Calvin Johnson, the founder of K Records and bands like Beat Happening and the Halo Benders, unveiled a smoldering new song featuring Michelle Branch called “Kiss Me Sweetly.” The track will appear on the indie pop stalwart’s upcoming albumA Wonderful Beast, which the Black Keys‘ Patrick Carney produced and co-wrote. …
Read More »10 Most Insane 'Mission: Impossible' Stunts
When Mission: Impossible — Fallout opens on July 27th, it’ll be the sixth chapter in a blockbuster movie series that could also plausibly be called: “How will Tom Cruise try to kill himself this time?” Paramount teased the new movie with footage of the star piloting his own helicopter, for …
Read More »Punch Brothers' Chris Thile on New Album 'All Ashore,' Filming Latest Live Video
“There is a certain immortality in the change that another person effects on another person.” This is how singer-songwriter and mandolin player Chris Thile describes the meaning behind new song “Like It’s Going Out of Style,” the coda to the Punch Brothers’ latest album, All Ashore. It’s something he’s thought …
Read More »'Aquaman': Atlantis Declares War on 'Surface World' in Action-Packed First Trailer
The long-awaited first trailer for Aquaman, the latest installment in DC Cinematic Universe, arrived Saturday at San Diego’s Comic-Con. Following the character’s cameo in Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice and his role in the superhero team-up Justice League, the Aquaman preview provides the backstory of the half-man Atlantis prince. …
Read More »A Supreme Court Expert on Kavanaugh's Confirmation Chances and the Future of Roe v. Wade
Back in 2016 – after Justice Antonin Scalia died and Sen. Mitch McConnell successfully blocked hearings for his replacement –veteran Newsweek reporter David A. Kaplan set out to understand how the Supreme Court became so powerful and so polarized that control of a single seat could end up determining everything …
Read More »Hear Chance the Rapper's Four New Surprise Songs
Chance the Rapper said he would be releasing an album before Saturday, when he performs at the Special Olympics concert in his hometown of Chicago, but then rescinded it via tweet. Instead, late Wednesday he offered up about an EP’s worth of tracks. Earlier in the week, the rapper teased …
Read More »Stephen Colbert: Trump's Would/Wouldn't Flip Worthy of 'Lying Hall of Fame'
Stephen Colbert mocked President Trump after he sided with Russia over his own intelligence community in a joint press conference. “One day after his disastrous summit with Vladimir Putin, it is starting to dawn on some people: Trump may be a bad president,” Colbert said to open his Late Show …
Read More »The Hidden World of the Amazon
F or much of Sebastião Salgado’s four-decade career, the renowned Brazilian photojournalist captured indelible images of human catastrophe – famine, poverty, genocide. The brutality he witnessed eventually pushed him to seek the other extreme: pockets of the planet not yet spoiled by mankind, a project that brought him to the …
Read More »Hear Cole Swindell's New Song 'Love You Too Late'
Cole Swindell will release his new album All of It on August 17th, a record that, judging by the tracks he’s unveiled so far, indicates a more mature direction for the Georgia songwriter. “Love You Too Late” is the latest taste of the album, a road song for the one …
Read More »'Atlanta,' 'Game of Thrones' Lead 2018 Emmy Nominations
Atlanta and Game of Thrones dominated the 2018 Emmy nominations, notching 16 and 22 nods, respectively. Atlanta will look to score its first Outstanding Comedy Series win, while its star and creator, Donald Glover, is up for his second Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series trophy (he also picked …
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