Alanis Morissette and the producers of the Broadway musical Jagged Little Pill have announced a livestream benefit for COVID-19 relief, sponsored by American Express. You Live, You Learn:A Night with Alanis Morissette and Jagged Little Pillwill take place Tuesday, May 19th from 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET, via theJagged Little Pill Facebook …

Ethan Hawke stars as bearded abolitionist John Brown in the seven-episode series The Good Lord Bird, premiering on Showtime on August 9th. “Everybody got God on their side in the war,” Joshua Caleb Johnson, who portrays the enslaved boy Onion, says in the trailer. “Trouble is, God ain’t telling nobody …

Megan Thee Stallion‘s “Savage” remix, which features verses from Beyoncé, claimed Number One on the latest Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart. “Savage,” which has become enormously popular on TikTok, hung out in the Top Ten for all of April. The addition of Beyoncé helped the single earn more than …

Alec Baldwin’s President Trump served as commencement speaker of a Zoom graduation for “the class of COVID-19” in the cold open of the Season 45 finale of Saturday Night Live. “I’m so honored to be your valedictator, but today’s not about me, it’s about you,” Baldwin’s Trump told the graduating …

James Taylor gave a very sweet performance on The Tonight Show Thursday night, singing “You Can Close Your Eyes” with his wife Kim and his son Henry from their home in Montana. Taylor played guitar and sang lead vocals on the comforting song, while his family accompanied him with beautiful …

Our “In My Room” IGTV video series has had Brian Wilson, Lucinda Williams, Nick Lowe, and many others performing from their homes. The latest to participate: Johnny Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls. Before COVID-19 hit, the Goo Goo Dolls were on tour in the U.K., playing music off 2019’s …

Sean Penn’s CORE praises Los Angeles’ guardian angels — those on the ground administering COVID-19 tests — in a new PSA that reiterates that “testing saves lives.” On March 30th, CORE (Community Organized Relief Effort) opened its first coronavirus testing site in Los Angeles; since that time, CORE now oversees …

Since when should dying be the price of freedom? What kind of liberty could be won? And when we hear authority figures saying that we should accept that risk, should we feel liberated? Or just the opposite? Perhaps if one might answer that question in a certain way if they …

Rush’s Geddy Lee, Sarah McLachlan and Alec Baldwin appear in If You Could Read My Mind, a documentary on Gordon Lightfoot, streaming on-demand this summer. Directed by Martha Kehoe and Joan Tosoni, the film chronicles present-day Lightfoot performing a show and signing autographs as he fondly looks back on his …

Joe Walsh was a student at Kent State 50 years ago when the Ohio National Guard opened fire on a student protest, killing four. The experience traumatized him, leading him to quit school and abandon his English degree in pursuit of making music with his first group, the James Gang. …