Cameron Crowe‘s 2000 film Almost Famous will premiere in San Diego this September. Crowe announced that the musical was in production last fall following a few years of development with composer Tom Kitt. As part of San Diego theater the Old Globe’s 2019-2020 season, Almost Famous will return to its …
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Billie Eilish is a 17 year-old homeschooled choir singer turned pop music prodigy. And she’s every bit as awesomely messed up as that pedigree implies: She’s the demon spawn of Lana Del Rey’s California dreams, who first compared a sweetheart’s gaze to napalm skies on her arresting 2016 single gone …
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You can’t even walk through a Target these days without seeing some piece of “vintage-inspired” clothing or accessory. From broken-in denim, to band tees, to artfully distressed leather jackets, the vintage look has never gone out of style – even if the items of clothing have gone out of production. …
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There’s no denying it: Latin music has never been as popular as it is at this very moment. So when the Recording Academy announced its nominees for the 2019 Grammy Awards, feelings of confusion, frustration, and indignation abound among Latin music’s top-charting artists — the vast majority of whom make …
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Samantha Bee examined Americans’ lethargic response to President Trump’s most recent iteration of the travel ban (or “Muslim ban”) on Wednesday’s Full Frontal, firing up viewers to “dust off your pussy hat” and get back in the protest game. In January 2017, days after entering office, President Trump signed the …
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There will always be the peace, the love and the music, but the legacy of any large music festival will also always include a heap of trash. For 50 years, oceans of waste have washed over fields from Bethel, New York to Indio, California to Somerset, England. And though this …
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On Wednesday morning, Fox News hosted advertisers at its New York headquarters for the first “upfronts” meeting in the network’s history. The goal was to convince executives to purchase airtime on Fox News programming blocks despite the network’s Trump-fueled descent into abject demagoguery. Though protesters congregated outside the network’s Manhattan …
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The 91st Academy Awards are finally upon us, and if you’re looking to stream the Oscars online, we’ve found a couple easy ways for you to watch the show for free. Netflix’s Roma leads the pack with 10 nominations, including a Best Picture nod, while Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s …
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A venue in Germany defended their decision to book R. Kelly for an April concert following the latest string of allegations against the singer, including those that surfaced in Surviving R. Kelly. Soon after the Lifetime docuseries aired, and RCA quietly parted ways with the singer, Kelly announced (and then …
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Intense, frightening, revelatory: Without losing the melancholy tone and pointedly un-stylized writing that has characterized this season from the jump, True Detective hit a new high with this week’s episode, aptly titled “Hunters in the Dark.” It follows our suite of protagonists — retired cop Warren Hays, his old partner …
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