Chris Stapleton will resume his ongoing All-American Road Show with a string of just announced summer tour dates. As on past installments of the Road Show — which began in 2017 —Stapleton will be joined by a diverse lineup of special guests. The tour begins July 9th in Allentown, Pennsylvania, …
Read More »Oscars 2019: Lady Gaga, Kendrick Lamar, Diane Warren Up for Best Original Song
Since it arrived last fall, Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s hit duet from A Star Is Born, “Shallow,”has seemed the likely front-runner for Best Original Song at the Oscars. After winning the Golden Globe earlier this month, the song notched its Oscar nom this morning, but it’s up against some …
Read More »Leslie Jones Slams 'Insulting' New 'Ghostbusters' Movie: 'Such a Dick Move'
Days after director Jason Reitman revealed plans for a new Ghostbusters movie that serves as a sequel to the original films and eschews the 2016 reboot, Leslie Jones, the Saturday Night Live actress who co-starred in the all-female Ghostbusters, slammed the franchise’s next installment. “So insulting. Like fuck us. We …
Read More »Lawsuit: Mariah Carey's Former Assistant Says She Was Peed On, Called a 'Whore'
Mariah Carey’s former personal assistant, Lianna Shakhnazaryan (also known as Lianna Azarian), claimed she was subjected to sexual battery and harassment during her approximately two years of employment before being wrongfully terminated by the singer in 2017. That’s according to a new lawsuit filed with the Los Angeles Superior Court …
Read More »Is This the Obstruction of Justice Smoking Gun We've Been Waiting For?
Update: The special counsel’s office has released a statement in response to Buzzfeed’s report: “BuzzFeed’s description of specific statements to the Special Counsel’s Office, and characterization of documents and testimony obtained by this office, regarding Michael Cohen’s Congressional testimony are not accurate,” wrote special counsel spokesperson Peter Carr. Original text …
Read More »Trump's Family Separation Policy Was Exponentially Worse Than Previously Known
The Department of Homeland Security may have separated “thousands” more children from their families than previously reported, according to a new report conducted by the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services.“More children” children were separated “over a longer period of time” than previously believed, Ann Maxwell, …
Read More »See Exclusive Clip From '20/20′ Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker Special
The rise and downfall of televangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker is the focus of a new 20/20 special titled “Unfaithfully Yours,” and in this exclusive clip from the episode, Ted Koppel recounts an interview with the Bakkers in the aftermath of their sex and financial fraud scandals. The Bakkers’ …
Read More »Flashback: Carol Channing Sings With Marty Robbins
From her Tony-winning title role in Broadway’s Hello, Dolly! to one of her signature songs, “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” – sung on film by Marilyn Monroe and covered in 1983 by Emmylou Harris – Carol Channing’s effervescent presence on the stage and in film and TV roles was …
Read More »Broadway Icon Carol Channing Dead at 97
Broadway legend Carol Channing, who starred in such Golden Age hits as Hello, Dolly! and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, died Tuesday at her home in California, The New York Times reports. She was 97. Channing’s publicist, B. Harlan Boll, confirmed her death, saying Channing had suffered two strokes over the past …
Read More »Hear Townes Van Zandt's Previously Unreleased Song 'All I Need'
Townes Van Zandt sings about a quest for freedom on the folky “All I Need,” a previously unreleased song from an upcoming posthumous collection, Sky Blue. The archival set is due out March 7th – what would have been the singer-songwriter’s 75th birthday – via TVZ Records and Fat Possum …
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