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Lizzo released her My Face Hurts From Smiling mixtape on Friday (June 27) via Nice Life and Atlantic Records. The 13-track project features Doja Cat on “Still Cant Fuh” and SZA on “IRL.” SZA already suggested their second collaboration was coming soon after writing, “Working on a guest star for bookie @lizzobeeating’s new mixtape” during their “lil after-dinner session” on her Instagram Stories earlier this week. Lizzo and SZA first collaborated in 2023 on the remix of “Special” from the former’s 2022 Grammy-nominated album of the same name. Last month, they performed “Special” together during the first LA stop of SZA and…

India faces a water crisis on multiple fronts: polluted rivers, unsafe drinking water, inefficient irrigation, and energy-intensive treatment systems. Enter Manipal-based deeptech startup Neer Shakti Systems, which is tackling these problems head-on through its breakthrough nanobubble technology. Neer Shakti Systems was registered in 2022 by Anant Kapur, a finance graduate turned deeptech entrepreneur who now serves as the startup’s CEO and MD. He co-founded the company with his father, Amit Kapur—the firm’s director and CTO, and his younger brother Aman Kapur, who is the co-CEO and head of R&D.The company developed the ‘nanoubble technology’ in 2023 as a method to…

When a pop artist follows a specific release pattern over the course of their career, it’s easy to assume that a new album and corresponding promotional cycle are all part of a pre-ordained plan, meant to deliver fresh art for more commerce at regular intervals. That’s why, when 2025 began, a new Lorde album and tour felt like safe bets for the calendar year — considering that, since she was a teen prodigy from New Zealand, she had released a full-length every four years, followed by an extended live run and then a period relatively out of the spotlight, until…

Lorde is finally back, as Virgin, the New Zealand superstar’s first album in nearly four years, officially released on Friday. Lorde preceded the new album with the singles “What Was That,” “Man of the Year,” and “Hammer,” the latter of which also serves as Virgin’s opening track. So far, “What Was That” has been the most popular song, charting at 36 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart and amassing over 80 million streams on Spotify. The prospect of new music has helped boost her catalog as well, as “Ribs,” her much-beloved track from debut album Pure Heroine, finally charted on the…

Patience is a virtue, a fact that fans of New Zealand-born pop phenomenon Lorde have learned time and time again throughout her career. But luckily, patience is no longer required when it comes to the singer’s newest full-length project. On Friday (June 27), Lorde unveiled her much-anticipated fourth studio album, Virgin. Released via Universal Music, the new album features 11 new songs, including its three previously released singles “What Was That,” “Man of the Year” and “Hammer.” In a statement released alongside the album’s announcement back in April, Lorde compared Virgin to the color “clear” — and, more specifically, all…

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ Ex Says She Fainted After Reading Cassie Ventura’s LawsuitJane said during her testimony that parts of Ventura’s November 2023 lawsuit—which was ultimately settled—mirrored her own experience with Combs. “I almost fainted, in fact, I think I did,” she told jurors as she cried. “There was three specific  pages that was just a harrowing reference to what I was experiencing.”  Jane, who took part in “hotel nights, “said that it felt like she was reading “her own story.” It led to her confronting Combs via text messages. “I feel like I am reading my own sexual trauma,” she…

Hello,The bourses are busy with buzzing activity.Payments startup Pine Labs has filed draft papers with SEBI for an IPO. The company plans to raise Rs 2,600 crore through a fresh issue of shares. Existing investors are looking to offload up to 147.8 million shares as part of the offer for sale.The merchant commerce platform’s balance sheets are aligned for a public debut. Pine Labs turned profitable in the first nine months of FY25, posting a net profit of Rs 26.14 crore, a sharp turnaround from the Rs 151.63 crore loss reported in the same period last year, regulatory filings show.Elsewhere,…

The Sing Sing Chronicles won the coveted title of best documentary on night two of the 2025 News & Documentary Emmy Awards. The film, from MSNBC, spotlights the connection between a journalist, Dan Slepian, and a man incarcerated at Sing Sing Correctional Facility, Jon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez, who was wrongfully convicted of murder. Dawn Porter directed The Sing Sing Chronicles while Kimberly Ferdinando served as an executive producer. Also during the ceremony, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Jon Else was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award presented by Carrie Lozano. On Wednesday, longtime NBC Today weather anchor Al Roker also received the honor. “The talents of…

After more than a decade away from the top 40 of the Billboard 200 albums chart, The Beach Boys return to the region, as the greatest hits set Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys jumps 52-14 on the June 28-dated chart. The album’s surge up the list follows the passing of the band’s Brian Wilson on June 11 at age 82. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Sounds of Summer was released in 2003 and initially debuted and peaked at No. 16 on the June 28, 2003-dated chart. This…

Sam Rockwell may not actually be in the 1989 film Lean on Me, but he’s still paid for the role he almost had. The Oscar winner recently shared on the Happy Sad Confused podcast that he, Michael Imperioli and Kevin Corrigan drove together in a van to New Jersey to audition for a single line in the movie, starring Morgan Freeman and Beverly Todd. While Rockwell ultimately landed the role, he admitted they “never got to my scene” during filming. “So they had to let me go because they didn’t want to pay me for a week,” he said, adding that they just…