As David Byrne‘s Broadway musical American Utopia wraps its current run, the producers have announced that the production will return to the Hudson Theatre for 17 weeks from September 18th, 2020 through January 17th, 2021. An opening date has yet to be announced, although tickets for all shows are on …
Read More »Visual-Effects Organization Slams Mocking 'Cats' Segment at Oscars
On Monday, the Visual Effects Society released a statement condemning James Corden and Rebel Wilson’sCats segment at the 2020 Oscars ceremony this past Sunday. When presenting the Academy Award for Outstanding Visual Effects on Sunday night, the two actors walked out onstage dressed as their Cats characters and openly mocked …
Read More »How to Fix Democrats' Busted Primary
As primary season continues, troubling questions and palpable dismay linger on the minds of many voters. The same tired fights of 2016 are playing out yet again four years later, as Donald Trump’s approval rating creeps higher while the Democratic unity looks like a pipe dream. Defeating Trump was always …
Read More »Beyond Bourbon Street: How New Orleans is Pushing Musical Tradition into the Future
In our new series, we look at eight cities where live music has exploded — from legendary hubs like Chicago and Nashville, to rising hot spots like Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Portland, Maine. The latest? New Orleans, where Bourbon Street is only the beginning. Here’s a guide to secret spots, dive …
Read More »Why Tulsa Might Be the Next Austin
In our new series, we look at eight cities where live music has exploded — from legendary hubs like New Orleans and Nashville and Chicago, to rising hot spots like Raleigh, North Carolina and Portland, Maine. The latest: Tulsa, where history, social consciousness and barroom jamming make it one of …
Read More »Eminem Defends 'Music to Be Murdered By' in Open Letter
Eminem‘s latest album,Music to Be Murdered By, at times leaned heavily on one of the rapper’s time-honored attributes: a dependence on shock value. In its two most attention-grabbing moments, he raps from the perspective of the Las Vegas gunman who killed 58 people in 2017 (“Darkness”), and throws in an …
Read More »How an Obscure Sample From an Argentine Rock Band Ended Up on Eminem's New LP
“Eminem wants to sample our dad,” Catarina Spinetta told her siblings. It was a mid-October day and they were celebrating their sister Vera’s birthday. “We we were just surprised,” she adds. It all started in September 2019, when they were contacted by Eminem’s label, Shady Records, along with Peermusic and …
Read More »Mar-a-Lago Guests and Israel Had More Prior Knowledge of Strike on Soleimani Than Democratic Leaders
Days ahead of the assassination of high-ranking Iranian military and intelligence official Gen. Qasem Soleimani, President Donald Trump was dropping hints to guests at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, telling them to expect something “big” very “soon” in Iraq. “He kept saying, ‘You’ll see,’” a source who was at Mar-a-Lago …
Read More »5 Biggest Moments of 2010s' True-Crime Boom
The 2010s was the decade that our collective interest in true crime boiled over into a full-on obsession. From the wrongly accused to sympathetic killers we want to be wrongly accused, we’ve been enthralled with any documentary, podcast, or book that treads the dark side of human nature. But over …
Read More »Ozzy Osbourne Goes Behind the Bender in 'Under the Graveyard' BTS Clip
Ozzy Osbourne unveiled a new behind-the-scenes video that delves into the making of his new video for “Under the Graveyard.” The semi-autobiographical clip stars Jack Kilmer as a young Ozzy, who, in 1979, goes on a brutal bender in a West Hollywood hotel and is dragged back from the abyss …
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