Elton John and songwriting partner Bernie Taupin’s wide-ranging influence on their fellow artists is being celebrated with a pair of tribute albums out next month. While Revamp collects covers by Lady Gaga, Ed Sheehan, Sam Smith, Miley Cyrus and more, a “Nashville Edition” titled Restoration includes country-flavored versions of the …
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The setting is Paris in 1964. Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti (Geoffrey Rush) has invited his friend, the American art writer James Lord (Armie Hammer), to pose for a portrait. Intrigued and flattered – Giacometti’s elongated sculptures and paintings had made him world famous – the subject agrees to sit for …
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A quartet of superstar country acts and an Olympic ski champ are among the latest performers and presenters added to the lineup for the 53rd annual Academy of Country Music Awards. The list of performers now includes Entertainer of the Year nominee Keith Urban, as well as Kenny Chesney, Lady …
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Two Broadway superpowers teamed for a new charity single Monday as Hamilton‘s Lin-Manuel Miranda and Dear Evan Hansen‘s Ben Platt unveiled the video for “Found/Tonight,” a mash-up of Hamilton‘s “The Story of Tonight” and Dear Evan Hansen‘s “You Will Be Found.” The video finds Miranda and Platt – a “Musical …
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At a raucous campaign rally in western Pennsylvania last weekend, President Trump did what his supporters love and he went off script. But instead of inciting his followers with the usual chants of “Lock her up,” he surprised many when he advocated going way beyond prison – he called for …
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Luke Bryan trumpets diversity and inclusion in his new video for “Most People Are Good,” the optimistic second single from his sixth album, What Makes You Country. Directed by Wes Edwards, the clip finds a serious-looking Bryan performing from a black sound stage with a bank of digitally-added video screens …
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A California judge awarded custody of Charles Manson‘s body to the late cult leader’s grandson Monday, ending a bizarre four-month court battle over who was the true heir to Manson’s corpse. Manson’s remains had been on ice in Kern County, California since his death on November 16th. Following the judge’s …
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Gary Burden, the Grammy-winning artist who designed iconic album covers for musicians like Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, the Doors and My Morning Jacket, has died at the age of 84. No cause of death was revealed. Young penned a tribute to Burden on the rocker’s Archives website, reflecting on a …
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Drew Barrymore‘s Sheila Hammond character hasn’t quelled her thirst for human flesh in Season Two of Netflix’s horror-comedy series Santa Clarita Diet. In fact, she and her husband Joel (Timothy Olyphant) are working on designing a kill room and he’s helping her clean their bloodied-up kitchen in the new trailer. …
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Shooter Jennings is hitting the road this spring for a select run of shows in March and April that take him through Texas and the Midwest. Joining him on select dates will be California outlaw singer Jaime Wyatt, the Black Lillies, and Them Guilty Aces. In total, Jennings announced 14 …
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