Kanye West’s new opera Mary will get its second performance December 22nd at the David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City. Directed by Vanessa Beecroft and featuring music from West’s Sunday Service choir, Mary was first performed earlier this month at the Miami Marine Stadium during Art …
Read More »The Twenty-Teens: The Most Sort-of Decade of All Time
So: We need to talk about the Teens. The decade that’s about to end. The one that began with Katy Perry doing an unironic Kenny G revival and is ending with Kanye West doing an unironic Kenny G revival. A decade full of iconic stars: Beyoncé, Taylor, Rihanna, Kendrick, Kacey, …
Read More »Is Trump Afraid of 'No Puppet. No Puppet. You're the Puppet' 2.0 As He Threatens to Skip Debates?
President Donald Trump is raising the possibility of passing on the coming general election debates. Trump told advisors last week, according to the New York Times, that his lack of trust for the Commission on Presidential Debates is why he may sit out. Trump also tweeted about possibly skipping the …
Read More »Congresswoman Tells Betsy DeVos, You Are 'Out to Destroy Public Education'
“You are the most unpopular person in our government,” Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) told Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Thursday. DeVos appeared before the House Education and Labor committee to defend a student debt policy and Wilson had some strong words for the secretary. Under the Obama administration the “borrower’s …
Read More »'6 Underground': Movie Stars, Action, Guns, Booms, T&A, Michael Bay
In the old days, i.e. 2017, you had to go to your local multiplex to see a Michael Bay blockbuster. You know the type of movie we’re talking about: explosions, robots, shots which last 0.003 seconds, chiseled dudes, smokin’-hot babes. (Not “men” and “women.” There are no such things as …
Read More »Watch She & Him's Festive Performance of 'Christmas Day' on 'Kimmel'
Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward‘s collaborative band She & Him appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to perform their version of “Christmas Day.” The Beach Boys cover comes off the duo’s 2011 holiday album, A Very She & Him Christmas. In the clip, the singers are joined by a live band …
Read More »Roxette Singer Marie Fredriksson Dead at 61
Marie Fredriksson — the Swedish vocalist who scored a string of late-Eighties and early-Nineties hits with Roxette — died Monday following a 17-year battle with cancer. She was 61. Fredriksson’s management company, Dimberg Jernberg Management, confirmed her death. Her Roxette bandmate, Per Gessle, also issued a statement on social mediaand …
Read More »The First Time: Pete Townshend
Pete Townshend released his first novel, The Age of Anxiety, earlier this year. And when he sat down with Rolling Stone in a New York City hotel room to talk it over, he also looked back to share several other firsts from his long life, from his first time seeing …
Read More »Lil Nas X Covers Juice WRLD's 'Lucid Dreams' in Tribute to Rapper
Lil Nas X covered Juice WRLD‘s “Lucid Dreams” in tribute to the late rapper at a concert in San Francisco following the news of his death over the weekend. During a set at WiLD 94.9’s FM’s Jingle Ball, Lil Nas X projected an image of Juice WRLD on the screen …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Ozuna, El Cherry Scom y Kiko El Crazy, 'Baje con Trenza Remix'
Ozuna added a fiercely rapped verse to El Cherry Scom and Kiko El Crazy’s dembow romp “Baje con Trenza” on Monday. Though Ozuna’s biggest hits rely on his sweet singing voice and intuitive melodies, the star takes a very different approach on “Baje con Trenza,” delivering drilling lines at top …
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