“What else we got?” Willie Nelson asks. He’s sitting with his famous battered guitar Trigger at his recording studio, located on theCut ‘N Putt golf course he owns in Spicewood, Texas. He’s deep into a session of Frank Sinatra covers for a future tribute album. Nelson’s producer Buddy Cannon has …
Read More »ABBA Record First New Songs Together in 35 Years
ABBA announced Friday that the Swedish pop group reunited in the studio to record their first new songs together in over 35 years. The recording session yielded a pair of new tracks, including “I Still Have Faith in You,” which will premiere in December as part of ABBA‘s previously announced …
Read More »Musicians to Raise Funds for Waffle House Shooting Victims
Dashboard Confessional and Brantley Gilbert have teamed to raise money to benefit the victims of the shooting at a Tennessee Waffle House last Sunday. The incident left four dead and injured several others. To raise money for those affected, the musicians are selling T-shirts that feature the words “I Believe …
Read More »Shawn Mendes Braves Storm in Aching New 'In My Blood' Video
Shawn Mendes endures literal and figurative storms in the new video for his anguished new single,”In My Blood.” The track marks the first single off the singer’s forthcoming third album. The Jay Martin-directed clip is centered around a single shot of Mendes lying on the ground and belting the heart-rending …
Read More »'Sharp Objects': Watch Tense First Trailer for HBO's New Limited Series
HBO unveiled the first teaser for its upcoming limited series Sharp Objects, based on the debut novel by Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn. Sharp Objects focuses on a mentally unstable reporter played by Amy Adams, who returns to her hometown to investigate a series of murders. This is Adams’ first …
Read More »Are We Really Getting Closer to Overhauling Marijuana Laws?
You don’t need to explain 4/20 to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who is preparing to introduce a bill that would decriminalize marijuana at the federal level today. Whether it’s a sincere effort or merely a political stunt to bolster the New York Democrat’s popularity in the early stages of …
Read More »Travers on 'I Feel Pretty': Amy Schumer Comedy Fat-Shames Away the Funny
Hanging with Amy Schumer – a genuine comedy rock star – is always fun, especially when she’s the lead writer on the movies and TV shows she appears in (hello, Trainwreck and Inside Amy Schumer). I Feel Pretty is not written by Schumer, though she reportedly had input – and …
Read More »Hear Thomas Rhett's 'Nashville Mix' of EDM Song 'Leave Right Now'
One of the more noteworthy songs on Thomas Rhett‘s most recent album Life Changes is “Leave Right Now,” a wistful love song that starts off with strums of acoustic guitar before building to an EDM-inspired drop at the first chorus. Now, Rhett has released a new EP, Leave Right Now: …
Read More »James Comey Believes Trump Is 'Morally Unfit' to Be President
ABC aired George Stephanopoulos’ exclusive interview with James Comey on Sunday — the former FBI director’s first since being fired by President Trump nearly a year ago. It was the most highly-anticipated television interview since the adult film star Stormy Daniels revealed to Anderson Cooper that she once spanked the …
Read More »The War on Sex Workers Needs to Stop Now
Now is a terrifying time to be a sex worker in America. On Wednesday, the president signed into law a new bill – a combination of the Senate’s Stop Enabling Sex-Trafficking Act and the House’s Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act – which amends Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency …
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