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Even before the 2020 tennis season was blacked out, Serena Williams had blacked out her new Wilson racket, all part of the process for making a change to her on-court equipment 25 years into her professional career and with 23 Grand Slam singles titles stacked on her trophy case. For Williams, the transition into a […]
In many ways, Bogotá is a lot like the north of England: the weather’s not so great but the people are kind and dying to have a good time. And what do good people do in bad weather? They create. In the case of Bogotá, Colombia that means cultivating a thriving and multi-faceted music scene built […]
You might have seen or heard about HBO Max without fully understanding what it is. The new streaming service makes its long-awaited debut today, bringing with it a handful of exciting exclusives, making a noisy entrance into an already crowded space. With its arrival, however, comes a handful of questions about the service itself. AT&T […]
Close your eyes and try remembering the last time you were in the club. Let the cacophony of music and aimless chatter, the warmth of bodies dancing around you, and the drinks strong enough to make you forget you spent $15 on a vodka soda wash over you. Now, open your eyes to your bedroom. […]
The NFL released is out. The draft is a wrap. Free agency is in the books. The NFL pushed on, when many doubted that they’d be able to have much of an offseason at all because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Now it looks like everything is on track for a full season, which means it’s […]
Under normal circumstances, we’d all be enjoying the NBA Conference Finals right now, likely wondering if Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks can find a way to win a title, or if LeBron James or Kawhi Leonard can become the first player to win a Finals MVP for three different franchises. Instead, we’re all sitting […]
When it comes to Insecure, the music is just as liable to get Twitter buzzing as much as any relationship twist. Issa Rae has said that the music each season is basically an extension of her personal playlist, but that in no way shortchanges what Kier Lehman brings to the table. The veteran music supervisor has […]
Being quarantined is making rap legends as nostalgic and reflective as the rest of us. Big Boi is, of course, one half of OutKast and a core member of the world-changing Atlanta collective the Dungeon Family (named after the crew’s original studio, the Dungeon, located in the basement of DF member Rico Wade’s mother’s house). And […]
Vashtie had plans for a big, celebratory wedding, but due to Covid-19, they had to be postponed. But she and her husband, Emil Boye, opted to get married secretly at City Hall wearing attire that was unexpected, but made sense for the couple. “To honor tradition I wore all white, but to be true to […]
Time has been kind to the Star Wars prequels. That’s the power of nostalgia. What was once considered awkward is viewed through rose-tinted glasses as odd or charming. Defenders hone in on the films’ bright spots: the pod race and Darth Maul fight in Episode I, the Jango Fett fight in Episode II. They focus […]
