St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital aims to fill the void of an empty summer with a new online festival. Music Gives: Together #forStJude assembles musicians and chefs for a virtual fundraiser in support of the Memphis medical institution, streaming Thursday afternoon on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook. While country music …
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In the fall of 2018, Angel Olsen left behind her life in Asheville, North Carolina, and traveled across the country to the most remote place she could find. To hear her tell it, there wasn’t much to leave: She’d just gotten out of a five-year relationship, which also spelled the …
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Singer and activist Deon Jones was taking part in a peaceful protest in Los Angeles after the killing of George Floyd when a police officer fired a rubber bullet at his face from close range. Had the projectile hit him an inch lower, it could’ve blinded him — an inch …
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I broke into television criticism because of my love for a show about a racist, sexist, alcoholic cop who used the N-word and beat confessions out of suspects. I’ve been thinking about that a lot over the past few months. Related: 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time In the …
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Two weeks after Kylie Minogue released her new song “Say Something,” the singer has paired the single with a sparkling video directed by Sophie Muller. Keeping with the Disco theme of her new album and song’s lyrics, the visual finds Minogue and her dancers grooving to “Say Something” in front …
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For a few years, there was no more thrilling guitar player in the Broadway honky-tonks than Daniel Donato. The fresh-faced kid — he was just 16 — was the sharpshooting sideman in the Don Kelley Band, commanding tips from tourists four nights a week at Nashville hot spot Robert’s Western …
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Pete Hamill — the celebrated journalist, novelist, columnist, and a titan of the New YorkCity tabloid and journalism world — died Wednesday morning, the New York Times reports. He was 85. Hamill died after his kidneys and heart failed while in the hospital, his brother, journalist Denis Hamill, confirmed. Hamill …
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Former White House photographer Pete Souza recounts his professional journey and political awakening in the new trailer for The Way I See It, which is set to arrive in theaters this September. Souza is perhaps best known for serving as the Chief Official White House Photographer for Barack Obama, although …
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Two days after reuniting with Porno for Pyros, Perry Farrell reconvened with Jane’s Addiction as part of the Lolla2020 livestream, a four-day virtual event taking place over the same long weekend as the COVID-cancelled Lollapalooza 2020. Performing from a Los Angeles soundstage surrounded by video screens — just the band’s …
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This piece is part of our ongoing coverage of the 20th anniversary of Almost Famous. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Almost Famous, we recently reunited writer/director Cameron Crowe with stars Kate Hudson (who played “Band Aid” Penny Lane), Billy Crudup (who played Russell Hammond, lead guitarist of the fictional …
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