(WARNING: Spoilers for Shrinking will be found below.)
One of my favorite shows from 2023 is moments away from returning for its second season. Shrinking is gearing up to kick off its second season which should be jam-packed with 12 episodes of humor in all forms — dry, awkward, dark, self-deprecating, and more. Jimmy (played by Jason Segel) continues to work through the grief behind his wife’s death as he also raises his daughter Alice (played by Lukita Maxwell) and works to improve their relationship. Jimmy also works as an unorthodox therapist who nearly crosses ethical lines, something that his coworkers Gaby (played by Jessica Williams (who is phenomenal in this series)) and Paul (played by Harrison Ford (who is also awesome)) witness regularly.
That’s what’s in store for you if you’re just checking into Shrinking. If you’re all caught up, here’s when you can expect season two to premiere:
When Does Shrinking Season 2, Episode 1 And 2 Come Out?
The first two episodes in Shrinkingseason two, titled “Jimmying” and “I Love Pain,” will arrive on October 16. Those episodes will be available on Wednesday, 10/16 on Apple TV+ starting at 3am EST/12am PST. The synopses for “Jimmying” and “I Love Pain” can be found below:
“Jimmying”
Jimmy grapples with his guilt over Grace; Paul makes a decision about his relationship; Liz tries to help Gaby find balance in her busy life.
“I Love Pain”
Paul and Jimmy disagree about Sean’s treatment plan; Gaby’s sister asks for her help; Liz has an idea for boosting business at the food truck.
You can also check out the trailer for Shrinking season two below:
Side effects may include tears, laughter, and Jimmying. Shrinking returns for Season 2 October 16. pic.twitter.com/xLM8jYzDez
Last month, Toro Y Moi released his new album, Hole Erth, preceded by the singles “Tuesday,” “Heaven,” “Hollywood” and “Babydaddy.” Today, he has announced the dates for his 2025 tour supporting the album, with opening artists Panda Bear, Nourished By Time, and Kassie Krut. Before the tour kicks off next February, Toro will perform at III Points Festival in Miami on October 19 (this Saturday), and at the Greek Theatre in Berkley on October 25, alongside rappers Aminé and Kenny Mason (billed as Toro y Moi’s biggest hometown headline show to date).
Tickets for the tour will be on sale here starting October 18th at 10AM local time, with pre-sale starting tomorrow, October 16th at 10AM local time. You can find more information here.
Toro Y Moi 2025 Tour Dates
02/06 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Venue *
02/07 – Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed *
02/08 – Detroit, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre *
02/10 – Toronto, ON @ The Danforth Music Hall *
02/11 – Montreal, QC @ MTELUS *
02/12 – Boston, MA @ Roadrunner *
02/14 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5 *
02/15 – Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall *
02/16 – Washington, D.C. @ 9:30 Club *
02/19 – Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz *
02/20 – Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works *
02/21 – Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle *
05/08 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren^
05/12 – Austin, TX @ Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater ^
05/13 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall ^
05/14 – Dallas, TX @ House of Blues ^
05/16 – Denver, CO @ The Filmore ^
* = support from Nourished by Time
^ = support from Kassie Krut
Ahead of the tour, she solicited demos from DJs who could join her nightly rotation. “If you make dope music, then you should submit for a chance to join me on the road,” she said in a press release. “I’m selecting a different DJ each night so make sure to tap in and submit your music. I can’t wait to check out all the submissions and more importantly I can’t wait to see you all on the road soon!”
01. “Getting No Sleep”
02. “When I Get You Alone”
03. “needs”
04. “Link Up”
05. “Bouncin”
06. “Bouncin, Pt. 2”
07. “Thirsty”
08. “Red Flags”
09. “The Worst In Me”
10. “Throw A Fit”
11. “Talk To Me Nice”
12. “X”
13. “Unconditional”
14. “Party Favors”
15. “All Hands On Deck”
16. “2 On”
17. “Cross That Line”
18. “Uh Huh”
19. “Gravity”
20. “No Broke Boys”
21. “Nasty”
Tinashe 2024 Tour Dates: Match My Freak World Tour
10/15 — San Diego, CA @ Soma
10/17 — Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theatre
10/20 — Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
10/22 — Dallas, TX @ South Side Ballroom
10/23 — Austin, TX @ Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater
10/24 — Houston, TX @ Bayou Music Center
10/26 — Atlanta, GA @ Coca-Cola Roxy
10/28 — Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works
10/30 — North Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues Myrtle Beach
10/31 — Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz
11/01 — Washington, DC @ The Anthem
11/03 — Wallingford, CT @ Dome at Toyota Oakdale Theatre
11/04 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount
11/06 — Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway
11/10 — Montreal, QC @ MTELUS
11/11 — Toronto, ON @ REBEL
11/13 — Chicago, IL @ Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
11/14 — Minneapolis, MN @ Fillmore Minneapolis presented by Affinity Plus
11/18 — Seattle, WA* @ Showbox SoDo
11/22 — Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
11/24 — San Francisco, CA @The Warfield
11/25 — Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades
Hispanic queer actors and characters are a prominent force in today’s television landscape — and the representation is more nuanced than ever before. As streaming and television networks are quickly becoming saturated with TV programs, the representation of newer characters has told funnier, messier, and more relatable and vital stories. But will these stories continue to unfold?
In the streaming age, a show getting more than three seasons seems like an anomaly. Even more rare is a Latinx/Hispanic-led show getting more than two seasons. Since 2020, several Latinx/Hispanic-led shows received the axe, including Netflix’s One Day at a Time after three seasons, — and then once again after a fourth season on PopTV — Netflix’s Gentefied after two seasons, Netflix’s Blockbuster after one season, Disney+’s Diary of a Future President after two seasons, and Max’s Gordita Chronicles after one. Pretty Little Liars was unfortunately canceled this past September by Max despite garnering a large following.
Audiences came to know and love Maia Reficco’s Noa on Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin and it’s second iteration, Summer School. On the show, Noa played a Queer girl, fresh out of juvie after taking the fall for her drug addict mother, and working to turn her life around. Openly bisexual, Reficco creates a relatable story throughout the show’s two-season run as she grapples with two different love interests of different genders, mapping out how she feels with each one of them.
Still in Max limbo is Julio Torres’ surrealist series Fantasmas, which follows a fictional version of Torres through a series of trippy, colorful vignettes as he attempts find a missing gold oyster earring, lease an apartment, and secure a “proof of existence.” Each episode of Fantasmas takes viewers on an adventure, as Torres notes in first episode, “I wake up and I just sort of…Julio.” Torres also claims that he “can feel the inner lives of shapes and colors,” as evidenced through the imaginative cinematography in each episode.
On paper, the things Torres says might only make sense to him, but on screen, he visualizes what being Latinx, Queer, and neurodivergent feels like. Such is par for the course in other projects in the Torres universe, including his 2024 film Problemista, which stars Torres as Alejandro — an El Salvadorian immigrant who navigates New York City recalling characters he and his mother created in his childhood, as he attempts to find a sponsor for his work visa within 30 days.
Torres’ 2019 HBO series Los Espookys follows a similar format, in which Torres and crew create emulate horror situations, fooling people into believing they’re real. Despite winning a Peabody Award, the show was cancelled after two seasons in December 2022.
But Torres hasn’t given up hope of Fantasmas‘ story continuing. In an interview with IndieWire, he shared that should the show continue, it would build upon the series’ cinematic elements. “It’s in the way that the show is a little hard to classify,” Torres said. “It would be like ‘Fantasmas 2,’ or something. It could be a completely different thing. I mean, the answer is ‘yes,’ I would like to enter this world in some way or another.”
Perhaps the most relatable Latino Queer character on television right now is Brian Jordan Alvarez’s Evan, the titular character on English Teacher, a show he also created. Evan brings to the screen the struggles of a 30-something Queer professional navigating his career, a messy love life, defiant students, and difficult parents.
The show also introduces situations that feel relatable to Queer men — like having a crush on someone who is taken, but also in an open relationship; maintaining a platonic and sexual relationship with an ex, even if romance is off the table; and having to dial back self-expression in the workplace. These situations also fresh to a mainstream audience.
Alvarez has spent years creating diverse characters, through his web series The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo, and through his TikTok page, which has over 740,000 followers. And with English Teacher, he breaks through with Evan, his most relatable character, by honing in on the messy and awkward parts of the character.
English Teacher just wrapped its first season with a 97% Rotten Tomatoes score and a lot of hope for a second season, though at the time of this writing, a renewal hasn’t come yet. We’ll see if it materializes and pushes back on the trend of cutting short these opportunities for diverse and nuanced stories with a focus on Queer Latinx stories, because while there are more opportunities than ever, after more than paying their dues, these creators, performers, and fans deserve the chance to see how these stories evolve and what they further inspire.
(WARNING: Spoilers for the most recent Love Is Blind episode will be found below.)
Netflix’sLove Is Blind season 7 continues with the remaining couples — Taylor & Garrett, Ashley & Tyler, Hannah & Nick, Alexandra & Tim, and Marissa & Ramses — taking the final steps toward a lifetime partnership and proof that love could be blind. The upcoming episodes in the season will watch these couples work through big obstacles in their current engagement. For Taylor & Garrett, that’s their intense lives at home and for Hannah & Nick, it’s the latter’s maturity and if he’s ready to be with someone.
Ashley and Tyler probably have the biggest obstacle to deal with, as Tyler dropped a huge bomb on her. He revealed that he is the father of three children thanks to a sperm donation he made to a family in need years ago. Alexandra and Tim’s issues aren’t as serious, but a big argument during their trip to Mexico revealed things they both need to work. Finally, Marissa and Ramses’ hurdles include birth control, physical intimacy, and Marissa’s mother who isn’t a fan of Ramses’ sense of style and other things. Whether these couples are able to work through these issues remains to be seen in the next episodes, two of which arrive this week.
When Do Love Is Blind Season 7, Episodes 10 and 11 Come Out?
The tenth and eleventh episodes of Love Is Blind season seven are available to stream on Netflix on October 9 at 3am EST/12 am PST. This follows a weekly release schedule that began with episodes 1-6 premiering on Netflix back on October 2. Last week, episodes 7, 8, and 9 were released, and after this week’s releases, there will be two more episodes left in season 7. The season finale airs on October 23 while the season 7 reunion episodes airs the following week on October 30.
‘Love Is Blind’ season 7 is now streaming on Netflix. Episodes 1-9 are out now.
At this stage of his career, Vince Staples‘ catalog has grown to six studio albums, four mixtapes, and two EPs, meaning that his Black In America Tour has a lot of material to pull from for its 24-song setlist. Thanks to setlist.fm, we now know exactly which songs from his ever-expanding discography are included. It’s a diverse collection of tracks, although it is fairly upbeat, with energetic tracks such as “Fun!,” “Magic,” “Free The Homies,” “Big Fish,” and of course, “Norf Norf” interspersed among songs from his latest album, Dark Times.
Meanwhile, his second-best represented album is 2022’s standout Ramona Park Broke My Heart with six songs, while his 2021 self-titled album shows up four times. Big Fish Theory has three entries, while FM! and Summertime ’06 get a single entry each. You can check out the full setlist below, along with the remaining tour dates.
10/18 — New York, NY @ Terminal 5**
10/20 — Boston, MA @ Roadrunner*
10/21 — Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall*
10/23 — Toronto, ON @ History*
10/24 — Washington, DC @ The Anthem*
10/26 — Detroit, MI @ Masonic Cathedral Theatre*
10/28 — Minneapolis, MN @ Palace Theatre*
10/30 — Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom*
11/02 — Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo*
11/03 — Portland, OR @ McMenamins Crystal Ballroom*
11/05 — San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield*
11/06 — Los Angeles, CA @ Shrine Expo Hall*
In a year of breakout projects, Doechii’s debut mixtape, Alligator Bites Never Heal, turned out to be one of fans’ favorites, showcasing an artist who had already mastered her craft, while flashing potential for even greater heights on future efforts. She’s now promoting the album on her Alligator Bites Never Heal Tour, which kicked off Friday in Atlanta. Its setlist, courtesy of setlist.fm, consists not only of tracks from the new tape, but also her standout singles such as “Persuasive,” “What It Is,” and her original breakout, “Yucky Blucky Fruitcake” (although her Katy Perry collaboration, “I’m His, He’s Mine” does not appear on the setlist). You can check out the setlist and remaining dates below.
Doechii 2024 Tour Dates: Alligator Bites Never Heal The Tour
10/15 — New York, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
10/16 — Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
10/21 — Berlin, Germany @ Lido
10/24 — Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Bitterzoet
10/25 — Paris, France @ Alhambra
10/28 — London, UK @ Village Underground
11/02 — San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
11/03 — West Hollywood, CA @ The Roxy
11/12 — Tampa, FL – Crowbar
11/14 — Washington, DC @ Union Stage
From humble beginnings to signing a deal with one of horror’s biggest production companies, V/H/S 85 director Gigi Saul Guerrero’s emergence on the genre scene has been as unexpected as the jumpscares she fills her cult hits with.
Born in Mexico City in 1990, Guerrero grew up in her native country until her family immigrated to Canada in her teenage years, eventually attending film school and connecting with future collaborators like cinematographer Luke Bramley, and producer Gorden Cheng. Despite the distance, Guerrero’s heart and horror leanings have always steered her back to her homeland.
In 2011, she made her directorial and acting debut with the short film Dead Crossing. The short follows a family attempting to cross the United States-Mexico border in hopes of finding a better life, instead they discover the US border patrol is harboring a nasty secret that involves the undead. The six-minute-story perfectly encapsulates the driving motivation behind most of Guerrero’s work: authentically portraying her Mexican heritage while delivering an exciting (and terrifying) experience that doubles as a enjoyable viewing experience with heavy gore and metal music galore.
From there, Guerrero cut her teeth on delivering short, episodic, high-genre experiences. These range from delivering killer segments in anthology films such as Mexico Barbaro and The ABC’s of Death 2 ½. While directing these segments, and later, starting her production company Luchagore Productions, Guerrero found herself part of the new wave of Mexican Horror movement also known as “Nuevo Cine de Terror Mexicano”.
Then Blumhouse came knocking.
One of the biggest producers of Horror films and television in the industry today, Blumhouse saw the untapped potential in Guerrero’s narrative instincts. She soon began contributing work under their banner by directing episodes of their anthology series Into the Dark and the highly underrated television series of The Purge, allowing her to work with one of the company’s most infamous IPs. This relationship led to her signing a first look deal with the company.
In 2021, Guerrero had her feature film breakthrough with Bingo Hell, a film released under Blumhouse’s Welcome to the Blumhouse banner that follows residents of the barrio of Oak Springs as they’re about to lose their beloved neighborhood bingo hall to gentrification. But, in typical Guerrero fashion, not all is as it seems, and what follows is a high octane, gore-filled good time.
The film was a breakout hit at Fantastic Fest 2021, the largest genre film festival in the United States, and soon became a cult hit when it was released on Amazon Prime’s streaming service, cementing Guerrero’s status as not only one of the most promising voices in horror, but one of the most dynamic Hispanic voices in filmmaking, period.
With that level of success, all eyes were on what Guerrero would do next. That answer came in 2023 when it was revealed she would contribute a segment to the wildly popular V/H/S/ anthology with that year’s installment V/H/S/ 85. Her segment titled “The God of Death” follows a news crew during the infamous 1985 Mexico City earthquake who encounter a horrific creature of Aztec origin. Guerrero was, once again, returning to her roots, pulling from the same well that fueled her short film debut so many years earlier, but for a much larger audience. The film was praised as one of the stronger entries in the series with Guerrero’s segment serving as a standout thanks to the terrifying tone it delivered.
So what’s next for rising horror icon? That remains to be seen. She’s teased a few projects, like an Eli Roth produced film for Orion and a video game for Capcom that she wrote, but the future is practically limitless. Not only is she a trailblazing voice for women in the horror space, but one of Mexican representation as well. Her body of work proves that there’s an appetite for authentic Hispanic voices in the genre, and there’s no doubt that, whatever she does next, she’ll remain true to her heritage.
A class action lawsuit has been filed against Live Nation, accusing it of not securing user information after an April 2024 hack of Ticketmaster that harvested the personal info of more than 560 million customers. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the lawsuit was filed in California federal court on Friday (October 11) and demands at least $5 million in damages. Ticketmaster allegedly took nearly two months to uncover the hack, then another two months to inform customers their information had been compromised.
THR credited the attack to the hacker group ShinyHunters, which exploited vulnerabilities with Ticketmaster’s third-party server host, Snowflake, and threatened to leak the info on the dark web if not paid a $500,000 ransom. According to the lawsuit, Ticketmaster did not ensure that Snowflake had taken adequate security measures to protect user data, and retained personal information that it should have deleted. That information was also being sold to business partners and data brokers.
ShinyHunters has also been credited with hacks of AT&T, GitHub, and Pizza Hut, stealing over 900 million customer records. The stolen information can be used in further identity theft, such as opening fraudulent credit cards and other loans.
Ever since Future and Metro Boomin added Kendrick Lamar to their combative single “Like That,” the rap game has been in shambles, with bloodlust among rap fans fueling pernicious rumors of beef between their favorite entertainers. Case in point, the song “Pi” from J. Cole’s new mixtape, Might Delete Later, has been the center of rumored beef between rappers affiliated with Kendrick’s former label, TDE, and J. Cole’s label, Dreamville. However, TDE President Terrence Henderson — aka Punch — stepped in to dispel that myth before it spread any further.
After a rap fan on Twitter (never calling it “X”) wrote, “Ab-Soul threw jabs at J. Cole after Cole did him dirty by adding him & Daylyt to a song with a verse dissing Kendrick on ‘Pi’,” Punch did some fact-checking on the inaccurate speculation. “I hate to clear up rumors,” he wrote in response. “I usually let them fester and see how far they go, but ALL verses on ‘Pi’ were recorded long before ‘Like That.’”
I hate to clear up rumors, I usually let them fester and see how far they go, but ALL verses on Pi were recorded long before Like That. https://t.co/qLuJIwx7PG
It’s fair to say that fans have let their excitement get the best of them in the past. That, combined with the vagueness of some rappers’ battle raps, gives plenty of room for conspiratorial thinking and jumping to conclusions. However, there’s a big difference between fan theories on the internet and what really goes on behind the scenes — and Punch’s tweet is a reminder that many of those theories are usually missing key pieces of information. In this case, the fans in question appear to have overlooked the fact that Daylyt and J. Cole have collaborated since on “Plate Of Collard Greens,” and that even Ab-Soul appears to be rooting for Drake to have a soft landing.
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