would put them in position to win — John Harbaugh planned to keep his offense on the field and go for 2 and the win.
But instant replay had other ideas. The referees looked at the touchdown, and it was determined that Likely’s toe was just barely out of bounds, thereby giving Kansas City the win.
Likely was magnificent on the evening, catching nine balls for 111 yards and a touchdown. Unfortunately for him, he needed his shoe to be one size smaller to get a second touchdown and, potentially, a win in the season opener.
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