Lady Gaga just brought back a Born This Way deep-cut at her Jazz & Piano — and her Little Monsters are freaking out about it! During the opening night of her residency’s reprise at Park MGM, Gaga performed “Americano” for the first time since 2013. Dressed in a crimson dress, …
Read More »'The Penguin' Picks Up Where 'The Batman' Left Off in New Teaser Trailer
No one living in Gotham City has ever known peace. In the latest teaser trailer for The Penguin, the eight-episode series premiering on MAX in September, Colin Farrell‘s Oswald “Oz” Cobb is hellbent on making sure they never will. “I’m gonna tear down the empire from the inside out,” Oz …
Read More »The Digital Pulpit: Why Authors Need an Email List to Thrive
In today’s oversaturated media landscape, an author’s words can easily get lost among the digital chaff. Book sales are flagging, attention spans are dwindling, and the old “Write It and They Will Come” model is as outdated as manuscripts typed on parchment scrolls. For writers who want to cut through …
Read More »Queen to Sell Music Catalog to Sony for More Than $1 Billion: Report
You helped bring Queen fame and fortune and everything that goes with it for the past half a century, and now the champions are getting ready for a victory lap. Sony Music will pay Queen £1 billion (approximately $1.27 billion) for the band’s music catalog and other rights, according to …
Read More »Andy Frasco Comes Alive at Northlands, and Other Takeaways from the Eclectic Festival
In the mountains of southern New Hampshire, mandolin virtuoso Sierra Hull weaved through a cover of Tears for Fears’ melancholic tune “Mad World,” a crowd of thousands at the Northlands festival captivated by her songbird voice: “And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad, the …
Read More »Watch Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum Share 'Classified' Final 'Fly Me to the Moon' Trailer
“No way are they cleared for this,” Channing Tatum says as he presents the newest Fly Me to the Moon trailer with co-star Scarlett Johansson. True to her character in the movie, Johansson responds, “Come on, we gotta bend the rules just this once… “ In the latest sneak peak …
Read More »How Leaders Can Support Protecting Copyright and Enabling AI Usage
You can’t throw a stone without hitting a news article or op-ed on generative AI (GAI). But what’s really missing from the conversation is not the opportunities or challenges, but the solutions. As the CEO of a holding company with nearly $1 billion assets under management, including more than 75,000 …
Read More »'We Need Our Triumphs': Queer Comics Take Center Stage in New Netflix Doc 'Outstanding'
Page Hurwitz knows funny. The longtime director and producer has spent her two-decade career in Hollywood working on some of the biggest and boldest comedy productions and stand up sets from comics like Wanda Sykes, Tiffany Haddish, and Michelle Buteau. But over the years, she noticed a history playing out …
Read More »Watch Roger Daltrey Cover CCR's 'Born on the Bayou,' Paul Simon's 'The Boy in the Bubble'
When the Who hit the road every couple of years, fans know exactly what they’re going to get when they buy tickets: All the big hits, a smatterings of songs from Tommy and Quadrophenia, and perhaps a single deep cut to appease the hardcores. When we asked Roger Daltrey about …
Read More »Here's Everything That Happened at Kendrick Lamar's Juneteenth Concert in L.A.
In his first live performance since his beef with Drake, Kendrick Lamar took the stage in Los Angeles on Juneteenth in a historic, electrifying evening filled with special guests, exhilarated fans, and continued jabs at his arch-rival. The one-off concert titled The Pop Out — Ken and Friends, presented by …
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