Reba McEntire Comedy ‘Happy’s Place’ Earns NBC Series Order
NBC has given the green light to a series order Reba McEntire‘s upcoming comedy Happy’s Place, according to The Hollywood Reporter. In the series, McEntire portrays Bobbie, who inherits a restaurant after her father’s passing, but finds out that her new business partner in the venture is a half-sister she didn’t know she had (played…
Watch: Pink Talking Fish Wield the Force for ‘Star Wars’ Day Show
Photo Credit: Lofty Views On Saturday, the stars aligned to set Pink Talking Fish’s series closing performance at Pittsburgh’s Thunderbird Café & Music Hall on May 4–or Star Wars Day. Never the ones to shy from a good bit, PTF completed the second night of its two-show run in classic Star Wars fashion, ornamenting its…
Neil Portnow’s Rape Accuser Moves to Drop Case Amid Dispute With Lawyers Over Name Reveal
A woman who filed a lawsuit accusing former Recording Academy boss Neil Portnow of rape is now moving to drop her case, citing concerns that her name will be revealed and a dispute with her own lawyers. In a letter filed Sunday without the help of her attorneys, the Jane Doe accuser told a Manhattan…
Flip Your Lid Over This Swingin’ Sampling of Slang From America’s Greatest Jazzmen
Jazzmen had their own lexicon, reflecting their takes on music, life, and fellow artists. The musicians never used it with the public, and even if fans overheard, they would not have understood. Which was the point. The secret language allowed performers to talk about their audience without it overhearing, the way immigrant parents used Yiddish,…
A new iPhone shortcut replicates Android’s best new feature
Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge One of Android’s best new features, Circle to Search, is unfortunately not available to iPhone users. But Google is throwing Apple fans a bone with a solution that essentially replicates the function. Google’s design manager for Google Lens, Minsang Choi, shared a new iOS shortcut in a post…
Paramount+ with Showtime annual subscriptions are half off right now
Paramount+ with Showtime annual subscriptions are half off right now, bringing the yearly cost down to $60 down from $120. You have to pay for the year up front, which is never fun, but the offer is available to both new and returning subscribers. That’s not a bad deal, considering you get content from two…
How Mindful Music Lab’s Brittany Berger Prioritizes Healing & Wellness During the Recording Process
For Mental Health Awareness Month this May, Billboard is teaming with Brandon Holman of the Lazuli Collective on a series of articles focused on mindfulness and the professional development of executives, creatives and artists in the music community. Today’s conversation is with Brittany Berger, a producer, songwriter, motivational speaker, mindset coach, energy healer and founder/CEO…
Stack Overflow is feeding programmers’ answers to AI, whether they like it or not
Illustration: Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos: Getty Images Stack Overflow’s new deal giving OpenAI access to its API as a source of data has users who’ve posted their questions and answers about coding problems in conversations with other humans rankled. Users say that when they attempt to alter their posts in protest, the…
How to set up Siri on your iPhone
If you’ve been saying “Hey, Siri!” to your iPhone only for Apple’s digital assistant to ignore you completely (rude), chances are the function hasn’t been enabled yet. In order for Siri to work, you’ll need to enable it on your iPhone before you can have the assistant perform tasks like texting your friends or searching…
The world’s largest carbon removal plant is here, and bigger ones are on the way
Climeworks’ Mammoth direct air capture plant in Hellisheiði, Iceland. | Image: Climeworks Mammoth, the largest industrial facility yet built to filter carbon dioxide out of the air, just powered up in Hellisheiði, Iceland. It’s run by Swiss climate tech company Climeworks, whose clients include JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft, Stripe, and Shopify, among others. It was the…
New iPad Pro’s OLED Display Does Not Feature Always-On Capabilities, Despite Supporting Lower Refresh Rates
Apple recently announced the OLED iPad Pro models, which are unbelievably thin compared to the competition as well as its predecessor. The highlight of the update this year is the new OLED display. Upon initial impressions, we can safely presume that it will be the best panel on a tablet. It has now been discovered…
Best graduation gifts for her: 50 gift ideas for college grads
Springtime means bright blooms, longer days, and a new class that’s getting ready to graduate college. And if you’re here, that means you’re preparing to look on proudly as a young woman accepts her diploma and takes her first steps into the real world of adulthood. Whether she’s your daughter, granddaughter, niece, cousin, girlfriend, or…
