Common addresses the challenges of black manhood in the rapper’s second video for “Hercules,” a Swizz Beatz-featuring single off his upcoming album Let Love. In July, Common released a “Hercules” video with himself and Vince Staples — as a convenience store clerk — subduing a group of robbers as seen …
Read More »Tracy Morgan, Sarah Silverman, Nick Kroll Lead 'Crank Yankers' Season Five
Tracy Morgan, Sarah Silverman, Nick Kroll, Aubrey Plaza, Tiffany Haddish and Kathy Griffin lead the cast for the long-awaited fifth season of Comedy Central’s Crank Yankers. The first episode of the revived series — in which comedians voice puppets reenacting absurd and outrageous prank calls — premieres September 25th. Adam …
Read More »Watch Josh Gad and James Corden get Fired From 'Hobbs & Shaw'
Josh Gad and James Corden have somehow never made a film together, which may be for good reason. In a segment on The Late Late Show, the duo reveal a series of failed movie acting jobs, including stints in Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood and Hobbs & Shaw. While …
Read More »Opera Legend Placido Domingo Accused of Sexual Harassment by Multiple Women
Spanish opera singer and conductor Placido Domingo has been accused of sexual harassment by nine women, The Associated Press reports. Nine women — eight singers and a dancer — came forward with allegations against Domingo that dated back to the early Eighties. Three of them spoke of forced kisses, while …
Read More »Watch Brent Cobb Take an Idyllic Snapshot of the South in 'Country Bound' Video
There may be no more country sight than Brent Cobb, in denim overalls, walking down a dirt road in south Georgia to buy peaches. The songwriter continues his love letter to his home state with the second part of his “Come Home Soon” series. In this clip, Cobb is captured …
Read More »Hear Zac Brown Band's Armed Services Ode 'Warrior'
Zac Brown Band have released the stirring new track “Warrior,” the latest taste of the group’s forthcoming sixth studio album The Owl, out September 20th. With an infectious tribal drumbeat throughout, the rousing lyrics, especially those in the final verse, detail the kinsmanship forged in facing battle together. “The chosen …
Read More »Outside Lands Gets Approval to Sell Weed
Marijuana will be available to purchase legally at Outside Lands this year after the festival received the green light from the San Francisco Office of Cannabis Wednesday, theSan Francisco Chronicle reports. The festival was granted the city’s first temporary sales permit just days before Outside Land kicks off August 9th …
Read More »El Paso's Representative: Shooting Victims Said, 'Tell Trump not to Come Here'
President Donald Trump plans to visit El Paso, Texas on Wednesday at an event intended to honor the victims of this weekend’s mass shooting. But according to Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-Tex.), those victims don’t want the president there. During an interview on Tuesday night with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes, Escobar said …
Read More »Silver Jews' David Berman Dead at 52
David Berman, the singer-songwriter best known for leading the long-running, critically acclaimed indie band Silver Jews, died Wednesday at the age of 52. Drag City, the Chicago record label that released all of the group’s albums dating back to 1994’s Starlite Walker, confirmed the musician’s death. The cause of death …
Read More »'The OA': Netflix Cancels Series After Two Seasons
Netflix has canceled The OA, the mind-bending fantasy-drama series co-created by Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij, four months after launching its second and assumedly final season. The show, which debuted in December 2016, starred Marling as Prairie Johnson, a once-blind woman who returns home after being missing for seven years, …
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