Clint Eastwood, pushing 90 adds a new addition to his gallery of unexpected American heroes, — think American Sniper, Sully, and, to a lesser extent, The 15:17 to Paris — courtesy of this tale of Richard Jewell, a do-gooder who was first celebrated and then unjustly vilified by the FBI …
Read More »Rapper Juice WRLD Dead at 21
Juice WRLD, the rising Chicago rapper who topped the album charts in 2019 with his acclaimed Death Race for Love, has died at the age of 21. The rapper born Jarad Higgins reportedly suffered a seizure at Chicago’s Midway Airport on Sunday; he was rushed to a nearby hospital in …
Read More »Flaming Lips Join Forces With Deap Vally for 'Deap Lips' LP
Flaming Lips have joined forces with Los Angeles rock duo Deap Vally for a collaborative LP under the moniker Deap Lips. The 10-song self-titled album, available to preorder now through Cooking Vinyl, arrives March 13th, 2020. The group also unveiled the first single “Hope Hell High,” with Deap Vally’s Lindsey …
Read More »Flashback: Poison's 1988 Hair-Metal Opera 'Fallen Angel'
Mötley Crüe, Poison, and Def Leppard announced tour dates for their 2020 summer tour at a press conference yesterday in Los Angeles. “I’m just telling you that it is going to be not just ‘The Stadium Tour,’ it is the party of the summer,” Poison frontman Bret Michael said. “If …
Read More »Why Is Devin Nunes Named in the House Impeachment Inquiry?
As the ranking Republican member of the House Intelligence Committee conducting the impeachment inquiry of Donald Trump, Rep. Devin Nunes is supposed to appear in the title pages of committee documents as an honorific — not in the body of a 300-page investigation into presidential abuse of power. But here …
Read More »Apple Music and Spotify Now Have Dueling Awards Shows
The music-streaming war is headed to its most dramatic setting yet: the stage. On Tuesday, Apple Music announced that it will host a surprise Billie Eilish performance this week to celebrate its “first-ever Apple Music Awards” — just two weeks after Spotify announced plans to host its own “first-ever Spotify …
Read More »Lil Bub, Adorable Perma-Kitten With Many Musical Ties, Dead at 8
Lil Bub, the perma-kitten cat whose big eyes and indelible blep made her an Internet sensation, died Sunday at the age of eight, her owner Mike Bridavsky said. Bridavsky revealed the news on social media Monday alongside the first and last photos he took with Bub. He said Bub “unexpectedly …
Read More »Madonna Forced to Cancel Madame X Boston Tour Dates Per Doctor's Orders
Madonna has been forced to cancel all three of her Madame X tour dates in Boston, Massachusetts per doctor’s orders, the singer announced in a statement. The intimate shows were scheduled to take place at Boch Center Wang Theatre November 30th through December 2nd. “Please forgive this unexpected turn of …
Read More »Jamie Brisick Talks Surfing, Grappling With Loss on Chris Shiflett Podcast
Years before Jamie Brisick’s writing showed up in high-end outlets like The New Yorker, he toured the globe as a professional surfer. Maybe that’s why his pieces — from 300-page books like Becoming Westerly to biographical articles like “A Surfer’s Perspective on Malibu in Flames” — ebb and flow with …
Read More »RS Charts: Post Malone Stays on Top, Tory Lanez Rises on Artists 500
Post Malone was Number One on the Rolling Stone Artists 500 chart once again while Torey Lanez saw a big jump to shake up the top 10 for the week of November 15th through November 21st. Post Malone had yet another impressive week, clocking 112.7 million song streams, with “Circles” …
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