Michael Cohen: so hot right now. On Thursday, theWall Street Journal reportedthat Donald Trump‘s former attorney and fixer paid the owner of an IT firm to rig an online poll in favor of Trump as he considered a run for president. According to the WSJ, in early 2015 Cohen agreed …
Read More »See Lin-Manuel Miranda, 'Hamilton' Cast Perform 'The Story of Tonight' With Jimmy Fallon
Lin-Manuel Miranda, in his return to Hamilton, performed the musical’s “The Story of Tonight” alongside the show’s cast and Jimmy Fallon as The Tonight Show traveled Tuesday to Puerto Rico, where Miranda is staging a Hamilton residency to benefit the hurricane-ravaged island. Miranda, back in the Alexander Hamilton role after …
Read More »'The Beach Bum,' 'Us,' Johnny Cash Doc Lead 2019 SXSW Film Festival
Matthew McConaughey’s Harmony Korine-directed comedy The Beach Bum, Jordan Peele’s Get Out follow-up Us and documentaries about Johnny Cash, David Crosby and Lil Peep are among the films that will premiere at the 2019 SXSW Film Festival, which opens in Austin, Texas on March 8th. Us previously revealed that it …
Read More »Hear the Drums Plumb Depression, Self-Care on Clever New Song 'Body Chemistry'
Indie pop outfit the Drums unveiled a deceptively chipper, yet instantly infectious new song, “Body Chemistry,” that will appear on their forthcoming album, Brutalism, out April 5th via Anti-. “Body Chemistry” finds a rumbling rush of drums anchored by a thick bass groove, over which Drums mastermind Jonny Pierce laces …
Read More »Jack Johnson Talks Willie Nelson, Surfing and Steve Earle's Guitar
Jack Johnson may have once lost a handful of cash to Willie Nelson in a stoned poker game, but he doesn’t hold a grudge: in fact, he showed up at Saturday night’s tribute, Willie: Life & Songs of an American Outlaw, to salute his idol (and apparent card shark) with …
Read More »Report: Kanye West Pulled Out of Coachella Over Dome Demands
Kanye West reportedly pulled out as Coachella headliner just days before the festival announced its 2019 lineup after organizers would not meet the rapper’s demands that a dome be built on the festival grounds. Billboard reports that on New Year’s Day, Coachella organizers were set to reveal West as one …
Read More »The 15 Presidential Campaign Books You Need to Know for 2020
The 2020 Democratic primary field is already stress-inducingly crowded, and you’d be forgiven if you’re having trouble keeping track of everyone. Well, lucky for all of us, nearly every serious potential candidate has a book that lays out his or her policy positions while also offering up some personal backstory …
Read More »Best True-Crime Podcast: 'Missing and Murdered: Finding Cleo'
Many existing crime podcasts center on white, female, middle- or upper-class victims, ignoring a vast population of victims of color (black women, for example, disproportionately experience all kinds of violence). CBC’s investigative podcast, Finding Cleo, is a powerful departure from that norm, using the story of a little girl named Cleopatra Semaganis Nicotine, who …
Read More »Phoenix Apologize for Working With R. Kelly: 'We are Deeply Horrified By the Stories of Abuse'
Phoenix have apologized for collaborating with R. Kelly in 2013, writing on Twitter, “We are deeply horrified by the stories of abuse surrounding R. Kelly.” R. Kelly and Phoenix partnered twice in 2013. First, the R&B singer joined the French group on stage at Coachella, while later in the year …
Read More »The Humanitarian Crisis in the Oval Office
A day before President Trump delivered his first Oval Office address, a Florida prison employee named Crystal Minton was quoted in the New York Times. Hurricane Michael tore most of the roof and fence off her workplace, so the incarcerated were relocated to a Mississippi prison that is a seven-hour …
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