The first two episodes of Season Four of Fargo, starring Chris Rock and Jason Schwartzman, will premiere September 27th on FX. The latest installment of the anthology series was originally slated to premiere in April, but was delayed after the COVID-19 pandemic forced production to be postponed. The 11-episode season …
Read More »Flashback: The Who Perform an Explosive 'Heaven and Hell' at Isle of Wight in 1970
Fifty years ago this month, somewhere in the ballpark of 600,000 music fans schlepped over to England’s Isle of Wight to witness one of the greatest festivals in rock history. It featured Woodstock veterans the Who, Jimi Hendrix, Sly and the Family Stone, Richie Havens, Ten Years After, John Sebastian, …
Read More »Who Is Rebekah Harkness, Star of Taylor Swift's 'The Last Great American Dynasty'?
After Rebekah Harkness died in 1982, her daughter Terry took her mother’s remains home in a Gristede’s shopping bag, according to a story in the New York Times. Or, at least, a leg, half of her head and an arm, so the rumor went. The folks at the funeral home …
Read More »England Reopening Indoor Venues to Socially Distanced Audiences in August
U.K.’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport announced Friday that indoor concerts can resume in the country beginning August 1st as long as audiences adhere to social distancing protocols. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and culture secretary Oliver Dowden announced that, as part of Phase 4 of England’s COVID-19 reopening …
Read More »Bubba Wallace Rebuffs Trump's Incorrect Twitter Tirade
NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace brushed aside President Donald Trump’s belated and questionable remarks about him during an interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live Tuesday. Wallace is NASCAR’s only full-time black driver and has been an outspoken advocate for racial justice, wearing an “I Can’t Breathe” shirt at past races and painting …
Read More »See Former Child Stars Share 'Showbiz Kids' Stories in HBO Doc Trailer
One-time child stars — some who made the jump to acting as adults, and others who didn’t — share their personal stories in the trailer for Showbiz Kids, an upcoming HBO documentary that promises a “raw look” at the child actors. The documentary premieres on HBO on July 14th. Among …
Read More »Teyana Taylor's 'The Album' Soars and Sags
Mention Teyana Taylor’s name, and it evokes kinetic experiences: aerobicized thrusts in Kanye West’s “FADE” clip, melting alongside Kehlani in a “Morning” homage to the 1998 camp-classic Wild Things, casually flexing in Jay-Z’s video for “Blue Magic.” As a dancer and model – she launched her career in her teens …
Read More »Anthrax's Charlie Benante, Run-DMC Share Collaboration for Charity
Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante has teamed up with DMC of Run-DMC for his latest quarantine performance, sharing a medley with one-half of the rap-rock duo. It was later released on Bandcamp for charity with all proceeds going to MusicUnites.org. Along with DMC, the medley features Suicidal Tendencies bassist Ra Diaz …
Read More »Flashback: AC/DC Play a Scorching 'Highway to Hell' at Coachella
The team behind Coachella surrendered to the inevitable this week and canceled the 2020 edition of the festival. It was originally booked for early April, weeks after the COVID-19 lockdown began, and they initially pushed it back to October in the hopes that the world would return to normal by …
Read More »BTS Donate $1 Million to Black Lives Matter
UPDATE (6/8):BTS fans — known as the BTS Army — matched the band’s $1 million donation to Black Lives Matter within 24 hours. According to Variety, they raised $1,026,531 over 35,609 donors. *** BTS and their management company Big Hit Entertainment donated $1 million to Black Lives Matter earlier this …
Read More »