UPDATE: Walk has issued a statement following Republic Records placing the music executive on leave after accusation of sexual harassment. “Out of respect for the contestants, my fellow judges and everyone involved with the show, I have made the decision not to attend the finale of The Four,” Walk said.“I …
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Goodbye, the cinematic dump month we know as January; hello, the occasionally fertile pre-Oscar period of weeks we call February. At this time last year, we were prepping to see a little film called Get Out – whether the 2018 edition delivers something equally as memorable is anybody’s guess, though …
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Oh, wait – you think the Grammy is supposed to go to the year’s best album? That’s sweet. Stay gold, Ponyboy. This has literally never been the way the Grammys worked and never will be, so stop chewing that sock pretending it’s a cookie. Of course Bruno Mars beat Kendrick …
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A new documentary, Andre the Giant, will examine the life of the supersize wrestler. The film, set to air on HBO on April 10th, features interviews with Hulk Hogan, Jerry “The King” Lawler and actor Billy Crystal (whose movie My Giant was inspired by Andre), among others. When the wrestler, …
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Lorde and Jack Antonoff performed a chilling cover of Carly Rae Jepsen‘s “Run Away With Me” during the fourth annual Ally Coalition charity show on Wednesday. Jepsen’s “Run Away With Me,” released in 2015, was euphoric and highly produced. Lorde and Antonoff reworked the track as a lonely piano ballad. …
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As arguably the biggest artist of the post-Kanye era, Drake has exerted a transformative influence on how pop music works, what it does, how it can matter. Hip-hop used to be all about being hard; he opened it up to softness. It used to obsess over regional purity; he’s helped …
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Jhené Aiko has dropped her futuristic, Rae Sremmurd-featuring video for the remix of “Sativa,” the latest visual off the R&B singer’s 2017 album Trip. “Sativa” opens with Aiko seemingly created in a lab by the Mississippi rap duo before she’s unleashed into the world. Dance parties, steam rooms and card …
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Drake dropped a pair of new tracks with no warning as the rapper’s “God’s Plan” and “Diplomatic Immunity” premiered on streaming services Friday night. The two songs form Drake‘s new EP Scary Hours. The synth-laden “God’s Plan,” produced by frequent collaborators Yung Exclusive, Boi-1da, Cardo, and Noah “40” Shebib, charts …
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When the opening sequence of the new trailer for Super Troopers 2 involves Farva shooting and killing a bald eagle with a rifle and then expecting to win something for the deed, it’s a good bet that the sequel will remain true to its original: jokes and characters are the …
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Although he’s closely associated with Texas, Steve Earle, who fused traditional country with raw rock & roll on his 1986 debut LPGuitar Town, was born January 17th, 1955 –63 years ago today – in Fort Monroe, Virginia.Earle’s father was stationed in the Army and worked as an air traffic controller …
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