Update:Disney announced it is delaying the release of Star Wars: Episode XI, Reuters reports. The ninth installment, originally slated for May 2019 will now be released on December 20, 2019. The delay comes after the company announced J.J. Abrams will takeover as director following thedeparture of Colin Trevorrow. Abrams will …
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When you play the game of Emmys, you win or you … well, lose. But winning will be a lot easier this year, since past favorite Game of Thrones went long enough between seasons to fall outside the eligibility guidelines for 2017’s Emmy Award contest. Add in a surprising number …
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Folk-rock band the Waterboys’ new album Out of All This Blue continues where 2015’s Modern Blues left off – with plenty of twang-and-groove plucked from Music City’s playbook. The group’s 14th studio release, recorded in Ireland and Japan, filters country and blues through a world traveler’s lens. Scottish songwriter Mike …
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“I have a dream, before I die, of making a record of nothing but drinking songs,” says Brandy Clark in the new live video for her song, “When I Get to Drinkin’.” “I have a few on my first two records, but I’m talking a full-on ode to alcoholism.” The …
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A computer-animated Iggy Pop stars alongside Robert Pattinson in the strange new video for Oneohtrix Point Never’s “The Pure and the Damned.” Oneohtrix Point Never and Iggy Pop collaborated on the song as part of the former’s soundtrack for Good Time, the Safdie Brothers’ new movie starring Pattinson. The Safdie …
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Harry Potter fans may not be able to physically go to Hogwarts next week, J.K. Rowling’s Pottermore website launched the second best thing. A newinteractive digital platformcalled Hogwarts Experience allows fans to roam the grounds as if they were in the books. The website, which launched to coincide with the …
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Foo Fighters played a last-minute post-Lollapalooza afterparty Friday night in Chicago, where Jane’s Addiction’s Perry Farrell joined Dave Grohl and company for a rendition of Nothing’s Shocking‘s “Mountain Song.” Prior to the performance, Grohl praised Farrell as “the one person responsible for that revolution in music… thank god for that …
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If you or someone you know is considering suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255). On the afternoon of May 26th, Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington gave a performance unlike any in his career. His close friend, Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell, was being laid to rest …
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Paul Oakenfold is working on a graphic novel called The Wonderful World of Perfecto: With Paul Oakenfold and Friends, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The collaborative project will involve several artists and will be published via Z2 Comics. It’s set for release on November 21st. Each of the contributing artists, …
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Boondocks creator Aaron McGruder’s new Amazon drama, Black America, will envision an alternate history in which African Americans are given control of three Southern states as reparations for slavery, Deadline reports. McGruder has been developing the show with producer Will Packer (Ride Along, Straight Outta Compton, Girls Trip). Black America …
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