Of all the black athletes President Trump has slandered and scapegoated, he has never come after LeBron James. Not that I want him to, but I have to wonder why. The man who has insulted Colin Kaepernick for his civil rights protests and Stephen Curry for refusing to celebrate a …
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We’re getting a lot of returning favorites this August, with new seasons of Better Call Saul, Insecure, The Sinner and Mr. Mercedes all hitting the airwaves — and all coming back strong. Meanwhile, cable lights up with an offbeat, Afrocentric late-night show, an unusual drama about a surfer joining a …
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The debut solo song by ex-Gloriana singer Rachel Reinert, Jon Pardi‘s latest blast of modern country, and another wildly adventurous offering from Amanda Shires make up the 10 must-hear country and Americana songs of the week. Lucie Silvas, “Everything Looks Beautiful” Lucie Silvas was once British pop star with Top …
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A cadre of teens invoke the wrath of Slender Man in the chilling new trailer. The horror filmis based on the infamous creepypasta meme, which inspired an actual attempted murder. Slender Man hits theaters August 10th. The clip centers around a group of girls in a small Massachusetts town, who …
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A representative for Demi Lovato said the singer “is awake and with her family” afterbeing hospitalized Tuesday for an alleged overdose. “Demi is awake and with her family who want to express thanks to everyone for the love, prayers and support,” a rep said in a statement to Rolling Stone. …
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Years before Billy McFarland defrauded investors and abandoned $1,000-ticket holders by canceling his “luxury” music festival at the last minute, the Fyre Festival founder was apparently taken for a ride by another recent addition to the Scammer Hall of Fame. According to the New York Post’s Page Six, back in …
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U2 had its 400-ton, 360-degree “Claw” stage that cost $30 million. Lady Gaga’s 2013 concert circuit involved a looming five-story Gothic castle. Taylor Swift’s ongoingReputation stadium tour needs 52 semis and 30 flatbed trucksjust to haul all the gear. It isn’t fans’ imagination that music tours, particularly ones put on …
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Troye Sivan and Ariana Grande start their own party in the video for their collaboration, “Dance to This.” Sivan’s sophomore album Bloom is out on August 30th. The clip opens with Sivan sitting in a rec room-cafeteria setting where people are quietly eating and reading. Bored, Sivan brings a CD …
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It’s Saturday night everywhere in Los Angeles except the recording suite hidden along a deserted stretch of Santa Monica Boulevard. The clock is inching toward quitting time — 2 a.m. — and 03 Greedo has been grinding since early evening. Exhaustion and overindulgence have slowly but surely picked off person …
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They aren’t sprinting through a narrow street, laughing and tumbling over one another as they’re trailed by what appear to be hundreds of rabid teenyboppers. Nor are they charming Ed Sullivan and the American press corps, or comically falling down together in the snow while locked arm in arm, or …
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