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The 10-minute version of Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well” is being studied at Stanford University

March 9, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Taylor Swift has made it onto yet another syllabus at a prestigious university. The singer’s 10-minute version of “All Too Well” is being taught at Stanford.

Stanford is offering the course “All Too Well (Ten Week Version)” for its winter semester, which has students performing “an in-depth analysis” of the song’s lyrics.

The song has been integrated into the institution’s ITALIC 99 courses that, according to the website description, “offer students an introduction to topics taught by alumni of the program.”

The website states classes are student-led and “focused on hands-on learning and have included topics such as travel sketching, watercolor, music composition, improv acting, animation, and digital art, among many others!”

As for the Swift offering, the class will be led by Nona Hungate, who graduates in 2024. According to The Stanford Daily, the lesson “recognizes Swift’s brilliant songwriting skills while giving Stanford students the opportunity to learn how to analyze literature.”

This isn’t the first time the hitmaker has inspired a college course. New York University offered a course on Swift, focusing on her entrepreneurship, how she fits into the history of pop music “prodigies,” and how the experiences of youth and girlhood are “often exploited” by the media.

Then, the University of Texas at Austin began offering a class that focused specifically on Taylor’s songwriting.

The White Stripes celebrating ‘Elephant’s’ 20th anniversary with new digital and vinyl releases

March 9, 2023 by WDNY Radio

The White Stripes are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their fourth studio album, Elephant, this year and they’ve got a lot of treats in store for fans. The band just announced two new releases in conjunction with the anniversary, a new digital release and a new vinyl edition.

The digital release, Elephant (Deluxe), is due out March 31 and will include remastered HD audio of the album, along with the 27-song live recording of the band’s July 2, 2003, show at Chicago’s Aragon Ballroom. And they’ve already shared a little taste of that live recording, with a video for “The Hardest Button to Button (Live at the Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003),” which features never-before-seen photos of Jack and Meg White from the tour.

Then, on April 21, the White Stripes are releasing a limited-edition two-LP edition of Elephant, which will feature a red smoke- and a clear with red and black smoke-colored vinyl. It is available for preorder now.

And that’s not all. There’s also a new line of Elephant merch available at whitestripesstore.com, with more items to be announced throughout the year.

Elephant, which officially turns 20 on April 1, featured such White Stripes classics as “Seven Nation Army,” “Black Math” and “Ball and Biscuit.” It sold 4million records worldwide and has been certified Platinum by the RIAA.

Where to watch this year’s Oscar-nominated films

March 9, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Need to catch up on all the films nominated for the 95th annual Academy Awards before the ceremony on Sunday night? Here’s where you can stream several of the contenders.

Over on HBO Max, watch a friendship fall apart in The Banshees of Inisherin, which picked up an impressive nine nominations this year. Also on HBO Max, stream Elvis, the biographical musical that tells the story of the legendary rock ‘n’ roll icon. It’s nominated for eight Oscars, including best actor for Austin Butler.

Make your best actress prediction by watching the front-runners: there’s Cate Blanchett’s performance in TÁR, streaming on Peacock, and Michelle Yeoh’s multiverse-spanning turn in Everything Everywhere All at Once, available on Showtime Anytime.

On Netflix, catch the new adaptation of the classic war story All Quiet on the Western Front, and then over on Hulu, witness power dynamics turn upside down in the bitingly funny drama Triangle of Sadness.

In case you somehow missed the year’s highest-grossing film at the domestic box office, you can stream Top Gun: Maverick over on Paramount+.

If that’s not enough, all of the best animated feature film nominees are also available to watch at home.

Make a double feature out of Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio and The Sea Beast over on Netflix, before meeting the lovable Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, available to watch on Showtime Anytime.

Turn on Pixar’s Turning Red, available on Disney+, before finishing your movie marathon with Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, which arrives Friday on Peacock.

Tune in to find out which films will come away with Oscars during the live ceremony on Sunday, March 12, only on ABC.

Kid Cudi talks about “powerful” forthcoming album, says it’s “going to move you”

March 9, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Kid Cudi is excited for fans to hear what he says is the most powerful album he’s ever made. In an Instagram Live session Thursday, he boasted about the music, which he believes people will enjoy.

“I’ve never made a project this powerful before in my life. Sitting, listening to these mixes, I just know that this sh** is going to move you,” Cudi said.

“I just wanted to get on here and just let y’all know that I’m not gonna let y’all down. This is gonna be the album of the year right now, I’m not playing,” he continued, urging viewers to spread the news to everyone they know.

The lead single off Cudi’s upcoming album will drop in June and will be accompanied by a music video that he will direct.

“Im directing the video for my first single. Sh**s gonna get wild,” he tweeted.

As for other projects Cudi has in store, they include a “really cool tv gig that I’m throughly excited about” and “some movies comin this year.”

“Very big deal to me,” he said of the opportunities. “The blessings are overflowin.”

House Republicans will launch investigation of Jan. 6 committee and security failures around riot

March 9, 2023 by WDNY Radio

(WASHINGTON) — Amid a flurry of activity from House Republicans regarding Jan. 6, including Speaker Kevin McCarthy sharing security footage from the U.S. Capitol attack exclusively with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson, a Republican-led committee has now launched a formal probe into the riot two years ago and the select committee that subsequently investigated it in the last Congress.

Georgia Republican Rep. Barry Loudermilk — whom the House select committee on Jan. 6 had suggested was linked to a tour through parts of the Capitol on the day before the attack — will lead the new probe focusing on reviewing the security failures of that day and the earlier committee’s work, Loudermilk’s office confirmed to ABC News.

The House Administration Committee has also created an online portal to collect tips from the public.

“The Subcommittee on Oversight is dedicated to following the facts, not a particular political narrative. We are focused on finding out what really happened on January 6 so we can ensure it never happens again,” Loudermilk said in a statement to ABC News.

The news was first reported by CNN.

In a letter late last year, McCarthy wrote to the then-chairman of the Jan. 6 select committee, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., telling his panel to preserve all the evidence and records it had and said that Republicans intended to hold hearings about the security failures on Jan. 6 once they took the House.

Prior to retaking the majority, some Republicans teased for months their plans to investigate the investigators on the Jan. 6 committee, which issued a final report late last year after approximately 18 months of work, nine public hearings and hundreds of interviews.

The Jan. 6 committee also referred former President Donald Trump and others to the Justice Department for “possible prosecution … including for assisting and providing aid and comfort to an insurrection,” as described in the report.

The committee called Trump the “central cause” of the riot. He denies wrongdoing.

ABC News reported on Wednesday that Republicans on the House Oversight Committee are planning a visit with some defendants who are being held in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

The U.S. Capitol Police chief, Tom Manger, wrote in a letter last year to the House Administration Committee that there is no evidence Loudermilk gave “recognizance” tours before the riot.

Iggy Pop is ‘Bitten By Flea’ for new documentary

March 9, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Iggy Pop is opening up about his life and career in a new documentary in which he sits down for a conversation with Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea.

Bitten By Flea, directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Thom Zimny, sees the two artists discussing a whole host of subjects and features exclusive footage of Iggy, Flea and producer Andrew Watt in the studio working on Iggy’s 19th solo album, Every Loser, which was released in January.

“This is a proper musicians get-together,” Iggy writes on Instagram. “On making of, making it, life itself.”

Up next for Iggy, he and The Losers have five U.S. dates confirmed in April, starting April 20 in Los Angeles, running through April 29 in Las Vegas. A complete list of dates can be found at iggypop.com.

(Video contains uncensored profanity.)

David Letterman on Bono & The Edge writing a song about him: “I’m still processing it”

March 9, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Bono and The Edge’s upcoming Disney+ special, Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming, has them touring Dublin with David Letterman. The U2 rockers say it was only right to invite the talk show host to come visit them in their city.

“You know, he had us on his stomping ground” for a week, Bono tells Access Hollywood, referring to their weeklong visit on The Late Show in 2009. “So it was the right thing to return the compliment and host him at home in Dublin.”

The Edge adds, “We thought a stand-up comic like Dave might be able to understand what we are about and unravel the U2 mystery.”

In the special, Bono and The Edge perform a song they wrote about Dave, which he still can’t quite believe.

“I’m still processing it because most songs written about me begin, ‘Hey dumb***,’” Letterman joked. “So this was an unusual experience.”

Bono and The Edge were also asked about how long it took for them to get used to their nicknames, and it sounds like they may still be working on that.

“Nicknames, you don’t choose them, your friends choose them and they’re not necessarily compliments, they’re often slags, as we’d say in Ireland,” Edge says, to which Bono chimed in, “It’s always uncomfortable, is what The Edge is saying, but even his mother used to call him The Edge. In fact, Mrs. Edge used to call him The Edge.”

As for whether Letterman has a nickname, Bono says it’s “Lord,” to which Letterman clarified, “Lord Dips***.”

Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming debuts March 17 on Disney+.

Disney is the parent company of ABC News.

Twelve deaths reported in Southern California mountains since snowstorm, only one so far ruled weather-related

March 9, 2023 by WDNY Radio

(SAN BERNARDINIO COUNTY, Calif.) — Twelve people have died after powerful storms hit Southern California’s San Bernardino County and cut off mountain communities. However, only one of those deaths, which was caused by a traffic accident, is so far being considered weather-related, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.

“The preliminary information in the other deaths does not indicate they are weather related, but those investigations are ongoing,” the sheriff’s department said.

A series of snowstorms brought unprecedented snow to California late February into early March. San Bernardino County declared a local emergency on Feb. 27 “after residents of mountain communities found themselves trapped at home or unable to reach home due to several feet of snow that fell over the weekend,” officials said at the time.

On Feb. 23, the National Weather Service issued a blizzard warning for the San Bernardino Mountains, the first in more than three decades. The weather service initially forecast a snowfall of about 5 feet at elevations as low as 5,000 feet.

Crews have removed more than 7.2 million cubic yards of snow from highways in San Bernardino County, which equals nearly 2,270 Olympic-size swimming pools, according to the governor’s office.

“We continue to support our allied agencies who made great progress overnight on utility restoration. Last night deputies responded to several well checks; residents were safe, supplied, & declined evacuation. Deputies continue responding to calls & assisting residents,” the sheriff’s department said Wednesday.

Residents have told horror stories about being stuck, snowed in at homes with no way in or out.

Christine Foster, who lives in the San Bernardino Mountains, told ABC News on Monday that she and her 76-year-old father have been hunkered down, unable to get out of their home for 14 days with food running low.

“You can’t even shovel the stuff. It’s just rock hard ice. Shovels just easily break,” Foster said in a telephone interview from her home in Lake Arrowhead.

The storm left about 600 elementary and middle school students from Orange County’s Irvine Unified School District stranded for a weekend, after they were unable to return from a school trip.

More rain and snow are headed toward California Thursday and Friday when a major storm hits the state. An atmospheric river will slam the San Francisco area with heavy rain and dump another 5 feet of snow in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Twelved deaths reported in Southern California mountains since snowstorm, only one so far ruled weather-related

March 9, 2023 by WDNY Radio

“The preliminary information in the other deaths does not indicate they are weather related, but those investigations are ongoing,” the sheriff’s department said.

Crews have removed more than 7.2 million cubic yards of snow from highways in San Bernardino County, which equals nearly 2,270 Olympic-size swimming pools, according to the governor’s office.

Residents have told horror stories about being stuck, snowed in at homes with no way in or out.

“You can’t even shovel the stuff. It’s just rock hard ice. Shovels just easily break,” Foster said in a telephone interview from her home in Lake Arrowhead.

The storm left about 600 elementary and middle school students from Orange County’s Irvine Unified School District stranded for a weekend, after they were unable to return from a school trip.

The Honest Trailers folks take on this year’s Oscar nominees

March 9, 2023 by WDNY Radio

With the 95th annual Academy Awards on Sunday night, Screen Junkies‘ Honest Trailers have taken on all 10 Best Pictures nominees, “since you probably only saw Top Gun: Maverick and Avatar 2.”

Epic Voice Guy opens by calling the Oscars “the show that’s only worth watching to see what goes horribly wrong,” complete with Crash‘s win, the Moonlight mix-up and that Oscars slap.

Tár features “a bunch of classical musical talk that will go over your head,” while The Fabelmans is introduced as “a stirring look at the life of great American director Steven Spielberg, that’s a little self-indulgent, but if anyone deserves it, it’s director Steven Spielberg.”

Triangle of Sadness is called “2022’s fourth high-profile attempt to hurt the 1%’s feelings,” and Baz Luhrmann‘s Elvis tweaks lead Austin Butler as “the true story of one young man’s rise from obscurity and the fateful decision he was never fully able to leave behind: doing the Elvis voice.”

Top Gun: Maverick is “a sequel to an action movie that audiences actually like, so it has zero chance of winning Best Picture.”

Avatar: The Way of Water features “James Cameron … reunited with his favorite co-star, water.”

Women Talking is called “a film that truly delivers on the promise of its title,” and the “cozy sweatered conflict” of Banshees of Inishirin comes from “Martin McDonagh, a director so famously Irish he was born and raised in London … but still makes Irishness his whole thing, like if Boston was a person.”

All Quiet on the Western Front is described as an “epic prequel to World War II,” and Everything Everywhere all At Once is called “the decade’s best film about the Multiverse, and that’s saying something, ’cause [Marvel Studios president] Kevin Feige has been trying his best, OK?”

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