(NEW YORK) — Rothy’s and Evian are taking reduce, reuse, recycle to a whole new level.
The two brands have teamed up to created a limited-edition tennis-inspired capsule collection made with recycled water bottles from the 2021 U.S. Open.
Approximately 72,000 Evian bottles from the tennis tournament were blended with other recycled plastic bottles to create items in the line.
“We are excited to collaborate with evian to showcase Rothy’s transformative capabilities and prove that through innovation we find new uses for single use plastic,” Saskia van Gendt, Rothy’s head of sustainability, said in a press release.
According to the brands, this is a first-of-its-kind circular production collection.
From a cap to a bag for your tennis racket, this collection has everything you need to hit the court in style.
In a new Men’s Healthfeature, Zac Brown Band frontman Zac Brown details his tour workout and the custom-built gym that follows the band on the road in a tractor-trailer.
Years of hard road living took its toll on Zac. “I had L5 issues, a bulging disc and I couldn’t move my leg. I had to have a surgery last year to take some of the trash out,” he explains. But the singer found fresh motivation to stay active and healthy when he sought advice from a rocker who knows exactly how difficult it is to stay fit on tour: Bruce Springsteen.
“When I met Springsteen, I said, ‘Tell me something that’s helped you stay feeling good,’” Zac recounts. “He was like, ‘Man, you need to sweat for an hour every day. I don’t care what you do, doesn’t matter. You need to sweat for an hour a day.’”
“I was like, ‘You’re the Boss. Let’s do it,’” the singer recalls.
The band Stillwell, featuring Korn bassist Reginald “Fieldy” Arvizu, is teasing new music.
Fresh material from the trio, which also includes P.O.D. member Noah “Wuv” Bernardo and rapper Q-Unique, will drop September 16. You can check out a teaser now via Stillwell’s Facebook.
The news comes amid Fieldy’s ongoing hiatus from Korn, which began in June 2021. At the time, Fieldy shared that he was stepping away from the “Freak on a Leash” outfit to address unspecified “personal issues.”
Stillwell released their latest album, Supernatural Miracle, in 2020.
Korn, meanwhile, just released a new record, Requiem, in February. They’re currently touring in support of the record alongside Evanescence.
Of all the acts currently on the radio, Black Eyed Peas are among the veterans, having released their first album in 1998. But the group doesn’t take for granted that more than 20 years later, they’re still scoring hits, especially in today’s competitive pop landscape.
During a 2020 interview with ABC News, will.i.am noted success in the late ’90s and early aughts was measured by record sales and appearances on shows like MTV’s TRL: “That was your entry point. Now the entry point … it’s so competitive, because it’s like Instagram. It’s Spotify, it’s TikTok, YouTube.”
“There wasn’t a measure of how many times your song was played on TRL or how long,” he explains. “Now it’s different. Now there’s, like, skip rates. Like, ‘What? Skip rate?’ ‘Yeah. If they skip the song.’ ‘If they skip the song????'”
As a result, will says BEP isn’t resting on its laurels as one of the best-selling groups of all time. They’re going hard, like all the up-and-coming artists. That definitely worked on 2020’s Translation, which produced a string of hits.
“You gotta freakin, like, humble yourself, look at it and compete,” will explains. “The ticket is not, like, ‘But I was big!’ Nah, nah, nah. Nope. Who cares? They moved on.”
He laughs, “There’s people that have more followers than Black Eyed Peas on Instagram. And what do they do? I don’t know.They’re on Instagram! And that’s humbling!”
That’s why will says the group puts so much thought into their songs.
“Every single second in the song’s duration, every moment, we made sure that we kept people’s attention,” he notes. “We don’t want skips!”
The Peas’ latest hit is “Don’t You Worry” with their pals David Guetta and Shakira. Their ninth album is coming soon.
While the 2000s emo and pop-punk kids have the When We Were Young festival, aughts indie rock fans have the Lights, Camera, Factions tour, co-headlined by Spoon and Interpol.
Touring together feels a little like destiny realized for the two bands, given how much their careers have been interconnected over the past 20 years. For example, both their 2002 albums, Kill the Moonlight and Turn on the Bright Lights, and their 2007 records, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga and Our Love to Admire, were released on the same day.
“It’s gonna be pretty killer to be touring with Spoon, who’s just a band that is one of the great bands, period,” Interpol guitarist Daniel Kessler tells ABC Audio. “Britt [Daniel]’s one of the great songwriters, and a good friend. They’re all good friends. We’ve known them … for 20 years, since we put out our first record.”
Spoon drummer Jim Eno hopes that their friendship might lead to an onstage collaboration.
“We’re talking about seeing if we can do anything with those guys as far as a song,” Eno shares. “We’re friends with them, so I imagine there’s gonna be a lot of hanging out and stuff, so hopefully we’ll be able to do something special.”
The Lights, Camera, Factions tour launches Thursday in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Spoon and Interpol will be touring in support of their respective 2022 albums, Lucifer on the Sofa and The Other Side of Make-Believe.
While Harry Styles did appear in the movie Dunkirk, his new film Don’t Worry Darlingis one of his first starring roles. It was, of course, directed by Harry’s now-girlfriend, Olivia Wilde, and for a Variety cover story on her and the film, Harry revealed what advice she gave him as he becomes a leading man.
“‘The first step is to lose the Oscar you won in the shower that morning,'” Harry says Olivia told him. “‘Listen, and do the scene with your partner, not at them. Be a human, tell the truth.'”
“As a director, Olivia is incredibly focused. She communicated what she was looking for from the cast with both clarity and respect,” Harry tells Variety. “I think transitioning from acting into directing has made her a director who knows how to get the best out of everyone.”
Harry also explains why he wanted to take on the role of Jack in Don’t Worry Darling. He plays one half of a couple who lives in an experimental utopia where all the women are housewives and all the men work on the same mysterious project.
“It felt like an opportunity to play someone who is incredibly complex, caught between love and obsession,” says Harry. “There were always two sides of the character to play with. It’s fun to play someone that you feel like you’re trying to work out the whole time.”
Richard Brener, the president of the studio behind the movie, tells Variety, “Harry obviously is a revelation. I think there will very quickly be a conversation about why is he even bothering with music when he is such a huge movie star?”
Thirty years ago today, Eric Clapton released what has become the best-selling album of his career, Unplugged.
The 14-track acoustic live collection features performances from an episode of the MTV Unplugged series that was shot in front of an intimate audience in January of 1992 at Bray Studios outside of London and premiered in March of that year.
The Unplugged album spent three weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart in March 1993. It included one hit single, a low-key, jazzy rendition of Eric’s 1971 Derek and the Dominos classic “Layla,” which reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Unplugged also features a version of Clapton’s 1992 hit “Tears in Heaven,” a few other original tunes, and a variety of blues covers, including renditions of Bo Diddley‘s “Before You Accuse Me,” Son House‘s “Walkin’ Blues,” Robert Johnson‘s “Malted Milk” and Muddy Waters‘ “Rollin’ and Tumblin’.”
Clapton’s backing band for the Unplugged show included longtime Rolling Stones touring keyboardist and former Allman Brothers Band member Chuck Leavell, longtime Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers drummer Steve Ferrone and longtime Elton John percussionist Ray Cooper.
At the 1993 Grammy Awards, Clapton won a trio of trophies for Unplugged — Album of the Year; Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male; and Best Rock Song for his acoustic version of “Layla.”
An expanded two-CD/DVD version of Unplugged was released in 2013. It featured a bonus CD with six additional tracks, and a restored version of the concert video, plus more than an hour of unseen footage from the rehearsal for the show.
In 2016, Unplugged was certified Diamond by the RIAA for selling over 10 million copies in the U.S. It’s among the bestselling live albums of all time.
Here’s the full track list of the Unplugged album:
“Signe”
“Before You Accuse Me”
“Hey Hey”
“Tears in Heaven”
“Lonely Stranger”
“Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out”
“Layla”
“Running on Faith”
“Walkin’ Blues”
“Alberta”
“San Francisco Bay Blues”
“Malted Milk”
“Old Love”
“Rollin’ and Tumblin'”
Mike, the new Hulu limited series that details the life of former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson, is not afraid to go for it.
Trevante Rhodes, the acclaimed actor known for his lead role in the Oscar-winning film Moonlight, told ABC Audio he took on the role of Tyson without much time to prepare.
Rhodes called the shoot “tumultuous,” saying, “You get hurt, and they don’t care. You know what I mean? So, you just gotta keep it pushing.”
He was otherwise tight-lipped about any on-set injuries, but revealed he got a platelet-rich plasma injection during the shoot, which is used to accelerate healing in body tissue.
Injuries aside, the actor said “everything else was just beautiful” about shooting the series. The chance to portray as complicated a character as Tyson was not something Rhodes took for granted.
“To have the opportunity to … represent all that, that’s a blessing,” Rhodes said. “As a man, just having the chance to walk in those shoes, you know what I mean? It felt good.”
The series covers all aspects of Tyson’s life and career, everything from his unmatched boxing success to his rape conviction. Rhodes did not consult Tyson about the project, but said it was not for lack of trying.
“He’s not involved at all, but I’ll tell you, I shot him a DM, man,” Rhodes said. “He’s out in the world right now and he’s making himself known. Maybe because of the show, maybe not. I don’t know. So hopefully I get a chance to bump into him, and give him a hug and everything. But, I don’t know man, we’ll see.”
The two-episode premiere of Mike drops Thursday on Hulu.
(NEW YORK) — Condiment fans are clamoring on social media over the luxurious and spicy new collaboration from Hidden Valley Ranch and hot sauce company Truff, Spicy Truffle Ranch.
The two companies announced the ultra-limited release on Tuesday, encouraging interested tasters to join the online waitlist to get notified when the black truffle infused hot sauce and ranch dressing blend goes live later this month.
From pizza to chicken wings, ranch and hot sauce are a well-known go-to for all things dipping, dunking and drizzling, so it comes as no surprise that fans are hyped about the hybrid Spicy Truffle Ranch blend.
“TRUFF is all about flavor exploration and reimagination. While we’ve had the privilege of working with world-class chefs, sometimes the best suggestions come from our customers, who have been very vocal about requesting a truffle ranch,” Truff co-founder Nick Ajluni said. “Partnering with Hidden Valley Ranch was the obvious choice. Not only are they the original ranch, but they’re a truly iconic brand with a passionate community that’s helped make ranch a cultural phenomenon.”
This unique new spicy truffle ranch features “the spice of red chiles, umami depth of black truffles, and tangy, creaminess of ranch dressing, all of which morph into a truly gourmet condiment,” according to the press release.
Deb Crandall, marketing director at Hidden Valley Ranch, hailed Truff as “the perfect partner” to deliver ranch fans a “new and unexpected” flavor experience.
Truff Hot Sauce, an upscale version of the spicy pantry staple, first reached viral acclaim when it debuted in 2017 and quickly became the fastest-growing company in the hot sauce space with its distinctive flavors, sleek bottle and truffle-shaped cap. The company now offers a variety of products, including pasta sauce, mayonnaise and truffle oil.
Previous iterations of Truff Hot Sauce have been tried and beloved by celebrities like Oprah and Machine Gun Kelly to home cooks.
The limited-time Spicy Truffle Ranch sauce officially goes live Aug. 30 at 11 a.m. ET and will be available for $24.99 in TRUFF’s larger 18-ounce “magnum” bottles while supplies last.
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE
Detroit 6, San Francisco 1
Oakland 3, Miami 2
Texas 16, Colorado 4
Washington 3, Seattle 1
Cleveland 7, San Diego 0
Kansas City 5, Arizona 3
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Toronto 3, Boston 2
Chi White Sox 5, Baltimore 3
Houston 5, Minnesota 3
Tampa Bay 4, LA Angels 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Atlanta 14, Pittsburgh 2
Philadelphia 7, Cincinnati 5
Chi Cubs 7, St. Louis 1
LA Dodgers 12, Milwaukee 6
WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS
Connecticut 73, Dallas 58
