Sha Na Na Singer Who Co-Wrote ‘Grease’ Song Was 75

Sha Na Na Singer Who Co-Wrote 'Grease' Song Was 75

“Screamin’ Scott” Simon, who played piano in the early-rock revival group Sha Na Na for more than a half-century and co-wrote the song “Sandy” that John Travolta crooned in Grease, died September 5 of sinus […]

What to Pack For Visiting Amsterdam in the Summer

What to Pack For Visiting Amsterdam in the Summer

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‘Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos’ examines creator of HBO drama

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It was a mere 25 years ago that “The Sopranos” debuted on HBO and set the clocks to zero on what some like to call television’s Platinum Age. Alex Gibney’s two-part scrapbook documentary “Wise Guy: […]

THUNDERMOTHER Announces ‘Dirty & Divine’ Album, Shares ‘So Close’ Music Video

THUNDERMOTHER Announces 'Dirty & Divine' Album, Shares 'So Close' Music Video

Two years since the release of THUNDERMOTHER‘s last studio album, “Black & Gold”, the Swedish quartet has revealed the first details of the follow-up effort, “Dirty & Divine”. It is slated for release on February […]

RICHIE KOTZEN Shares New Single ‘Insomnia’

RICHIE KOTZEN Announces 'Nomad' Album, Shares 'On The Table' Single

Guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Richie Kotzen will release his brand new solo studio album, titled “Nomad”, on September 27 via BMG. The effort will be available digitally, on CD and standard black vinyl. Richie […]

25 Best Workout Songs — Best Life

"Gimme More" by Britney Spears

Working out can really be a chore, especially if you’re not in the mood. But sometimes, all it takes is the right music to get you to stay on that treadmill, do a few more […]

How Toto held the line

How Toto held the line

Steve Lukather has lived in his house overlooking Studio City since 1979 — longer than you’d expect, perhaps, given that he bought the place before his band Toto exploded with its fourth album, 1982’s quadruple-platinum […]

HOUSE OF LORDS Announces New Album ‘Full Tilt Overdrive’

HOUSE OF LORDS Announces New Album 'Full Tilt Overdrive'

Hard rockers HOUSE OF LORDS will release their twelfth studio album, “Full Tilt Overdrive”, on October 11 via Frontiers Music Srl. Recorded and produced once again by the band’s singer and mastermind, James Christian along […]

Discover 15 Documentaries That Will Make You Instantly Smarter — Best Life

Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)

What is it that makes a documentary compelling? This unique and powerful medium of storytelling has an edge on fiction thanks to (hopefully) staying true to the subject matter, and being educational as well as […]

Writer-director Ziyu Luo Reveals ‘American Dream’ at HollyShorts

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What happens when generational dependency causes a pressurized role reversal that is both tender and heartbreaking when the child becomes the caretaker, and the mother becomes the dependent? Writer-director Ziyu Luo explores this intricate and […]

Solving Steve Martin doesn’t take that much guesswork

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Steve Martin had a bit of a scare this morning. It wasn’t “Saturday Night Live” producer Lorne Michaels calling to ask him to play Minnesota’s Gov. Tim Walz or anything related to his 2-year-old Nova […]

TONY LEVIN To Release ‘Bringing It Down To The Bass’ Album In September

TONY LEVIN To Release 'Bringing It Down To The Bass' Album In September

Tony Levin and Flatiron Recordings have announced a September 13 global release date for a new studio album titled “Bringing It Down To The Bass”. Today, they present the title track which can be previewed […]

Inside Bruno Mars’ opening-night gig at Inglewood’s new Intuit Dome

Inside Bruno Mars' opening-night gig at Inglewood's new Intuit Dome

It likely wasn’t the first time Bruno Mars played his song “Billionaire” in front of an actual billionaire. But as the pop-soul hitmaker sang about wanting to “buy all of the things I never had” […]