So, How Was Your Decade is a series in which the decade’s most innovative musicians answer our questionnaire about the music, culture and memorable moments that shaped their decade. We’ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December. From waking up naked and covered in glitter on Charli XCX’s tour bus …
Read More »Samantha Bee Celebrates Trump's Impeachment With 'Christmas Carol' Spoof
Samantha Bee celebrated Donald Trump’s impeachment with A Christmas Carol spoof on Wednesday’s Full Frontal. In the two-minute sketch, Bee plays a modern-day Scrooge who, after already meeting the three ghosts of Charles Dickens’ classic story, wakes up on the day of Trump’s impeachment. Bee throws open her window and …
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 »Report: Lev Parnas Handed Over Tapes of Trump and Giuliani to the House Intelligence Committee
The bottomless pit that is the Ukraine scandal continues to grow. According to a report from ABC News on Sunday, the House Intelligence Committee is now in possession of audio and video recordings as well as photographs that include both President Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani. The materials were handed …
Read More »'I'm a Big Fan': Trump Endorses Another Autocrat in Meeting with Turkish President Erdogan
During the first public impeachment inquiry hearing Wednesday morning, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Kent explained how valuable an invitation to the White House is for foreign heads of state. “New leaders, particular countries that are trying to have good footing in the international arena see a meeting with …
Read More »A$AP Rocky Plots First Show in Sweden Since Assault Trial
A$AP Rocky will perform in Sweden for the first time since he found himself at the center of a contentious assault trial there this past summer. The show will take place December 11th at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm. Tickets will go on sale November 12th at 10 a.m. local …
Read More »Offshore Wind Energy Could Generate Enough Electricity to Power the World. Will the U.S. Get on Board?
Last week, the International Energy Agency (IEA) predicted a boom in renewable energy, forecasting the power capacity for renewable sources will increase 50 percent over the next five years. One of the most fertile settings for an explosion in renewable power, the IEA revealed in a study released days later, …
Read More »Crystal Gayle Sings With Loretta Lynn, Interprets Country Staples on 'You Don't Know Me'
As country singers go, Crystal Gayle has long been a sparkling diamond in a rhinestone world. While the singer’s recently released You Don’t Know Me beautifully showcases her elegant, middle-of-the-road vocal delivery — a quality that led her to become one of the most successful crossover artists of the late …
Read More »David Byrne's 'American Utopia': A Heady Swirl of Hope for Our Anxious Times
Fans of David Byrne are used to his ability of pinpointing life’s dumb incongruities and elevating them to something that could be either joyfully menacing or pleasurably disorienting. Rather than wearing an ironic mantle of aloofness, Byrne — who led Talking Heads through the 1970s and Eighties, and has followed …
Read More »See 'Jagged Little Pill' Musical Cast Perform 'Head Over Feet'
Alanis Morissette’s breakthrough album, Jagged Little Pill, is taking Broadway for the first time in November — and in the form of a live musical adaptation. In a new teaser video, cast members Celia Rose Gooding and Antonio Cipriano give Morissette’s 1996 hit, “Head Over Feet” a tender revamp. Shot …
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