Sometimes when Dr. Leana Wen thinks about how public policies affect private lives, she thinks of little scraps of paper. In September, four months after Cecile Richards stepped down as president of Planned Parenthood, Wen, 36, became the first physician in almost 50 years to hold that role, and the …
Read More »Willie Nelson, Avett Brothers Set for 2019 Outlaw Music Festival Tour
The Outlaw Music Festival Tour will return for a summer 2019 leg in June, pulling together an eclectic assortment of performers from country, rock and Americana. Led as usual by Willie Nelson, this year’s lineup will also include Phil Lesh & Friends, the Avett Brothers and Nathaniel Rateliff & the …
Read More »Purdue Pharmaceuticals Considering Filing for Bankruptcy
As the opioid crisis in the United States has mounted, pharmaceutical manufacturers have been hit with lawsuits claiming that they used deceptive marketing tools to push the drugs to doctors and failed to advise patients about prospective risks. Now, the once seemingly infallible pharmaceutical companies are beginning to show signs …
Read More »John Mulaney on 'SNL': 3 Sketches You Have to See
Each episode of Saturday Night Live has its own rhythm, and this John Mulaney-hosted endeavor had that of a jam band that was locked in during a live concert. Most of the sketches were long. Like, really long. So long that the normal pattern of the 90-minute episode was essentially …
Read More »Amanda Gorman Is on a Mission
When Amanda Gorman was in high school, a teacher gave her some advice: “Don’t let school get in the way of your education.” By the time she was 16, Gorman was already a youth delegate for the United Nations, on her way to publishing her first book of poetry, The …
Read More »Khalid Announces Sophomore Album 'Free Spirit,' Short Film
Khalid will release his sophomore album Free Spirit, the much-anticipated follow-up to his acclaimed 2017 debut American Teen,on April 5th. While talking withRolling Stone, the Grammy-nominated artist previewed a bit of how the LP came together. “I’ve written these songs all over the world — in hotel rooms, tour buses, …
Read More »Hear Drake Drop First New Verse of 2019 on Summer Walker's 'Girls Need Love' Remix
Drake has unleashed his first new verse of 2019, jumping on a remix of Summer Walker’s breakout track, “Girls Need Love.” The gauzy R&B song suits Drake at his most seductive, and the rapper easily alternates between punchy bars and his smoked-out croon. The track boasts a handful of exemplary …
Read More »The House Stands Up to Trump's 'National Emergency'
The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a resolution to “terminate” the national emergency President Trump declared earlier this month to secure funding for a border wall. The bill’s passage was expected, as 230 lawmakers, including one Republican, co-sponsored it before it was brought up for a vote. The measure …
Read More »Hear Foals' Spacey, Pulsating New Song 'Sunday'
Foals mutate from a spacey soundscape to a wild dance-punk groove on their heady new song “Sunday.” The track appears on the British indie-rock quartet’s upcoming fifth LP, Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost — Part 1, out March 8th via Warner Bros. The track opens with singer-guitarist Yannis Philippakis …
Read More »Watch Lady Gaga's 'Shallow' Oscar Speech: 'If You Have a Dream, Fight for It'
After Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga‘s tantalizing piano seat snuggle fest, it only felt right that A Star Is Born clinched the Oscar for Best Original Song. Related: 20 Best, Worst and Most WTF Oscars 2019 Moments The four songwriters – Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Andrew Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt …
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