This post contains spoilers for “The Sin,” episode three of The Mandalorian, which I reviewed here. Deborah Chow got to be part of Star Wars history in two ways this week — one more official than the other. By helming “The Sin,” the latest installment of Disney+‘s The Mandalorian, Chow …
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The Black Keys performed on the big stage Monday night on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, playing two tracks from their latest album “Let’s Rock” as part of Kimmel’s Mercedes-Benz Concert Series. Guitarist/vocalist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney breezed through renditions of “Lo/Hi” and “Go” for the Kimmel audience, their first late-night appearance since …
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Former New York City Assistant District Attorney Linda Fairstein found her record under question after Felicity Huffman portrayed her in When They See Us, the Ava DuVernay-directed Netflix series about the Central Park Five. Her decades of work in the sex crimes unit were the inspiration for Law & Order: …
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The Raconteurs’ October 2019 gigs in Tulsa — and Jack White and Brendan Benson’s first-ever gig together in Detroit in 1999 — are the focus of the latest release from the Third Man Records’ Vault. Live in Tulsa captures highlights from the Raconteurs’ three-night stand at Tulsa’s Cain Ballroom — …
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Old Dominion and Brothers Osborne had a running joke on Twitter for a while about being mistaken for the other. Apparently it’s easy to confuse bands with duos in country music — even if their sounds couldn’t be more different. “It still happens,” says Old Dominion’s singer Matthew Ramsey, calling …
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Update Thurs., Oct. 24, 2019: Police have confirmed that the 39 victims were Chinese nationals. In a statement, the Chinese embassy said: “We read with a heavy heart the reports about the death of 39 people in Essex, England. We are in close contact with the British police to seek …
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Toto wrapped up the final show of their 40 Trips Around the Sun tour at Philadelphia’s Metropolitan Opera House on Sunday night, and, according to guitarist Steve Lukather, it’s going to be their last performance for quite some time. “I don’t know what the future-future’s gonna be, but I do …
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“Brazen Orwellian doublespeak” — that’s what the Green Party is saying in response to Hillary Clinton’s accusation that their 2016 candidate, Dr. Jill Stein, is “totally” a “Russian asset.” “Clinton has spent her entire career as an asset of Wall Street, the police state and war — the real dangers …
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It’s the day after Metallica played a stunning concert with the San Francisco Symphony at the city’s enormous new Chase Center, and guitarist Kirk Hammett is letting his hair down in a tank top at his favorite restaurant in Sonoma, California. He’s here for a photo shoot for an upcoming …
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In September 2018, Spotify announced a new “Global Cultures Initiative,” hoping to increase intercontinental musical exchange, and, ideally, transform more local non-Western hits into global phenomena. “We have launched numerous high-profile playlists and programs in the recent past,” Rocio Guerrero, then Head of Global Cultures at Spotify, said in September …
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