“It’s a new chapter in my life as a storyteller,” says Questlove, fresh from reinventing the concert movie with Summer of Soul. His directorial debut, which embedded much-needed Black-history lessons inside jaw-dropping, long-buried performances from Stevie Wonder, Mahalia Jackson, Nina Simone, B.B. King, and many others, was one of 2021’s …

The family of Lauren Smith-Fields intends to sue Bridgeport, Connecticut over city authorities’ handling of the 23-year-old’s untimely death, the family announced at a news conference Sunday. The family is also asking that an independent agency be brought in to handle the investigation of the death. Smith-Fields’ body was found …

Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update returned from its winter break — and Colin Jost returned from his reported bout with Covid-19 — with a look at President Joe Biden’s rough start to 2022. “Just like everybody else, President Biden’s New Year’s resolution fell apart in the third week of January. …

For the first Saturday Night Live musical performance of 2022, Jack Antonoff‘s Bleachers hit the stage for an energetic, jazz-tinged performance of “How Dare You Want More.” During the track, which is the second single from Bleachers’ 2021 album Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night, Antonoff was joined by …

A suspect is dead, and all hostages are alive following a standoff at a synagogue near Fort Worth, Texas Saturday. The man held at least four people hostage for nearly 12 hours, according to the AP, and released one hostage unharmed earlier in the evening. “We are sending love and …

Ralph Emery, a radio and TV personality whose steady voice and buttoned-up likeness were synonymous with country music, has died. According to a statement from his family, Emery died Saturday at a Nashville hospital. He was 88. Along with being a DJ at Nashville radio stations like WSIX and the …

“Hi, I’m Bunny.” As the smiling teenager with bubblegum pink hair smiles sweetly, waving at the camera, you’d be forgiven for thinking, for the first couple of seconds, that there’s no real reason why the video is anything remarkable. But then you meet Z. And then Oliver: followed closely by …

Kanye West has released the new song “Eazy” featuring The Game. The rapper legally known as Ye has been in the studio working on the follow-up to Donda. On the new track, Ye throws shade at soon-to-be ex-wife Kim Kardashian and makes multiple allusions to their high-profile divorce. “‘Mr. Narcissist,’ …

Robert Earl Keen says that after September 2022 he’ll no longer tour or give public performances. The beloved Texas singer-songwriter announced his retirement on Friday with a heartfelt if surprising note on his website. “I [have] been blessed with a lifetime of brilliant, talented, colorful, electric and magical folks throughout …

2021, for numerous reasons, was a year for the books. It’s nearly impossible to not feel as though we are living in an intricate time loop. GameStop is still trading nearly 10 times higher than where it was at the top of the year, with little change to the fundamental …