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 »'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 »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 »Blink-182 Get Bummed Out for the Holidays on 'Not Another Christmas Song'
Blink-182 cut through the merriment, joy and cheer with a delightful downer of a holiday anthem, “Not Another Christmas Song.” The track is mostly vintage Blink, with chugging pop-punk riffs during the verse opening up into a full-throated chorus — although there are some expertly placed sleigh bells in the …
Read More »Owsley Stanley's 'Sonic Journals': Inside the Tape Vault of a Psychedelic Legend
Owsley Stanley was known as the foremost underground LSD chemist of the 1960s. But he was also an exacting pioneer of live concert sound, a man who helped invent both monitor systems and high-fidelity amplification. When he died in 2011 at the age of 76, Stanley left behind a breathtaking …
Read More »A New Tool From Spotify Walks the Line Between Advertising and Pay-For-Play
At the end of October, Spotify introduced a new option for labels that allows them to pay to “drive incremental streams” for their artists. This is the centerpiece of an advertising initiative called Marquee. Labels can now purchase a pop-up ad prompting users to listen to Taylor Swift’s Lover, for …
Read More »See Will Ferrell's Gordon Sondland Admit Quid Pro Quo in 'SNL' Cold Open
Will Ferrell portrayed U.S. ambassador and impeachment hearings MVP Gordon Sondland alongside Alec Baldwin’s Donald Trump in Saturday Night Live’s latest cold open. The four-minute sketch mocked Trump’s tendency to conduct impromptu press conferences near the loud whir of a waiting helicopter, as well as the president’s now-infamous “I WANT …
Read More »Grammys 2020: Meet the Best New Artist Nominees
The Recording Academy revealed the full list of nominees for the 62nd annual Grammy Awards on Wednesday, with breakout stars Billie Eilish, Lizzo, and Lil Nas X leading with the most nominations — including nods for Best New Artist. For the second year in a row, the academy has nominated …
Read More »A Pack of Feral Hogs Sniffed Out a Cocaine Stash in Italy
A pack of feral hogs in Italy sniffed out, dug up, and destroyed a stash of cocaine buried in a forest in eastern Tuscany, the Italian edition of The Local reports. The stash was reportedly worth €20,000 (about $22,000) and had been left in a forest near the town of …
Read More »Lindsey Graham Has Run Out of Arguments for Defending Trump (Update: He Found a Dumb One)
Though Lindsey Graham has a history of advocating for Congress’ right to conduct oversight of the president, his fidelity to this particularly prickly section of the Constitution has its limits. As the House of Representatives has directed its investigative levers toward President Trump, few Republicans have cried foul as loudly …
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