‘I’ve never felt this depth of love’: Emeli Sandé on coming out, race and making music again | Emeli Sandé

Emeli Sandé performs Read All About It at the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics.

I remember, as everyone does, Emeli Sandé performing at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics. She sang Abide With Me so seriously, and yet so joyfully, she looked as though there were some kind […]

Annie Lennox’s 30 greatest songs – ranked! | Annie Lennox

Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart in San Francisco while on tour in the US in 1983.

30 Annie Lennox – Downtown Lights (1995) Amid the marquee-name covers on Medusa – Bob Marley, Al Green, Procul Harum – lurks this gorgeous take on the Blue Nile’s masterpiece of careworn romance. You could […]

‘Winning Time’ HBO: Magic Johnson, Nike and Phil Knight explained

A man in a suit examines a Nike high-top shoe.

Listen to this episode of Binge Sesh Sure, the best professional athletes pull in salaries to match. But to find the real money in sports, you need to look someplace else: endorsements. In Episode 7 […]

‘Winning Time’ HBO: The real story of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar shoots a sky hook over Benoit Benjamin

Listen to this episode of Binge Sesh There may be no figure in Lakers history more misunderstood than Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. And “Winning Time” tries to correct, or at least complicate, the record. In Episode 5 […]

UCLA announces ambitious “Hip Hop Initiative” with Chuck D

A rapper performs in front of an American flag

Two years ago at the California African American Museum in downtown Los Angeles, three titans of East Coast rap converged for a roundtable: influential “Paid in Full” rapper Rakim; Public Enemy’s cofounder Chuck D; and […]

Catching up with Brent Hayden: Tokyo Olympic Games, ‘Comeback Swimmer’ of the Year – Games Archives – Digital Journal

Brent Hayden

Shared from www.digitaljournal.com. Brent Hayden. Photo Credit: Mine Kasapoglu, ISL Canadian swimmer Brent Hayden chatted with Digital Journal’s Markos Papadatos about his experience at the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games, and his latest endeavors, which include […]

How Fred Roggin of NBC4 makes the most of Super Bowl Sunday

How Fred Roggin of NBC4 makes the most of Super Bowl Sunday

Shared from www.latimes.com Talk with Fred Roggin about what it’s been like covering major sports for more than four decades, and it becomes clear that the NBC4 sports anchor has pretty much seen it all […]

Red Carpet Author On Tricky Intersection Between Hollywood And China – Deadline

Red Carpet Author On Tricky Intersection Between Hollywood And China – Deadline

Shared from deadline.com Wall Street Journal reporter Erich Schwartzel’s book, Red Carpet: Hollywood, China and the Global Battle for Cultural Supremacy, warns in its prologue: “China’s pressure on Hollywood and its own entertainment industry have […]

What’s on TV Thursday: NFL Honors; Winter Olympics on NBC

What's on TV Thursday: NFL Honors; Winter Olympics on NBC

Shared from www.latimes.com The prime-time TV grid is on hiatus in print. You can find more TV coverage at: latimes.com/whats-on-tv. SERIES Jeopardy! National College Championship (N) 8 p.m. ABC Joe Millionaire: For Richer or Poorer […]

‘The Endgame’ review: Morena Baccarin stars in NBC’s latest ‘The Blacklist’-like drama

'The Endgame' review: Morena Baccarin stars in NBC's latest 'The Blacklist'-like drama

Shared from www.cnn.com Like “The Blacklist” (which has lingered past its expiration date), the series opens with Baccarin’s Elena Federova, an international arms trafficker with just a tuch of a Natasha Fatale accent and plenty […]