MTV plans to revamp and reboot a slew of classic shows including The Real World and Daria as part of the launch of its new production unit, MTV Studios. MTV Studios’ initial lineup also includes an updated version of the reality make over show Made and a live-action remake of …
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Roger Miller was part Hank Williams, part Will Rogers, yet a wholly original talent with a densely populated mind from which sprang some of the most noteworthy and enduring songs of the 1960s. Amid the yeah-yeah-yeahs of the British Invasion and the protests that “The Times They Are a-Changin’,” Miller …
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Jimmy Kimmel squared off against Texas Senator Ted Cruz on Saturday in the “Blobfish Basketball Classic,” a charity match-up that raised over $80,000 for the Houston-based education non-profit Generation One charity and Texas Children’s Hospital. Despite the good cause, the late-night host talked political trash throughout the awkward, sweaty one-on-one …
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John Oliver highlighted China’s authoritarian bent under President Xi Jinping by outlining the leader’s human rights abuses and crackdown on citizen dissent. “The era of ‘hide and bide’ is over, and the era of ‘do as we say’ may be dawning,” said Oliver on ‘Last Week Tonight.’ “Because China has …
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Mike Shinoda is painting differently these days. In the months since the death of his foil in Linkin Park, singer Chester Bennington, the rapper, producer and visual artist has found himself approaching all of his creative pursuits differently. But it’s most evident when he puts a brush to a canvas. …
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Former White House Communications Director Anthony “the Mooch” Scaramucci and Stormy Daniels’ attorney Michael Avenatti came together over a bottle of rose on Wednesday’s Late Show. The debate was over Rudy Giuliani’s success – or lack thereof – as thepublic face of President’s Trump’s legal team. Stephen Colbert introduced the …
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The post-metal group Isis, which disbanded in 2010, will reunite under the name Celestial this fall to pay tribute to Caleb Scofield, the bassist for the band Cave In who died this past March. The benefit concert will also feature performances by Cave In, Pelican, Old Man Gloom (a group …
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Through day ‘n’ night, cruel summers and G.O.O.D. Fridays, superstar button-pusher Kanye West and paranoid android cult hero Kid Cudi have remained thought leaders since they started working together nearly 10 years ago. Kanye’s grain-rubbing résumé in the last decade includes a nine-minute vocoder-prog opus, a minimalist industrial noise suite …
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Rock & roll and Anthony Bourdain were a natural fit. So it made sense that artists from Alison Mosshart to Josh Homme would pop up on his various shows, acting as culinary tour guides, drinking buddies, performers or all of the above. But in keeping with Bourdain’s adventurous spirit, he …
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Natalie Prass‘ second album pairs the sharp and the smooth, its keenly observed lyrics about love and politics grounded in arrangements that recall soft-pop highlights from the past four decades. The Future and the Past is a modern echo of that moment when soft rock and Quiet Storm fed off …
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