Jessica Biel is many things: actor, mom, wife to Justin Timberlake, consummate ab-shower, purveyor of the theory that being hotter than Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman has ruined her career. This week, however, the world became aware of another credential on Biel’s resume: anti-vaccine activist. In an Instagram post, prominent …
Read More »Sarah Huckabee Sanders' Run as White House Press Secretary Is Over
President Trump announced on Thursday that Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders will be leaving the White House at the end of June. “After 3 1/2 years, our wonderful Sarah Huckabee Sanders will be leaving the White House at the end of the month and going home to the Great State …
Read More »Wade Bowen Addresses Harrowing Year in New Documentary About Depression
Wade Bowen chronicles his year from hell that was 2018 in a new short film called Inconsistent Chaos, which focuses on the Texas Country veteran’s forced singing sabbatical and the tragic loss of his cousin and stage manager. Bowen was ramping up for a big year in 2018, which not …
Read More »Luke Combs Is the Newest Member of the Grand Ole Opry
Luke Combs will become the newest member of the Grand Ole Opry. The “Hurricane” singer was invited to join the venerable country-music institution following his performance on its famous stage on Tuesday night. Combs delivered a three-song set before Opry members John Conlee, Craig Morgan and Chris Janson surprised the …
Read More »Mick Jagger Talks Stones Tour in First Post-Surgery Interview
“I’m feeling pretty good,” Mick Jagger said in his first interview since heart surgery caused him to reschedule the Rolling Stones‘ upcoming North American summer tour. On Toronto radio station Q107, Jagger said it’s been business as usual since his operation. “Been rehearsing a lot lately in the last few …
Read More »Trump Backs Off Tariff Threat After Reaching Deal With Mexico
After threatening Mexico with exorbitant tariffs on imported goods, President Donald Trump announced Friday night that the U.S. signed an agreement with Mexico to reduce the flow of migrants coming across the U.S.-Mexico border. However, Mexico and the United States had reached the terms of the agreement months before Trump …
Read More »Meet Christian Nodal: The Future of Regional Mexican Music
On a recent Saturday night in May, cowboy hats of the vaquero variety filled Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre. Men in embroidered western shirts and the women wearing denim skirts took their seats and, as the lights in the venue dimmed down, the phones in the crowd shot straight up. In Spanish, …
Read More »Avicii's Dark Farewell 'Tim'
Tim Bergling’s struggles were laid disturbingly bare in the film Avicii: True Stories – the story of a superstar DJ-cum-pop star whose fame and breakneck touring regimen left him a physical and emotional wreck. His relentless drive, meteoric rise, elfin beauty and substance abuse issues brought to mind Kurt Cobain. …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Moodymann, 'I'll Provide'
The house music great Moodymann quietly returned with a new track at the end of May. “I’ll Provide” revolves around a fantastically degraded low-end, a bass as garbled as it is groovy. Moodymann drops flirtatious lines from the Prince school of seduction: “I don’t know what you want from me/But …
Read More »Flashback: Michelob Uses a Genesis Song about Drug Addiction to Sell Beer
You don’t hear the 1986 Genesis song “Tonight Tonight Tonight” very often these days, but back then it was absolutely inescapable. This was a weird period of time where seemingly half the songs on the radio were either by Genesis or one of the many offshoot acts like Phil Collins, …
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