Carrie Underwood revealed she has suffered three miscarriages in the past two years and how the experience informed her new album Cry Pretty in an emotional interview with CBS Sunday Morning. “I’d kind of planned that 2017 was, you know, going to be the year that I work on new …
Read More »Watch Bob Woodward Talk Damning Trump Book 'Fear' on 'Colbert'
Legendary reporter Bob Woodward spoke about cultivating sources within President Donald Trump‘s administration for his new book,Fear,during an interview with Stephen Colbert on The Late Show Monday. Over the course of his career, Woodward has covered multiple presidents and written 19 books that often contain explosive information about the inner-workings …
Read More »John Lennon Receives Commemorative U.S. Postage Stamp
A U.S. postage stamp commemorating John Lennon‘s legacy was unveiled at a Friday ceremony at New York’s Central Park, with the late Beatles legend’s widow Yoko Ono and son Sean Lennon in attendance. “I know that my father would have been really thrilled to be accepted, officially in this way, …
Read More »Aretha Franklin Funeral Bishop Apologizes to Ariana Grande for Groping, Taco Bell Joke
The bishop who served as the emcee at Aretha Franklin‘s funeral apologized to Ariana Grande following accusations that he groped the singer onstage as well as likened the singer to a Taco Bell menu item. Following Grande’s performance of “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” at Detroit’s Greater …
Read More »Review: The 'Sorry to Bother You' Soundtrack Bursts With Genre-Blurring Surrealism
Boots Riley’s first feature film — a surrealist depiction of his hometown Oakland during capitalist wartime — came with a clamorous, giddy score by hometown heroes Tune-Yards; its layered vocal loops and stampeding beats kept up with each increasingly bizarre twist onscreen. The movie’s official soundtrack, which showcases Riley’s long-running …
Read More »Why Is Trump Obsessed With Revoking Security Clearances?
It’s hard to tell when an action taken by President Trump or the White House is intended to distract from unfavorable news coverage. But it was pretty clear when Trump revoked the security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan last week. The announcement, coming at the height of former …
Read More »MTV Video Vanguard Award: Jennifer Lopez's 10 Most Career-Defining Videos
She’s got the voice of a Bronx angel, the moves of a Fly Girl and the body that launched Google’s image search function — literally. And in the months leading up to its 2018 Video Music Awards, MTV announced that this year’s Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, the highest honor …
Read More »John Lennon's 'Imagine' Film Returning to Theaters With Bonus Features
The film Imagine, which John Lennon and Yoko Ono codirected and costarred in, will return to theaters this fall with extra footage. It also features restored footage and a newly remastered soundtrack mixed in Dolby Atmos by Paul Hicks, who has won Grammys for his work on the Beatles’ box …
Read More »See Weird Al Shred Accordion With Weezer on 'Africa' Cover
Halfway into Weezer’s über-ironic cover of Toto’s “Africa” at Wednesday’s Los Angeles concert, they leveled up. “Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic!” Rivers Cuomo exclaimed. Yankovic came out with a serious look on his face, accordion in hand and doubled up Cuomo’s guitar solo. He then took the …
Read More »CMA Music Fest TV Special: 6 Must See Performances
Each June tens of thousands of the country faithful travel from around the world to Nashville for the massive CMA Music Festival – and for good reason. Hundreds of stars gather in country music’s capital for four days of mostly-free music, capped off by nightly stadium concerts headlined by the …
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