From the dawn of his post-One Direction career, Harry Styles has exhibited quality taste in opening acts: His 2017 Live on Tour shows brought along Kacey Musgraves, Leon Bridges and Warpaint in various parts of the world. That tradition extended to the recent announcement of his Love on Tour shows: …
Read More »Jennifer Hudson Belts A Capella 'Respect' in First Aretha Franklin Biopic Teaser
Jennifer Hudson belts a stunning snippet of Aretha Franklin‘s “Respect” in the first teaser for the upcoming biopic about the late singer, Respect. The film is set to open in 2020, although an exact release date has yet to be announced. The short clip finds Hudson, as Franklin, on an …
Read More »John Prine to Receive Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
Two-time Grammy winner John Prine has been named one of the recipients of the Recording Academy’s 2020 Lifetime Achievement Awards. The singer-songwriter, whose self-titled 1971 debut LP was enshrined in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2015, scored three Grammy nominations last year for his album The Tree of Forgiveness. …
Read More »Tom Petty's Widow, Daughters to Jointly Run Estate After Resolving Differences
Days after quietly reaching an agreement in a long-simmering lawsuit over Tom Petty’s estate, the rocker’s widow Dana Petty and daughters from a previous marriage, Annakim Violette and Adria Petty, announced that both parties have “resolved their differences and dismissed all litigation matters.” “Each of them sincerely regrets that in …
Read More »Anthony Daniels: 'My Life as C-3PO Is Far From Over'
A telephone conversation with Anthony Daniels can be unnerving, particularly when a crackly connection lends his already familiar voice a slight mechanical quality, making it all feel impossibly close to an actual chat with C-3PO. Daniels, 77, has played that droid since 1977 in movies, cartoons, video games, and various …
Read More »RS Charts: Juice WRLD Posthumously Tops Artists 500 Chart
The late rapper Juice WRLD claimed the Number One spot on the Rolling Stone Artists 500 chart, notching 179.9 million song streams for the week of December 6th through December 12th. Juice WRLD died tragically and unexpectedly December 8th at the age of 21 after reportedly suffering a seizure at …
Read More »Trump Sycophant Lindsey Graham: 'I Will Do Everything I Can to Make Impeachment Die Quickly' in Senate
“This thing will come to the Senate, and it will die quickly, and I will do everything I can to make it die quickly,” Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said of the coming senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump during an interview with CNN. When asked if expressing an opinion …
Read More »Strike Has Candidates Poised to Pull Out of Democratic Debate
All seven of the Democratic presidential candidates who qualified for next week’s debate at Loyola Marymount University in California have said they refuse to cross the picket line resulting from a culinary worker strike at the university. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Tom …
Read More »Swamp Dogg Announces Long-Planned Country Album Featuring John Prine
The cult soul singer Swamp Dogg has announced details for Sorry You Couldn’t Make It, his upcoming country-tinged album featuring contributions from John Prine, Jenny Lewis, Justin Vernon and more. The album, produced by Ryan Olson, arrives two years after his Justin Vernon-assisted, Olson-produced 2018 comeback record Love, Loss & …
Read More »Tekashi 6ix9ine Shares Apology Letter Ahead of Sentencing
Tekashi 6ix9ine expressed remorse over his actions and affiliations with the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods in a letter to Judge Paul A. Engelmayer, viaThe New York Post, ahead of the rapper’s sentencing next week, December 18th. Back in February, 6ix9ine — real name Daniel Hernandez — pleaded guilty to racketeering …
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