The son of a country songwriter and a charity-minded pastor, Levi Hummon grew up with a special appreciation for both life’s triumphs and hardships. He saw his dad, Marcus Hummon, win Grammy awards for hits like Rascal Flatts’ “Bless the Broken Road,” and watched as his mother worked to give …
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UPDATE:A Manhattan judge dismissed a racial discrimination lawsuit filed by two former Tonight Show cameramen, who accused the Roots’ Questlove of ordering them to be fired over an incident because they are white, The Daily News reports. The judge ruled that the cameramen would have to settle their claims in …
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Ben Harper and harmonica master Charlie Musselwhite unveiled a smoldering new song, “No Mercy In This Land,” the title-track from their forthcoming album, out March 30th. The sparse and lonesome blues tune pairs Harper’s steely guitar with the raspy blare of Musselwhite’s harmonica. The pair share vocal duties as well. …
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Playboi Carti’s new “Lookin’” video features a straightforward, good time of roaming the streets, neighborhoods and record stores with a group of friends, including guest rapper and frequent collaborator, Lil Uzi Vert. The “Lookin’” video highlights A$AP Mob’s upcoming AWGE Vol. 2 DVD, which the collective’s leader A$AP Rocky announced …
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Dolly Rebecca Parton, born January 19th, 1946, in tiny Locust Ridge in the Smoky Mountains of east Tennessee, turns 72 years old today. Having recently set two world records, Parton is presumably having a good birthday week. Probably a better one, at least, than the subject of the song she …
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Edgar Ramirez opened up about playing the title role inRyan Murphy‘s buzzed-about FX series, American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace, in an interview on The Tonight Show Wednesday, and the actor specifically pointed to the timeliness of the narrative. “Ryan [Murphy, the creator of the series] has an …
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Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury dropped like an atom bomb this month, effectively ending Steve Bannon’s career and contributing “Gorilla Channel” to the collective lexicon. One of the main drivers of the book’s massive launch – publisher Henry Holt & Co. has ordered 1.4 million hardcover copies– was the president’s …
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Ahead of the Grammys’ return to New York City, Eminem, 30 Seconds to Mars, the National, Childish Gambino and Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds will all stage intimate concerts at the city’s Irving Plaza the week before the annual award show. The Live Nation-supported Citi Sound Vault concerts take place …
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Grammy-winning country band Zac Brown Band have announced dates for their eighth headlining concert tour, dubbing the summer-long run Down The Rabbit Hole Live: Zac Brown Band 2018. The tour kicks off June 8th in Lincoln, Nebraska, and includes 27 dates before wrapping with a pair of September concerts at …
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Multiple women have accused James Franco of “inappropriate or sexually exploitative” behavior in an article published by The Los Angeles Times on Thursday. The alleged misconduct took place primarily when Franco was an acting teaching at Playhouse West in North Hollywood and at a now-closed film school he founded, Studio …
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