Kelly Clarkson led an all-star ensemble to sing her 2004 hit “Since U Been Gone” for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Mumford & Sons, Rachel Brosnahan, Shaquille O’Neal, Meghan Trainor, John Oliver, Anthony Anderson, the Roots and Fallon all took turns belting the tune. Each participant donned headphones and …
Read More »Mitt Romney Has Logged On
Mitt Romney, the former — and potentially future — Republican presidential candidate marked his arrival as Utah senator with an op-ed published in the Washington Post that wasn’t too kind to President Trump. “A president should demonstrate the essential qualities of honesty and integrity, and elevate the national discourse with …
Read More »Will Radiohead Show Up? And Other Burning Rock Hall Questions
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s class of 2019 is one of the more intriguing line-ups in recent years, with American stalwarts Janet Jackson and Stevie Nicks joined by a wide range of British bands: Radiohead, the Cure, the Zombies, Roxy Music and Def Leppard. But will Radiohead — …
Read More »The Year in Movies 2018: Infinity Wars, Reborn Stars and the Netflix Blues Explosion
You hear the water before you see it — a slight splashing sound happening somewhere outside the frame, the camera trained on a floor. Then it rushes in, covering the tiles like the tide. A square patch of sunlight is reflected in the soapy puddle; we see a plane, tiny …
Read More »Watch Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jimmy Fallon Sing Holiday Versions of Pop Hits
Lin-Manuel Miranda joined Jimmy Fallon for some holiday cheer as the duo parodied tracks from artists like Migos, Ed Sheeran, Ariana Grande and Cardi B with Christmas-themed lyrics. After Miranda appeared onstage and mentioned he had an idea, Fallon asked, “Are you saying that we should sing a medley of …
Read More »Neil Young Decries 'Massive F-ckup' Around Bob Dylan Hyde Park Show
Neil Young is furious with the organizers of the massive concert that he’s scheduled to play in London’s Hyde Park alongside Bob Dylan on July 12th, 2019. The show was announced nearly two weeks ago and tickets are already on-sale, but in a post on his Neil Young Archives website, …
Read More »Mueller's Michael Flynn Sentencing Memo Should Sound the Alarm for Trump
Last December, Michael Flynn, the retired general and national security adviser to President Trump, pleaded guilty to lying to federal agents about his communications with Russia‘s ambassador to the United States while he was working for Trump’s transition team. He’s since been cooperating with the special counsel’s office. A lot. …
Read More »Jeff Tweedy on Addiction, Parenting and the 'Embarrassing' Reason He Grew His Hair
Jeff Tweedy thought Wilco’s 2004 album, A Ghost Is Born, would be his last. At the time, his addiction to Vicodin and his lifelong anxiety issues had spiraled so far out of control that on tour he routinely fell asleep in his bathtub without being sure he’d wake up. He …
Read More »The U.S. Needs to Decriminalize Drug Possession Now
More and more Americans agree that people with drug problems “deserve treatment, not punishment,” that “we can’t incarcerate our way out of the drug problem,” and that it’s a waste of taxpayer resources to keep locking up people whose only offense is possessing drugs for their own use. But there’s …
Read More »Stacey Abrams: The Exit Interview
Stacey Abrams still had options. As late as Friday morning, her campaign was considering multiple legal paths to challenging the certification of her Republican opponent in the Georgia gubernatorial race, Brian Kemp,. Abrams could have pushed for a new election in Georgia, an unprecedented step. Late Friday afternoon, Abrams gave …
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