Cardi B, Olivia Rodrigo, and Shania Twain lead the presenters lineup for the 2023 Grammy Awards, which take place this Sunday, Feb. 5 at the Cyrpto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Trevor Noah will host for the third time. Jill Biden, James Corden, Billy Crystal, Viola Davis, and Dwayne Johnson will …
Read More »Feds Charge Former ABC News Producer With Transportation of Child Pornography
UPDATE 7/21/23: James Gordon Meek pleaded guilty to one count each of transportation of child pornography and possession of child pornography. Federal prosecutors have charged former ABC News producer James Gordon Meek with transportation of child pornography, according to a criminal complaint filed in Eastern Virginia on Wednesday. Meek resigned …
Read More »Westerman Returns With Autobiographical New Single 'CSI: Petralona'
British-born, Athens-based art rocker Westerman will return this May with his much-anticipated sophomore LP, An Inbuilt Fault, the follow-up to his 2020 debut Your Hero Is Not Dead. After previewing his upcoming album this fall with “Idol; Re-Run,” the artist, born Will Westerman, has shared the second single, “CSI: Petralona” …
Read More »New Lollapalooza Docuseries Will Explore How the Festival 'Pumped New Life' Into Live Music Experience
A three-part documentary series titled Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza is heading to Paramount+. Michael John Warren will direct the series exploring the festival’s evolution since it first emerged in 1991 as part of founder Perry Ferrell’s farewell tour with Jane’s Addiction. “When Lolla was launched in 1991, the concert …
Read More »How Digable Planets' Crate-Digging Debut Revolutionized Rap
John Morrison was 10 years old when he started making beats on his Casio RZ-1, the same drum machine sampler that Prince Paul used to produce for De La Soul’s landmark 3 Feet High and Rising. Three years later, in 1993, Morrison heard Digable Planets‘ debut album, Reachin’ (A New …
Read More »Man Who Allegedly Used Dating Apps While Target of Manhunt Dies in Custody After Standoff
The man accused of kidnapping and assaulting a woman in Oregon — who was allegedly using dating apps during his week on the lam — reportedly died after being taken into custody from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Benjamin Obadiah Foster, 36, was taken into custody Tuesday night, Jan. 31, after …
Read More »'Cunk on Earth': A Hilarious Mockumentary From the Creator of 'Black Mirror'
“I know I come across as quite confident,” says newswoman Philomena Cunk, “but sometimes when I’m talking to experts, I worry that, you know, I might come across as quite stupid.” This is easily the most self-aware moment for Cunk throughout the five-episode British mockumentary series Cunk on Earth, which …
Read More »Dan Goldman Has an Impossible Job. He Can't Wait to Start
Dan Goldman was sitting at his laptop in his makeshift New York office this past December when he determined George Santos, his fellow New York congressman-elect, was a fraud. The first clue was the income differences between Santos’ financial disclosures. How had he earned roughly $55,000 in 2020, then $750,000 …
Read More »Raye Is Brutally Honest and Finally in Control on Her Debut Album. Getting There Wasn't Easy
For Raye, there are no longer any ifs, ands, and buts to what she can and can’t do with her career. On Friday, the British Ghanian singer-songwriter will release My 21st Century Blues, a long-awaited debut from an artist who has co-written standout singles for the likes of Beyoncé, Little …
Read More »Ozzy Osbourne Retires From Touring After Ongoing Spinal Injury: 'My Body Is Still Physically Weak'
No More Tours II, Ozzy Osbourne‘s farewell tour that first began in 2018 as a send-off to his days as a world-touring musician, never got a proper close. In 2019, the European leg of the tour was postponed after he injured himself in a fall at home that aggravated a …
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