Music

Spike Lee’s brilliance as a movie director has never been in question. For decades, moviegoers have come to appreciate his eye for artsy, captivating visuals, such as the opening montage of his latest film, Highest 2 Lowest, which begins with the magnificence of a Brooklyn morning. Lee’s sense for music …

A civil trial involving allegations Cardi B assaulted a female security guard inside a Beverly Hills medical building seven years ago started Monday, with jurors hearing dramatically different accounts of what allegedly happened. Taking the stand as the first witness, plaintiff Emani Ellis claimed she was conducting her routine rounds …

On July 14, officers with Los Angeles Police Department were called to conduct a welfare check at a home in Encino. Inside, they found two people dead — Robin Kaye, a longtime music supervisor for American Idol, and her husband, Thomas Deluca. The pair had been shot and killed several …

Over a month afterAmerican Idolsupervisor Robin Kaye and her musician husband, Thomas Deluca,were found dead in their Los Angeles residence, a cause of death has been revealed. According to a death certificate obtained byPeople, Kaye and Deluca, both 70, died after suffering multiple gunshot wounds that they sustained on July …

“I’ll be 87, you’ll be 89,” Taylor Swift sang on her self-titled debut album. Back then, she was writing an idyllic love story about growing old with someone someday. But now, the truth is stranger than fiction as Swift has turned her own life into folklore. For the past two …

An Australian politician has called for Snoop Dogg to be removed from the upcoming AFL final, set for Sept. 27 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Sarah Hanson-Young addressed the Australian Senate this week asking for the rapper to be taken off the bill for the match’s pre-game entertainment. The Adelaide …

John Prine never had a chance to write his own memoir. But in the late 2010s, he’d begun working on one with the author Tom Piazza. After Prine died in 2020 — from complications due to Covid-19 — Piazza revisited the series of trips, encounters and conversations he’d had with …

“Everything that I represent has to do with the culture and the lifestyle of Hawaii,” Glenn Awong says. “Bringing it out here is really easy for me. I’m just being me.” Awong is best known as Maoli, the performing moniker for the Maui native who is, by most metrics, one …

Irish rap group Kneecap have announced that they are canceling all of their upcoming U.S tour dates due to the proximity of group member Mo Chara’s Sept. 26 court hearing in London. Chara, born Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh faces terror charges, for allegedly brandishing a flag of the Lebanese political …

Xavi is closing 2025 with a bang. On Monday, the música mexicana star unveiled the dates to his upcoming X Tour, which will see him playing at theaters, auditoriums, and arenas across the United States. After playing Belico Fest in Phoenix, Xavi will start his own tour run in El …