When Alice Randall first sat down more than 30 years ago to write “The Ballad of Sally Anne” with Mark O’Connor and Harry Stinson, she wanted to use the murder ballad format to discuss a topic — lynching — that was never mentioned in country music. “The ugliest fact of …

In the latest season of Vanderpump Rules, viewers have watched as the cast has done their best to pick up the pieces in the months following Sandoval. And while it’s easy to assume that the drama has all but consumed their entire lives (the first four episodes would certainly leave …

The digital cover of Vanity Fair’s Hollywood Issue features a conveyor belt of the hottest stars of the season. Pedro Pascal and Colman Domingo glide across the screen in well-tailored tuxedos, chatting about reading the National Enquirer. Jodie Comer stands tall in trophy gold next to Lily Gladstone, stunning in …

I nstand-up comedy, silence typically equals death. You tell a joke and the audience laughs? Great. You tell a joke and they groan? Well, at least they were interested enough to respond. Tell a joke and … nothing? You may have lost the room altogether. For Ramy Youssef, though, a …

Ewen MacIntosh, the British comedian who played the accountant “Big Keith” on the original U.K. version of The Office, has died at the age of 50. The BBC reports that MacIntosh died at Willow Green Care Home in Darlington, England; no cause of death was provided. The Office co-creators Ricky …

Foreigner co-founder and guitarist Mick Jones revealed that he is battling Parkinson’s disease, shedding some light on the unspecified health issues that have often kept him off the stage for the past several years. In a statement (shared via Billboard), Jones said, “Fans will have become very aware that for …

Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was a fast-rising star in the world of indie film when she was hired to helm photography for Alec Baldwin‘s pandemic passion project — a low-budget Old West action flick titled Rust. She was “so excited” about the 21-day shoot scheduled at the picturesque Bonanza Creek Ranch …

Peso Pluma, Flo Milli, Teezo Touchdown, Young Miko, Faye Webster, and others will grace the stage at Austin’s famed ACL Live at the Moody Theater for Rolling Stone’s weeklong Future of Music showcase at South by Southwest. The four-night concert series will take place between March 12 and March 15, …

Ashlee Simpson has the benefit of hindsight when it comes to her infamous 2004 appearance on Saturday Night Live. Speaking on the Broad Ideas With Rachel Bilson & Olivia Allen podcast, the singer explained that the performance, which saw her lip-syncing her single “Autobiography,” taught her how to pick herself …

On Saturday, former Congressman George Santos sued late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, accusing him of “fraud” over the use and obtainment of Santos’ Cameo videos. At the time, Kimmel didn’t comment, instead using last night’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live as an opportunity to reflect on the lawsuit. “We had a …