Saturday Night Live mocked Donald Trump‘s questionable health exam results in a cold open sketch where Beck Bennett’s White House physician Ronny Jackson spoke glowingly about the president’s physique and mental faculty. Aidy Bryant’s White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders first acknowledged the millions of women marching Saturday “to …
Read More »Rob Sheffield: Steven Soderbergh's 'Mosaic' Muddles the Murder Mystery
There’s a tense moment that sums up Mosaic, Steven Soderbergh‘s HBO thriller about a murder in a Utah ski-resort town. A character confronts another over a moment from their tangled past, to make sure they’ve got their story straight for the cops. She smiles warily. “Is this like a 12-step …
Read More »Former Ataris Bassist Arrested in Alleged $27 Million Real Estate Scam
A former bassist of the punk group the Ataris was arrested in late December for his role in a $27 million real estate scam. News of Michael Davenport’s arrest spread this week ahead of the bassist’s scheduled court date Wednesday. Davenport and his partner Cynthia Rawlinson were arrested on charges …
Read More »See Country-Rock Band Lanco's Uplifting 'Greatest Love Story' on 'Ellen'
Lanco made their television debut this week, leaving behind the band’s snowbound headquarters of Nashville for California to perform on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. The song, of course, was “Greatest Love Story,” singer Brandon Lancaster’s autobiographical tribute to a pair of high-school sweethearts who reunite – and marry – later …
Read More »Mark Wahlberg Donates $1.5 Million Reshoots Fee to Time's Up
Mark Wahlberg announced Saturday that he would donate $1.5 million – his salary for All the Money in the World reshoots – to Time’s Up. The actor’s donation comes following reports that Wahlberg’s co-star Michelle Williams was only paid a per diem of approximately $1,000 a day – less than …
Read More »Taibbi's TL:DR Guide to Michael Wolff's 'Fire and Fury'
A quick note about Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury,which upon a second pass still has, to put it mildly, some serious issues: As any art historian can pick out a forgery, veteran journalists reading this book will quickly spot an oversold narrative and perhaps unprecedented sourcing issues. The tortured “Author’s …
Read More »Hear Eric Church Collaborator Jeff Hyde's New Solo Song 'Henry Ford'
Country fans might not be familiar with the name Jeff Hyde, but they’ve most likely heard his tunes. Hyde is not only Eric Church‘s longtime acoustic guitar player, but a Grammy-nominated songwriting partner whose Number One hits include Church’s vivid gems like “Springsteen” and “Record Year.” Now Hyde is stepping …
Read More »Bonnaroo: Eminem, the Killers, Muse Headline 2018 Festival
Eminem, the Killers and Muse will headline this year’s Bonnaroo, scheduled to return to “the Farm” in Manchester, Tennessee from June 7th – 10th. Future, Bassnectar, Sturgill Simpson, Nile Rodgers & Chic, Sheryl Crow, Paramore and Khalid are also on this year’s lineup, which also features Bon Iver performing “two …
Read More »Jerry Van Dyke, 'Coach' Actor and Comedian, Dead at 86
Jerry Van Dyke, the younger brother of Dick Van Dyke and longtime sitcom actor who starred on Coach and The Middle, died Friday at the age of 86. Van Dyke’s wife Shirley told TMZ that the comedian died Friday at their Hot Springs, Arkansas ranch, adding that his health had …
Read More »Crossover Country Singer Mickey Gilley Injured in Car Accident
Country singer Mickey Gilley – known for a string of Seventies hits as well as his Eighties crossover success in the wake of the film Urban Cowboy – is recovering at home after he and his son Michael were involved in a car accident on Wednesday morning. According to KFDM, …
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