This might be the perfect time for a Tonya Harding biopic … or rather, a Harding “biopic,” one set some 23 years after the public’s memory of the tabloid diva having drilled down to “white-trash figure skater who had something to do with smashing the knee of her rival Nancy …
Read More »Queen Biopic Fires Director Bryan Singer
UPDATE 2:Dexter Fletcher has been named as the new director for Queen biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody, according to The Hollywood Reporter. On Wednesday, Twentieth Century Fox announced Fletcher would helm the film following the ousting of Bryan Singer, who was let go of the project on December 4th. The film is …
Read More »Review: U2 Faces Down Mortality, Reconnects With the Power of Music
It is nearly business as usual. “Nothing to stop this being the best day ever,” Bono declares in “Love Is All We Have Left,” at the start of U2‘s sequel to 2014’s Songs of Innocence. But the singer’s delivery is striking in its restraint: like cautious prayer or a fragile …
Read More »At Trump's Urging, Republicans Are Trying to Ram Through Their Tax Plan
With 2018 just around the corner, President Trump and Republican leaders in Congress are desperate to deliver their first major legislative victory to their base and donors: an overhaul of the U.S. tax code that they’re pushing through the Senate this week. While the party’s top brass is trying to …
Read More »Cole Swindell Plots Headlining 2018 Reason to Drink Tour
Though he’s got an impressive seven Number One singles to his credit, Cole Swindell has thus far played a supporting role on tours with superstars Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney and Jason Aldean, among others. That changes in 2018, when Swindell launches the Reason to Drink Tour, his first-ever headlining trek. …
Read More »'Call Me By Your Name': The Story Behind the Most Romantic Movie of 2017
Luca Guadagnino is sitting in a hotel in Beverly Hills, but his mind is back in Italy. The 46-year-old director is doing press duties forCall Me By Your Name, his rapturous romance about star-crossed lovers falling for each other over one memorable, wistful summer. (It hits theaters on November 24th.) …
Read More »Eagles Plot 2018 North American Tour
Update: The Eagles added a slew of new dates to their 2018 North American tour on Thursday. The tour, whch originally included 12 gigs, ballooned to 26, with new stops scheduled in major hubs like Charlotte, New Orleans and Houston. Second dates were also added in Nashville, Vancouver and Toronto. …
Read More »CMT's 'Nashville' to End After Sixth Season
Just a season-and-a-half after killing off the character of country queen Rayna Jaymes, the rest of the Nashville will take their final bows. Lionsgate Television Group, which produces the show, has announced that the series’ upcoming sixth season (and second on CMT after being canceled by ABC) will be its …
Read More »Taylor Swift's 'New Year's Day' Serviced to Country Radio
The old Taylor may not be able to come to the phone right now, but that doesn’t mean you won’t hear new music from Swift on country radio. In fact, a new track from her recently released sixth album Reputation, “New Year’s Day,” was just serviced to country radio by …
Read More »See the Song Suffragettes' All-Women Cover of Keith Urban's 'Female'
For all the discussion surrounding Keith Urban’s “Female” – whether it does too much, says too little, uses the wrong pronouns – one thing it has done is help keep afloat the conversation about the never-ending gender imbalance in country music. Song Suffragettes, a women-only showcase in Nashville dedicated to …
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