Continuing an annual tradition that he started while president, Barack Obama has shared his list of his favorite films and television shows from 2019. Obama’s diverse list includes Best Picture frontrunners like Marriage Story, The Irishman and Little Women, indie favorites like Booksmart, The Farewell and The Last Black Man …
Read More »This Is How Fox News and Trump Create a Vicious Cycle of Conspiracy Theories
Sean Hannity might not be employed by the White House as an adviser to President Donald Trump, but he might as well be, considering the undue influence the Fox News channel host has over our president. A new, extensive report from Media Matters for America, a nonprofit, left-leaning news-media watchdog …
Read More »Trailers of the Week: 'Stage Fright,' 'The Preppy Murder,' 'The Turning'
Lost in Space Season 2 The Robinson family returns, only, something’s missing: their Robot. Between clips of unending sea and the depths of space (filmed in Iceland and Vancouver), the youngest Robinson, Will, pines for their missing comrade and resolves to find him, even if seems like a hopeless quest. …
Read More »'SNL' Tackles Trump Impeachment, Divided Nation in Christmas Dinner Cold Open
Saturday Night Live opened with a sketch that brought the political rift in the United States to the Christmas dinner table, with three very different families discussing the impeachment of Donald Trump and the 2020 election. The cold open, inspired by the stop-motion Christmas specials, also featured Kate McKinnon portraying …
Read More »Trump Says Giuliani Will Deliver Report on Ukraine and Biden to Attorney General and Congress
Like a serial killer returning to the scene of a crime, Rudy Giuliani has been in Ukraine recently, still digging for dirt on former vice president Joe Biden, even as Giuliani’s associates, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, are prosecuted for campaign finance fraud and the House conducts hearings and draws …
Read More »R. Kelly Faces Bribery Charge Linked to Illegal Aaliyah Marriage
UPDATE 12/18: R. Kelly pleaded not guilty to an additional federal charge that he bribed an official to obtain a fake ID in August 1994, Reuters reports. Kelly entered the plea via video to the Brooklyn courthouse from a Chicago prison, where the singer remains behind bars without bail. R. …
Read More »Def Leppard's Joe Elliott Wants to Bring a 'Mini-Festival' to Stadium Tour With Mötley Crüe
On any other day, Joe Elliott would be exhausted. He flew to Los Angeles from Dublin overnight, participated in a press conference where he announced the Stadium Tour — a supersized summit of Def Leppard, Poison, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and the newly reunited Mötley Crüe that will hit …
Read More »'Garth Brooks: The Road I'm On' Documentary: 12 Things We Learned
A&E’s two-night Biography event Garth Brooks: The Road I’m On dives headlong into the complicated psyche of the best-selling solo artist in U.S. history. With commentary from musical friends James Taylor, Billy Joel, and Keith Urban, and in-depth interviews with Brooks, his three daughters, ex-wife Sandy Mahl, and wife Trisha …
Read More »A Criminal Hacking Case Shows How Easy It Is to Steal Music
Music leaks won’t stop springing up. After a year of fake Beyoncé releases and botched Radiohead blackmail, a 27-year-old man was arrested for allegedly stealing more than 50 gigabytes of music from industry executives’ computers, all from logging into their online accounts. According to the indictment filed by U.S. authorities …
Read More »Eric Clapton Staging Ginger Baker Tribute Concert in London
Eric Clapton will honor Ginger Baker with a special tribute show at London’s Hammersmith Apollo on February 17th, 2020. No artists have been announced yet besides Clapton himself, but proceeds will benefit Leonard Cheshire, a charity close to the Baker family. Tickets will go on sale Friday November 29th on …
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