Doctor Who fans can preview the adventures of Jodie Whittaker, the 13th overall and first female incarnation of the time-traveling extra-terrestrial “Time Lord,” in the first full trailer for the upcoming 11th season. While the clip is light on actual plot, it shows Whittaker running from explosions and staring down …
Read More »Inside Mumford & Sons' Wildly Experimental Fourth Album 'Delta'
“What is it that Mumford & Sons do?” asks the band’s keyboard player Ben Lovett. “That’s what we are searching for. I really hope this record will continue to broaden the sense of what that means.” On their third album, 2015’s Wilder Mind, Mumford & Sons traded banjo and acoustic …
Read More »Scared of Firing Sessions, Trump Declares 'I Don't Have an Attorney General'
In an interview with the Hill on Tuesday, President Trump reiterated his criticism of Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Attacks on Sessions have become Trump’s “Free Bird,” and on Tuesday he improvised the old standard, declaring, “I don’t have an Attorney General. It’s very sad.” The president’s well-documented, frequently declared disappointment …
Read More »Kanye West Announces the Release of 'Yandhi'
UPDATE (11/12): Kanye West again delayed his new album Yandhi, from its planned Black Friday arrival to an indefinite release date. “It felt so good being on the stage last night with my brother Cudi. After performing again, I realize the new album I’ve been working on isn’t ready yet,” …
Read More »Sean Penn Calls #MeToo Movement a 'Receptacle of the Salacious'
ATodayinterview withSean Pennand Natascha McElhone turned into a frank discussion of the #MeToo movement. The topic arose from discussing their newHulu series The First, a sci-fi drama about a mission to Mars, when McElhone noted that her character was informed by #MeToo and women coming forward with their stories of …
Read More »See Stephen Colbert Tackle Opioid Crisis, Criticize Big Pharma on 'Late Show'
Stephen Colbert tackled the opioid crisis and took aim at Big Pharma in a sobering Late Show segment Friday. “There are certain subjects that are genuinely hard to talk about like, the opioid crisis. It’s an epidemic that affects both political parties, Republican, Democrat, rich people, poor people, it does …
Read More »See Carrie Underwood Sing Uplifting 'Love Wins' on 'Fallon'
Carrie Underwood got ample screen time on Thursday’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where she sat for an interview before capping off the show with a performance of “Love Wins” from her newly released album Cry Pretty. Rather than in Fallon’s studio, Underwood’s performance took place on …
Read More »Lavender Country's Patrick Haggerty on Queer Country Music, Ongoing Activism
On Thursday night, one of the off-campus AmericanaFest offerings is “Queer Roots,” a new showcase organized with the goal of celebrating the diversity of sexual and gender identities represented across the roots music community. Sponsored in association with Rolling Stone Country, the Change Project, BriteHeart, and Hearth PR, the event …
Read More »Lana Del Rey Recruits Jack Antonoff for New Song 'Mariners Apartment Complex'
Lana Del Rey teams with Bleachers’ Jack Antonoff for a folky, psychedelic new song “Mariners Apartment Complex.” The track, which premiered Wednesday on BBC1, is expected to appear on her upcoming, Antonoff-produced sixth LP. Del Rey ruminates on two of her favorite subjects, sadness and romance, throughout the brooding track. …
Read More »Exclusive: New Report Predicts CBD Market Will Hit $22 Billion by 2022
For years, experts have predicted that if the cannabis industry expands at its current rate, the American market will reach $20 billion by 2020. But it turns out that one market is spinning off into a mega-industry of its own: according to a new estimate from cannabis industry analysts the …
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