Chicago is to be the home of a new Taylor Swift-themed bar. Electric Garden, a bar located in Chi-Town's West Loop neighborhood, is remaking itself into a pop-up venue based on T-Swift's hit Bad Blood. The bar's general manager Alex Vazquez said the Swift song, which is about a bad break up, was the perfect ode to all the anti-Valentine's Day patrons. Drinks at the pop-up will be named after some of her biggest hits, and the brunch menu will be shaped around some of Swift's favorite foods — like Fruity Pebbles french toast.
SZA's SOS
New Jersey's very own SZA is starting the year off the winning way. For the sixth-straight week her SOS album took the top spot on Billboard's Hot 200. SZA joins Janet Jackson's janet as the only other album by a woman R&B artist to have spent at least the first six weeks at number one. In the last decade, only two other women have achieved the six-week stay: Adele and Taylor Swift.
Nike X Michael Jordan
Amazon Studios is gearing up for another wide theatrical release for a film, this time focused on the partnership between Nike and Michael Jordan that changed the landscape of sports and pop culture forever. Matt Damon is set to star in Air as Nike executive Sonny Vaccaro alongside Ben Affleck, who will play founder Phil Knight. The movie is slated for release on April 5 and is expected to be held in theaters longer than Amazon's previous limited theatrical runs.
The National Retail Federation reports Americans are expected to spend $20.1 billion on Father’s Day gifts this year. Yes, funny cards are still accepted.
Simpson’s gridiron legacy was forever overshadowed by the 1994 knife slayings of Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. A criminal court jury found him not guilty of murder, but a separate civil trial jury found him liable.
Hollywood closed out an up and down 2023 with “Wonka” regaining No. 1 at the box office, strong sales for “The Color Purple” and an overall $9 billion in ticket sales that improved on 2022’s grosses but fell about $2 billion shy of pre-pandemic norms.
