The FBI has opened an investigation into Ryan Adams‘ alleged texts and messages to an underage fan, who claimed in a New York Times exposé that the singer had initiated sexually explicit communications with her when she was as young as 15. The Times now reports that federal police are …
Read More »Watch Elsa Battle the Ocean in 'Frozen 2' Trailer
While Frozen 2 isn’t set to hit theaters this November, a new trailer previews the return of the beloved characters from the 2013 Disney phenomenon without spoiling any of the plot. Free of any dialogue, the Frozen 2 preview begins with a lengthy sequence showing Elsa (Idina Menzel) squaring off against a …
Read More »More States Raising Smoking Age to 21
As marijuana legalization continues to sweep the nation, some state lawmakers are instead focusing their energies on curtailing access to a far more addictive and deadly smokable substance: tobacco. Over the last several weeks, Virginia’s House and Senate have passed bills that would raise the legal age for purchasing cigarettes …
Read More »Grammys 2019: See Miley Cyrus and Shawn Mendes Perform 'In My Blood'
Miley Cyrus made a show-stopping appearance when she joined Shawn Mendes for a special duet of the latter’s hit, “In My Blood,” at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles Sunday night. The performance started with Mendes playing the song solo on a grand piano that looked like it …
Read More »See Madcap First Teaser for George Clooney's 'Catch-22' Series
Thirteen months after the George Clooney-directed adaptation of Catch-22 was first announced, Hulu has shared the first trailer for the six-part limited series based on Joseph Heller’s satirical World War II novel. The minute-long teaser was released as part of Hulu’s Television Critics Association presentation. Hulu said of the series …
Read More »Lindsey Buckingham Suffers Vocal Cord Damage From Emergency Surgery
Former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham underwent emergency open heart surgery last week and is now recuperating at his home. “Each day he is stronger than the last,” his wife Kristen Buckingham wrote in a statement. “While he and his heart are doing well, the surgery resulted in vocal cord …
Read More »The Anger Inside Gary Clark Jr.
It’s already past midnight, but Gary Clark Jr. wants to keep going. The guitarist is standing in the center of a darkened room at Arlyn Studios, an unmarked building hidden behind a housing development in South Austin. Clark has been hard at work all night teaching his band a new …
Read More »'Lords of Chaos' Review: Black Metal Biopic Should Be Burned at the Cross
Nearly every travel guide of Norway bears at least a passing reference to the wave of church burnings that swept the country in the early Nineties. Frommer’s even names one of the arsonists, Varg Vikernes, adding that he was a Satanist who went to jail for murder. To many Norwegians, …
Read More »George Clinton Reflects on Five Decades of Funk, Retiring From Touring
“What’s happening, man?” a spry-sounding George Clinton asks when he picks up the phone. The Parliament–Funkadelic mastermind is turning 78 in July, but says he still feels like he did when he was just starting out in the Fifties and Sixties. Despite this, he’s announced that his upcoming run of …
Read More »See Beck Perform Orchestral 'Tarantula' on 'Corden'
Last month, we heard the gorgeous orchestral cover of 1980s synth-pop cut “Tarantula” that Beck recorded for the soundtrack of director Alfonso Cuaron‘s Roma. On February 5th, Beck visited The Late Late Show With James Corden to perform the song — and he brought along the Los Angeles Philharmonic and …
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