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A quick question: How much do you like Alien? Let’s rephrase this slightly: Do you dig Ridley Scott’s masterpiece so much that you’d be perfectly fine watching something that owes a massive debt to it, just to kill time between your 999th and 1000th viewing of the original 1979 groundbreaker? …

Nearly six months after the United States experienced its first outbreak of Covid-19, the virus shows no signs of slowing down. Since then, the entertainment industry as a whole has grappled with the question: How will live events, especially long-standing awards shows, survive the pandemic? While several major awards ceremonies …

A guitar that Jimi Hendrix played in the early Sixties — when the guitar god was an R&B sideman and fledgling rocker based in New York City — sold at auction Saturday for $216,000, nearly four times its pre-auction estimate. According to GWS Auctions, Hendrix began playing the Japanese sunburst …

Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter chat about their bond as Bill and Ted — and seeing the movie recreated with a new generation — in a new behind-the-scenes featurette for Bill and Ted Face the Music. The short clip opens with producer Scott Kroopf recalling the audition process for the …

In a peak Garth Brooks gesture, the “People Loving People” singer assembled four screens of Zoom attendees, from journalists to morning-show DJs, on Wednesday to announce that he’ll no longer compete for the CMA Awards‘ top prize of Entertainer of the Year. Brooks has won Entertainer of the Year more …

Bill & Ted Face the Music Bill (Alex Winter) and Ted (Keanu Reeves) aren’t exactly on track to fulfill their duty of writing the song that will unite the world. For starters, they each have marriages that need fixing, and their idea of joint couples therapy doesn’t seem very promising. …

This article was originally published on Grist and is republished here as part of an ongoing collaboration. Puerto Rico reversed its reopening last week after seeing a surge of new COVID-19 cases. While the rollbacks are similar to those in many parts of the U.S., one big factor compounds the …

Kanye West revealed that he was likely sick with COVID-19, discussed his presidential aspirations, shared anti-abortion and anti-vaccine views and declared that he no longer supports President Donald Trump in an interview with Forbes. The interview marked West’s first major piece of press since he declared on July 4th that …

It’s been virtually impossible to avoid David Foster for close to five decades. No matter the era, he’s been part of your pop life. Grew up in the Seventies? You probably remember his first hit, “Wildflower,” when he was in Canadian pop-R&B band Skylark; the Tubes’ “She’s a Beauty,” which …

Sacha Baron Cohen pranked a far-right rally Saturday in Olympia, Washington, with the actor — pretending to be a bluegrass artist — leading the crowd in a singalong to a tune with racist lyrics. Social media accounts first revealed, and Variety later confirmed, that Baron Cohen was behind the hijinks …