MTV‘s annual Video Music Awards are the network’s most well-known television offering. So when it decided to press forward with this year’s ceremony on Sunday, August 30th as a live show — making the 2020 VMAs the first major live awards show to take place since COVID-19 shut down events …

If a hip-hop-tinged ode to film star Dennis Hopper performed by a Scotsman sounds random to you — well, yes, it is. But it’s also one of the most entertaining, catchy tracks on the Waterboys’ latest album, Good Luck, Seeker, or for that matter in their entire catalog. Frontman Mike …

Kareem Ali doles out music at a torrid pace: He has released seven albums in the last 18 months, a mix of reverent deep house tracks and more potent, pointed grooves, questing science fiction and pressing political commentary. While it’s more common than ever for artists to jettison songs like …

The California Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence of Scott Peterson, who was convicted of first-degree murder of his pregnant wife Laci Peterson in a highly publicized criminal case nearly 16 years ago, CBS San Francisco reports. While the court decision leaves Peterson’s murder conviction in place, it has …

UPDATE: Warner Bros announced Wednesday that, after a series of coronavirus-related postponements that continually pushed its release, Wonder Woman 1984 will arrive both in theaters and on HBO Max on Christmas Day, December 25th. “This is an amazing film that really comes to life on the big screen and, working …

Two weeks after Omar Apollo dropped his new single “Stayback,” the rising Indiana singer has recruited Bootsy Collins for the track’s remix. The legendary bassist adds his trademark P-Funk grooves and distinct vocals to the already-funky track that tapped into the sound of early Prince and the Parliament-Funkadelic; Collins had …

Steve Bannon, the chief executive officer of Donald Trump‘s 2016 presidential campaign, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in New York. Bannon, who also served as chief White House strategist and senior counselor to the president, is accused, with three others, of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and …

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On Tuesday, Apple announced the launch of two new streaming radio stations, Apple Music Country and Apple Music Hits. Both are live now alongside the flagship station Beats 1, which has been renamed Apple Music 1. Originally launched alongside Apple Music in 2015, Beats 1 built its reputation on a …

UPDATE (9/22): In honor of National Voter Registration Day, Amazon is dropping the paywall on Stacey Abrams doc, All In: The Fight for Democracy. Stacey Abrams and Lin-Manuel Miranda will also hold a Twitter watch party Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET. *** Stacey Abrams examines the spread of voter suppression …