Ariana Grande will temporarily return to acting to make an appearance on Jim Carrey‘s Showtime seriesKidding. The singer also makes a brief cameo in the trailer for Kidding Season 2, which premieres November 3rd. Kidding stars Carrey as a children’s television host named Mr. Pickles, who struggles to juggle his …

East Tennessee native Dolly Parton is the focus of an upcoming podcast series by former Nashville resident Jad Abumrad, who co-hosts the popular public radio series Radiolab with Robert Krulwich. Titled Dolly Parton’s America, the nine-part series arrives this fall and looks at what Parton’s storybook life reveals about the …

A$AP Rocky pleaded not guilty to assault charges in Sweden during his opening trial date in Stockholm, Sweden on Tuesday. The rapper and two other individuals, Bladimir Emilio Corniel and David Tyrone Rispers, have been charged with assault for allegedly throwing a man, 19-year-old Mustafa Jafari, across a street during …

When Kristen DiAngelo was younger and doing sex work, police officers would routinely do big sweeps of areas known to be frequented by sex workers. “Cops would roll up. They’d grab your purse and dump it out. They’d look at your arms for track marks. They’d look through your pockets,” …

UPDATE 2 (10/11): Katy Perry, her collaborators and Capitol Records have appealed the previous July verdict that ruled that she improperly copied a beat from Marcus Gray aka Flame for her hit “Dark Horse.” Documents were filed in a California court on October 9th. UPDATE:A jury has found that Katy …

Kermit the Frog made an unannounced appearance at the Newport Folk Festival, where he shared a rendition of his classic tune “Rainbow Connection.” The iconic muppet was backed by a band that included Janet Weiss on the drums and later invited My Morning Jacket singer Jim James onstage to duet …

Former special counsel Robert Mueller issued several reminders during his testimony before Congress on Wednesday. Russia wanted to put in Trump in the White House in 2016, he said, which we already knew. We also knew that Trump’s campaign welcomed this help, that Trump made concerted efforts to impede the …

Jamaican singer-songwriter Protoje attributes his unique sound — a hip-hop/reggae fusion — to hip-hop’s “flow and patterns,” which influenced his music taste at a young age. In the latest installment of Rolling Stone’s “The First Time,” he cites Kanye West and producer Just Blaze as inspirations for his distinct style …

Joe Keery is best known as Steve Harrington, a.k.a. the guy with the hair, on Netflix series Stranger Things. But the actor is also part of musical project Djo, which has dropped its debut single “Roddy.” On the track, Keery, who previously played in Chicago band Post Animal, takes on …

Blondie have performed many covers throughout the years, including the Doors’ “Break On Through (To the Other Side)”, the Beatles’ “Please Please Me” and their Number One hit “The Tide is High,” originally recorded by the Paragons. However, since kicking off their co-headlining tour with Elvis Costello and the Imposters …