Headlining sets by Chris Stapleton, Lady Antebellum and Keith Urban, plus a vast range of impressive up-and-coming talent, highlighted the seventh annual Country to Country (C2C), Europe’s biggest country music festival, this weekend. Held over three days, the concerts took place at the 3Arena Dublin, Ireland; SSE Hydro in Glasgow, …
Read More »'SNL' Weekend Update Wants to See a Hillary vs. Trump Rematch
Comparing the not-gonna-happen rematch of President Donald Trump versus Hillary Clinton in upcoming 2020 presidential election to the movie Rocky, Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update anchor Colin Jost first expressed his disappointment that Clinton, this week, announced that she would not run. “First of all, I think she would be …
Read More »Journalist Jemele Hill Speaks Truth to Power
It is almost impossible to talk about Jemele Hill today without talking about Donald Trump. Which is the opposite of how Jemele Hill would have it, understandably. “If the lead line in my obituary is ‘She once tweeted that the president is a white supremacist,’ I will see my life …
Read More »'The Magicians' Continues to Deliver Lessons About Early Adulthood's Difficulties
This post contains spoilers for tonight’s episode of The Magicians, and for the third season to date. “When you file people away as sidekicks, you don’t realize their importance to the story. And this story belongs to a lot more people than you think,” Penny declares late in “The Side …
Read More »'Cobra Kai': Watch John Kreese Return in First Season Two Trailer
A new trailer for the upcoming second season of Cobra Kai – which hits YouTube Premium on April 24th – has just been released. It shows Daniel LaRusso’s feud with childhood enemy Johnny Lawrence reaching a new level of intensity when he creates his own dojo to take on Cobra …
Read More »Howard Stern Launches 'Saturday Soundtrack' Live Music Series on SiriusXM
Over the past few decades, everyone from AC/DC and Metallica to Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Weezer, Stone Temple Pilots, Elvis Costello and Blondie have played live on The Howard Stern Show. Those performances have largely sat in the vault since they originally aired, but he’s breaking them all out with …
Read More »Hear Mac DeMarco Preview New Album With Lonesome New Song 'Nobody'
Mac DeMarco unveiled “Nobody,” a desolate track set to appear on his next album, Here Comes the Cowboy. It’s out May 10th via his own Mac’s Record Label. “Nobody” is stripped down and ambling: Built around prickly guitars and a steady clop of drums and bass. DeMarco sings, “There’s no …
Read More »The First Time: Chef Dominique Crenn
Dominique Crenn, the first American woman to receive three Michelin stars, has a long history of upending the status quo. In our signature video franchise “The First Time,” the French-born chef looks back on the earliest glimpse of the gutsiness that would carry her to the top of a grueling, …
Read More »Johnny Depp Files $50 Million Defamation Lawsuit Against Amber Heard
Johnny Depp has filed a $50 million defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard, claiming the actress made “hoax” allegations of domestic abuse against Depp. The lawsuit stems from a December 2018 op-ed that Heard penned for the Washington Post where she described her own experience as the victim of …
Read More »Country Trio Runaway June on Group Solidarity, Hit Song 'Buy My Own Drinks'
“They’re all pinch-me moments,” says Hannah Mulholland, who, along with Naomi Cooke and Jennifer Wayne, make up breakout country trio Runaway June, as I list off a number of recent and upcoming milestones: they’ve had two singles crack the Top 40 on country radio, they’ve opened for Tim McGraw and …
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