Nine Inch Nails will release their ninth studio album, Bad Witch, on June 22nd. The six-track LP – their first full-length since 2013’s Hesitation Marks – is billed as the final installment of a trilogy, following 2016’sNot the Actual Eventsand 2017’sAdd Violence.Bad Witch is currently available for pre-order in all …
Read More »Roman Polanski Threatens Legal Action After Academy Expulsion
Roman Polanski threatened the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with legal action after the organization stripped him of his membership last week, Deadline reports. The Oscar-winning filmmaker was expelled alongside Bill Cosby “in accordance with the organization’s Standards of Conduct.” Cosby was recently found guilty of sexual assault, …
Read More »Phil Collins Plots First Major North American Tour in 12 Years
Phil Collins announced his first major North American tour in 12 years. The 15-date “Not Dead Yet, Live!” launches October 5th in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and concludes October 28th in Los Angeles. The tour, titled after his 2016 memoirNot Dead Yet, is billed as a celebration of Collins’ career. Citi …
Read More »Review: Belly's 'Dove' Is About Much More Than Nineties Nostalgia
It’s been so long since onetime 120 Minutes mainstays Belly put out an album, that a rapper with the same moniker now dominates Google searches for the word “Belly.” That lack of activity has relegated a band that put out a Gold album (1994’s Star), scored a video hit with …
Read More »Review: Leon Bridges' 'Good Thing' Is a Modern Vision of Classic Soul
Leon Bridges, 28, grew up listening to Ginuwine and Usher, developed as a songwriter on the Fort Worth, Texas open mic circuit, and got his break hooking up with half of Austin indie-prog-whatever quartet White Denim. None of this sounds like a recipe for retro soul, but Bridges filled his …
Read More »Brian Wilson Postpones Tour Dates Due to 'Immediate' Back Surgery
UDATE:Mike love shared a get-well note for his cousin and former bandmate, Brian Wilson, after the former Beach Boy postponed a handful of live dates to undergo back surgery. “I know what it’s like to have the (Wilson) back gene,” Love wrote on Facebookalongside a picture of himself and Wilson …
Read More »10 Best Movies and TV Shows to Stream in May
This month, Netflix hauls out some comedy-special big guns: the return of Carol Burnett to TV; a new special by recent SNL host/current it-funnyman John Mulaney; and a variety-hour-style showcase for the double act of Steve Martin and Martin Short (who, in the spirit of celebrity couples a la Brangelina, …
Read More »Watch Jimmy Fallon, Kevin Bacon Play 'First Draft' of 'American Woman'
Before there was “American Woman,” there was “Canadian Dentist.” Jimmy Fallon and Kevin Bacon dug up a rare “early version” of the Guess Who’s 1969 hard rock hit on their “First Drafts of Rock” bit from Thursday’s Tonight Show. Fallon fronted the performance, decked out in a slick white suit …
Read More »Watch 'Avengers' Cast Parody 'Brady Bunch' Theme on 'Fallon'
Members of the massive Avengers: Infinity War cast assembled on The Tonight Show Wednesday to create a potential new theme song for the franchise, parodying the classicBrady Bunch intro. The bit found Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Chris Evans (Captain America), Chris Pratt …
Read More »'The Truth About Cannabis': Inside New Pro-Pot Web Doc
Ten years ago, Lindsey Ward was an aspiring filmmaker looking for his first job, when a local cannabis dispensary owner near his home in San Diego asked for his help making a film. Astounded by the wide variety of patients coming into his dispensary and lauding the benefits and relief …
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