Billie Eilish’s new album, Happier Than Ever, notched its second straight week at Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart. The LP moved 77,600 album-equivalent units in its second week, down significantly from the 271,000 it garnered upon its debut, though that was still enough to best …
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Jack Antonoff spends a lot of time at Manhattan’s Electric Lady Studios — whether he’s dissecting a song he produced with Clairo or playing acoustic for Lorde. This time, though, he takes to the studio’s rooftop with his own band, Bleachers. Positioned on the rooftop adorned with vines and festive …
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The 15-year battle over James Brown’s estate has finally been resolved as the soul legend’s heirs have reached a settlement agreement. Brown died on Christmas Day in 2006. Since then, the singer’s many heirs — children, grandchildren and an ex-wife who was ultimately eliminated as an heir after it was …
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Woodstock ’99 was supposed to be sex, drugs, and rock & roll. Instead, what we got was three days of mob violence, sewage spills, and Jamiroquai. If you weren’t there, congratulate yourself on at least one shrewd life decision. (If only the decision not to be born yet.) If you …
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UPDATE (9/10): Tanya Tucker has canceled all of her scheduled concerts for 2021. The country singer cited her ongoing recovery from hip surgery and the Covid-19 pandemic for the cancellations. “With my damn hip still healing slowly but surely, and my increasing concerns with covid-19, I’ve made the heartbreaking decision …
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One of ExxonMobil’s top lobbyists has been caught on camera revealing what many critics and environmentalists have claimed all along: That the oil giant continues to fight for its profits over the health of the planet, despite public relations campaigns claiming to back measures like a carbon tax to address …
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UPDATE (6/30/21): James Franco will pay $2,235,000 as part of the settlement he reached in February 2021, court documents revealed Wednesday (via The Hollywood Reporter). The agreement now awaits a Los Angeles judge’s approval. Both sides said in a joint statement: “While Defendants continue to deny the allegations in the …
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Things got heated (or, shall we say, brutal) last week when Olivia Rodrigo announced her Sour Prom concert film, which featured a photo of her as a Gen Z Carriewearing a tiara while holding a bouquet of roses. But as her mascara-streaked eyes gazed into the distance, trouble loomed ahead. …
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Keegan-Michael Key and Cecily Strong play a couple who wind up stuck in a world modeled after golden-age musicals in the new trailer for Schmigadoon! The six-episode series premieres July 16th on Apple TV+. The trailer opens with Josh (Key) and Melissa (Strong) arguing in the rain during a backpacking …
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