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Bad Bunny is a global music superstar, but the “Baticano” rapper’s home and heart will forever belong to Puerto Rico. Over the years, he has showcased his silly side with meme-worthy photos and viral videos. However, when it comes to his native country, it’s not a laughing matter.

On his latest song, “Una Velita,” Bad Bunny is using his award-winning voice and international platform to draw attention to the plight of his people. Bad Bunny’s discography is filled with danceable bops, but now he adds a political resistance track to round things out.

With all eyes on Puerto Rico’s gubernatorial election, as well as the anniversary of Hurricane Maria, Bad Bunny offers a public prayer for the island. “And of the Holy Spirit, may God protect my song / I don’t want a tarp, I want His mantle / Obviously, the light will go out, God knows it will never rеturn / The bridge they took so long to build, thе river has grown and will break it / A couple of songs saved on my phone for when the signal goes out,” he raps (translated to English).

Bad Bunny then turns his sharp pen toward elected officials, rapping: “The signal has already been given, and they don’t wanna see it, it’s just that the Puerto Ricans have to wake up / Don’t forget the old lady over there who lives alone, we need to help her / Remember that we’re all from here, it’s up to the people to save the people / Don’t send me anything from the government, those bastards will hide it / They’re going out on the streets just for photos, they can all go to Hell / Five thousand were left to die, and that we’ll never forget / The palm tree they want to use to hang the country, one of these days we’ll take it down.”

Listen to “Una Velita” above.

When it comes to the ice cream flavor universe of Vermont favorites Ben & Jerry’s, the late Grateful Dead leader Jerry Garcia has been on top of the musical mountain for years, thanks to the popular Cherry Garcia flavor named in his honor. Now, Vermont native Noah Kahan has his time to shine, too.

Yesterday (September 19), Ben & Jerry’s unveiled Northern Latte-tude, a new flavor named after Kahan’s 2022 song “Northern Latitude.” Kahan was over the moon about the news when he tweeted yesterday, “F*cking pinch me.”

Ben & Jerry’s head of brand innovation Emily Smith in a statement (via Billboard), “We were more than excited to partner with Noah Kahan to create this flavor. With Noah being from Vermont and establishing his non-profit The Busyhead Project to support such an important issue that he cares deeply about, we saw tons of fan gratitude for Noah’s Latte-tude, all while doing good.”

The bad news is that most people reading this will probably never have the chance to try Northern Latte-tude, as things stand now. The flavor debuted last night in Essex Junction, Vermont, exclusively at a concert Kahan played to benefit The Busyhead Project, Kahan’s nonprofit that provides mental health support for Vermont residents. The flavor will also be available today, but exclusively at Ben & Jerry’s Scoop Shops in Burlington and Waterbury, Vermont, and only today. So, unless Ben & Jerry’s changes their plans, the limited engagement that is Northern Latte-tude will be over soon.

Before James Wan wrought a dancing M3GAN upon the world, he terrorized audiences with Annabelle, who opened the first The Conjuring movie, and then she was off to the demonic races (and our own reality) with her own trilogy of horror films. A decade later, The Conjuring universe includes nine released movies including a pair of The Nun flicks devoted to hellish Valek, The Curse of La Llorna, and three movies that mainly revolve around Ed and Lorraine Warren, who are also known to pop into other parts of the universe, too.

In other words, there’s no rest for those who investigate the wicked or audiences (who have shelled out over $2 billion globally for these spookfests), and although Wan has a buffet of other horror projects in process (including Longlegs director Osgood Perkins’ The Monkey and Wan’s Teacup series for Peacock), he still has time for more of The Conjuring.

Specifically, The Conjuring: Last Rites is coming, so let’s roll out what we know:

Plot

First, is this the final The Conjuring universe movie? Wan used the words “potentially wrapping up” while speaking with Collider and when pressed to clarify, he declared, “We never know. You never know. We’ll see.” Now, the movie does have a release date, but Wan added, “With the Conjuring films, we are very precious about [them]. And so we kind of want to just take our time to make sure we get it right and to make sure the emotion of the Warren stories that we want to tell, and … we just want to make sure that it’s the right thing.”

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It and The Nun II director Michael Chaves is reportedly back for more, and the screenplay has been written by Wan himself, so we are in good hands behind the camera. And naturally, nobody else can portray paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine other than Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga, so we should expect to see them to dramatize a real-life Warren case. To briefly refresh, the first film co-starred “The Conjuring House,” otherwise known as the location of the Perron Family Haunting. The second film then hit the London-based mystery of the Enfield Poltergeist, and the threequel followed Arne Johnson’s (unsuccessful) murder defense strategy, which matched The Devil Made Me Do It subtitle.

This fourth Warren-focused movie will presumably revolve around a theme involving the “Last Rites” sacrament, which won’t have to stretch to be on point, given the religiously-themed hauntings, jump scares, and alleged possessions that have surfaced thus far. Hollywood Reporter did note earlier this year that the movie was “operating currently under the simple title of The Conjuring 4,” although the outlet did have some fun with referring to “one last ride. Or one last rite, as it were.” It’s no wonder that the movie began being referred to as The Conjuring: Last Rites, a title that has since become official.

If this is indeed the final movie of The Conjuring universe, then Wan surely labored over which of the Warrens’ other cases to adapt, but for now, he’s keeping his lips zipped on which one he has chosen.

Cast

Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga will obviously be onscreen as Ed and Lorraine Warren, and that would be the only confirmed casting news at this date. If we don’t receive a cameo by Bonnie Aarons as Valek/The Nun, then elbows are gonna fly.

Release Date

The Conjuring: Last Rites will spook theaters on September 5, 2025.

Trailer

Since we cannot have a trailer yet, we can attempt to manifest seeing Valek do this again in the final Warren hurrah:

Director Coralie Fargeat’s debut feature-length film was Revenge, a thriller about a woman who is sexually assaulted and gets, well, revenge upon her attackers. Her follow up, The Substance, follows the host of an aerobics TV show who gets fired on her 50th birthday and takes a drug to become a “younger, more beautiful, more perfect” version of herself. It stars Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley, who were asked by Dazed Digital to provide a Cronenbergian- / Lynchesque-like term to describe Fargeat’s films.

“Coralie pushes the envelope of reality,” Moore answered. “In Revenge, when the girl falls, you’re like: she couldn’t have lived through that. Then she gets up. Coralie creates totally unique worlds that are parallel to our own world.” Qualley had a more succinct (and, if you’ll forgive the pun, titillating) answer: “Fargeatian would be that it’s bloody. And there’s tits and butts.”

Put it on the poster: “The Substance! It’s Bloody, And There’s Tits And Butts.”

Fargeat also discussed the critical reaction to The Substance, which has mostly been positive, although not entirely. “I knew the movie was going to be polarizing because when you do strong choices, you provoke a strong reaction. I also knew some people would reject the statement the film makes,” she said. “These are things people wish didn’t exist anymore – but they’re still there.”

The Substance is out in theaters now.

Rising country music star Shaboozey‘s chart-topping hit “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” encouraged everyone to raise a glass. But, beyond the foot-stomping smash lies a gut-wrenching tale of loss.

On his latest Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going single “Highway,” the heartbreak is hard to escape. In the official video for the song, Shaboozey shows just how winding that devastating road is.

Director Aiden Cullen turns that sorrow into a cinematic journey for all to accompany the musician on. As Shaboozey makes his way through the country’s back roads, loneliness is his only champion. As he sings, “Gave me your heart, gave you heartbreak / Sorry I’m lost in this dark place / Somehow I’ll make it to Sunday / I promise I’ll be coming back / I might die on the highway / With all my regrets / I’ve been driving for miles and miles and miles / I can’t see where it ends,” the gloomy environment paired with his risky outlaw behavior helps to cement the fantasy.

“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” gave fans something to pour one out for whereas “Highway” tells you why the bottle has become his best friend.

Watch Shaboozey’s “Highway” video above.

Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going is out now via American Dogwood/EMPIRE. Find more information here.

Earlier this year, St. Vincent released her seventh studio album, All Born Screaming. The singer’s devilishly good time will continue with a Spanish-language version of that album, entitled Todos Nacen Gritando.

“The origins of Todos Nacen Gritando can be traced back to some of the most memorable shows I’ve ever played, in Mexico, South America, and recently Primavera Barcelona in 2023,” she said in a statement. “Though separated by time and geography, and across a diverse range of settings and venues, these crowds were united in their passion — singing every word to every song in perfect English. It was truly inspiring. Eventually, I asked myself: If they can sing along in a second or third language, why can’t I meet them halfway?”

She continued, “So I enlisted my best friend and occasional collaborator Alan Del Rio Ortiz to work on translating these lyrics, tweaking here and there for melodic reasons, making every effort to stay true to the song at hand without sacrificing accuracy. After much rewriting and re-singing every vocal track on the album, the result is Todos Nacen Gritando, equal parts labor of love and tribute to the people who inspired it.”

You can listen to first single “Hombre Roto” (the new version of “Broken Man”) above.

Todos Nacen Gritando is out 11/15 via Total Pleasure Records. Find more information here.

Glen Powell cannot be stopped, so don’t even go there. The Twisters, Anyone But You, and Top Gun: Maverick dynamo isn’t resting, however. He has been gearing up for The Running Man reboot and filming the perplexing Chad Powers TV show, but before that shoot began, cameras rolled for Glen this spring on Huntington, an A24-distributed film that carries a directorial and cast-infused pedigree that sets the project up for success.

A key attraction to this movie is the inclusion of Margaret Qualley, who possesses the star power to aim for a blockbuster career but seems more content making arthouse flicks like upcoming body horror film The Substance, eclectic-ensemble picture Kinds of Kindness, and erotic thriller Sanctuary. Together, they could take the charisma of this movie off the charts, but let’s get down to business on what to expect from Huntington.

Plot

Emily the Criminal director John Patton Ford helms this picture (which he also wrote, according to Deadline) that is inspired by Kind Hearts and Coronets, the 1949 thriller and dark comedy that gets homicidal about a line of succession, and Collider spoke to Powell in May while he was hours away from hopping on a plane to shoot Huntington in South Africa. He told the outlet very little, other than this: “It’s an A24 movie that John Patton Ford is directing, and I will be there. That is the next thing I’m shooting.” Collider specifies that the movie will be darker than the earlier Alec Guinness-starring picture.

According to Studiocanal production house (which is partnering with A24 here), the movie will be a “raucously entertaining revenge thriller about Becket Redfellow (Glen Powell), the heir to a multi-billion-dollar fortune who will stop at nothing to get what he deserves. Or what he thinks he deserves.” A joint statement from Studiocanal CEO Anna Marsh and executive producers Ron Halpern and Joe Naftalin described the cast as “a dream array of on-screen talent in the extraordinary Glen Powell, Margaret Qualley and Ed Harris.”

The project is under lock and key for more specific plot details, but the truth cannot stay hidden forever with the film releasing next year.

Cast

Powell and Qualley will be joined by Ed Harris, Bill Camp, Topher Grace, Jessica Henwick, Zack Woods, and Raff Law.

Release Date

A24 has not publicized a release date yet, but presumably, filming is complete with Powell already having moved onto the Chad Powers set. Also, Studiocanal pinpointed this for a 2025 debut.

Trailer

Since no trailer exists yet, it’s time for a flashback, and everybody is aware of Powell’s recent proliferation on large and small screens, so let’s revisit a truly deserving Qualley project. Here is a throwback to Netflix’s Maid limited series, which showcases Qualley’s ability to evaporate within a role.

For years, Warped Tour was an iconic event in punk and alternative rock music. It first launched in 1995, but the touring event ended its run in 2018, hosting a three-date stint in 2019 before going dormant. Fans still yearning for that era, though, finally have some good news: Warped Tour is coming back.

According to Pollstar, Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman confirmed reports of the event returning in 2025 for its 30th anniversary. He said, “We have something cooking for 2025. Details should be ready in a few weeks.”

In 2018, Lyman told Billboard, “I’ve done everything I can in the format that this is in. It wasn’t supposed to be around 24 years. It wasn’t supposed to be around more than one year. But enough people saw what I was trying to do. […] I know Warped Tour isn’t perfect, but the world’s not perfect, and I think that the kids that came here from a society where we always look for perfect weren’t perfect, but they realized they were all right.”

The lineup for the 2019 edition of Warped Tour featured Blink-182, Bad Religion, The Offspring, Anti-Flag, Andrew WK, Atmosphere, Less Than Jake, Reel Big Fish, Jawbreaker, NOFX, Sum 41, Hawthorne Heights, Simple Plan, The Used, and more.

Joel Embiid isn’t going anywhere. Embiid, the star center for the Philadelphia 76ers who has made his aspirations of competing for a championship clear regardless of which team he suits up for, agreed to a contract extension with the team on Friday morning. In a bit of news reported by Shams Charania of The Athletic, Embiid signed a 3-year max extension that will pay him $193 million.

The extension means that Embiid is signed with the Sixers for the next five seasons — although the deal does have a player option for 2028-29 — and will make $301 million over the life of this deal. And not long after the news dropped, Embiid posted confirmation that he’s staying in Philly on his Instagram account.

“Philadelphia is home,” Embiid wrote. “I want to be here for the rest of my career.I love this community and everything you’ve given me and my family. There is a lot more work to do. You guys deserve a championship and I think we’re just getting started! #Trust the process”

The 2022-23 NBA MVP, Embiid has spent the entirety of his NBA career in Philadelphia, as the team selected him with the No. 3 overall pick in the 2014 NBA Draft. To say his tenure with the franchise has been tumultuous is an understatement, and while he has flirted with the idea of leaving the team in the past, the Sixers have invested heavily in trying to put the right team around him in recent years. Now, with Tyrese Maxey continuing to flourish and Paul George on a big money contract, the Sixers believe they have all the pieces in place around Embiid to finally get him to at least the Eastern Conference Finals.

As Chappell Roan has become a leading pop star in 2024, she has been candid about the negative parts of being famous. The whole situation is getting to her so much, in fact, that she was recently diagnosed with “severe depression,” she revealed in a new interview with The Guardian.

Discussing coping with the struggles of her newfound fame, Roan said she’s coping “how anyone would,” explaining, “I’m in therapy twice a week. I went to a psychiatrist last week because I was like, I don’t know what’s going on. She diagnosed me with severe depression — which I didn’t think I had because I’m not actually sad. But I have every symptom of someone who’s severely depressed.” Those symptoms include brain fog, forgetfulness, poor focus, and “a very lacklustre viewpoint.”

She went on, “I think it’s because my whole life has changed. Everything that I really love to do now comes with baggage. If I want to go thrifting, I have to book security and prepare myself that this is not going to be normal. Going to the park, pilates, yoga — how do I do this in a safe way where I’m not going to be stalked or harassed?”

Check out the full interview here.