“I can’t believe everyone is sobbing,” Jennifer Kaytin Robinson says. “The main takeaway from everyone so far is that they are broken and sobbing. I hate to say I’m just scrolling through my phone and smiling at all these sad people on the internet, but, I mean.” The 31-year-old writer …
Read More »Kip Moore on Why Artists Should Pay Songwriters
With four major streaming services appealing a 2018 ruling from the Copyright Royalty Board that would increase publishers’ and songwriters’ revenue, the plight of the songwriter has been thrust into the spotlight. Kip Moore has not only been watching the music industry’s treatment of the songwriter, but also acting. In …
Read More »Trailers of the Week: 'Child's Play,' 'Hobbs and Shaw,' 'Big Little Lies 2'
So what dropped trailer-wise over the past seven days, you innocently ask? How about the final clip for an upcoming movie about a mutant run amuck and an uncensored look at a TV show about folks trying to bring down power-mad superheroes? Plus an animated show about birdy BFFs voiced …
Read More »Blackpink Deliver Marching Orders During 'Kill This Love' on 'Corden'
Fresh off their historic Coachella appearance, K-pop sensations Blackpink stormed The Late Late Show With James Corden for a performance of, “Kill This Love,” the title-track off their recent EP. The girl-group channeled the energy of the rapturous crowd as they tore through the track, a break-up anthem that moves …
Read More »What We're Learning From the Redacted Mueller Report
Attorney General William Barr on Thursday released to the public a redacted version of the Mueller report. The special counsel’s findings, which were posted to the Justice Department’s website as PDF file, span 448 pages and are split into two volumes. The first volume focuses on Russia’s efforts to interfere …
Read More »Bob Dylan Is Not a Fan of You Taking His Photo Onstage
Bob Dylan has had a strict “no photos” policy at his concerts for years, but that’s rarely stopped fans from taking our their cellphones and trying to snap a few images before security swarms. But on Tuesday night at a show in Vienna, Austria, he finally reached his boiling point …
Read More »Hozier Pays Tribute to Jazz Traditions in 'Almost (Sweet Music)'
Five years after he broke through with his earworm anthem “Take Me To Church,” Hozier proved he has staying power with his second album, Wasteland, Baby!, which became his first Number One album in March. The Irish songwriter recruited Mavis Staples and Booker T. Jones and paid tribute to Nina …
Read More »'Under the Silver Lake' Review: L.A. Noir Goof Goes Nowhere, Slowly
It starts as an irresistible riff on Robert Altman’s The Long Goodbye, with Andrew Garfield standing in for Elliott Gould as an Angeleno stoner and Peeping Tom-turned-amateur-detective named Sam. It ends … well, we’re still not sure where this movie ends, exactly. In this wannabe spellbinder from writer-director David Robert …
Read More »Pelosi Calls on Trump to Take Down 9/11 Video Attacking Rep. Ilhan Omar
The stir that President Donald Trump caused when he tweeted an incendiary 9/11 video targeting freshman Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is showing no signs of slowing down. On Sunday, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) released a statement that called on Trump to take down the video and reached …
Read More »Becky G Pays Homage to Inglewood in 'Green Light Go' Video
Becky G unveiled a new song, “Green Light Go,” on Friday, with a music video that shines on a spotlight on her hometown of Inglewood, California. The video takes place in and around the Los Angeles suburb, and heavily showcases the urbano star’s street style and dance moves. Becky also …
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