The Trump administration and China have agreed to temporarily scale back tariffs as the two nations take tentative steps towards negotiating an economic ceasefire after over a month of escalation in a trade war that has threatened the global economy. The White House announced on Monday that “in reaching an …
Read More »Robert Fripp Suffered a Heart Attack After Thinking He Had Acid Reflux
Robert Fripp recently underwent two surgeries after suffering a heart attack he didn’t even know he’d had. The King Crimson guitarist shared the story in a new video posted over the weekend alongside wife/collaborator, Toyah Wilcox. “He had a heart attack two weeks ago,” Wilcox said in the clip. “And …
Read More »'The Last of Us' Episode 5: Something in the Air
This post contains spoilers for this week’s episode of The Last of Us, now streaming on Max. This second season of The Last of Us has been simultaneously more complicated and simpler. There are more ongoing characters, between the gang from Jackson and the people in Seattle. And cordyceps itself …
Read More »Sean Combs' Lawyers Admit Violence, But Say Sexual Contact Was Consensual
Follow all our Sean Combs trial coverage Sean “Diddy” Combs strode into court today morning to a packed courtroom filled with his children and anxious family members, as the hip-hop mogul faces charges of sex trafficking and racketeering that could put him behind bars for life. The 55-year-old, who is …
Read More »Morgan Wallen Explains Abrupt 'SNL' Exit: 'I Was Just Ready to Go Home'
Morgan Wallen‘s abrupt exit from the Saturday Night Live stage during cast goodbyes made for good content. “Weekend Update” hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che slipped jokes about it into the next episode. Cast favorite Kenan Thompson also responded. Now, more than a month later, Wallen is offering an explanation. …
Read More »Pearl Jam Release Compilation of Songs Featured on 'The Last of Us'
Pearl Jam have released a collection of songs featured on HBO series The Last of Us. The four-track compilation includes the band’s 2013 song “Future Days,” which is referenced both in the original video game and the TV show. The rock band shared a new music video for the track, …
Read More »John Oliver Takes Aim at Trump's 'Creepy' Comments About Dolls
John Oliver shared his thoughts on Donald Trump‘s “stupid trade war” on the most recent episode of Last Week Tonight, taking aiming at the president’s repeated comments about dolls. Last week, Trump explained the effects of his tariffs by using the price of dolls going up as an example. “Maybe …
Read More »Tom Cruise Says He Hopes to Do a Musical: 'My Goals Are Endless'
Playing a rock star in Rock of Ages apparently didn’t satisfy Tom Cruise‘s instinct to sing onscreen. Reflecting on his career at the British Film Institute (BFI) in London last night, the actor admitted that he hopes to do a musical—or several. “Definitely musicals,” Cruise said when asked what is …
Read More »For Lizzy McAlpine, Broadway Is the Best Classroom
There’s a dark stage, with a few handfuls of dirt scattered here and there. But as the lights come up, what first looks like an empty landscape transforms into a perfect tableau of a Kentucky skyline at dawn. Thus begins Floyd Collins, the newest musical at the Lincoln Center’s Vivian …
Read More »Adam Duritz on Surviving the 1990s — and Counting Crows' Great New Album
For years, people told Adam Duritz not to bother releasing full albums, that “nobody wants to listen to ’em anymore.” So he released Counting Crows‘ most ambitious music ever —an interlocked, glam-rock-infused four-song sequence — as an EP, 2021’s Butter Miracle, Suite One. “But I found that there was a …
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