Singer-songwriter Ned LeDoux has a surefire trick for trying to get his baby daughter to calm down when she’s crying: just cue up some cowboy music and wait for tales of the range to work their magic. “Anytime she’s throwing a fit, I’ll just turn on some Don Edwards,” he …
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Charles Manson, the cult leader of the Manson family who masterminded the Tate-LaBianca killings of 1969 and one of the most reviled and fascinating figures in American pop culture, died Sunday night, CBS Los Angeles reports. He was 83. Manson had been rushed to a Bakersfield, California hospital from Corcoran …
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Green Day pay homage to John Carpenter‘s sci-fi classic They Live in the band’s new video for “Back in the USA,” one of two new tracks on theirjust-released greatest hits collection God’s Favorite Band. The video opens with Billie Joe Armstrong living a sterilized, black-and-white Fifties sitcom existence until a …
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While much of the focus on the NFL this season has been on the African-American quarterback who is not in the league, it is also important to give attention to the ones who are. As much as Colin Kaepernick deserves to be on a team based on his talent, we …
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Members of California rock band Eagles of Death Metal played a brief, surprise set in Paris Monday honoring the victims and survivors of the Bataclan terrorist attack two years ago. Singer Jesse Hughes and guitarist Dave Catching performed a solemn cover of Duran Duran’s “Save a Prayer” and their 2015 …
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The White House attempts to dissuade Roy Moore from running to Senate in Alabama in Saturday Night Live‘s cold open sketch that mocked the candidate who faces allegations that he had a sexual encounter with a 14-year-old when he was in his 30s. “It’s hard to convince people you’re not …
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Indie film distributor The Orchard has canceled the theatrical release of Louis C.K.‘s controversial new film I Love You, Daddy following a series of sexual misconduct allegations made against the acclaimed stand-up comedian/filmmaker. The company announced Friday in a statement that it “will not be moving forward with the release,” …
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Kelly Clarkson has unveiled a cover of Prince’s “Kiss” and a new version of her song “Love So Soft.” The tunes were recorded at Spotify Studios in New York as Spotify singles. The pair of songs build on Clarkson’s soulful bent found on her recent release and pair well together, …
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Until David Yaffe’s Reckless Daughter: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell, Mitchell had never before cooperated with previous biographers. And based on the interviews she gave Yaffe for his book, the legendary singer-songwriter seems eager to finally spew. One-time lover James Taylor was “broody and moody … incapable of a relationship.” …
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The titillatingFifty Shades franchise returns with a new trailer for the final installment, Fifty Shades Freed. The erotic thriller – with all the requisite violence, kink and intrigue – comes out February 9th, 2018, just ahead of Valentine’s Day. The trailer opens with newlyweds Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan) and Anastasia …
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