Amy Winehouse‘s style will be the focus of an upcoming museum exhibit and auction that will feature some of the late singer’s most iconic outfits. “Beyond Black — The Style of Amy Winehouse,” coming to the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles in January, includes the dress Winehouse wore during her …
Read More »Ex-Model Sues Harvey Weinstein for Sexual Assault
Kaja Sokola, a former teen model, is suing Harvey Weinstein over an alleged sexual assault she claims took place when she was 16. The lawsuit, obtained by Rolling Stone, also names Weinstein’s brother, Robert, his former studio, Miramax, and its newest owner, Disney, as defendants. Sokola claims that she met …
Read More »'The Far Side' Returns With Updated Website and (Potentially) New Comics
After a 25-year hibernation, the beloved comic strip The Far Side returned Tuesday with a revamped website, unseen sketches and the promise of new comics in the future. In September, cartoonist Gary Larson hinted on the long-dormant Far Side website that the comic would reappear in 2019 in some capacity; …
Read More »John Mulaney, David Byrne Mix Song and Dance, Science Experiments in 'Sack Lunch Bunch' Trailer
Noted adult John Mulaney corrals a slew of guest stars for song-and-dance numbers, science experiments, and more in the new trailer for his upcoming children’s special, John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch, out December 24th via Netflix. The new show harks back to a bygone age of children’s television, …
Read More »'The Irishman': Martin Scorsese's Mob Epic Feels Like a Career Capper
“As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.” Everyone who’s seen Goodfellas at least a dozen times and can practically quote it from memory — virtually everyone who’s seen Goodfellas, in other words — knows what comes right before Ray Liotta says the line: …
Read More »Rand Paul's Defense of Trump on Corruption Goes Down in Flames During Contentious Interview
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) told CNN’s Jake Tapper that President Donald Trump should not be impeached because Trump is dedicated to rooting out corruption, and his motives for holding up the military funding to Ukraine were centered around those concerns. In his response, however, Tapper schooled the congressman in the …
Read More »Harry Styles Reveals the Secrets Behind 'Fine Line'
Harry Styles twirls in the center of the floor of the L.A. Forum, dancing wildly to his new song “Golden.” The venue is deserted. It’s Thursday afternoon, just a few hours before the release of his hotly awaited second album, Fine Line. He’s rehearsing for Friday night’s big album-release celebration …
Read More »Great Grandpa's Peaceful, Easy Folk-Rock Feeling
When Pat Goodwin brought an acoustic guitar onstage at a sold-out Great Grandpa show in Brooklyn this past fall, one audience member responded by shouting “Free Bird!” “I wish we fucking played ‘Free Bird!’” Goodwin told the crowd. “I really don’t,” said lead singer/bassist Alex Menne. Acoustic guitars are still …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Human Impact, 'November'
Although it will never get the same hipster cred as Seattle grunge or the diehard fan base of Florida death metal, the New York noise-rock scene that gestated in the Reagan era is just as important to the development of today’s underground music as its Eighties contemporaries. Human Impact, a …
Read More »Camila Cabello's Early Songwriting Efforts Were 'So Bad,' She Says
Camila Cabello was Zane Lowe’s latest guest on Apple’s New Music Daily; she was in the studio to discuss her new songs, her boyfriend Shawn Mendes and an embarrassing track she wrote for Rihanna. “[I] would write when I was like 16 to instrumentals of other songs,” she said of …
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