In the realm of literature, few elements captivate readers quite like a masterfully crafted suspenseful scene. It’s the literary equivalent of a roller coaster ride — heart-pounding, palm-sweating and utterly addictive. But what techniques do authors employ to create these nail-biting moments that keep readers glued to the page? Let’s …

You do not meet John Whitfield, known to friends and enemies alike by his nickname Divine G, as a person convicted of a crime. You are introduced to him onstage as a performer, bringing a production of A Midsummer’s Night Dream to a close as an audience of fellow incarcerated …

Phish swam over to The Tonight Show Thursday to perform the title track from their new album Evolve, and even cover a bit of Aerosmith. The band helped craft the show’s cold open with Jimmy Fallon and the Roots’ Questlove and Black Thought. The bit saw Phish getting into an …

Radiohead side project the Smile have canceled their upcoming European tour after guitarist Jonny Greenwood recently became “seriously ill” with an infection. “A few days ago, Jonny became seriously ill from an infection that needed emergency hospital treatment, some of it in intensive care,” the trio of Thom Yorke, Greenwood …

On his new song “Fuel,” Eminem rips Diddy to shreds with some of his most venomous verses in ages. The track, which also features J.I.D, appears on Eminem’s just-released 12th album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce). After J.I.D’s verse, Eminem zeroes in on the recent allegations that …

LL Cool J has announced his first album in 11 years, with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee assembling an impressive guest list for new LP The FORCE. Eminem, Nas, Snoop Dogg, Rick Ross, Fat Joe, Saweetie, and Busta Rhymes are just some of the talents that grace …

Lost began streaming on Netflix last week, which meant the Internet was once again legally obligated to lose its collective mind about Lost. Practically since it debuted on ABC 20 years ago this fall, the sci-fi drama about survivors of a plane crash who find themselves trapped on a mysterious …

Sean “Diddy” Combs threatened that he’d see Vibe magazine’s editor in chief Danyel Smith “dead in the trunk of a car” after she refused to let the music mogul see an advance cover of the magazine, the journalist claims in a personal essay for New York Times Magazine. Combs was …

In October 1973, John Lennon — the man who seven years earlier whipped the Bible Belt into the Beatle Belt by proclaiming the Fab Four were “more popular than Jesus”— came off uncharacteristically reserved when discussing his latest LP. “The album’s called Mind Games, and it’s, well, just an album,” …

Nelly Furtado has officially announced her seventh album, and her first album in seven years, fittingly titled 7. It’s set to arrive Sept. 20, and the announcement comes with a new single, “Corazón,” featuring the Colombian band Bomba Estéro. Furtado celebrated the song and its arrival on Instagram, revelaing that …