The calls to producer David Holmes’ Belfast home studio arrived sporadically, sometimes a week or a mere few days in advance. “Are you around?” Sinéad O’Connor would say. “Do you have time?” If Holmes did, O’Connor would then take the nearly three-hour drive from her home in Bray, the Irish …
Read More »Randy Meisner, Eagles Co-Founder and 'Take It to the Limit' Singer, Dead at 77
Randy Meisner, bassist and founding member of the Eagles who wrote and sang “Take it to the Limit,” died on Wednesday. He was 77 years old. The Eagles confirmed Meisner’s death in a statement on their website, stating he died from complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). “The Eagles …
Read More »'Utopia' Is Here — Listen to Travis Scott's Long-Awaited New Album
The extensive wait for Travis Scott‘s highly-anticipated new album Utopia is over. The Houston rapper had his elaborative project rollout momentarily derailed when his concert at the Pyramids of Giza was cancelled just days before it was set to take place, but he didn’t let that push the album off …
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You’ve seen it a million times in a million different movies: A dude is cruising in his neighborhood, bumping bass-heavy tunes out of his car and dragging on a cigarette. His baseball cap is tilted, the heart tattoo inked on his cheek looks like a birthmark, and thanks to the …
Read More »Donald Glover Is Returning to the 'Star Wars'<em> </em>Universe
Donald Glover will return to a galaxy far, far away, reprising his role as Lando Calrissian for a new Disney+ series that he’ll also write with his brother, Stephen, according to The Hollywood Reporter (and first reported by Above the Line). A Lando series has been on the Disney docket …
Read More »Elizabeth Banks Laid Down Her Life For a Cabbage Patch Kid
“I think it’s cyclical,” offers Elizabeth Banks. “Everything has its moment, goes away, and comes back.” The wildly prolific actress, who’s appeared in everything from Wet Hot American Summer and the original Spider-Man films to The 40-Year-Old Virgin and The Hunger Games franchise, is talking about the YA craze she …
Read More »Jimmie Allen, Accused of Sexual Assault, Is…Going on a Comedy Tour
Jimmie Allen — who just two weeks ago countersued two women who filed lawsuits alleging the country singer sexually assaulted them —is going to tell jokes on a comedy tour. Allen announced the brief run of shows, which he’s calling the “I Said What I Said” Comedy Tour, with an …
Read More »Vivek Ramaswamy Is On the Rise. So Are Christian Nationalist Attacks on His Religion
Vivek Ramaswamy is getting a hard look by Republicans willing to entertain alternatives to Donald Trump, especially as Ron DeSantis continues to flounder. The 37-year-old biotech entrepreneur has surged into third place in several national polls, ahead of prominent Republicans like Mike Pence, Nikki Haley, and Tim Scott. Ramaswamy is …
Read More »Travis Scott's 'Utopia' Features Literally Everyone: Beyoncé, Drake, Bon Iver, SZA, Even Dave Chappelle
A few hours before he dropped his long-awaited studio album Utopia, Travis Scott shared its official 19-song tracklist. The image included each title written out in near-illegible scribbles with a harsh, grainy filter overlay making it all the more difficult to decipher. Throughout the list, there were no featured artists, …
Read More »Descendents' Milo Aukerman Recovering From Surgery After 'Mild Heart Attack'
Milo Aukerman is on the mend after experiencing a health scare earlier this week. In a statement posted to the band’s Instagram Friday, the Descendents revealed that Aukerman suffered a “mild heart attack” on Thursday, forcing the group to cancel their shows in Europe in the coming weeks. “We are …
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