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Kevin Durant choosing to sign with the Golden State Warriors in free agency in the summer of 2016 was a moment that sparked endless arguments about ring chasing, Durant’s personal legacy, and the Warriors’ place among the all-time great teams in NBA history.

Few outside the Bay area think of that move fondly, as evidenced by the replies to pretty much any social media post by KD where someone inevitably responds that he ruined basketball by joining the Warriors. Isiah Thomas is not one of those people, however, as he has a different perspective from the outside looking in on what Durant did for the Warriors. The Hall of Famer joined The Draymond Green Show this week and offered up a “bold statement” in which he explained to Green why he felt Durant “saved the Warriors basketball legacy.”

As Thomas explained, the Warriors had a chance to simply be known as the team that went 73-9 and blew a 3-1 lead in the Finals. That is now only considered their legacy by those in the greater Cleveland area thanks to Durant coming in and helping lift them to two more titles.

Had the Warriors never gotten back over the hump to win another ring that loss to the Cavs would undoubtedly be what they were remembered for. At the same time, they were still an extremely good team and did win one in 2022 without Durant, so it stands to reason that they could very well have righted that wrong of 2016 on their own (which, for many was the frustration with them signing KD in the first place).

They never gave themselves that chance though, and Thomas is right that Durant played a considerable role in salvaging a dynasty-type run for those two years (and then almost a third before injuries derailed them in the Finals). I’m sure the Warriors don’t particularly like this theory from Thomas that Durant “saved” them, but that’s the trade-off to signing another MVP caliber player coming off of the way they lost the 2016 Finals.

Taylor Swift is set to put out her Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version) concert film for fans to watch on Disney+ very soon. This new version of her film that aired in theaters previously last fall will feature four new performances of added songs, including “Maroon” from Midnights, “Death By A Thousand Cuts” from Lover, and more special surprise song picks.

Because of this, fans are extremely excited to experience Swift’s concert — whether it’s for the first time or to relive the experience over and over.

Here’s what to know about when exactly it will be on the streaming platform.

What Time Will The Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version) Movie Come Out On Disney+?

Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version) will be available to watch on Disney+ starting at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT when it arrives on the site tomorrow, March 14. Fans will need an account to watch, and in perfect timing, Disney+ is offering a deal until 11:59 p.m. ET tomorrow night to sign up for $1.99 per month for the first three months. However, this deal includes ads.

If you want the non-interrupted version of the Eras Tour film, it is $13.99 per month — which is still cheaper than the cost of the movie tickets. More information about how to watch Swift’s movie can be found here.

Beyoncé obsessives have been frantically searching for any information they can find on the star’s new album Cowboy Carter. From fan theories about the title to demands for country radio to put her single “Texas Hold ‘Em” into rotation, the BeyHive has gone into overdrive to support the queen in recent weeks. All that searching has led many of them to a tracklist that appears to have come from her website which seems to confirm that Beyoncé really did cover Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” for the album.

Unfortunately for those fans, that tracklist is a phony. For reference, you can check it out below, and compare it to Beyoncé’s actual website:

So, does this mean Beyoncé’s album won’t have a “Jolene” cover as rumored? Well, it’s hard to say. According to Dolly herself, Beyoncé apparently did record a cover of her biggest hit, and if such a cover were to be released anywhere, Beyoncé’s upcoming country album would be as good a place as any. However, Dolly also acknowledged a reality of the recording industry: not every song recorded makes the album. Just look at Prince’s expansive vault of unreleased tracks.

Besides, Beyoncé’s whole thing with this current run of albums is reclaiming the history of Black influence on country music. Not to demean the illustrious Ms. Parton but well… she’s not exactly a Dahomey warrior, y’know? Anyway, we’ll find out at some point whether the rumor is true or not. Cowboy Carter is due on March 29 via Parkwood and Columbia.

The new and potentially final Venom movie just got bumped up. Now titled, Venom: The Last Dance, the trilogy capper starring and directed by Tom Hardy will arrive in theaters on October 25 instead of its previously announced release date on November 8.

The release date change is a bit of surprising news given production on the third Venom film was halted during the dual actors’ and writers’ strike. However, like Deadpool & Wolverine, it was one of the first projects to immediately jump back in front of the cameras once the SAG-AFTRA strike was resolved. According to Variety, Venom: The Last Dance resumed filming in November, mere weeks after the strike ended.

As for plot details, your guess is as good as ours. The routine Marvel secrecy is in place, but there have been uncorroborated reports that the final film would explore the multiverse and build off of Hardy’s mid-credits scene in Spider-Man: No Way Home. Although, that rumor started all the way back in late 2021, and comic book films can change right up until their release date.

Venom: The Last Dance will also be under intense scrutiny from Sony thanks to the recent flop of Madame Web. That film’s failure has already led Sony to start canceling projects in its dubious universe of Spider-Man films that don’t actually feature Spider-Man. That said, Venom has been the strongest performer in that endeavor, so hopefully, the studio will let Tom Hardy cook.

Venom: The Last Dance swings into theaters on October 25.

(Via Variety)

The highlight of the 2024 Oscars (other than Messi, of course) wasn’t Robert Downey Jr. winning Best Actor, or “I’m Just Ken,” or Oppenheimer‘s dominance. It was John Mulaney’s bit about ghosts playing baseball.

While presenting the award for Best Sound, the comedian said, “For years, movies didn’t have sound, and then they figured it out. Some people say that the silent era was the golden era of film. These people are difficult and insane.” Mulaney then went on a lengthy spiel about every dad’s favorite film, Field of Dreams, involving corn, hot dogs being stuck in throats, and the scene where “Timothy Busfield pushes little Gabby Hoffman off the bleachers and she falls down and she’s unconscious.”

It’s very good. Even Kevin Costner, who starred in Field of Dreams, thinks so.

“Not a bad summary,” Costner’s band, Kevin Costner & Modern West, wrote on X, along with the cry-laughing emoji. It’s nice to see that Costner still has a sense of humor when he’s not feuding with Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan or starring in expensive and long Westerns. Maybe the two-time Oscar winner (Best Picture and Best Director for Dances with Wolves) has enough juice to get Mulaney to host next year’s ceremony? It’s overdue.

(Via Deadline)

Earlier this week, Beyoncé revealed the name of her upcoming country album, Cowboy Carter. While the title may reflect both the album’s country music leanings and Beyoncé’s married name (courtesy of Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter), fans who did a little digging unearthed another potential meaning behind the phrase.

This information comes by way of a TikTok creator’s deep dive, so take it with a grain of salt as stan social media is rife with conspiracy theories and “explanations” about our favorite artists that often come to nothing. But according to this creator, there could be a deep meaning associated with the phrase “Cowboy Carter.”

One of the earliest country music acts to rise to stardom was The Carter Family from Virginia. Their recordings, made from 1927 to 1956, were among the first to become commercially successful and also influenced country, bluegrass, folk, and more for decades to come.

The group’s patriarch, A.P. Carter, traveled around southwestern Virginia to find new songs after the success of their first recordings in 1930. He befriended a Black guitar player from Tennessee named Lesley “Esley” Riddle, who composed a number of the group’s songs, and his guitar technique was adopted by Maybelle Carter. That technique eventually became known as “the Carter scratch,” which is about how things work in America — if you know, you know.

Now, if this all sounds like a stretch, that’s probably because it is, but that also doesn’t mean it can’t be a little bit true. Ultimately, this fan theory is based in a belief that Beyoncé’s upcoming album will be an attempt on her part to reclaim the history of Black musicians’ influence on country music, the way Renaissance did for electronic dance music originally pioneered by Black, queer DJs in warehouse raves across urban America.

While Beyoncé might not have been thinking specifically about Esley Riddle when she named “Act II” Cowboy Carter, she certainly was thinking of a rich history that has been whitewashed by generations of effort on the part of radio DJs, record executives, and music historians who either ignored, overlooked, or erased Black artists’ contributions to a genre and American culture.

Cowboy Carter is out on March 29 via Parkwood and Columbia.

It looks like we may finally be getting SZA‘s long-awaited follow-up to her critically-acclaimed sophomore album, SOS. She began teasing Lana, a deluxe edition to SOS, which she says has since evolved into it’s own body of work, back in early 2023. Now, it looks like it might finally be arriving soon.

Yesterday, SZA took to social media to tease visuals and music from the upcoming project. In the clip, she is seen dancing in a tent in her undergarments. A new song plays in the background, containing the lyrics “F*ck around and die over community d*ck / Never fight over community d*ck.”

Fans are eager to hear the new project in its entirety. In the comments, a fan asked about the song “Diamond Boy,” a fan-favorite of which portions have already leaked online. SZA revealed that “Diamond Boy” will, in fact, appear on Lana, saying that the song is “on the deluxe I’m Bout to drop.”

So far, SZA has only shared “Saturn” from Lana. She began sharing potential cover artworks for the album late last year.

At the time of writing, she has not shared a release date for Lana, but fans can look forward to hearing her on a remix of Flo Milli’s “Never Lose Me” coming this Friday (March 15).

You can see the snippet SZA shared above.

Ahead of the new A24 movie, I Saw The TV Glow, hitting theaters this May, the tracklist for the film’s soundtrack has been revealed. Caroline Polachek, Phoebe Bridgers, Bartees Strange, and more will be appearing on different songs from the album.

As a first glimpse from the project, Yeule’s cover of Broken Social Scene’s “Anthems For A Seventeen-Year-Old Girl” also dropped today. The track appears in the film’s trailer, as Yeule puts an electronic spin on it. The song relies on a gentle, static production — making it feel like a broken television. She then increases the pacing of the lyrics, making this version a truly interesting listen, but one that feels perfect for the film’s universe.

Fans will be able to watch I Saw The TV Glow in theaters starting on May 3, with the soundtrack’s release following close behind.

Check out Yeule’s “Anthems For A Seventeen-Year-Old Girl” cover above. Below, find the complete tracklist and cover art.

I Saw The TV Glow (Soundtrack) Album Cover Artwork

I Saw The TV Glow (Soundtrack) Tracklist

1. Yeule — “Anthems For A Seventeen-Year-Old Girl”
2. Frances Quinlan — “Another Season”
3. Caroline Polachek — “Starburned And Unkissed”
4. Florist — “Riding Around In The Dark”
5. Bartees Strange — “Big Glow”
6. Maria BC — “Taper”
7. King Woman — “Psychic Wound”
8. Jay Som — “If I Could”
9. L’Rain — “Green”
10. The Weather Station — “Moonlight”
11. Drab Majesty — “Photograph”
12. Proper — “The 90s”
13. Sadurn — “How Can I Get Out?”
14. King Woman — “Bury”
15. Sloppy Jane — “Claw Machine” Feat. Phoebe Bridgers

I Saw The TV Glow (Soundtrack) is out 5/10. Find more information here.

Have you seen Kate Middleton? She is about 5’9,” very regal, and currently works as an amateur photographer. At least that’s what the Royals expect you to believe right now.

The Princess has been the subject of controversy over the last few weeks as millions of strangers try to track her whereabouts. The normally very public figure was admitted to the hospital for a planned surgery in January, though she hasn’t been “seen” since. While Kensington Palace rarely comments on this type of thing, it’s been getting a little out of hand.

America’s Favorite Brit John Oliver appeared on Watch What Happens Live where America’s Favorite Housewife Andy Cohen asked him about his take on what’s going on with Middleton. “I was out, I thought ‘Let’s all just ignore this, we’ve moved on’ until the photoshop thing. It feels like…[they’re] almost handling it badly in an impressive way at this point,” Oliver quipped, referring to the disastrous Photoshop blunder from this weekend.

Oliver then admitted that this could be much more complex than we think. “There is a no-zero chance she died 18 months ago. They might be Weekend At Bernies-ing this situation,” he continued. “Non-zero. I’m not saying it happened! I’m saying non-zero. Until proved otherwise, until I see her with a copy of the day’s newspaper,” he concluded.

The Princess is not expected to return to the public eye until after Easter, so surely the theories will keep flying over the next few weeks. But really, all we need is for Middleton to Tweet about Dune Part 2 and all of this would be settled.

Pavement superfans already have the band’s albums, but their singles releases may be a less common part of vinyl collections. Now, though, Pavement has announced Cautionary Tales: Jukebox Classiques, a collection of all of the 7-inch singles the group released from 1989 to 1999.

All in all, it features 18 records, all of which were reproduced with original artwork, and the collection comes with “a 24-page threaded saddle-sewn booklet and full discographical history,” per a press release.

How To Buy Pavement’s Cautionary Tales: Jukebox Classiques Vinyl Box Set

This release will actually be available exclusively through pre-orders. It’s available to pre-order now (via Matador, here), and the pre-order window is set to close on April 22. Pre-orders are expected to be delivered on July 12. The set is available digitally now.

Pavement’s Cautionary Tales: Jukebox Classiques Tracklist

1. Slay Tracks 1933-1969
A1. “You’re Killing Me”
A2. “Box Elder”
A3. “Maybe Maybe”
B1. “She Believes (edit)”
B2. “Price Yeah!”

2. Demolition Plot J-7
A1. “Fork Lift”
A2. “Spizzle Trunk”
A3. “Recorder Grot”
B1. “Internal K-Dart”
B2. “Perfect Depth”
B3. “Recorder Grot (Rally)”

3. Summer Babe
A1. “Summer Babe”
B1. “Mercy Snack”
B2. “Baptiss Blacktick”

4. Trigger Cut
A1. “Trigger Cut”
B1. “Sue Me Jack”
B2. “So Stark (You’re A Skyscraper)”

5. Cut Your Hair
A1. “Cut Your Hair”
B1. “Camera”
B2. “Stare”

6. Gold Soundz
A1. “Gold Soundz”
A2. “Kneeling Bus”
B1. “Strings Of Nashville”
B2. “Exit Theory”

7. Range Life
A1. “Range Life”
B1. “Raft”
B2. “Coolin’ By Sound”

8. Rattled By The Rush
A1. “Rattled By La Rush”
B1. “False Skorpion”
B2. “Easily Fooled”

9. Father To A Sister Of Thought
A1. “Father To A Sister of Thought”
B1. “Kriss Kraft”
B2. “Mussle Rock (Is A Horse In Transiton)”

10. Pacific Trim
A1. “Give It A Day”
A2. “Gangsters & Pranksters”
B1. “Saganaw”
B2. “I Love Perth”

11. Stereo
A1. “Stereo”
B1. “Birds In The Majic Industry (B side version)”

12. Shady Lane
A1. “Shady Lane (Krossfader)”
B1. “Unseen Power Of The Picket Fence”

13. Spit On A Stranger
A1. “Spit On A Stranger”
B1. “Harness Your Hopes (Live in Brixton)*”

14. Carrot Rope
A1. “Carrot Rope”
B1. “And Then”

15. Major Leagues
A1. “Major Leagues”
B1. “Your Time To Change”
B2. “Stub Your Toe”
C1. “Major Leagues (Demo)”
C2. “Decouvert De Soleil”
D1. “The Killing Moon”
D2. “The Classical”

16. Haunt You Down
A1. “Haunt You Down”
B1. “Jam Kids”

17. Black Out
A1. “Black Out (Alternate Version)”
B1. “Extradition (Alternate Version)”