The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t been easy for Dylan Jakobsen, but it has been an opportunity to re-center himself and his priorities. His new song “Don’t Ya Think?,” premiering exclusively on The Boot, musically expresses a desire to keep a positive outlook and live each day to the fullest, even with the world around him partially shut
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One year ago today… One year ago today, Tyler Childers and the boys took the stage at Rupp Arena, a hometown show of sorts in Lexington, Kentucky. Opening for Sturgill Simpson on the epic A Good Look’n Tour, that run of shows was ultimately cut short thanks to the damn Coronavirus. And now here we are
The 78th Golden Globe Awards are taking place tonight, February 28th, and will be hosted by Saturday Night Live alums and all-around hilarious women, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. The dynamic duo will be hosting the event from opposite coasts with the broadcast beginning at 8 PM EST / 5 PM PT on NBC. The
Exclusive Grace VanderWaal isn’t seeing stars, she’s seeing dollar signs … because we’ve learned she’s getting paid a nice chunk of change for her lead role in “Stargirl.” The 17-year-old singer is off to a pretty strong start financially in her acting career after securing top billing in the Disney+ movie, “Stargirl.” According to her
Tom & Jerry takes the top spot at the box office in its debut weekend. The live-action and animation hybrid earned $13.7 in its opening days, a surprisingly solid start for the film given that the pandemic is still a factor. This could be a ray of hope for struggling movie theaters, and that’s despite
It’s hard to believe that after 30 years the speculation of what a Coming to America sequel might look like can finally be put to rest. The long-awaited arrival of Amazon Prime Video’s original movie Coming 2 America is upon us and the excitement, especially in a pandemic, is, in a word, explosive. Of course,
Joziah Jason, a 10-year-old 5th grader, started a podcast to share his love of reading. Known as “R.E.A.D. Books with Joziah” (Read, Explore, Adore & Discuss), the Ypsilanti, Michigan, native offers book reviews and recommendations to his audience. “Reading can take you pretty much anywhere you want to go,” Joziah stated in an interview with
What if The X-Files or Fringe had a grand unified theory that attributed all of the mysterious phenomena its government operatives investigated to one cause? Such is the question posed by Debris, J. H. Wyman’s latest sci-fi offering premiering on NBC March 1. The series’ title refers to pieces of wreckage from an alien spacecraft
Runners make their way down Wentworth St. while running the SRLA 18 Mile Hansen Dam Action Challenge Saturday morning in Lake View Terrace. Students had been training to run in the annual Los Angeles Marathon originally scheduled for March. However, the marathon has now been postponed until a later date due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
US regulators have approved Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID jab, enabling millions more Americans to be vaccinated and setting the vaccine up for additional approvals around the world. The J&J vaccine is the third authorised in the US following ones from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna, both of which require two doses. COVID-19 has claimed more than
Guildford High Street, with its pretty cobbled streets, chi chi shops and historical architecture, is the perfect example of an affluent commuter suburb. But even this pleasant corner of Surrey hasn’t been immune from the economic shock of the pandemic. The Hair and Beauty Bar has been a staple on the High Street for 21
Coronavirus cases in Los Angeles county continue to climb down from the record-breaking highs of the fatal holiday surge. On Saturday Los Angeles Public Health recorded 1,730 new confirmed cases – a significant decrease from the 6,917 cases reported exactly a month ago. While the falling case statistics and rising vaccination rates seem to be
Ukraine is formally pointing fingers at Russian hackers for hacking into one of its government systems and attempting to plant and distribute malicious documents that would install malware on target systems of public authorities. “The purpose of the attack was the mass contamination of information resources of public authorities, as this system is used for
iQoo Neo 5 is set to launch on March 16, Vivo sub-brand iQoo has revealed through a teaser posted on Weibo. The new smartphone will be the successor to the iQoo Neo 3 5G that was unveiled in China in April last year. The iQoo Neo 5 is speculated to come with the Qualcomm Snapdragon
A £5bn grant scheme to help pubs, restaurants and retailers hit hardest by lockdown restrictions is set to be unveiled by the chancellor in Wednesday’s budget. Rishi Sunak is also planning to support first-time buyers by incentivising lenders to accept deposits of just 5% for properties up to £600,000. The chancellor has warned hard decisions
Eric Church has words to the wise in his new song, “Never Break Heart.” Penned by Church and Luke Dick, the bluegrass-leaning song (tinged with a twinkling banjo) finds the singer encouraging the listener to walk fearlessly through life with a heart that’s open to the elements. “Don’t let fear steal your brave heart /
Zach Bryan is a rare bird in today’s landscape of country music. Unlike the popular approach of singers cutting their teeth in Downtown Nashville honkytonks, or worse, manufactured in an office for TikTok… Zach became a trailblazer of his own. As an Okie stationed in Washington state, he unexpectedly launched his music career by uploading
Slowly but surely, WandaVision has started to unpack the mystery of Westview, and why it’s disconnected from the rest of the world. Better yet, the series has given Wanda (Elizabeth Olsen) an increasingly powerful skillset with each passing episode, and she’s now on the verge of becoming the Scarlet Witch, full-stop. Light spoilers ahead for
A Black Superman film might be among us soon — but a Black actor who already starred in a DC flick is pouring cold water on it, re-affirming his claim he experienced racism on WB’s watch. Ray Fisher — who played Cyborg in 2017’s ‘Justice League’ — reminded folks Saturday that as hyped as they
According to Monster Hunter prop master Kerry Von Lillienfeld, the hardest thing about creating practical props for a movie that was going to be full of giant, digital monsters was simple: he had to make the practical props both look good — and look like the Monster Hunter video games, on which the film is