When Kenneth Smith first reached out to Reverend Jeff Hood to be with him during his January execution, Smith’s first question was: “Are you prepared to die to be my spiritual advisor?” “Well, of course, that was absolutely shocking,” Hood says on the eve of Smith’s planned death. “He knew …

The idea for “Rain on the Graves” — the latest single from Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson‘s upcoming solo album, The Mandrake Project, out March 1 — came to him while visiting the resting place of poet William Wordsworth. He’d been invited to a wedding in England’s Lake District in …

Kevin Hart can’t force celebrity gossip blogger Latasha “TashaK” Kebe to remove her allegedly “defamatory” interview with his ex-assistant from her website – at least not yet – a judge ruled Thursday. During a hearing in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Judge MitchellL.Beckloff said Hart’s emergency request for a temporary …

Sydney Sweeney is entering her horror era with her upcoming film. On Thursday, Neon released the trailer for Immaculate, out March 22, which sees the actress playing a nun pregnant with an evil “miracle.” The trailer starts with her character Cecilia, an American nun, moving to a convent in Italy …

In this new era of their music, Lawrence Rothman just wants to be real. On Wednesday, the musician released their single “Poster Child,” co-written with Jason Isbell, and announced their upcoming album, The Plow That Broke the Plains on April 26. “The Plow That Broke the Plainsis me not hiding …

SAG-AFTRA has issued a statement defending Alec Baldwin and criticizing the New Mexico prosecutors’ decision to re-charge the actor with involuntary manslaughter for the accidental shooting death on the set of Rust in October 2021. “To the extent that the charges filed on January 19 are based on an accusation …

Earlier this week, the music festival Lovers & Friends announced the nostalgia-filled lineup for its 2024 iteration, returning to Las Vegas in May. Among the big-name artists on the announcement graphics appeared Mary J. Blige, who shared a statement with fans on Thursday morning stating that her inclusion was a …

Peter Navarro — the former Trump adviser who has bragged openly about working to overturn the results of the 2020 election — was sentenced to four months in prison on Thursday for contempt of Congress after he defied a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 Committee. The sentence, handed down …

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is great at generating content, consternation and controversy. Where some see the next, innovative wave, others see a replacement technology that threatens livelihoods and opens portals to shortcuts around original academic products and creative output — not to mention further erosion of individual and group privacy. But …

As the tenth anniversary of Glen Campbell’s Ghost on the Canvas was approaching, Dave Kaplan —whose Surfdog Records released the haunting album in 2011 — was pondering ways to honor it. A late-period landmark for Campbell, who died in 2017 after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s disease, Ghost on the …