Andrew Garfield is trying to live his life as openly as possible, he said in a new interview with Out magazine – including when it comes to his sexuality. The Angels in America actor explained that while he currently identifies as a heterosexual man, he is not shutting out the …
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Rush weren’t the first band to fill an entire album side with a single epic track, but grand, suite-like works such as 1976’s “2112” and 1978’s “Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres” helped make them legends of long-form prog. So it makes sense that after retro-minded SoCal hard rockers Fu Manchu …
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Three years ago, Fall Out Boy opened a pop-up store in New York, selling T-shirts in a space that resembled a punk-rock club. When the band revisited the idea at stores in New York and L.A. this past fall, the vibe and decor were noticeably upgraded. Purple-tinted windows made fans …
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Police in Orlando, acting on a “credible threat,” arrested a man outside of a Lana Del Rey concert Saturday night on charges that he planned to kidnap the singer. Michael Hunt, a 43-year-old man from Riverview, Florida, was arrested a block from Orlando’s Amway Center – where Del Rey was …
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Recording Academy president Neil Portnow has announced the formation of a task force following criticism of comments he made as well as accusations of sexism during the Grammy awards ceremony, Variety reports. A call for Portnow’s resignation from female industry executives closely followed his announcement. This year’s Grammys have been …
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If you tuned into the State of the Union address last night, you witnessed President Trump enrage Democrats as Republicans fawned over most every word and gesture delivered by their party’s leader. But even with around-the-clock coverage of the nation’s most-watched annual political event, there’s much that goes on at …
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Update:Mark Salling’s victims will not receive restitution after his death, The Daily News reports. Each victim who filed for restitution was originally ordered to receive $50,000 from the former Gleeactor who pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography. Salling died on Tuesday, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He was 35. …
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Ten years ago, the members of Vampire Weekend were being interviewed about their sudden success and the blogosphere’s misgivings about their pedigree – specifically the fact that the band comprised four Ivy League grads with a penchant for polo shirts and boat shoes. “For me, it was a cool idea …
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Nearly 50 years on from its original release, Ryan Kinder reimagines Creedence Clearwater Revival’s classic antiwar anthem “Fortunate Son” as a brooding ballad in this YouTube Nashville Sessions video. The Alabama native gives the song nothing short of a reinvention, which at this point may be necessary to avoid mere …
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“Everyone calls Bob Dylan a poet, but he doesn’t write poetry,” says soul singer Bettye LaVette, who tackles the Dylan songbook on her upcoming album Things Have Changed. “He doesn’t really write songs. He writes prose.” Produced by drummer Steve Jordan, Things Have Changed (out March 30th) brings soul, melody …
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