SAG-AFTRA Cancels Thursday & Friday Pickets In NYC Amid “Extreme Heat” – Deadline

SAG-AFTRA

It’s still hot out there in much of the country, and SAG-AFTRA told its members today that picket lines in New York City have been canceled for the next two days. “Stay safe, stay cool, […]

Kenzie on Loving 10 Things I Hate About You: Spark Parade

Kenzie on Loving 10 Things I Hate About You: Spark Parade

Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Singer and actor Kenzie was home-schooled, so she didn’t have a typical high school experience. As a result, teen movies struck a particularly impactful chord — and 10 […]

How Sinéad O’Connor’s ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ upstaged Prince and changed rock

Sinéad O'Connor in her "Nothing Compares 2 U" video.

It’s hard not to hear “Nothing Compares 2 U” — the unparalleled breakup ballad that turned Sinéad O’Connor’s tears into a chart-topping triumph — in an even more heartbreaking way today. Indeed — after the […]

‘Everyone wanted to get one over on Thatcher’ – the artists who raided the Enterprise Allowance Scheme | Arts funding

Thatcher’s Britain begins … the Tory leader in 1983.

In the summer of 1983, British politics was in a fractious place. In June, Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government roared to re-election after victory in the Falklands, eviscerating Michael Foot’s Labour party. Within weeks, new chancellor […]

Elliott Wilson Explains His Spicy Journalism Style

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Elliott Wilson has been a trending topic this week, thanks largely to a simmering beef with Drake sparked by the veteran journalist critiquing the Toronto rapper for doing interviews outside of the culture. The comment […]

Ryan Gosling’s ‘Push’ cover in ‘Barbie’ stuns Matchbox Twenty’s Rob Thomas

Matchbox Twenty frontman Rob Thomas sings directly into a microphone onstage.

His song was used to “Push” the plot forward in “Barbie” — and Rob Thomas loves it. Matchbox Twenty’s frontman weighed in on the inclusion of 1996’s “Push” in the new “Barbie” movie — admitting […]

Matchbox Twenty Singer Calls ‘Barbie’ Version Of Their Song ‘Hilarious’

Singer/songwriter Rob Thomas in New York City on Feb. 20, 2019.

Warning: This article contains mild spoilers for “Barbie”! Rocker Rob Thomas loves being part of the “Barbie” world. The lead singer of Matchbox Twenty spoke to USA Today about the group’s song “Push” and its […]

Slash grateful for Michael Jackson letting him ‘do his thing’ on collaborations – Music News

Slash grateful for Michael Jackson letting him 'do his thing' on collaborations - Music News

Slash says his collaborations with Michael Jackson “probably would’ve never happened” if he had been pushed into “conforming” into a certain style. The 58-year-old musician collaborated with the late King of Pop – who died […]

Cage Match Trailer Stars Joel McHale

Michael Cripe

The red band trailer for Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match is here, revealing an animated spinoff movie dripping with ‘80s flavor and a solid cast. The straight-to-disc release stars Community’s Joel McHale as the green-glowing […]

New The Marvels Trailer Makes It Look Like One of the Good Films

Matthew Razak

The post-Endgame Marvel Cinematic Universe may be struggling to find its feet and audience, but Marvel seems to be coming out swinging with its next film effort, The Marvels. The new, official The Marvels trailer just […]

‘On reflection, it’s very uncool’: readers’ scrapbooks of pop fandom | Music

Simon Davis’ metal scrapbook.

‘I heard Roxy Music at a Scouts gathering and was hooked’ I was obsessed with Roxy Music as a teenager. I heard their first two albums at a Scouts gathering and was hooked. Every week, […]

Transformers’ G.I. Joe crossover movie is firmly a Transformers sequel

Anthony Ramos as Noah crouching aron asphalt as a car burns behind him in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

Transformers producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura knows how to roll the dice. During a tenure as an executive at Warner Bros. Pictures, he snatched up the film rights to Harry Potter and threw an exorbitant budget […]

Vanilla Ice drags Miranda Lambert live after fan’s selfie embarrassment

Vanilla Ice aka Robert Matthew Van Winkle

The “Ice Ice Baby” rapper got real cold with the country star. Rapper Vanilla Ice threw some shade at country star Miranda Lambert after she slammed a pair of fans for taking a selfie during […]

Yellowjackets Season 2 Soundtrack Set for Release, Featuring New Alanis Morissette Song

Yellowjackets Season 2 Soundtrack Set for Release Featuring New Alanis Morissette Song

The soundtrack for the second season of the hit Showtime series Yellowjackets has been announced. It arrives on CD and digitally on September 1, via Universal Music Canada, with 2xLP vinyl editions to follow in […]

The irrepressible joy of Tony Bennett

Tony Bennett with his Grammy Award in 1994.

Can a singer smile with his voice? Tony Bennett sure could. As instantly identifiable as any in pop music, Bennett’s voice was a source of warmth and welcoming, of quick wit and steady wisdom — […]

‘From the dancefloor to the ballot box’: how house music helped Labour win a landslide in 1997 | Music

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It’s late in the evening on election night 1997, shortly after the enormity of the result has become clear; former Labour leader Neil Kinnock, under whom the party had begun its “long trek back towards […]