Brittany Howard performed her shimmering soul ballad “Stay High” on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Thursday. The track boasts a simple but swooning groove, flecked with sparkling guitars and soft chimes, leaving plenty of space for Howard’s vocals. Backed by a trio of singers, the Alabama Shakes frontwoman showed …
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A little more than an hour after Elizabeth Warren wrapped up a speech in front of an estimated 20,000 people in Manhattan’s Washington Square Park on Monday night, it took me 276 long strides to reach the end of a line to get a photo taken with the senator from …
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Hilter is a very bad friend in the official trailer for director Taika Waititi‘s World World II satire JoJo Rabbit. The film follows a lonely German boy named JoJo, played by Roman Griffin Davis, who discovers his single mother (Scarlett Johansson) is hiding a young Jewish girl (Thomasin McKenzie) in their …
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Richard Williams, the Oscar-winning animator who served as animation director on Who Framed Roger Rabbit, has died at the age of 86. Williams’ family announced Saturday that the Canadian-born animator died Friday at his home in Bristol, England, the Guardian reports. Williams won three Oscars over the course of his …
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Missy Elliott will be honored at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. The show’s version of a Lifetime Achievement Award has been handed out since the inaugural VMAs in 1984, where David Bowie, the Beatles and Richard Lester were the first winners. Over …
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Everybody kept saying it was gonna be huge, but I don’t think anybody really believed that. To the Grateful Dead, it sounded a bit like pressure. You know, “You gotta play well ’cause your career is gonna be made or broken by it.” We also expected a gigantic party, which …
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In many respects, the final night of the second round of Democratic debates was a lot like the penultimate episode of Game of Thrones: somehow, it managed to be bloody and impossibly boring at the same time. The target of most of the candidates’ ire was former Vice President Joe …
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Russi Taylor, who voiced both Minnie Mouse for over 30 years and the beloved The Simpsons character Martin Prince, has died at the age of 75. The voice actress died at her home in Glendale, California Friday, the Walt Disney Company confirmed (via Variety). No cause of death was provided. …
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“Is Young Thug Having a Moment, or Is It Passing Him By?” – Vulture “Is Young Thug a Star?” — Everyday Struggle “Is Young Thug’s Popularity Flatlining?” — DJBooth In 2013, Young Thug released 1017 Thug, a crackling warning shot of a mixtape that promised the Atlanta rapper as hip-hop‘s …
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Update [7/12]: Brandi Carlile has added three additional dates to her Ryman Auditorium residency: January 19th, 20th, and 21st. Lori McKenna (the 19th) and Courtney Barnett (performing solo on the 20th and 21st) have also been announced as opening acts. Grammy-winning performer Brandi Carlile has added a trio of special …
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