Robert Evans, the legendary Paramount Pictures exec and consummate Hollywood producer behind films like Chinatown and Marathon Man, died on Saturday, October 26th, Variety reported. He was 89. A representative for Evans confirmed his death, though no cause or location was given; The New York Times reported that Evans died …
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Gordon Ramsay, the English chef who is almost as well-known for his creative cursing as his restaurants, made an unexpected appearance at the top of Spotify’s U.S. viral chart recently. Ramsay owes his musical moment to a pair of rapper-producers from Baytown, Texas: 19-year-old HL Wave and 21-year-old Jhonny Flames, …
Read More »With Shep Smith Gone, Is Fox News' Transition to Propaganda Complete?
With veteran Fox News host Shepard Smith’s surprise announcement that he’s leaving the network on Friday, can it still be argued that the network is anything but a propaganda machine for President Donald Trump, in the same way Russia’s RT “news” network bends to the will of Russian President Vladimir …
Read More »Billy Ray Cyrus Says Country Radio Is Rejecting His Song for Being 'Too Country'
This summer Billy Ray Cyrus had an inescapable pop-culture hit. This week, his new country single can barely get arrested. When “Chevys and Fords” was shipped to radio for airplay consideration (“going for adds” in country-radio parlance), only six stations who report to monitoring service Mediabase put it into rotation. …
Read More »How Charli XCX Wrote Her First Album in Six Years
To say Charli XCX took a six-year “break” between her sophomore breakthrough Sucker and her latest, Charli, is a little misleading. Over those six years, the “Blame It on Your Love” singer released two lauded mixtapes, an EP, and a few singles. She also stayed busy writing songs for other …
Read More »RS Charts: Post Malone's 'Circles' Debuts at Number One
Post Malone‘s “Circles” dethroned Lizzo’s “Truth Hurts” and debuted at the top of the RS 100 this week. The single, which Malone co-produced with Frank Dukes and longtime collaborator Louis Bell, earned more than 23 million streams and more than 29,000 downloads. The Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart tracks …
Read More »Former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford Will Take on Trump for GOP Nomination
On Sunday, Former South Carolina governor Mark Sanford announced that he will challenge President Donald Trump for the 2020 Republican nomination. Sanford made the announcement on Fox News Sunday, telling host Chris Wallace that one of the reasons he is running is because “the Republican Party has lost its way.” …
Read More »Lou Reed's Lyric Book to Feature Intros by Laurie Anderson, Martin Scorsese
Lou Reed‘s first expansive book of lyrics, which has been out of print for years, will be reissued by Faber & Faber on November 7th. I’ll be Your Mirror: Collected Lyrics will feature introductions by Reed’s widow Laurie Anderson, Martin Scorsese and James Atlas, as well as the lyrics to …
Read More »How Kacey Musgraves Revived a Quiet Los Angeles Photo Shop
When Kacey Musgraves stopped by the half-shuttered building advertising one-hour photos on the outskirts of L.A.’s Koreatown neighborhood Saturday night, owner Tom Tuong thought it was just another customer coming in for portraits. Sandwiched between a pet store and discount hardware store, Tom’s 1 Hour Photo isn’t exactly the type …
Read More »'Lady and the Tramp': See First Trailer for Disney+ Live-Action Remake
Disney shared the first trailer for their live-action remake of the classic 1955 animated film Lady and the Tramp Friday at the company’s D23 convention. The movie will be among the exclusives available when the Disney+ streaming service launches November 12th. “In Disney+’s Lady and the Tramp, a timeless re-telling …
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