At the end of last week, Beyoncé dropped Cowboy Carter. The new album is a wild rush of genre-breaking music, an epic trail ride through the artist’s brain, taking us on a journey across her history and musical influences and her beautiful-but-tricky relationship with it all. It’s about celebrating country music, but it’s also about taking it to task and reclaiming its roots within Black culture. To put out an album like this in a dark and divided election year in America is one of the most authentically personal political acts by any commercially successful artist over the last decade. Read More...
A Canadian lawmaker has revealed a 'game-plan' is being devised on how to respond if the US becomes a far-right, authoritarian regime, following the presidential election.
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada is keeping a close eye on who is going to be America's next leader, the National Post reports.
'We are certainly working on scenarios,' Joly told a Montreal radio station in French during an interview this week.
'In general, there is our game plan, precisely to be able to manage what could be a rather difficult situation. Read More...
In a world where celebrity relationships can seem somewhat, well, orchestrated, the romance between Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce has been a hot topic of discussion. But is Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s relationship a PR stunt? Chiefs’ owner Clark Hunt decided to share his thoughts on the matter, revealing whether or not he thinks their relationship is the “real deal.”
Swift and Kelce’s love story began in July 2023, when a mysterious matchmaker—now revealed to be her cousin, Danny—introduced Swift to Kelce’s “New Heights” podcast. Read More...