Hours after Empire actor Jussie Smollett was arrested for filing a false report in connection to what police believe was a staged hate crime, The Late Show‘s Stephen Colbert summarized the complex case with three words: “What a dick.” The comedian recapped the bizarre incident in his monologue Thursday, detailing …
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From toiling in the cotton fields of Mississippi to being enshrined in the Country Music Hall of Fame, Charley Pride’s journey out of the segregated South was fraught with adversity. In the upcoming PBS American Masters special, Charley Pride: I’m Just Me, debuting nationwide on Friday, February 22nd, at 9:00 …
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WASHINGTON —For the second time in six months, Microsoft publicly announced that it detected what appeared to be Russian intelligence agents attempting to hack into think-tank organizations that have been critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s authoritarian regime. The tech company revealed on Tuesday night that more than 100 of …
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Former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr will embark on a new leg of solo tour dates this spring in support of his recent album, Call the Comet. The 19-date trek kicks off in late April in Atlanta and wraps around the U.S. before ending in Los Angeles in May. Tickets go …
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Disgraced former congressman Anthony Weiner has been released from prison,TMZ reported. Weiner had been serving a 21-month sentence at the Federal Medical Center in Devens, Mass. after he was caught exchanging sexual texts with a 15-year-old girl from North Carolina. The center where he was held offers treatment for sex …
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Eclectic country/rock/Tejano group the Last Bandoleros have released a new song titled “Enamorado” — Spanish for “in love” —timed, not coincidentally, for Valentine’s Day. The track, sung in both English and Spanish, features bassist Diego Navaira on lead, guitarist Jerry Fuentes on the bridge and the entire group, rounded out …
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Filmmakers David Fincher (Gone Girl, The Social Network) and Tim Miller (Deadpool) unveiled a frenzied new trailer for their forthcoming animated anthology series, Love, Death and Robots, which will premiere March 15th on Netflix. The series will comprise 18 animated shorts – each about 15 minutes long – aimed at …
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Since May 2018, convicted murderer Samuel Little, 78, has confessed to killing more than 90 women in at least 16 states between 1970 and 2005, making him one of the most prolific — and previously unknown — serial killers in history. So far, the FBI has been able to link …
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Chance the Rapper announced the release of his “Owbum” on Twitter on Monday, with his manager, Pat Corcoran, confirming the announcement in a post that read: “Chance Album. July 2019.” In a series of tweets, Chance described what separates his debut album from mixtapes likeAcid Rap and Coloring Book. “This …
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“This stage is so small, I have to leave to change my mind,” Kiss frontman Paul Stanley quipped onstage at the 500-capacity Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles Monday night. Less than two weeks into their End of the Road tour, which finds the band headlining arenas, the group …
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