Celebrity
Review: Cage the Elephant Energizes and Preps Tampa Crowd for Beck with Big Antics
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Kasey HudsonTAMPA (FNN NEWS) – In the midst of hurricane season, Thursday, August 29th turned into a beautiful summer night for the best alternative rock music and a swooning crowd of 11,000. Kicking off the concert that evening was Sunflower Bean and Spoon, followed by one of the most anticipated bands of the night, Night Running Tour co-headliner Cage the Elephant. Lead singer Matt Shultz hit the stage with energy so palpable that it pulsed through the audience, passionately singing the band’s top songs.
Cage the Elephant guitarist Brad Shultz led the band into hit song ‘Broken Boy” to open their performance. The band next hooked the crowd with “Cold Cold Cold”, “Ready to Let Go” and then ambiance shifted with phone lights glowing in the air when the band began playing “House of Glass”. Matt engaged the crowd even further as he performed “Come A Little Closer” and came more and more out of his clothing, stripping seven layers to be exact, mesmerizing the audience with a smoke show and antics–“very Beck-like,” as many of the attendees were saying. The beautiful thing about this tour is the love and energy that translated to the audience.
Matt has always idolized Beck. According to recent interviews, when the band began creating their first album, he told producers, “I want to sound like Beck’s ‘Loser’.” It’s safe to say that the band has had the ability to create Beck-like music and even put their own spin on it, seeing as the band is constantly in comparison to Beck and having the pleasure to now tour with him.
Beck hit the stage to wrap up such an electric night! Opening with hit song “Loser” and giving the crowd all that they expected from Beck and more. “I’ve seen Beck three times live and it’s never short of energetic and entertaining!” said longtime fan Diane in the audience. Everyone got excited to hear and sing in correlation with Beck, “Devil’s Haircut.” Fans couldn’t help but jump around and smile!
All in all, this concert proved to be worth all the anticipation and being listed as one of the top concerts of the summer!
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Kasey Hudson is a Florida National News contributor. | social@floridanationalnews.com
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Celebrity
[PHOTOS] 2022 Cannes Film Festival: Supermodel Adriana Lima Boasts Baby Bump on ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Red Carpet
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2 years agoon
May 28, 2022CANNES, France (FNN) – Brazilian supermodel Adriana Lima brought a guest with her to the red carpet premiere of Top Gun: Maverick. No, we don’t mean her boyfriend Andre Lemmers, but her adorable–and well-styled–bun in the oven.
Lima, 40, graced the red carpet dressed in Chopard jewelry and a black long-sleeved Balmain gown with a baby bump cutout.
Lima announced in February that she was expecting her third child, this one being the first with Lemmers, and her first son. She has two daughters, Valentina, 12, and Sienna, 9, with ex-husband Marco Jarić.
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Florida National News editor Mellissa Thomas and FNN News international correspondent Patience Eding contributed to this report. | info@floridanationalnews.com
Celebrity
[PHOTOS] 2022 Cannes Film Festival: Tom Cruise and ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Cast Grace the Red Carpet
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2 years agoon
May 28, 2022CANNES, France (FNN) – Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly, and the cast and crew of Top Gun: Maverick landed for the 2022 Cannes Film Festival red carpet in style. (No, literally–the aircraft actually landed.)
Executive Producer Jerry Bruckheimer and his wife also joined the excitement on the red carpet for one of the most anticipated sequels in all of Hollywood.
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Florida National News editor Mellissa Thomas and FNN News international correspondent Patience Eding contributed to this report. | info@floridanationalnews.com
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Interfaith Group Asks Starbucks to Drop Vegan Milk Surcharge
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2 years agoon
May 13, 2022By
FNN NEWSBOSTON (AP) — A group of Christian, Hindu, Buddhist and Jewish leaders is asking Starbucks to stop charging extra for vegan milk alternatives, saying the practice amounts to a tax on people who have embraced plant-based lifestyles.
In a statement issued Friday, an interfaith coalition led by Nevada-based Hindu activist Rajan Zed pressed the coffee chain to end the surcharges it called “unethical and unfair.”
“A coffee company should not be in the business of taxing individuals who had chosen the plant-based lifestyle,” said Zed’s statement, which was also signed by Thomas W. Blake, an Episcopal priest; Greek Orthodox clergyman Stephen R. Karcher; Buddhist priest Matthew Fisher; and Jewish rabbi ElizaBeth Webb Beyer.
The religious leaders cited numerous reasons why some Starbucks customers prefer alternatives to dairy, including dietary restrictions, ethical issues, environmental concerns, lactose intolerance, milk allergies and animal welfare.
Those who want plant-based milk should not have to pay more, they said, calling on the Seattle-based company’s CEO, Howard Schultz, and board chair Mellody Hobson to immediately drop the surcharge.
Starbucks outlets in the United States typically charge 50 cents to a dollar more for drinks made with plant-based milks.
Starbucks doesn’t charge for a splash of nondairy milk, including soy milk, coconut milk, almond milk and oat milk, though it does levy a surcharge for customized beverages made largely with those substitutes, spokesperson Megan Adams told The Associated Press.
It is not the first time Starbucks’ surcharge has riled the public. On Tuesday, activist and actor James Cromwell glued his hand to the counter of a Starbucks franchise in New York City to protest the practice.
Cromwell, 81, later used a knife to scrape it off. Police said there were no arrests.
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