New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has declared Sept. 23 Bruce Springsteen Day, which also happens to be the musician’s birthday, Billboard reports. The governor made the announcement on Saturday during the inaugural American Music Honors event held at Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music at Monmouth University in …
Read More »Halsey and Capitol Records Sever Ties a Year After TikTok Dispute
Halsey and Capitol Records are calling it quits after the artist released music for eight years on the label. “After eight great years the decision to leave Capitol is bittersweet, but we are excited about exploring a new partnership and sharing new music with fans,” Halsey’s managers, Anti-Pop’s Jason Aron …
Read More »The Beauty of 'Suzume': A Stunning Anime Epic About Grieving Tragedy
Hollywood doesn’t make movies like Suzume, anime auteur Makoto Shinkai’s latest, about a teen girl who traverses Japan to prevent a series of natural disasters. We get stories about young people saving the world all of the time, sure, but the protagonists are usually dressed in spandex rather than school …
Read More »Coachella 2023: Bad Bunny, Blondie, Burna Boy, and More of the Best Things We Saw On Day One
Coachella 2023 kicked off with a packed lineup, full of major stars who wanted to seize the moment and make their set a massive event. On every stage, artists seemed to be pulling out all the stops with elaborate production design and buzzy surprise appearances that included everyone from Nile …
Read More »Bruce Springsteen Gives Ode to New Jersey at Tour Finale in Newark
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band closed out their first tour together in six years Friday in their native New Jersey, with the Boss changing up the setlist to give ode to the Garden State. While “No Surrender” kicked off nearly every show on the E Street Band’s U.S. …
Read More »Bad Bunny Powers Through History-Making, Guest-Filled Set at Coachella
Bad Bunnymade history on Friday as the first Latino to headlineCoachella— and he met the milestone with a nearly two-hour performance that was full of special interludes, surprise guests, and even some sound mishaps. His set took place on one of the largest stages Coachella has ever built, which allowed …
Read More »Why Is Russell Crowe Playing a Whiskey-Guzzling Italian Exorcist?
Spinning heads, seared flesh, holy incantations in Latin: could it be… Satan? We have reached the 50th anniversary of The Exorcist, William Friedkin’s blockbusting, genre-transforming horror landmark that has been parodied, sequelized (on multiple occasions), and firmly embedded in the collective cultural consciousness. And now along comes The Pope’s Exorcist, …
Read More »The Bawdy and Beautiful Rise of Bridget Everett
B ridget Everett still has restaurant stress dreams. Never mind that she is a writer, star, executive producer, and the driving force behind Somebody Somewhere, the critically acclaimed, cult-favorite HBO show about a directionless woman who moves back to her hometown in middle age (Season Two premieres April 23). When …
Read More »All Eyes on Bronny James at the Nike Hoop Summit
Tucked away among the trees deep in the Portland suburbs, a group of emerging professionals, on the cusp of completing their formal education and transitioning into a highly competitive work environment, are attending an event where they’ll work to sell themselves to executives; titans of their industry. Elite law schools …
Read More »Taylor Swift Brings Out Aaron Dessner for 'The Great War' and 'Mad Woman' at Tampa Bay Shows
Taylor Swift brought out her frequent collaborator and the National member Aaron Dessner for the live debut of “The Great War” Friday night at The Era Tour’s second show at Tampa Bay’s Raymond James Stadium. Dessner was spotted in attendance by fans at the previous night’s show on Thursday, and …
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