Maroon 5 performed at Miami’s American Airlines Arena on Sunday night and took the opportunity to pay their respects to Kobe Bryant, who died in a helicopter crash last month. The band, who played the show along Dan + Shay, took part in the Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest, …
Read More »Chuck D Slams Grammys Over CEO's Ousting: 'Same Old Bullsh-t'
Chuck D slammed the Recording Academy over their decision to part ways with their new CEO Deborah Dugan, a stunning move that occurred just 10 days before the Grammy Awards. “I salute Deborah Dugan for her truth and courage to try and effect change,” the Public Enemy rapper wrote on …
Read More »See Sam Elliott Recite 'Old Town Road' in Super Bowl Ad Teaser
Sam Elliott uses his incomparable drawl to recite the lyrics of Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” in a Western saloon in a teaser for an upcoming Super Bowl LIV commercial. The spot finds Elliott in his full-on “Stranger from The Big Lebowski” cowboy persona as he sits down at …
Read More »Lev Parnas: 'Trump Knew Exactly What Was Going On' With Ukraine Scheme
Lev Parnas, an indicted associate of President Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, said in two separate interviews that Trump was in on the entire scheme to get Ukraine’s government to announce that they were investigating former Vice President Joe Biden. “President Trump knew exactly what was going on. He was …
Read More »'Bad Boys For Life': Third Time's a Charm For Smith and Lawrence
Before he became a cynical parody of himself, director Michael Bay made an efficient 1995 feature debut with Bad Boys, a buddy-cop flick that came in hot on the star power of Will Smith and Martin Lawrence as Miami detectives who never learned how to play by the rules. By …
Read More »The 2020 Oscars Will Be Hostless Again
UPDATE (1/30): A string of presenters have been announced this week for the 92nd Academy Awards.So far, the announced presenters include Zazie Beetz, Timothée Chalamet, Will Ferrell, Gal Gadot, Mindy Kaling, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anthony Ramos, Mark Ruffalo, Kelly Marie Tran, Kristen Wiig, James Corden, Penélope Cruz, Beanie Feldstein, …
Read More »Trump, His Generals, and the Iran Crisis: An Interview with Author Peter Bergen
America is on the brink of war with Iran, largely as a result of President Trump’s reckless decision to assassinate Iranian military leader Qasem Soleimani. An excellent way to understand how and why this happened is to read Peter Bergen’s new book, Trump and His Generals: The Cost of Chaos …
Read More »See Eddie Murphy Bring Out Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Tracy Morgan on 'SNL'
For the final Saturday Night Live of the decade, and Eddie Murphy’s first time hosting in 35 years, he was joined onstage during his opening monologue by Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, and Tracy Morgan, three comedians whose careers were greatly impacted by Murphy. “This is the last episode of 2019, …
Read More »Trailers of the Week: 'Bombshell,' 'Dolittle,' 'Lady and the Tramp'
Adopt a Highway After twenty years in prison, starting over is daunting for Russ (Ethan Hawke). The trailer shows his struggle to return to an unfamiliar world: sleeping on the street with a garbage bag for a pillow, spending uneasy days in a graveyard. When he finds an abandoned baby …
Read More »Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Eurythmics Revisit the 1980s at All-Star Rainforest Fund Benefit
Bob Geldof has organized some of the most incredible all-star shows in rock history, including the original Live Aid in 1985 and its follow-up, Live 8, in 2005. But even the man that reunited Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and the Who seemed stunned by what he was seeing near the …
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