While kicking off his co-headlining tour with Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit last night, Father John Misty debuted a new song. “Here’s one you might know,” he sarcastically told the San Diego crowd before launching into the currently untitled track. Decked out in sunglasses and — yes — a …
Read More »Prince's 'Originals' Gathers Blueprints of His Handed-Off Hits
Prince in the early-to-mid Eighties was spitting out hot songs at such a clip, it’s no wonder he shared the wealth. And wealth it was: his “Manic Monday” was the Bangles’ first hit, reaching Top Five in the U.S., while Sinead O’Connor never had a more successful song than “Nothing …
Read More »Meek Mill Gets New Hearing to Potentially Overturn Conviction
Meek Mill has been granted a new hearing that could lead to a court overturning his 2008 conviction on drug and gun charges. Per Philadelphia NBC affiliate WCAU, the new hearing was approved after the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office successfully appealed the Pennsylvania Superior Court for a new trial and …
Read More »Watch Lonely Island's Baseball-Centric 'Bash Brothers' Special on Netflix
Comedic trio The Lonely Island have returned with a 27-minute Netflix special. Billed as a “visual poem,” The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience envisions a universe where baseball superstars Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire recorded a rap album in 1988. Mike Diva and Akiva Schaffer directed the special, which stars Andy …
Read More »Kiss' Paul Stanley Reveals He Pursued Fame Because of a Deformity
Kiss frontman Paul Stanley has shared that he was drawn to stardom because of a physical deformity he had called microtia. In a clip from a forthcoming conversation with Dan Rather on The Big Interview, Stanley spoke candidly about how fame compensated for his insecurities. “I had what’s called a …
Read More »Meet the 12-Year-Old With the Six-Figure Record Deal
He was eight when he got his first smartphone: an iPhone 5c in beaming lime green. He was 10 when his impromptu breakdance at a high school basketball game in Florida went viral. Now, at the grand old age of 12, Seth Vangeldren finds himself juggling marketing contracts in six-figure …
Read More »Peloton Is Being Sued by Music Publishers for $150 Million
Indoor bike company Peloton has amassed a cult following and a $4 billion valuation off of its dreamy lifestyle sell: Well-dressed men and women pedal their way to fanatically good health with the help of electrifying videos and hit songs. But the latter may have involved some cut corners, according …
Read More »Body Politics: TV's Slow Push Toward Size Acceptance
In the third episode of Shrill, the new Hulu comedy based on Lindy West’s same-named memoir, Annie, a thirtyish magazine editor played by Aidy Bryant, attends a pool party. There, for the first time, she enters a world filled with people who look like her: fat women, drinking, dancing, swimming …
Read More »See Brittany Howard Explain D.C. Power Struggles in 'Vice' Outtake
When filmmaker Adam McKay shot his Dick Cheney biopic, Vice, it originally included a surprise musical number that featured Alabama Shakes’ Brittany Howard. In the clip, premiering at Rolling Stone, Donald Rumsfeld (Steve Carell), attempts to explain to a young Cheney (Christian Bale) how things work in Washington, D.C. “You …
Read More »Watch Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson Sing Ariana Grande's '7 Rings'
Captain Marvel stars Brie Larson and Samuel L. Jackson sing Ariana Grande’s “7 Rings” and ask each other grueling lie detector questions in a preview of their upcoming spot on Friday’s Carpool Karaoke: The Series. The clip opens with the actors crooning the trap-pop single, which appears on Grande’s recently …
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