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San Francisco Chronicle
4 days ago
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- San Francisco Chronicle
BottleRock 2025: Benson Boone serves up Moonbeam ice cream inspired by new single
Benson Boone's first backflip of BottleRock Napa Valley didn't take place during his festival set. Nor did it occur in a flashy jumpsuit. Instead, the pop singer, simply donning jeans and a T-shirt, performed his signature move at the closing of his debut on BottleRock's Williams Sonoma Culinary Stage on Saturday, May 24. Boone joined Green Day drummer Tré Cool and 'Righteous Gemstones' star Adam Devine, who constructed massive seafood rolls, to dish up Moonbeam ice cream. The dessert is a nod to his latest single, 'Mystical Magical.' View this post on Instagram A post shared by Benson Boone (@bensonboone) The single, released just last month off his forthcoming album, 'American Heart' (due out June 20), features Boone singing, 'Nothing else will feel right, you can feel like / Moonbeam ice cream, taking off your blue jeans / Dancing at the movies, 'cause it feels so / Mystical, magical.' It's unclear where Boone got the idea for Moonbeam ice cream, but the day before the song dropped, he teased the release on Instagram with a photo of him holding a purple pint of ice cream labeled 'Benny's Moonbeam Ice Cream.' Moonbeam ice cream then started trending on social media with fans and ice cream shops releasing their interpretations of the icy treat. Most feature unconventional combinations of ingredients for a concoction that feels — you guessed it — magical and mystical. Some iterations contain glitter, bright pastel colors and swirls, but Boone brought his original recipe to BottleRock — which he admitted was his first-ever time making it from scratch. Benson Boone's BottleRock Moonbeam Ice Cream recipe: Blueberry ice cream Blueberries Mini marshmallows Lemon juice Mix together and serve.
Yahoo
10-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
John Oliver Criticizes Democrats Over Response to Trump's Speech to Congress
John Oliver spent the opening segment of Sunday's Last Week Tonight talking about President Donald Trump's speech to a joint session of Congress last week and the Democrats' response to it. The HBO host began by noting House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) had said before the speech that he wanted to 'frame it in gilded gold.' More from The Hollywood Reporter How Danny McBride Recruited Bradley Cooper for That 'Righteous Gemstones' Season Premiere 'SNL': Lady Gaga Mocks 'Joker: Folie à Deux' for Winning Worst Sequel Razzie Award California's Gavin Newsom Opposes Trans Athletes in Women's Sports, Splitting With Progressives Oliver's response: 'This isn't important, but gilding is a technique where you cover things that are not gold in a thin layer of gold to make them look like gold. So you wouldn't gild gold because gold is gold already. It'd be like [Vice President] J.D. Vance wearing a T-shirt that says 'unbearable bitch' on it. It is simply redundant.' The Last Week Tonight host noted that some Democrats didn't show up for the speech, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y) and Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.). 'In hindsight, no-showing might have been the right move because Democrats in the room didn't seem to have a coordinated plan to respond,' Oliver said. 'Some dressed up in matching outfits while others held up signs on paddles,' which had messages like 'Musk steals,' 'Save Medicaid' and 'Protect veterans.' Oliver then noted that Rep. Al Green's (D-Texas) outburst during the speech, which prompted 10 Democrats voting to censure Green for his actions 'despite similar protests during Biden's term, triggering no such repercussions. That move was in keeping with centrist Democrats' current insistence on bending over backwards to cater to conservatives,' Oliver opined. He said that sentiment was included in Elissa Slotkin's (D-Mich.) official rebuttal to the president in which she criticized Trump's behavior during his recent meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. 'Reagan must be rolling in his grave,' she said. 'We all want an end to the war in Ukraine, but Reagan understood that true strength required America to combine our military and economic might with moral clarity. … As a Cold War kid, I'm thankful it was Reagan and not Trump in office in the 1980s. Trump would have lost us the Cold War.' Quipped Oliver: 'Yeah, she criticized Trump by praising Reagan, and I will admit there are some positive things you can say about Reagan, like he was our only president to make a movie with a chimp, or — he's dead. But his moral clarity might come as a surprise to any gay people who lived through the 1980s. I'm just saying, if you brought Reagan back from the dead and told him all the racist shit Trump's managed to do in less than two months, he'd come so hard he'd die again.' Oliver then went on to note that Trump's approval rating is the 'lowest on record of any president at this point in their term — with the sole exception of himself eight years ago.' That's why, he continued, it was 'refreshing' to see Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for pushing back by calling out Trump for his administration's recent announcement that it will enact tariffs on imports from countries including Canada. 'Canadians are hurt. Canadians are angry,' Trudeau said in his response. 'We're going to choose to not go on vacation in Florida or Old Orchard Beach [Maine] or wherever. We're going to choose to try to buy Canadian products and forego bourbon and other classic American products. And yeah, we're probably going to keep booing the American anthem.' Quipped Oliver: 'So there's a lot to unpack there, starting with the fact that it really seemed like Trudeau just forgot anything America makes other than bourbon. Canadians will forego bourbon and, um, what's that beer that tastes like a lime shit itself? Bud Light, that's right. We won't have any of that either.' Best of The Hollywood Reporter The Cast of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer,' Then and Now 'Yellowstone' and the Sprawling Dutton Family Tree, Explained A 'Star Wars' Timeline: All the Movies and TV Shows in the Franchise
