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Astrid Kirchherr, the German-born photographer who first captured the Beatles, has died at the age of 81. German newspaper Die Zeit confirmed Kirchherr’s death, noting the photographer died of a “short, serious illness.” “Intelligent, inspirational, innovative, daring, artistic, awake, aware, beautiful, smart, loving and uplifting friend to many,” Beatles historian …

For the second year in a row, New York has abandoned legalizing marijuana— but that’s not stopping New Yorkers from smoking a lot of weed. A 2019 study found that 1.3 million New Yorkers reported using cannabis in the previous year, and consumption has spiked during the coronavirus pandemic. For …

Kenny Rogers always knew when to hold them, when to fold them, when to walk away, when to run. The beloved country-pop stud died Friday night at 81, after a career full of hits that defined his silver-fox mystique. Kenny was barely north of 40 when he sang his signature …

Few artists have been present at as many turning points in rock & roll as Robbie Robertson. Long before he was a member of the Band, writing modern-day standards like “The Weight” and “Up on Cripple Creek,” he was writing songs, playing guitar, and touring with Ronnie Hawkins and the …

The fitting climax of Harry Styles’ album-launch bash on Friday night: the moment Stevie Nicks came out to join him for a surprise duet on “Landslide.” “It wouldn’t be an album release for me without this young lady,” he told a rapt L.A. Forum crowd who’d already heard him debut …

On Thursday, yielding to Trump once again, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, launched a probe into the baseless claims alleging Joe Biden was involved with corruption in Ukraine. On Friday, the presidential candidate spoke with CNN’s Don Lemon and expressed anger and disappointment in his …

My Chemical Romance arose from their six-year hiatus Thursday to announce a Los Angeles concert, the band’s first show together since 2012. After teasing fans earlier this week by refurnishing their social media accounts with new images, Gerard Way and company officially revealed their December 20th reunion gig at Los …

As Taylor Swift prepares to release Lover on Friday, she is returning to a pop world that has undergone profound changes. “Before it was a push business,” ace songwriter Savan Kotecha (Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber) explained in 2018. “Labels would push an act on a TV show, an award show, …

O ut in the leafy suburbs of Woodland Hills, California, in an OK house in an OK neighborhood, the actor Corey Feldman is wandering around, saying he soon might name the name of the man he says raped his like-a-brother best friend and frequent co-star, the late Corey Haim, back …

The show’s hero is led out before a bloodthirsty crowd, bound and accused of high treason against the king. He has made many foolish decisions to get to this point, ironically born from a fundamental decency and forthrightness that otherwise would seem so admirable. But he’s still the hero, played …