Rita Ora displays different versions of herself in her new video for “Only Want You.” The clip is for the recently remixed version of the song, which features 6lack. The original tune appears on her sophomore LP, 2018’s Phoenix. The Hannah Lux Davis-directed visual opens on Ora expressing frustration to …
Read More »Model Ashley Graham Is Moving the Needle for Size Acceptance
When Ashley Graham walked onstage in December to interview Serena Williams for the season finale of her podcast, Pretty Big Deal, she felt intimidated. As the crowd erupted into deafening cheers for the tennis icon, Graham gave herself a pep talk: “Own this shit, girl. You got it.” It’s a …
Read More »Hear Steve Earle's All-Star 'Old Friends' With Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell
When Guy Clark recorded his 1988 album Old Friends, he enlisted a bevy of musician buds to fulfill the title, from Rosanne Cash and Vince Gill to Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell. Those last two appear on Steve Earle‘s new version of the LP’s title track, the latest song released …
Read More »Luke Perry, 'Beverly Hills 90210' and 'Riverdale' Star, Dead at 52
Luke Perry, star of Beverly Hills 90210 and Riverdale, died Monday at the age of 52. “Actor Luke Perry, 52, passed away today after suffering a massive stroke,” publicist Arnold Robinson said in a statement. “The family appreciates the outpouring of support and prayers that have been extended to Luke …
Read More »Kacey Musgraves Gets Mellow, Sings With Brooks & Dunn at Nashville Concert
On her Grammy-winning album Golden Hour, Kacey Musgraves combined traditional acoustic instruments and a synthetic vocoder effect in “Oh, What a World,” creating a standout track that inspired the name of her 2019 headlining tour. At the third of four sold-out Oh, What a World: Tour dates at Nashville’s Ryman …
Read More »Watch 2 Chainz Perform Operatic 'Forgiven' on 'Fallon'
2 Chainz performed a dramatic version of “Forgiven” on Thursday’s Tonight Show, recruiting a string section, children’s choir and the operatic voice of R&B singer Marsha Ambrosius. Throughout the song, the rapper lamented an adolescence in which his “dreams [turned] to nightmares.” “I stayed in the Creek, junkies used to …
Read More »For R. Kelly's Accusers, a Mix of Optimism and Disbelief
Asante McGee was eating lunch with her son last Friday afternoon when the text messages and articles began flooding in: R. Kelly Charged With 10 Counts of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse. McGee had met Kelly in 2013 and says the singer invited her backstage weeks later after a show in …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: King Crimson, 'The Mincer / Law of Maximum Distress'
For most of their existence, King Crimson have been one of rock’s least nostalgic bands. Through frequent lineup changes and a staunch commitment to starting from scratch with each new phase, bandleader Robert Fripp has preserved the sense of risk and experimentation that marked their landmark 1969 debut In the …
Read More »Paul Manafort's Lawyers Ask for Lenient Sentence, Citing His Altar Boy Past
Paul Manafort’s legal team is asking for leniency for President Trump’s former campaign manager and former political consultant to Ukrainian oligarchs with a penchant for ostrich leather. In a sentencing memo filed in federal court Monday, Manafort’s legal team did not dispute his guilt — on a raft of crimes …
Read More »Patriots Owner Robert Kraft Charged With Solicitation
UPDATE: Robert Kraft has pleaded not guilty to charges of solicitation. His attorneys have asked for a bench trial, forgoing a jury. **** Robert Kraft, the 77-year-old owner of the New England Patriots, has officially been charged with soliciting a woman in connection with prostitution, a first-degree misdemeanor, according to …
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