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It feels like summer is flying by, and I haven’t even done half of the things I wanted to do.
What I have done in spades, however, is capture really good streaming content.
Settle into the couch for this week’s first offering, but be aware that some of its festive scenes might get you in the mood to jump up and bust some moves.
Three things to watch
Many of us know the pressure single people face to get married.
So the plot of this new film resonates, in which two young professionals pretend to be a couple during the summer wedding season to get their parents out of their way. This may interest you : 3 inspiring books that everyone should read this summer, according to life coaches.
Of course, we know what happens as a result. Love romantic comedy!
‘Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-Head’
It is the revival you may not have even known you wanted.
Our favorite air-headed teenagers travel from the 1990s to 2022, and we get a chance to enjoy their shenanigans once again.
There are some updates, of course, but the guys are still as weak-witted as ever. Get ready for nostalgia and fun.
The new series, which follows on the heels of the Paramount film + “Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe,” is streaming on the same platform.
‘Sweet Life: Los Angeles’ Season 2
Issa Rae is always giving us snippets of African American life.
Of course, it’s not all a bed of roses — it is TV, after all — but this new-age show offers plenty of opportunities to see growth.
The second season of “Sweet Life: Los Angeles” is streaming on HBO Max, which is owned by parent company CNN.
Two things to listen to
Calvin Harris could have a music festival with just the artists featured on his latest project. Read also : “Digital Babies” and the culture of lifestyle over a life culture.
“Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2” features collaborations with the likes of Justin Timberlake, Dua Lipa, Normani, Offset, Halsey, Pharrell and Snoop Dogg, to name a few.
“I felt like the first one, the idea was there, but I didn’t quite give it,” the DJ/producer told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, as reported by Complex. “With this one, I wanted more live drums, guitars … I wanted the essence. I wanted the layers and the grit and the dirt. And I’m not trying to mix things perfectly.”
Eminem is releasing “Curtain Call 2,” the second volume of his greatest hits.
The album is “a hits collection comprised of the Detroit MC’s inimitable creative output since his 2005 release Curtain Call: The Hits,” according to the rapper’s site.
“Curtain Call 2” will include music from all of Eminem’s projects starting with 2009’s “Relapse,” including songs from various side projects, guest appearances and movie soundtracks.
One thing to talk about
The news that Zahara Jolie-Pitt will be attending Spelman College in Atlanta is a boon for HBCUs. Read also : Netflix: 43 absolutely the best movies to watch.
As the daughter of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, the teen had her choice of schools. In choosing one of the most historically Black colleges and universities to matriculate at, she pays close attention to the liberal college.
Her mother proudly announced the Jolie-Pitt selection on social media, and she was clearly excited.
I get it, and I count several Spelman graduates as good friends. A supportive sisterhood awaits Jolie-Pitt.
Good luck to her and the freshmen across the country this semester.
Something to sip on
Inclusion is not just about race.
That’s the lesson of Beyoncé’s agreeing to take a talented slur off her latest album, “Renaissance.”
After complaints that the song “Heated” contained a term that is derogatory to people with spastic cerebral palsy, the singer’s representatives “confirmed that the word will be changed, which is not intentionally used in a harmful way.”
It’s a lesson Lizzo also learned in a similar situation in June. She, too, was quick to resolve the issue.
Addressing these concerns goes beyond good public relations. He is an example to us all of the need for sensitivity.
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