Shabaka has enlisted rapper billy woods for a new song called “Timepieces.” It serves as the opening song on the jazz musician’s Possession EP, which features further contributions from woods’ Armand Hammer bandmate, Elucid, Esperanza Spalding, South African jazz musician Nduduzo Makhathini, Brandee Younger, Carlos Niño, and Jason Moran. Listen to “Timepieces” below. The Possession
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Russian President Vladimir Putin Russian lawmakers have moved to outlaw adoption by people from countries where gender-affirming care is legal. Russian language outlet Zona Media reports that the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian Federal Assembly, has unanimously approved a bill that would prohibit the adoption of Russian children by citizens of foreign
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Photo Courtesy of Firestone Walker Globally renowned brewmasters Matt Brynildson and Firestone Walker recently announced their 2025 Brewmaster Collective Beer Club. It’s an exclusive member-only club for beer aficionados. Members will receive a collection of small-batch artisanal barrel-aged beers and four hyper-limited rare and limited-edition beers crafted at Firestone Walker’s R&D brewery in Venice, California.
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Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Here are biggest stories from last week. Barnes & Noble’s Book of the Year is…. James is Barnes & Noble’s Book of the Year. I had a little fun with this announcement on Instagram, but this is the right
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The Dragon Painter is a new Blu-ray from Milestone Films that showcases three silent features produced by its star, Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa. For reasons complex and absurd, he was not only Hollywood’s first Asian male star but its first foreign heart-throb, known for his handsome, smoldering sexuality. Hayakawa was no ordinary immigrant escaping poverty.
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Maria Menounos is starring in the upcoming It’s A Wonderful Lifetime movie Christmas At Plumhill Manor. She recently talked about the ‘interesting theme’ of this holiday movie, as well as her 27-year relationship with her husband Kevin Undergaro, and how her parents inspired here. What does The Holiday Fixup star say about these things? Kyle
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Contradictions characterize multi-instrumentalist Louis Cole’s output. His music alternates between sincere and silly, sublime and superficial, while jumping between disparate genres like pop, jazz fusion, and electronica. He embraces a lo-fi, DIY aesthetic and approach to production but practices obsessively and is meticulously detailed in his songwriting. As Cole proclaims on the track “I’m Tight”
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