With his 2017 album Flower Boy, Tyler, the Creator set out to answer a simple, burning question: Who dat boy? The result was nothing short of a revelation. Tyler bloomed almost literally, burrowing into his past and emerging from the closet amidst naturalistic motifs and a sun-drenched landscape of woozy …
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Last week after a flurry of states made news by passing legislation that would restrict a woman’s right to choose, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) decided to visit one of those states, Georgia, to protest the anti-abortion bills that she said are a “nationwide assault on women’s constitutional rights.” On Sunday …
Read More »Woodstock 50 Finds New Financial Partner, Keeping Beleaguered Fest Alive
The organizers of Woodstock 50 have found a new financial partner following their acrimonious split with Dentsu Aegis. Oppenheimer & Co., a New York–based investment bank and financial services company, has agreed to provide a new round of financing, though the firm did not disclose how much it was putting …
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K-Pop band BTS recreated The Beatles iconic 1964 U.S. television debut on The Ed Sullivan Show in an appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. Dressed and styled as the Beatles, the band performed in the Ed Sullivan Theater as it looked in February 1964, with Colbert himself getting …
Read More »How Alabama Women Are Fighting Back Against the Country's Most Oppressive Abortion Law
Above the doors of the Alabama Statehouse, where late Tuesday the senate approved H.B. 314, the most extreme abortion ban in the country, is a plaster scroll embossed with the state’s Latin motto: Audemus Jura Nostra Defendere. “The phrase,” explains Amanda Reyes, president of the Yellowhammer Fund, means “We Dare …
Read More »2019 CMT Music Awards: Carrie Underwood, Maren Morris to Perform
Carrie Underwood, Maren Morris and Kelsea Ballerini are among the artists that will take the stage at the 2019 CMT Music Awards. CMT announced the initial slate of performers on Wednesday morning, a roster that spotlights some of contemporary country’s most popular entertainers. Along with that trio of women, each …
Read More »Watch Dave Grohl Surprise Nine-Year-Old Drum Virtuoso on 'Ellen'
Nine-year-old Japanese drum prodigy Yoyoka Soma returned to The Ellen Degeneres Show Tuesday where she received a surprise from one of her idols, Dave Grohl. Soma, who’s completely self-taught, became a viral sensation last year with a remarkable cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Good Times Bad Times.” She continued to post …
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When Luke Combs first played a solo, acoustic “Beer Never Broke My Heart” at one of his concerts way back in January 2018, fans responded as if the brand new song were an old favorite. Chalk it up to the North Carolina singer-songwriter’s gift for crafting sharp hooks and on-the-nose …
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This week: Second trailers for two new movies starring superheroes, i.e Spider-Man and Cate Blanchett, respectively; first looks at HBO‘s take on the greatest men-in-capes tale ever told (revisionist edition), the final season of FX’s god-level mindbender Legion and the It sequel; and peeks at a fictional horror movie involving …
Read More »Watch Renée Zellweger as Judy Garland in New 'Judy' Teaser Trailer
The new teaser trailer for the biopicJudy was released on Friday, featuring Renée Zellweger as Hollywood icon Judy Garland. The film takes place in winter 1968, six months before Garland’s untimely death; the singer and actress arrives in London to perform a five-week sold-out run at famed nightclub The Talk …
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