Ringo Starr will be dropping a new EP, Change the World, on September 24th via UMe. Like his previously released Zoom In EP from March, the four-song set was recorded at his Roccabella West home studio. Starr collaborated with several artists and songwriters on the set. Lead single “Let’s Change …
Read More »Woman Killed, TikTok Star Wounded in Shooting During Screening of 'The Forever Purge'
UPDATE (7/28): Police have arrested 20-year-old Joseph Jimenez in connection with the shooting at a California movie theater during a screening of The Forever Purge, the Corona Police Department announced. Jimenez was taken into custody Tuesday night after detectives collected witness statements and served a search warrant. During the search, …
Read More »CDC's About-Face Raises One Question: Why Were Mask Recommendations Lifted at All?
Break out your collection of face masks: on Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released updated guidelines recommending that many fully vaccinated people once again wear masks indoors. This reverses the agency’s announcement nearly three months ago that those who had received their full dose of Covid …
Read More »Ashley Monroe Reveals Rare Blood Cancer Diagnosis
Ashley Monroe has revealed her diagnosis with a rare form of blood cancer in an Instagram post, writing about her ordeal and expressing her gratitude for the bright spots that have made a scary few months more bearable. The post was accompanied by a slide show of images featuring her …
Read More »Flashback: Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead Play 'Watching the River Flow'
We’re just 10 days away from the premiere of Bob Dylan’s streaming concert Shadow Kingdom. Not much is known about it, but a short clip posted last week to Dylan’s streaming accounts reveals that “Watching the River Flow” is part of the set. The bluesy song, which features Leon Russell …
Read More »'Lovecraft Country' Won't Return to HBO for Season 2
HBO announced Friday that the Golden Globes-nominated series Lovecraft Country would not return to the network for a second season. “We will not be moving forward with a second season ofLovecraft Country,” HBO said in a statement to Deadline. “We are grateful for the dedication and artistry of the gifted …
Read More »The Mad Pandemic Bottleneck of Indie Bands
In the quest toward rock stardom, buzz is nearly impossible to bottle — everyone who’s made it in the music industry knows it’s at first a grueling long-distance run, then suddenly a give-it-all-you’ve-got sprint — so in the summer of 2020, when music critics showered the Chicago post-punk foursome Ganser …
Read More »Biden Administration to Create Nonbinary Designation for Passports
Americans will soon be able to self-select which gender appears on their passports, and among the options will be a “gender marker for nonbinary, intersex, and gender nonconforming persons,” Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced on Wednesday. “We will be updating our procedures to allow applicants to self-select their gender …
Read More »Jennifer Hudson Talks Portraying Aretha Franklin in 'Respect' Featurette
Jennifer Hudson discusses her upcoming role as Aretha Franklin in a new behind-the-scenes featurette forRespect, the upcoming MGM biopic on Franklin’s life. Through interview segments and clips from the movie, as well as rehearsal videos, the featurette documents Hudson’s journey to embodying the Queen of Soul, beginning from when Franklin …
Read More »Biden Kills Trump Plan to Take Food Aid Away from Millions
President Biden put an end to a Trump administration initiative that sought to kick three million people off food stamps, a proposal that would have deprived nearly one million children of free school meals. The previous administration and Republicans pushed for the change in 2019, claiming some Americans were taking …
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