Steve McQueen’s Mangrove — which is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video — is an opening statement. The film is the first of a quintet of related-but-distinct feature films to be released on Amazon at the rate of one film per week. All five films, which range in style, tone, …
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Gucci Mane and Jeezy faced off on Thursday night’s Verzuz livestream, where the two Atlanta rappers rekindled their 15-year feud in an intense exchange of words. The stream, which drew over 1.8 million viewers, opened with Gucci performing two of his classic diss tracks against Jeezy, “Round 1” and “Bench …
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Nostalgia, Don Draper once pointed out, derives from a Greek word for “pain from an old wound.” Television is awash in nostalgic revivals, reboots, and reunions, but they’re borne out of a far more recent pain: the difficulty any program or streaming service has getting your attention in a 500-show …
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Dolly Parton, Cardi B, and Dua Lipa are among the artists to be honored at Billboard‘s 2020 Women in Music event. The 15th annual event will also present Jennifer Lopez, Chloe x Halle, and Jessie Reyez with awards. Hosted by Teyana Taylor, the event will stream live on December 10th …
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In the the second episode of our new podcast on Amazon Music, Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums, we tackle one of the best and most important albums of the past decade: Taylor Swift‘s 2012 pop masterpiece Red. Swift joins hostBrittany Spanos to discuss why this is her “one true break-up …
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Foo Fighters, Brandi Carlile, Tom Morello, Blake Shelton and Nathaniel Rateliff were among the artists to take part in Saturday’s Thundergong livestream, a virtual benefit concert for the Steps of Faith Foundation hosted by Jason Sudeikis. Sudeikis’ former Saturday Night Live buddies Fred Armisen, Will Forte and Seth Meyers also …
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Doors drummer John Densmore discusses his musical and personal relationship with the band’s keys maestro Ray Manzarek in this new excerpt from the drummer’s upcoming book, The Seekers: Meetings With Remarkable Musicians (And Other Artists), out November 17th. The book, as its title suggests, is less a straight memoir or …
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Max has released a Steve Aoki remix of his hit single “Blueberry Eyes,” featuring Suga of BTS. “Steve and I have been friendly for years through him signing my other act Party Pupils to his label DIM MAK,” Max said in a statement. “Having him create a magical new world …
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A lawyer for Britney Spears warned that the singer would not perform again as long as she remained under the conservatorship of her father, James Spears. The judge overseeing the Los Angeles case declined to suspend the conservatorship — which has been in place over the 38-year-old pop singer for …
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The War on Drugs have released their cover of Warren Zevon’s “Accidentally Like a Martyr,” set to appear on the group’s upcoming live album, Live Drugs, out November 20th via Super High Quality Records. “Accidentally Like a Martyr” is a natural fit for the War on Drugs, who capture the …
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