HBO has released a trailer for its upcoming film, Bad Education, which stars Hugh Jackman as a school district superintendent caught in the middle of an embezzlement scandal. Jackman stars alongside Allison Janney and Ray Romano in the film, which was directed by Cory Finley. The movie is based on …
Read More »The White Buffalo Preaches Living for the Moment in Majestic New Song 'Problem Solution'
The White Buffalo tees up issues of insecurity and fear and then resolves them all, in under five minutes, in the ambitious new track “Problem Solution.” It’s a majestic yin-and-yang composition and is the latest release from the singer-songwriter’s upcoming album On the Widow’s Walk. “This is a song in …
Read More »'Tiger King': Why Joe Exotic's Country Songs Are Just Right for the Times
With his bottle-blond mullet, tacky shirts, and this-close-to-offensive catchy songs (like “Pretty Woman Lover”), zookeeper-country singer Joe Exotic looks and sounds like he emerged from country’s less-polished past. And for that, as quarantined viewers who are as captive as Exotic’s own lions and tigers, we’re oh-so grateful. The narcissistic star …
Read More »#StayHomeForOzzy: Ozzy Osbourne's Daughter Kelly Launches COVID-19 Social Media Campaign
Kelly Osbourne wants to see your best Ozzy Osbourne impression. The rocker’s daughter issued a call for people to post their rendition of the Prince of Darkness while using the hashtag #StayHomeForOzzy to spread awareness for social distancing and self-isolation. “Both of my parents are high-risk especially my dad,” she …
Read More »Kent State 50th Commemoration Event Canceled in Response to COVID-19 Virus
UPDATE 3/23: The Kent State University benefit concert has been canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak. A virtual commemoration will take place instead; details will be announced shortly. David Crosby and Joe Walsh will headline a benefit concert at Kent State University to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the massacre. …
Read More »Harvey Weinstein Tests Positive for Coronavirus in New York Prison
Harvey Weinstein has tested positive for the coronavirus, less than two weeks after the disgraced producer was sentenced to 23 years in prison on sexual assault charges. On Sunday, WKBW Buffalo reported that two inmates in the nearby Wende Correctional Facility had tested positive to COVID-19. Although their names were …
Read More »How the Luck Reunion Pulled Off Its Most Emotional Year Yet – With No Crowd
The eighth annual Luck Reunion was supposed to draw around 4,000 people to Willie Nelson’s Texas ranch this week, with a lineup that included Nelson, Lucinda Williams, John Prine, Margo Price, Nathaniel Rateliff, and more. Those plans, of course, went out the window due to COVID-19. Instead of canceling altogether, …
Read More »Want to Make an R&B Hit in 2020? Try Sampling Usher
Usher has been mostly quiet for the better part of four years. He has released a dud here, a solid single there. But since R&B is less interested in the vocal acrobatics, washboard abs, and lithe dance moves that are this star’s stock and trade, he appears content to sit …
Read More »Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on How to Build a Green New Deal
There was, essentially, no Green New Deal before Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. It was just a slogan rolling around the mouths of newspaper columnists and environmental activists until the 30-year-old political phenom put her star power behind it. Just a month after she was sworn in as the youngest congresswoman in history, …
Read More »Lil Uzi Vert's 'Eternal Atake' Rules Albums Chart With Massive Streaming Week
Three new albums debuted high on the latest Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart. The leader, Lil Uzi Vert‘s Eternal Atake, earned over 350 million streams, giving the rapper a bigger first-week total than Justin Bieber. The album, Uzi’s first since 2017, achieved this impressive feat without the benefit of …
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