Sarah Harding, a founding member of the platinum-selling British girl group Girls Aloud, has died at the age of 39 following a battle with breast cancer. Harding’s mother Marie announced the singer’s death Sunday on social media, the BBC reports. “It’s with deep heartbreak that today I’m sharing the news …
Read More »Police Brutality and a Nation on Fire
Protests over the death of George Floyd continued to rage throughout America on Saturday. Demonstrators clashed with hostile police forces from New York to Los Angeles, Seattle to Miami, and in dozens of cities in between. Over the course of the afternoon, evening, and into early Sunday morning, countless videos …
Read More »Law Firm for Madonna, Lady Gaga, Bruce Springsteen Confirms Cyberattack
A media and entertainment law firm representing high-profile artists like Lady Gaga, Madonna, Nicki Minaj and Bruce Springsteen has verified to clients a recent report that the company’s internal data systems were hacked, potentially exposing a trove of sensitive data. “We can confirm that we’ve been victimized by a cyberattack,” …
Read More »Hear a Previously Unreleased Take of Van Halen's 'Runnin' With the Devil'
Van Halen fans were stunned this week when a previously unreleased take of “Runnin’ with the Devil,” complete with an extended guitar solo and an alternate David Lee Roth vocal, surfaced on YouTube. “Van Halen Fans rejoice!” wrote YouTube user Groovefunkel Second Helping. “As a huge Van Halen fan, it …
Read More »So, How Was Your Decade, Miranda Lambert?
So, How Was Your Decadeis 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. The first half of Miranda Lambert’s decade was defined by big radio hits like …
Read More »Watch Graham Nash Honor 1968, 2018 Protests With New 'Teach Your Children' Video
Graham Nash celebrates the movements of 1968 and 2018 in the new animated video for the Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young classic, “Teach Your Children.” For the video, Nash partnered with filmmaker and painter Jeff Scher (who recently directed a video for Joan Baez’s “The President Sang Amazing Grace”). The …
Read More »10 Best Movies to See in Aug.: Bad Muppets, 'BlacKkKlansman' and Statham vs. Shark
August — it’s the January of summer! This is the part of the summer-movie season when studios trot out the properties too offbeat (read: light on explosions) to compete with your typical June and July blockbusters. You know, the time of year when the idea of a big-budget bonanza is …
Read More »Hear Rhett Miller Talk Depression, New Christmas Album on 'Walking the Floor'
An alt-country lifer, Rhett Miller has fronted the Old 97’s for 25 years, maintaining an acclaimed solo career along the way. He’s no less busy today than he was during his band’s infancy, with a handful of projects – including an Old 97’s Christmas album, an upcoming solo record and …
Read More »Putin Is Coming to (and Targeting) America This Fall
President Trump has spent the majority of this week attempting to reassure Americans that he has faith in the U.S. intelligence community. He has said he accepts their conclusion that Russia interfered in the 2016 election. He has said he accepts that Vladimir Putin is responsible. He eventried but failed …
Read More »Samantha Bee: Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan 'As Compromised By Russia as Trump'
During Wednesday’s Full Frontal, Samantha Bee called out Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan as being “every bit as compromised by Russia as [President] Trump.” In fact, she said, “They’re worse! McConnell and Ryan have so far put up with whatever [Russian President Vladimir …
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