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After a two-year hiatus, Rick and Morty returned to TV with season 8 starting in May 2025. Now, the tenth and final episode of the season is about to air on cable TV and online.
The season 8 finale of Rick and Morty broadcasts at 11 p.m. ET
Where to Watch ‘Rick and Morty’ Online
Rick and Morty‘s season 8 finale is titled “Hot Rick” and it airs on Adult Swim. The animated series is also available to watch on Sling Blue. Keep reading for more details on how cord-cutters can watch the Rick and Morty season 8 finale online with Sling.
How to Watch ‘Rick and Morty’ withSling TV
A subscription to Sling Blue — which comes with Adult Swim — gets you access to live TV from local and cable channels. Here’s how it breaks down: Sling Blue is on sale for up to half off the first month of service.
With Sling Blue, you can also watch networks including NBC, Fox, ABC (in select markets), Bravo, Cartoon Network, Discovery Channel, E!, Fox Sports, Fox News, MSNBC, NFL Network, National Geographic, SYFY, TLC, USA Network, truTV, A&E, AMC, BBC America, BET, CNN, Comedy Central, Food Network, Fuse, History Channel, IFC, Lifetime, Nick Jr., QVC, TNT, TBS, Travel Channel, Vice and many others.
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Season 8 has a voice cast featuring Chris Parnell, Spencer Grammer, Sarah Chalke, Ian Cardoni, Harry Belden and others with music by TV composer and producer Ryan Elder.
Starting at 11 p.m. ET/PT, Rick and Morty airs on Adult Swim on Sunday (July 27). The animated series is available to watch with Sling TV.
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On Thursday, (July 24), pro wrestling legend Hulk Hogan died. He was 71.
Processing The Hulkster’s legacy in real-time is tough — not just because of his greatness, but because of the blemishes that marred his career inside and outside the ring. Hogan undoubtedly revolutionized the wrestling industry in the 1980s and 1990s. He was the cornerstone and QB1 for Vince McMahon’s World Wrestling Federation. He headlined seven out of the first eight WrestleManias. He grappled against Mr. T and body-slammed Andre the Giant.
During his prime, he was a burly locomotive with superhero intentions, encouraging kids to say their prayers and eat their vitamins while proving to be a magnetic crossover star, squaring off with Sylvester Stallone in Rocky III. He was The Rock before Dwayne, Cena before John. And when he crossed over to the dark side, going heel in 1996, it was the most significant role reversal ever in pro-wrestling history. Gone was the illusion of red and yellow, and the self-proclaimed “Real American.” In came Hollywood Hogan, the villainous leader of the New World Order. The dastardly invaders didn’t just plant their flag on WCW; they marked their territory and dominated the pro-wrestling scene, demolishing the WWF during their heated Monday Night Wars. Hogan did that.
But in his later years, his political alignment became part of his persona — one that Trump sorely valued. “We lost a great friend today, the ‘Hulkster,” Trump posted shortly following Hogan’s passing. “Hulk Hogan was MAGA all the way — Strong, tough, smart, but with the biggest heart. He gave an absolutely electric speech at the Republican National Convention. That was one of the highlights of the entire week. He entertained fans from all over the World, and the cultural impact he had was massive. To his wife, Sky, and family, we give our warmest best wishes and love. Hulk Hogan will be greatly missed!”
Hogan’s heelish persona bled outside the ring, and that’s why it’s hard to ignore that when remembering his life and career today. In 2015, leaked recordings revealed Hogan using the N-word while discussing his daughter’s dating life. Though Hogan sued Gawker and won over $100 million, his image was cooked. WWE terminated his contract and scrubbed him from TV for three years. Disdain for Hogan continued when he aligned himself with President Trump during last year’s Republican National Convention. In August, he sparked backlash again after making a racially charged joke about former Vice President Kamala Harris — capping it off by saying he’d give her a leg drop. Those strikes against Hogan not only alienated the Black and Brown communities but also sullied his legacy amongst wrestling fans and purists.
“He just doesn’t see, he doesn’t understand how what he does affects people around him,” said WWE superstar Seth Rollins in an interview last year with Outta Pocket. “I think he just lives in this space that he’s created for himself. He shaped his worldview, and he’s just this is how he’s going to see things. And I think if you’re going to be like that, people are going to treat you accordingly.”
Earlier this year, during WWE’s Monday Night Raw Netflix debut, fans greeted Hogan with a sea of boos as he haplessly tried promoting his Real American Beer. Distraught by the negative response, Hogan retreated to the back and never appeared again on WWE TV. That’s only a small fraction of the controversies he’s courted and faced significant backlash for over the years.
Though Hogan will be remembered for his in-ring classics, thunderous legdrops and spine-chilling mic drops, The Hulkster’s greatest opponent was always himself — and that match never got the standing ovation he always craved.
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There’s nothing more New York than wheeling around the city streets in the back of a pedicab while listening to “New York State of Mind” — unless Billy Joel himself is there, too.
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In a recent video posted by the Piano Man on Instagram, Joel pulls up next to a man riding a bicycle, chauffeuring two women sitting in an attached passenger car while blasting the rocker’s iconic 1976 classic. Joel looks stunned as he greets the trio from the backseat window of his car, with the biker not recognizing him at first.
When it dawns on him that he’s looking at the creator of the song he’s playing, the “taxi” driver says excitedly: “We are playing you, man! Can I take a picture with you, please?”
The women in the back look just as psyched. “How are you feeling?” one of them asks, most likely referencing Joel’s recent normal pressure hydrocephalus diagnosis.
“We’re in a New York State of Mind … always,” Joel captioned the clip, adding a heart emoji.
The fateful interaction comes amid the rollout cycle for the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer’s new documentary, And So It Goes. Released July 18 on HBO Max, the two-parter explores Joel’s career as well as his personal battles, from struggling with alcohol abuse to mental health issues stemming from his affair with first wife Elizabeth Weber, who was married to one of Joel’s bandmates when they met.
As evidenced by the concerned passenger, however, what most people want to know now is how Joel is faring as he battles his illness — but in a recent interview with Bill Maher, the five-time Grammy winner said that it’s not as bad as it sounds. “I feel fine,” he said on an episode of Club Random Podcast. “My balance sucks. It’s like being on a boat … They keep referring to what I have as a brain disorder, so it sounds a lot worse than what I’m feeling.”
Watch the sweet moment Joel surprised fans on a pedicab below.
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When the world was introduced to Black Sabbath with the hit song “Paranoid” over 50 years ago, the heavy metal band’s lead singer and frontman Ozzy Osbourne instantly captured the attention and adoration of fans throughout the next five decades to come.
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Meanwhile, Ozzy Osbourne has an upcoming memoir titled Last Rites. It’s being released posthumously on Tuesday, Oct. 7. The book is available for preorder on Amazon too. In addition, Osbourne’s previous memoir I Am Ozzy, which was released in 2011, is buyable in paperback for $20.45 (regularly $21.99) from the retailer.
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Over a decade since gospel singer-songwriter Tasha Cobbs Leonard released her debut record, she’s become known for her live worship albums, recorded in churches and venues including Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. But on her latest project Motown Gospel project Tasha, which comes out Friday (July 25), she and her husband, producer Kenneth Leonard Jr., stepped into a new creative challenge: her first album recorded fully in a studio.
“At first I was super nervous about it, I guess because it was just new,” Cobbs Leonard tells Billboard. “When you do something for the first time, just going in with the unknown, [you think] ‘How do I fit in the whole studio idea?’ But I quickly became very comfortable with it because I realized that it was just exploring different ways of me expressing worship.”
Recorded at Capitol Music Group’s studio in Nashville, the 15-song project features an eclectic mix of pop, hip-hop and ‘80s R&B. The album’s first single, “Already Good (Tasha Slide)” is a slice of uplifting Motown-esque pop and R&B accompanied by a line dance she calls the Tasha Slide. It also features collaborations with gospel music luminary Kirk Franklin, and R&B/pop hitmaker John Legend, Christian hip-hop artist Lecrae and worship artist Chandler Moore.
Tasha’s wide-ranging sounds reflect the myriad of musical experiences the three-time Grammy winner has participated in over the past few years from performing “Lift Every Voice and Sing” at the 2024 NFL season opener to appearing on the Jennifer Hudson show and taking part in the 2022 Soul Train Awards’ “Soul Cypher” segment alongside Muni Long, Durand Bernarr and Alex Vaughn. Though cross-genre collaborating isn’t new for Cobbs Leonard — she’s previously worked with artists including Common and Nicki Minaj — she took those recent creative opportunities to heart.
“Though I was used to leading worship on stages, it felt like God was showing me: ‘You’re also able to do this type of music that would reach a different crowd, someone who wants to meet God through the sounds that they enjoy,” she says.
The Georgia native, who co-pastors The Purpose Place Church in South Carolina with her husband, earned her first hit in 2013 with “Break Every Chain,” which spent seven weeks atop Billboard’s Gospel Airplay chart. She’s sent five projects to the pinnacle of the Top Gospel Albums chart and issued chart-topping songs including” The Moment” and “Burdens Down.”
In 2024, Cobbs Leonard shared her story in her memoir Do It Anyway, where she opened up about her struggles with anxiety and depression, as well as her experience going through a miscarriage. Writing the book served as a change agent for the new album.
“What I didn’t expect going into it is how vulnerable I would have to be in writing that book,” she says. “When you get to that place, it’s hard to go back to being closed. The book set me up for this place of transparency that I’m in with my testimonies, so people can glean and grow and be encouraged to keep doing it anyway.”
On the new album, songs including “Do It Anyway,” the piano-led ballad “The Hand That Keeps Holding Me” and “Broken Pieces” touch on that journey and the spiritual faith that brought her through those struggles.
The album-making process started with a week-long songwriting camp, with Cobbs Leonard inviting Gospel singer-songwriter Travis Greene and five-time Grammy-winning worship group Maverick City Music members Naomi Raine and Chandler Moore (Moore is also featured on the album’s “I Want More”).
“I wanted writers that I love, writers that I knew would be able to come in and hear the vision of the record and the stories and testimonies of my life and be able to write songs that would fit the telling of that story,” Cobbs Leonard says.
She specifically brought in members of Maverick City Music because “the lyrical content of the songs Maverick City released, there’s no denying their gifts are so much greater than just the singing ability,” she says. “I felt like that purity and transparency was required for this album — songwriters who could dig deep into their emotional space and pull out songs people could relate to.”
Cobbs Leonard and Lecrae, who previously earned a Grammy for their collaboration “Your Power,” teamed up again on the new album on “I Needed God,” which features a rap interlude from Lecrae. The new pairing came after Cobbs Leonard appeared on Lecrae’s The Deep End podcast in February.
“At the end of the podcast, he looked at the camera and was like, ‘How many of y’all want to hear me and Tasha do something else together?’ and I was like, ‘Say less. Let’s do it.’ I did my vocals first, sent the track to him and he shot it right back with his verse and it worked like butter.”
Legend guests on “Church,” a song with a traditional gospel sound juxtaposed with lyrics that question how to sustain a spiritual connection beyond a Sunday morning church setting. After Cobbs Leonard asked her social media followers who they would like to see her collaborate with on the new album and Legend was the answer, a mutual friend of the two artists connected the pair.
“She grew up with John and they sang in church and in choirs together and had remained friends over the years,” Cobbs Leonard says. “He has been such a joy to work with. Him and his team, they are incredible. They have supported this song and album fully and that’s been such a blessing. I sent him the song and he sent his part back, and I was floored the way he brought this song to another level.”
Recording the album in a studio versus live gave Cobbs Leonard and her husband the opportunity to showcase the musical talents of their extended family, with the background vocals on “Church” featuring uncles, aunts, cousins and other family members.
Cobbs Leonard says sharing her story through song, in connection with blending different styles of music, helped her craft a multi-faceted project that showcases a fuller spectrum of her creativity.
“When I listen to it, it just feels like Tasha,” she says. “You get your worship, but you also get worship through a hip-hop track with Lecrae on it. One of the things I loved so much was getting to explore so many creative expressions of worship.”
Going forward, Cobbs Leonard says she’s open to recording more studio albums, but live remains her focus.
“I love them both now, and that would be interesting to mix both. But I’m a worship leader at the core. I love the local church. I love standing before crowds and introducing them to the awareness of God’s presence. So, whether it’s the next album or the one after that, we’re always going to get a live album from Tasha.”
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Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City’s mayor, shared a new campaign video where he’s seen chopping it up with Wu-Tang Clan, Jadakiss, Run The Jewels and other famous rappers.
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The video, which was shared on Thursday (July 24), shows that Mamdani was invited by Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) to attend Wu-Tang’s final New York show at Madison Square Garden. Mamdani also got to head backstage, and was seen in the video hanging out with Killer Mike, El-P, Styles P, Jadakiss and most importantly RZA.
The latter engages in a spirited conversation about the Brooklyn neighborhood of Brownsville, as the Wu-Tang member discusses a generation of residents that feel “stuck” in the community. Mamdani flips the idea of Brownsville being a place where residents get “stuck,” and says that his campaign is based on making New York City neighborhoods, like Brownsville, affordable destinations.
“I think a big part of it is to make Brownsville a place that you don’t have to leave,” Mamdani says. “There are too many people for whom stability, space, raising a family, you can only do it outside of New York City. The whole campaign that we ran on is about ‘How do we make the most expensive city in the United States of America affordable?’”
RZA expresses his excitement about Mamdani idea, and the campaign video closes with Killer Mike telling photographers to stop taking pictures so that he can also discuss politics with the mayoral candidate.
Mamdani’s connection to the hip-hop community makes sense, considering he actually used to be a rapper. In 2015, he collaborated with his friend Abdul Bar Hussein to make a six-song EP titled Sidda Mukyaalo. The politics discussed in the EP were very similar to Mandani’s current socialist platform.
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After earning the distinction of the top-grossing Billboard Boxscore comedian for the first half of 2025 Sebastian Maniscalco has more than earned some rest and relaxation.
The Los Angeles-based standup superstar and actor’s It Ain’t Right arena tour grossed $35.5 million and sold 361,000 tickets over 30 shows in the first six months of the year — and that does not include the record-breaking five consecutive nights he performed at Madison Square Garden last September.
Informed of the milestone, which ranked him No. 25 among all genres of live performers — just below Dua Lipa — Maniscalco responded with his usual offstage reserve, a 180-degree departure from the outsized physicality and mannerisms of his performances.
“That’s nice to hear. There’s a lot of competition out there, so I didn’t think that I would have been the No. 1 guy,” he says. “But I’m not going to lie. It’s nice to be on top.”
Before heading off to Italy — he’s taking his mother to the Amalfi Coast — Maniscalco spoke to Billboard via Zoom, and talked about the podcast he recorded about the inventor of the Ponzi scheme, his upcoming Hulu special and taking some downtime before resuming touring.
Last year, you set a record for the most consecutive nights a comic has played Madison Square Garden — five — which means you performed to upwards of 85,000 people.Why do you think your comedy appeals to such a wide range of people?
Well, the observation material that I do hits a lot of different notes for people. I’m not talking about one specific thing, although I am an Italian American and I think a lot of my comedy resonated with the Italian American community at first.
That was never really my intention. I’ve always done material like hey, “I went to Chipotle,” or “Ever notice when your doorbell rings?” These are very broad topics that everybody could enjoy. Then I honed in on my Italian upbringing and my Italian father, which resonated not only with people with Italian immigrant backgrounds, but Spanish, Greek or wherever you come from.
And you know what? I feel like there’s more. When I look into the audience, I feel like I haven’t tapped into a mainstream vibe. I would like to look into the audience and see more Chinese people, more Black people, more Indian people — because I feel like the comedy speaks to a lot of different people and I haven’t felt like I’ve tapped into just yet. I feel like there’s more out there for me.
Are you consciously adjusting your set to tap into that?
I do whatever is funny. It’s not like I’m going, “All right, listen, I need a Chinese bit because I’m going to get the Chinese people.” I just do whatever is happening in my life at the time and if people seem to gravitate towards that, that’s fine. I don’t pander to those I want to come to my show.
How much longer will the It Ain’t Right tour continue?
The arena phase of the tour is over, although I do have one or two arena shows in Connecticut. Basically, what’s left is a lot of casinos between now and the end of the year. And then we’ll put this to bed. It’s been a great run. We did, I think, 86 shows over the course of eight months. It was the best time I’ve ever had on a tour. I brought two of my good friends, Pat McGann and Pete Coreale, who are opening the shows. They’re headliners in their own regard, and I have my best friend John Petrelli, who is my security, come with us, and we’ve really enjoyed every city. In the past, I would do the show, sleep, go to the next venue. This time, I enjoyed going out to different restaurants, golf, or what have you.
In your memoir, Stay Hungry, you compare the moment when the audience taps into your performance to music. Can you elaborate on that?
I feel like there is a music element to standup in the sense that it has a rhythm, pacing and cadence — whether you go higher with your voice or go lower to bring the audience in. With my act there also is the physicality that is infused into the material. I’m not just standing there behind a microphone telling jokes. That movement I compare to dance. It’s almost like you’re dancing to your words.
Nowadays, you’ve basically got to light yourself on fire up there for people to pay attention, and I’ve always been of the mind that you’ve got to give [the audience] a show, a performance. I mean people fought traffic, parking and had to get a babysitter to see me, so I take it very seriously.
I want them to leave my show talking about what they saw. Not only the performance but the production value of it. You’re charging a high ticket price, and you don’t want to have somebody walk in and see you performing on the stage that the arena gave you. I designed the stage for the It Ain’t Right tour as a triangle because when it was in the round, I felt like I was walking in circles. With the triangle I have three points to go to.
You are very involved in the production of your shows.
I like to get involved with the nuts and bolts of the production, of the lighting. The steps to the stage light up when I step on them. I came out on a Vespa. I did a preshow video that correlated to the Vespa. I was in a Vespa on the screen and the next thing you know I come onstage on a Vespa. They’re going to leave hopefully talking about how much they laughed and not about how beautiful the lighting rig was, but that enhances the experience.
You’ve got a Hulu special on deck for this year. When will it debut?
It hasn’t been announced yet. We did it at the United Center in Chicago in the middle of the tour. Originally it was scheduled to be at the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank, New Jersey at the end of the tour because I wasn’t sure how a special in an arena would play. But then as I started to go through the tour, I felt like man, I’ve got another six months of this. By the time I’m ready to shoot the special, I’m going to be tired and bored with the material. Then I felt like, “Why am I doing it in a theater when all the beats are already plotted for an arena?” So, we moved it up. We did it in my hometown of Chicago at the United Center.
I’m really excited about it. I tried to do something a little different with the last special I did in Las Vegas. I had asked the audience to dress up like it was 1960. I did it in a tuxedo even though I generally never perform in a suit because it’s more restrictive, and I can’t do a lot of the movements. Also, I was dealing with sciatica during that special, so I wasn’t able to be as physical as I was in the past. I was a little disappointed with how it turned out, although I thought the material was good. I just thought it could have been better. With the new special, there’s no more suit, and it’s in my hometown of Chicago. I couldn’t have asked for a better audience.
You’re voice of Charles Ponzi in a podcast called Easy Money: The Charles Ponzi Story. How did that come about?
I’ve always been fascinated by Ponzi schemes. Somebody’s always cheating somebody out of money with elaborate schemes. I didn’t know the Ponzi scheme was actually named after a real guy.
Will Malnati, who is also from Chicago, had done the Wild Things podcast about Siegfried & Roy, which I love, said, “I’m going to do one on Charles Ponzi.” He was an immigrant trying to make it in America and he got wrapped up in a thing that I don’t think he ever thought that was going to be as big as it was. He ultimately scammed people out of $800 million over nine months. I’ve done animation where you’re acting in a sound booth but I’d never voiced a character through the podcast vehicle. It’s also a love story between him and this beautiful woman Rose. So, I liked all the elements of love and thievery.
You also do a podcast with Pete Coreale.
We’ve been doing it for 12 years: The Pete and Sebastian Show. We started it out of the sheer enjoyment of calling one another on the phone and laughing. I said, “You know what? We should record these phone conversations because if we’re cracking up I’m sure other people would crack up.
He’s more of a beer-and-peanuts neanderthal, and I’m more of a wine-and-cheese guy who likes the finer things in life. At first, we were just doing audio. He would be in a car outside of a Starbucks ripping Wi-Fi off the Starbucks, and I would be in a hotel room in Denver. It’s not guest driven. We’ve had maybe 12 or 13 guests on our show over the course of the last 12 years. It was just two guys talking. We’re not making a dime but it has always been a passion project for us.
I loved Bookie. Your acting was very understated compared to your stand-up style. Did you take acting classes for that show?
I’ve been taking acting classes periodically since 1998, depending on what projects I’m doing. However, the reason I think it was funny is because, going into this, Chuck Lorre and Nick Bakay, told me, “Don’t play the joke. It’s a conversation. In conversations, funny things happen, so we’re not looking to make people laugh.” I also think the relationship I had with Omar Dorsey who plays Ray — right from the get-go we had a really nice chemistry.
Acting isn’t really something that I’m like, “Oh, I can’t wait to get on set.” Because I compare everything to standup and you’re not going to find anything that gives you the pleasure you get from that immediate reaction of making people laugh over an hour and 20-minute set. You do a TV show, and sometimes you’re questioning, “Is is this funny?” because you’re not getting any laughter from anybody.
In Stay Hungry you wrote that for a lot of comics, comedy is tragedy plus time, but for you, it’s agony plus time. Can you explain that a little bit?
Yeah, I just have an angst. It’s funny when I go out sometimes whether it be a kid’s birthday party or someone’s behavior. I wish I didn’t have such a sensitivity to it and it’s a challenge sometimes when to turn it on and when to turn it off. It’s always there. I compare it to if you’re allergic to peanuts you’re going to get a rash. Sometimes I’m allergic to bad behavior and people doing odd things, and sometimes it consumes me in a way where it’s great for humor but sometimes it gets in the way of life.
I understand that you hate the word “foodie,” but you’re a real aficionado of restaurants and wine.
I wouldn’t say I’m one of these guys, who’s like, “Oh, there’s a 1969 Bordeaux that you’ve got to have, or this wine has notes of cedar.” I just know what I like when I drink it. My wife and I got married in Napa, and I was introduced to wine about 15 years ago through my father-in-law, who is a big wine guy.
Then when it comes to food, I like to cook. I’m not doing any gastronomy over here. I like to make steak. I like to make chicken. We do a taco night for our kids, and I’m always trying to perfect the taco meat. My daughter, who is eight years old, I made burgers for her last night, and she said, “Daddy, I like it, but it’s got a little too much oil on it.” I put a little oil on the bun and then put them down on the grill to toast them a little bit. I over-oiled it, which I knew, but then she picked it out. I was like, “Jesus, eight years old.” At eight years old I didn’t care what the hell I was eating. But apparently my daughter is Bobby Flay.
We just enjoy eating great food. It doesn’t have to be fancy. It doesn’t have to be a tasting menu. We love going to a nice taco shop, burger place, but we also like eating at Providence here in Los Angeles which is Michael Cimarusti’s restaurant. It’s all seafood and I love seafood. Now that I have a family – a son and a daughter – I like to introduce them to new foods as my grandfather did when he was alive, and I was eating squid at eight years old.
Do you have a go-to wine?
Right now, it’s just a basic pinot noir by Flowers that we like. Cabernets seem to be a little heavy on a Tuesday night when you’re just relaxing. We adjusted our taste to pinots now. What else do I like? Ann Colgin – Colgin Cellars has a beautiful red wine that they do, but I don’t get to have it often. It’s a very expensive wine.
You’re also an Italian beef fan. Have you watched The Bear?
I just started about a month ago. I’m not too far into it, but it definitely brought back memories of Chicago and Johnnie’s Beef, Portillo’s makes a good beef. Who else? Mr. Beef. A lot of beef in Chicago.
What music do you listen to, and have your kids influenced your musical tastes?
I grew up on Al Jarreau,Miles Davis, Grover Washington Jr. My father had a lot of jazz in the house. Growing up, there was mainstream music like Michael Jackson, Prince, Bon Jovi and all that. I’m listening to Teddy Swims right now, who I think is a really great singer. I took my kids to the Beyoncé concert. Talk about performance and show business. That’s a huge, huge show, and she’s a great performer. I like The Weeknd. So, I’m all over the map with my tastes.
Have you ever gone back to Sicily to see your family’s origins?
I took my father about 12 years ago. My father and I always wanted to go back to his hometown. He never took us when we were kids, and then later in life, I said, “We’ve got to make a trip.” Then he goes down with quadruple bypass surgery. He comes out of that, and I go, “Listen, we’re going to Sicily before you die. This has got to happen.” So, shortly after he had the surgery, me and him took a journey to Sicily, to the Amalfi coast and to Rome. I got to see where he grew up.
Where was that?
It’s a small fishing village called Cefalù. It’s about an hour east of Palermo. Ever since we went, he’s been back every year. It reignited his passion to go back to his hometown and reconnect with old friends. It’s nice to see that he’s fallen in love with where he came from, because he was so worried about work. My father came to this country and that’s all it was. Work. He had this whole mentality if he left for too long, people were going to forget him.
Which I have, too, a little bit, in comedy. Nowadays, you feel like you’ve constantly got to be out there touring or on Instagram. Then I talked to Chris Rock, and he’s like, “You can’t make an entrance if you never leave the room.” I took that to heart. I think I’ve established a fanbase where if I did take some time off and wasn’t constantly out there, I would keep them when I came back. So, I’m trying to take Chris’ advice.
During this downtime are you looking forward to anything in particular?
I’m going to get back into golf. I just went golfing this weekend. We did it in Las Vegas while I was performing there. I want to do some golfing and then I’m taking my mother to Italy for her 80th birthday. She always wanted to go to the Amalfi coast, so we’re taking her there.
Then, I definitely want to start cooking again because it’s very relaxing for me. I’ve got so many recipes that I’ve saved on Instagram that I want to try out. I like going into the kitchen and homing in on a dish. I haven’t gotten good enough in cooking where I start improvising, like, “Oh, what is this going to taste like?” I like following a recipe to a T and having it come out right.
Do you have a favorite dish you like to make?
Everybody likes when I make steak. People go, “Well, how hard is it to make steak? You just cook it.” But I put it in the oven for 45 minutes at 275. I let it rest for 15 minutes. I do a sear two minutes on each side. Just a good helping of pepper and salt on it. No sauce, no nothing. I just started making mashed potatoes, which turned out fantastic when I added a little garlic which wasn’t in the recipe. Nothing where it would be like, “Oh, I do this thing that it takes eight hours to prepare.” I’ll do a pasta dish with oil and some garlic and a little parsley on top, cheese. Maybe a little branzino, salt, pepper, stick it in the oven. Squeeze a little lemon or oil on it. Simple.
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For the past 30 years (since her passing on March 31, 1995), Selena’s legacy has endured.
Her short-lived-but-historic music career is remembered and celebrated today with street murals across the world, tributes at awards show, a Hollywood Walk of Fame Star, a Netflix series, a wax statue at the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum, a Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and a National Medal of Arts, to name a few.
As a testament to her timeless and universal appeal — the Queen of Tejano revolutionized the Tejano genre in the ‘90s andshattered ceilings in a male-dominated genre — many Latin music stars have been influenced by Selena’s music, charm and fashion sense.
“She was one of a kind — and that’s what makes a true superstar,” Becky G said in an exclusive Billboardas-told-to earlier this year. “Selena’s legacy is to admire, to respect, and to continue protecting, because she’s a light to so many of us.”
“She demonstrated so much by being the daughter of Mexican parents and always carrying her culture forward,” Maria Becerra, who has a Selena tattoo on her right arm, also expressed in a Billboard as-told-to. “That makes me feel so proud of the kind person she was and how she kept those values intact… It touched me beyond her kindness and her incredible talent. For all Latinos, Selena is that… she is culture, she is roots, she is love. She’s love for your homeland and your culture.”
Now, in honor of the 30th anniversary of Dreaming of You, the last album the Mexican-American artist recorded and that was released posthumously on July 18, 1995, Billboard curated the ultimate Selena timeline from her first big hit to the release Dreaming of You.
For a list of 33 ways Selena’s legacy has endured, click here.
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LISA of BLACKPINK broke the internet back in April by posting a picture of her bag to Instagram.
The bag in question, a Louis Vuitton x Murakami Speedy Bandoulière 25 bag, was absolutely decked out in a series of charms, including the Crybaby Crying For Love Series Vinyl Plush Hanging Card in Love You Cherry Much, hailing from PopMart. The “Money” singer isn’t the only musician to accessorize her bag with charms. Dua Lipa, Madonna and Lily Allen have all been spotted decking out their designer bags in charms galore.
The key to success with accessorizing your own handbag is maximalism; don’t be afraid to deck out your bags with charms of all kinds. You’ll also want to choose your bag wisely; the bags artists like LISA choose are bulky in nature and often neutral, creating a blank canvas for your charms to shine.
The originator of this trend, Jane Birkin, did it best; Birkin’s sense of style ultimately led Hermes to name their Birkin bag after her. The bags that Birkin owned were speckled with various trinkets and bobs. The style of adornment was aptly dubbed “Birkin-ifying.” With all this in mind, we’re showing you how to get the look with help from Coach Outlet and Urban Outfitters.
Playing on the popular cottagecore trend, this charm from Coach Outlet is comprised of a central charm of a bright red heart made of resin with a gold metal keyring and dog leash clip attached. The heart’s center is fixed with crystal and glass pearls. Above the heart sits a dainty little pink bow. We think this charm would add a nice pop of color and shine to any bag.
This bag charm is cute and functional. Retailing for $4.99, 58% off its original price, the charm comes with a silver heart-shaped hinge clip alongside a coquettish gingsham blue and white bow and a heart-shaped strawberry charm. In the center of it all is a miniature lime green face roller that you can use to de-puff on the go. This would make a great gift for the skincare junkies in your life.
A fluffy animal plushie with pearl and bow adornments.
This bag charm triggers our cuteness aggression. When you see something so cute, you just want to squish it. Retailing for $18.50, this Fluffy Animal Plushie Keychain is Labubu-esque in that it’s super cute and texturally fluffy. The charm consists of a fluffy bunny-like animal adorned with bows alongside a faux pearl necklace adorned with a dangling silver heart charm. The metal hinge clip allows you to situate the charm on whatever your heart desires, from bags to keys.
Monchhichi was first conceived in Japan in 1974. The doll isn’t currently the top of the blind box food chain, especially not compared to Labubus, but it’s a great one in our books. While the doll is usually a monkey, this one from Urban Outfitters is a bear, and a fuzzy one at that. The bear is dressed in a little gingham bib. You’ll want to hop on these little trendy guys while you can.
Retailing for $95, this cherry charm from Coach Outlet is ultra sweet. The central charm is a realistic cherry with gold hardware attached to a keyring and a dog leash clip that allows you to clip it to whatever you please. This is another charm that works visually, adding a sparkling element to any bag. Unlike your cutesie bag charms, this cherry charm is a little more sophisticated, if that’s your thing.
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Chuck Mangione, a leading figure in contemporary jazz and the musician behind crossover hit “Feels So Good,” has died. He was 84.
The news was reported Thursday (July 24) by Rochester First, a local newspaper in Mangione’s hometown of Rochester, N.Y. The instrumentalist died two days prior, with Bartolomeo & Perreto Funeral Home noting that he passed away in his sleep.
Born Nov. 29, 1940, Mangione grew up listening to jazz music and learning from the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, who was a “family friend,” according to Mangione’s bio on Spotify. An alum of Eastman School of Music — where he would later serve as faculty director of the Eastman Jazz Orchestra — Mangione played in a quintet called the Jazz Brothers with his brother, keyboardist Gap, and performed in Woody Herman and Maynard Ferguson’s big bands.
As an artist in his own right, Mangione infused his compositions with lighter, pop-inspired techniques that ultimately helped him reach the mainstream, despite his more niche musical background. He scored five entries on the Billboard Hot 100 in his lifetime with the tracks “Hill Where the Lord Hides,” “Chase the Clouds Away,” “Land of Make Believe,” “Give It All You Got” and, of course, “Feels So Good,” which reached No. 4 on the chart in 1978 — a rare feat for an instrumental pop-jazz recording. Mangione charted 17 albums on the Billboard 200, with Feels So Good earning him his career highest peak at No. 2.
Mangione was also a Grammy winner, taking home two of his 14 total nominations. In 1977, he won best instrumental composition for “Bellavia,” and two years later, he was awarded best pop instrumental performance for “Children Of Sanchez.”
Both a trumpeter and flugelhorn player, Mangione became recognizable not just for his music, but also for his distinct look. Voicing himself as a recurring character on King of the Hill, he was always depicted with his signature hat and long hairstyle on the animated series.
Notable moments in Mangione’s career also included his association with the Olympics, which used his track “Chase the Clouds Away” in the 1976 Games. Two years later, he performed “Give It All You Got” at the 1980 Winter Games closing ceremony in Lake Placid, N.Y.
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