Meshell Ndegeocello brings the power of reflection and gratitude to NPR‘s Tiny Desk. On Tuesday, the musician visited NPR to perform songs from her upcoming August, No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin, along with some classics. Ndegeocello opened her Tiny Desk performance with “Travel,” where she played bass …

In his new book, Apprentice in Wonderland: How Donald Trump and Mark Burnett Took America Through the Looking Glass, Variety’s Co-Editor-in-Chief Ramin Setoodeh took a deep dive into the reality TV career that made Donald Trump, more than just a failed casino owner and real-estate developer but a bonafide television …

After only opening on Broadway two months ago, The Heart of Rock and Roll, a rom-com musical based on songs from musical legend Huey Lewis, will close on Sunday. Since April, the show will have played a total of 24 previews and 72 performances. Set in the 1980s, The Heart …

Fleetwood Mac fans were delivered rather somber news Monday when Stevie Nicks told Mojo that there was “no chance” of the band reuniting at any future point. “Without Christine [McVie], no can do,” she said. “Without her, it just couldn’t work.” By the end of the day, the intro to …

The Beastie Boys’ 1994 classic Ill Communication turns 30 this year and as part of the ongoing celebration, the band has partnered with Vevo for a special annotated version of the “Sabotage” video. The clip — which is part of Vevo’s “Footnotes” series — is packed with facts about the …

When you get to be an actor of a certain age, you have the option of a lucrative career pivot into action movies. Just ask Liam Neeson, or Denzel Washington, or any of the other A-listers who’ve reinvented themselves as late-act ass-kickers. We’ll confess that we did not have June …

Making people move, both physically and spiritually, is Mavis Staples‘ speciality. On her latest single “Worthy,” the singer channels the aura of her collaborations with Prince during the Eighties for the upbeat record filled with gentle reminders and self-affirmations. The artwork for the record features an image of Henry Taylor’s …

Jesse Eisenberg continues his evolution from actor to filmmaker with his second project, A Real Pain. The Eisenberg-directed and written film premiered at Sundance, and now the first official trailer for the dramedy, which he also stars in alongside Kieran Culkin, has arrived. In the film, Eisenberg and Culkin play …

If there’s anything more alarming than Donald Trump and his allies’ plans to wreak havoc on the 2024 election, it’s how comfortable they are telling anyone who asks exactly what they plan to do. In an undercover recording obtained by liberal journalist Lauren Windsor, longtime Trump consultant and professional electoral …

Fontaines D.C. have shared a new single, “Favourite,” along with a self-directed music video for the track. The shimmering love song is the second listen off the group’s forthcoming LP, Romance, out Aug. 23 via XL Recordings. The music video documents a recent trip to Madrid, a city to which …