Casey Affleck has bowed out of his presenter duties at this year’s Oscars amid a tense moment in Hollywood. The actor has already notified the Academy that he will not be attending the event, a rep confirmed to Reuters. This is due in large part to ongoing controversy surrounding his …
Read More »Trump's Tax on Solar Power: Here's What You Need to Know
President Donald Trump has imposed a 30 percent tax on imported solar panels, a move that’s expected to pull the plug on tens of thousands of American jobs, while slowing the rush to renewable energy and rewarding fossil-fuel producers. Here’s what you need to know: America First?The solar tax announcement …
Read More »Oscars 2018: 10 Biggest Snubs and WTF Surprises
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced their nominations for the 2018 Oscars this morning, sticking relatively to the script written out by awards season pundits, critics’ groups and Golden Globes voters. The Best Picture race may appear more wide open than usual, but a lot of expected …
Read More »On the Charts: Camila Cabello Hits Number One With Solo Debut
Camila Cabello became the first female artist in three years to reach Number One with her debut album. The former Fifth Harmony singer’s Camila sold 119,000 copies in its first week of release. By making the leap from a popular group to a chart-topping solo artist, Cabello joins the ranks …
Read More »Stormy Daniels Details Alleged Trump Fling: 8 Things We Learned
Stormy Daniels went into great detail about her alleged sexual encounter and subsequent meetings with Donald Trumpyears before he was elected President in a lengthy 5,000-word piece published in full by In Touch Friday. The interview was originally conducted in 2011, years before the former adult film star reportedly signed …
Read More »Haim Detail Headlining 'Sister Sister Sister' Tour
Haim will kick off a 21-date North American tour this spring in support of their latest album, Something to Tell You. The Sister Sister Sister tour begins April 3rd at Schnitzer Hall in Portland, Oregon and wraps May 28th at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado. The trek includes sets …
Read More »Glenn Frey's Widow Sues Hospital, Physician for Wrongful Death
The widow of Eagles co-founder Glenn Frey, Cindy Frey, has filed a wrongful death suit against Mount Sinai Hospital and the musician’s gastroenterologist. The suit accuses Mount Sinai and physician Steven Itzkowitz of negligence and failing to properly treat and diagnose the musician. Frey died in January 2016 from complications …
Read More »I've Been Blessed to Spend Most of My Life in 'Shitholes'
I’ve been blessed to spend most of my life living and working in “shitholes.” I was born in New York, moved to Kenya when I was three and spent the next 12 years there. My parents are from Trinidad and Tobago – a country that’s likely on President Trump’s “shithole …
Read More »Hear Lana Del Rey on BORNS' New Electro-Soul Song 'Blue Madonna'
Lana Del Rey layers her silky croon into the electro-soul of BØRNS’ “Blue Madonna,” the title-track from his second LP. Del Rey appears toward the end, singing of a new lover, “Blue madonna in my bed now, blue madonna in my head now” over throbbing synth-bass, ticking programmed drums and …
Read More »Dierks Bentley Readies New Album 'The Mountain'
Perennial country favorite Dierks Bentley has revealed the first details of his upcoming ninth studio album, The Mountain. Set for release early this year, Bentley says the album owes its creative genesis to a recent experience at Telluride Bluegrass Festival – a long-running roots music gathering held each year in …
Read More »