West Coast Late Day Wrap-Up Edition
‘Like Billie Eilish in 2019’: How Noah Kahan’s Alt-Folk Success Is Changing 2024 Pop
It’s another good week to be Noah Kahan: on this week’s Hot 100, the alt-folk singer-songwriter’s long-rising breakthrough “Stick Season” becomes his first career top 10 hit, rising to No. 10 in its 20th week on the chart. Kahan’s now-signature hit is the title track of his third studio album, Stick Season — which rebounds to its previous peak of No. 3 on the Billboard 200 this week thanks to a new deluxe edition dubbed Stick Season (Forever), 16 months after the album’s October 2022 release.
The first few weeks of the new year have also suggested that, if 2023 was Kahan’s breakout year, 2024 may be the moment the greater sound of modern pop bends around him. [Billboard]
Beyonce’s ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’ from her upcoming album ‘act ii’ hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart
Denis Villeneuve and Timothée Chalamet: ‘Dune’ Dynasty: With “Part Two” hitting theaters, they discuss another potential sequel, the impossible quest for onscreen perfection and those infamous popcorn buckets.
As Chalamet, 28, grinned, he said, “The great irony of working with a master like Denis is it’s not some pompous experience.” The two spoke further about the next potential sequel, the impossible quest for onscreen perfection and those infamous “Dune” popcorn buckets. [NY Times]
Nvidia Sales Reach New Heights as Company Forecasts Bigger AI Boom
Nvidia’s sales more than tripled in its fourth quarter, as the semiconductor maker scrambled to meet the demand for its chips that are powering new artificial intelligence systems.
Chief Executive Jensen Huang described AI as hitting “the tipping point” and indicated demand for the computing power that underlies AI remained astronomical. “Demand is surging worldwide across companies, industries and nations,” he said. [WSJ]
Brie Larson Reveals Her Smash Bros. and Mario Kart Mains and Why She Wants a Princess Peach Trilogy
Brie sat down with IGN’s Brian Altano to talk about Peach and her love of games in general. In fact, looking back to when she started gaming, she says those are her “earliest memories.”
“I don’t think there was ever a time I’ve lived without them, like, from a baby,” she says. “There was always a Nintendo console. My earliest memories are trying to figure out games. We had Super Mario, we had Little Mermaid, and we had a volleyball game and Duck Hunt.” [IGN]
Gannett, IndyStar announce $2 million investment to grow local reporting and sales staffs
Gannett executives and leaders at the Indianapolis Star on Tuesday announced a multimillion-dollar effort to bolster the Star’s operations and grow its staff.
The plan includes investments that will support both the newsroom and LocaliQ, Gannett’s Indianapolis sales and advertising team. [IndyStar]
Jason Reitman and Hollywood’s most prominent directors buy beloved Village Theater in Los Angeles
Jason Reitman along with more than 30 directors including Steven Spielberg, Christopher Nolan and Bradley Cooper acquired Westwood’s Village Theater, the group announced Wednesday. The coalition wants to preserve the theater, which has become a mainstay for movie premieres since the venue opened in 1931.
The terms of the purchase were not disclosed. [AP News]
