Members of the Indonesian pop band Seventeen are dead and missing after a tsunami hit the stage while they performed at the Tanjung Lesung Beach Resort in west Java Saturday. The devastating waves struck the region without warning following the eruption of the Anak Krakatoa volcano between the islands of …
Read More »Chainsmokers, Deadmau5 Among Ultra Music Festival Miami Headliners
Ultra Music Festival Miami has announced the first phase of their lineup, which includes DJ headlining sets from the Chainsmokers, Marshmello, Martin Garrix, Tiësto and Carl Cox with live headlining sets from Deadmau5, Galantis and Odesza. The festival, which will move to its new home of Virginia Key Historic Beach …
Read More »Black Sabbath, George Clinton to Get Lifetime Achievement Grammys
The Recording Academy will honor artists from a wide variety of genres next spring when it hands out Lifetime Achievement Grammys at a special ceremony. It will recognize Black Sabbath, George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic, jazz singer Billy Eckstine, Donny Hathaway, Julio Iglesias, Sam and Dave and Dionne Warwick, according to …
Read More »How '90 Day Fiancé' Summed Up America in 2018
This was the year I fell in love with 90 Day Fiancé. There’s something so strangely soothing about stepping into this reality-TV hellhole for an hour or two every week, then turning it off. It was one of those imaginary Americas that stole my heart. Didn’t we all spend 2018 …
Read More »Hip-Hop Had a Surprising Secret Weapon in 2018: Acoustic Guitar
For at least a decade now, rap beats have been getting fiercer every year. The biggest producers in the genre largely abandoned traditional acoustic instrumentation, instead embracing the abrasive potential of software. As Kanye West worked on his 2010 album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, he kept a note on …
Read More »Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke Will Resign at the End of the Year
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke will step down from his position at the end of this year, according to a Saturday morning tweet from President Donald Trump. Although Trump offered no explanation for Zinke’s departure, the interior secretary’s tenure has been plagued by ethics investigations. Trump said that a replacement will …
Read More »Taylor Swift's Concerts Have Grossed More Than Half a Billion Dollars in the Past Three Years – But Not Without Risk
Taylor Swift might have been snubbed by the Grammys, but that doesn’t mean 2018 didn’t belong to her. Swift and her latest album, Reputation, were overlooked in every major category in the annual awards nominations that emerged last week. Yet just seven days beforehand, Billboard announced that Swift had broken …
Read More »Terminally Ill Lee Kerslake Asks Ozzy Osbourne for Platinum Discs: 'It's on My Bucket List'
Former Ozzy Osbourne and Uriah Heep drummer Lee Kerslake revealed he has prostate cancer that has spread and “doctors have given me about eight months to live” during an interview with The Metal Voice. The drummer said one of the things on his bucket list are platinum album certifications for …
Read More »Flashback: Men at Work's Early, Reggae-Inspired Version of 'Down Under'
Men at Work just announced their first tour in nearly 20 years, but anyone calling it a “reunion” is really stretching the definition of that word.The only member of any previous lineup returning is frontman Colin Hay, who will be joined by members of his solo band. “The set list …
Read More »'If Beale Street Could Talk' Review: Barry Jenkins' Ode to Love and Heartbreak
Love — intimate, familial and fraternal — infuses director Barry Jenkins‘ ravishing adaptation of the 1974 James Baldwin novel about a battered romance that refuses to be a tragedy. Following up his Best Picture Oscar win for Moonlight, the writer-director opens his third film with Tish Rivers (KiKi Layne), 19, …
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