Chris Stapleton debuted the hard-charging “Arkansas” last year on his All-American Road Show Tour, often performing the song live with guests Brothers Osborne. On Friday, Stapleton released the studio version of the track, written with Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell. It’ll appear on Stapleton’s upcoming album Starting Over. Recorded with his …
Read More »Sam Smith Reveals Immersive Hologram Video for 'Diamonds' on Spotify
As Sam Smith gears up to release their new album Love Goes, the singer has released a 3D visual for “Diamonds” on Spotify. “Hello everyone, I have done something very exciting recently with Spotify,” they say in the clip. “I think this is the first time we’ve done this — …
Read More »'The Undoing': Nicole Kidman, Hugh Grant, and That Old Familiar Feeling
When Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, writer David E. Kelley, and friends all came together to make the first season of Big Little Lies, it was a television event, and one where the quality lived up to the star power in front of and behind the camera. Little of what anyone …
Read More »Nilüfer Yanya Is a Flight Attendant Braving Turbulence in 'Crash' Video
Nilüfer Yanya sings from 38,000 feet in the video for “Crash.” The track is off her upcoming EP Feeling Lucky? out December 11th via ATO Records. Co-written and produced by Nick Hakim, the song’s video features Yanya as a flight attendant on board a plane. (Neck scarf? Check. Pilot wings? …
Read More »Toto Reform With New Lineup, Plot 'Dogz of Oz' World Tour
Just one year after Toto announced their breakup following a gig in Philadelphia’s Metropolitan Opera House, the band has announced a reunion with a radically revised lineup. Founding guitarist Steve Lukather and long-time vocalist Joseph Williams are returning to the fold, but founding keyboardists Steve Porcaro and David Paich are …
Read More »Ice Cube Tries to Explain What in the Hell He Was Thinking
In the preface of the Contract With Black America that Ice Cube published in late August — amidst the ongoing global civil-rights uprising — professor and economist Darrick Hamilton wrote about what the 22-page document hoped to accomplish. Encouraged by the reinvigorated movement he’d seen around the world, Hamilton wrote …
Read More »Watch the Osbournes Go Ghost Hunting in 'Night of Terror' Trailer
Ozzy, Sharon, Kelly, and Jack Osbourne navigate darkened hallways in search of haunts in the trailer for the upcoming two-hour TV special, The Osbournes: Night of Terror. The family, of course, add their own spin on things. Channeling Poltergeist, Ozzy and Sharon exclaim, “Weee’re baaack,” at the start of the …
Read More »Justin Bieber's New Song Drops Friday, But You Can Hear It on Snapchat a Day Before
Snapchat hit the celebrity jackpot when it came time tolaunch its long-rumored new music feature, Sounds. In the wee hours of Thursday morning, a snippet of “Lonely,” Justin Bieber‘s not-yet-released single with producer Benny Blanco, became exclusively available in Snapchat’s “Featured Sounds” list — almost 24 hours before its official …
Read More »'Honest Thief' Review: Liam Neeson vs. Corrupt Feds — Guess Who Wins?
Going into any of Liam Neeson‘s middle-aged-man-is-tested action movies — there are now enough of them to constitute their own mini genre within his career — you may find yourself asking a few pre-viewing questions: What’s his profession, and which side of the law is it on? Does he have …
Read More »Elton John Struggles to Read His Own Memoir in Outtake From Audiobook Recording
The typically unflappable Elton John released an endearing video of him struggling to get through a sentence while narrating the new chapter he wrote for the paperback edition of his autobiography, Me. The chapter finds John recounting the past few years of his life, covering his biopic Rocketman and massive …
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