Zooey Deschanel gets accidentally abducted by aliens in Katy Perry‘s video for “Not the End of the World” when the little green men (and women) mistake her for the pop star. The song comes off her most recent album, Smile. Perry reportedly came up with the idea while on maternity …

When the pandemic first hit, most of us imagined that it would be a few weeks or maybe a few months before the situation would resolve. We put our heads down and adapted to our new work and social realities the best we could. We figured it was annoying but …

This post contains spoilers for The Flight Attendant, whose finale is now available on HBO Max. Back when I used to travel to places in the before time, I would greet the sound of the plane’s wheels touching down on the runway with an exhalation and a little smile. I …

ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons will livestream his sixth annual all-star Jungle Show concert from Austin, Texas, this New Year’s Eve. For the past four years, Gibbons has convened this once-a-year blues supergroup with Jimmie Vaughan, Mike Flanigin, Sue Foley, and Chris Layton to play a couple of special gigs at …

Chester Bennington met his first wife, Samantha, when he was 19 and she was 22. A few years later, he auditioned for Linkin Park and their lives quickly changed. The couple had a son, Draven, in 2002, but ultimately, they weren’t able to work as a couple and divorced in …

So, How Was Your 2020? is a series in which our favorite entertainers answer our questionnaire about the music, culture and memorable moments that shaped their year. We’ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December. Jehnny Beth, the erstwhile frontwoman for noise-punks Savages, broke out with a solo album, To …

Three of the five Grammys 2021 nominees for Best Children’s Album have requested to be removed from consideration in the category due to the lack of diversity, as Pitchfork reports. Alastair Moock & Friends, the Okee Dokee Brothers, and Dog on Fleas shared their letter addressed to the Recording Academy …

Update, Sat. Dec. 12th, 4:15 pm: This story has been updated to include the FDA and CDC approval of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine. On Friday, December 11th — two days after the single deadliest day of the Covid-19 pandemic in the U.S. so far — the Food and Drug Administration …

In February 2016, Jamey Johnson arrived at the Cash Cabin Studio in Hendersonville, Tennessee, to transform a Johnny Cash sketch into a full-fledged song. The result of that session arrives Thursday with the Rolling Stone Country premiere of “California Poem,” one of a number of new tracks on a deluxe …

The National Rifle Association is accusing its former top lobbyist of fleecing the organization of more than $1 million from 2015 to 2019. The allegation that Chris Cox benefited from extravagant, unauthorized expenses that were charged to the nonprofit appears in a tax document filed by the NRA in November …