Harry Styles and Chris Redd play a pair of “Funeral DJs” in a wacky sketch from Saturday’s SNL. The bit opens with a priest (Mikey Day) paying tribute to the late Betty as her family looks on mournfully. But the tone shifts after he introduces the woman’s “close personal friends” …
Read More »Useful Idiots: Shahid Buttar on Defeating Pelosi and Impeaching Trump
In the latest episode of our Useful Idiotspodcast, hostsMatt Taibbi and Katie Halper talk with Shahid Buttar, the San Francisco attorney and grassroots-organizer campaigning to unseat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Buttar’s campaign speaks to a growing schism within the Democratic party between left-wing voices and more traditional party members. On …
Read More »Jewel Returns With Emotional Ballad 'No More Tears'
Jewel has returned with her first new song in four years, the emotional piano ballad “No More Tears.” The track is for documentary Lost in America, which explores youth homelessness. “No More Tears” offers a hopeful look at trauma and showcases the resilience of someone who has dealt with immense …
Read More »Kristen Stewart Faces Down the FBI as Jean Seberg in New Trailer
In the new trailer for Amazon Studios’ Seberg, beloved Hollywood actress Kristen Stewart stars as beloved Hollywood actress Jean Seberg as she faces down the FBI in a COINTELPRO investigation. In the late Sixties, Seberg was best known for starring as the American love interest in French New Wave films, …
Read More »2020 Next Women of Country: Hailey Whitters, Madison Kozak Among New Class
As part of its ongoing campaign to shine a light on up-and-coming female artists, CMT has assembled the 2020 roster of the Next Women of Country. The 11 names run the gamut from independent artists to those with recent record label deals. Hailey Whitters, Abbey Cone, Renee Blair, and Tiera …
Read More »A Tale of Two Singles: How 'Roxanne' and 'Yellow Hearts' Went Viral
Arizona Zervas’ “Roxanne” soared this week, jumping to Number Six on the latest Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart on the strength of 15.3 million audio streams. The song also took the top spot on the Trending 25, which ranks new songs that are seeing the greatest gains in on-demand …
Read More »See Lana Del Rey Perform With Lucy Dacus, Best Coast in Chicago
Lana Del Rey brought out Lucy Dacus and Best Coast‘s Bethany Cosentino to perform alongside her during her concert at Chicago’s Aragon Ballroom Friday night. Dacus, who opened the show, joined Del Rey onstage to perform a duet of “Night Shift” from her 2018 sophomore album Historian. Del Rey then …
Read More »Hear Prince's Unreleased 'Don't Let Him Fool Ya' From '1999' Reissue
The Prince estate has revealed a previously unreleased song titled “Don’t Let Him Fool Ya,” one of two-dozen unearthed-from-the-vault tracks that appear on the upcoming reissue of Prince’s 1999. “Don’t Let Him Fool Ya” is a classic funk work-up stylistically in the vein of 1999; the song was recorded in …
Read More »Watch Little Steven Perform 'Freeze Frame' With Peter Wolf
Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul wrapped up their 2019 Summer of Sorcery tour at New York’s Beacon Theater on Wednesday night, playing a set that mixed Southside Johnny classics like “Trapped Again” with Little Steven solo tunes like “I Am a Patriot” and even a cover of Bruce …
Read More »'Marriage Story' Review: Driver, Johansson and Divorce, American Style
How does a small tale of love found and lost emerge as a major triumph and one of the very best movies of the year? Marriage Story is more than just a career high for writer-director Noah Baumbach (The Meyerowitz Stories, The Squid and the Whale); it’s a peerless showcase …
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