The Maddow media empire is growing. Rachel Maddow is the producer of a new documentary film about a key side-character from the first Trump impeachment called From Russia With Lev. Lev Parnas — for those to whom the initial Trump impeachment already feels a lifetime ago — is a Soviet-born …
Read More »Dave Grohl Pays Tribute to Tenacious D With — What Else? — Impromptu 'Tribute' Cover
Among Dave Grohl’s many contributions to popular music, easily in the top five is essential work with Tenacious D on their 2001 classic, “Tribute.” Grohl not only played rhythm guitar and drums on the studio version of the track, but he also popped up in the video, too, as the …
Read More »'The Singer Sisters:' A Family Struggles With Fame, Loneliness, and Secrets
As a teen in the mid-1990s, I spent countless hours with my friends, rooting through our parents’ LPs from the Sixties, while also swooning over Jakob Dylan and styling ourselves after the rockers of Lilith Fair. Those memories were so strong that when I was writing The Singer Sisters, my …
Read More »How Johnny Irion and an All-Star Crew Put Together His Best Album Yet
Not long ago, Johnny Irion was putting the finishing touches on his new album when he realized that he could use some harmony vocals. So he called Mike Mills, who met him at a mutual friend’s studio in Georgia, and they spent an afternoon singing together. “I just love Johnny’s …
Read More »Bravo Is in the Midst of an Unresolvable Conflict Crisis
It was an almost Biblical spectacle, a modern-day version of The Last Supper:Real Housewives of New Jerseystar Dolores Catania sits at an empty table in full-glam, surrounded by broken glasses, half-empty plates, and red wine spilled all over the floor. At Rails Steakhouse — a restaurant that should be granted …
Read More »Blink-182 Crack Dick Jokes, Melanie Martinez Enters 'Portals' at Lollapalooza Day Four
Lollapalooza 2024 wrapped on a high note Sunday night, with the welcome return of Blink-182, who last headlined the festival in 2017. According to organizers, more than 100,000 fans showed up at each of the four days (during Chappell Roan’s performance, it felt like all 100K from Day One showed …
Read More »Jimin and Sofia Carson 'Slow Dance' Against Seoul Skyline in 'Muse' Live Performance Video
Jimin brought his stirring collaboration with Sofia Carson, “Slow Dance,” to a smoldering new height in a recently shared live performance video. Carson joined the BTS member for a rendition of the song accompanied by a live band and filmed against the backdrop of the city skyline in Seoul. Before …
Read More »'Make Polluters Pay': Big Oil Slammed in Satirical US Billboards
Across the United States this week, the climate disasters fueled by Big Oil will be displayed on billboards in California, New York, Arizona, and Philadelphia. The bold campaign, launched by non-profit organization Fossil Free Media, calls out the decades of misinformation spread by oil and gas companiesas they sowed doubt …
Read More »Taylor Swift's 'Tortured Poets Department' Reclaims Number One for Lucky 13th Week
After a two-week break out of the top spot, Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department reclaimed Number One on the album charts. Tortured Poets’ now-13th week atop the Billboard 200 further adds to a personal best for Swift among her albums; Red and 1989 previously spent 11 total weeks at …
Read More »Americans 'Getting Whacked' by Too Many Laws Says Justice Who Made It Possible for States to Ban Abortion
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch opined that too many laws and regulations in America can impinge on fundamental liberties. It’s a rich statement coming from a man who voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, thus allowing states to put women or their doctors in jail for endangering or aborting a …
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