Halsey will make her return to Saturday Night Live as both host and musical guest on February 9th. The NBC series revealed the booking Saturday night, and the “Without Me” singer shared thenews about her upcoming appearanceon social media (“holy fuck,” she tweeted) and teased her SNLhost photo shoot. “Feb …
Read More »Kassi Ashton on New Song 'Violins': 'I Just Had to Bring the Experience'
Kassi Ashton doesn’t typically concern herself with such things, but she had a suspicion that her new song “Violins” might not go over well with Interscope, the pop half of her country-pop label deal. “It’s very opposite what’s happening in pop right now,” says the Missouri native, who announced herself …
Read More »Still No Wall and Trump Takes the Fall
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) wins this round. After a week of sending letters back and forth debating whether the State of the Union address will be delivered as planned while the government remains shut down,the president tweeted on Wednesday that he will respect Pelosi’s “prerogative” to decline to open …
Read More »Action Bronson Is Releasing a New Book About His One True Love
Action Bronson is getting back into the literary game. The New York Times best-selling author announced that his new book Stoned Beyond Belief will be released on March 19th. Written with Rachel Wharton, Bronson’s second book — he released Fuck, That’s Delicious in 2017 — is devoted to the rapper’s love …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Antonio Sanchez, 'Bad Hombres y Mujeres'
Like countless other Americans, drummer Antonio Sanchez was appalled by the anti-Mexican rhetoric Donald Trump spewed during his presidential campaign. On his 2017 album, Bad Hombre, the Mexico City–born jazz artist — best known for his groundbreaking solo-percussion score to 2015 Best Picture winner Birdman, as well as his extensive …
Read More »Conan O'Brien Remembers When Trump Stormed Off His Show
Conan O’Brien recently spoke with us about his Catholic upbringing, writing for The Simpsons and his 25 years in late night while spreading the word about Conan, the new half-hour version of his TBS talk show. During that conversation, O’Brien also answered a question about Donald Trump, who was a …
Read More »Lady Gaga to Mike Pence: 'You Are the Worst Representation of What It Means to Be a Christian'
Lady Gaga criticized Vice President Mike Pence during the singer’s Enigma concert Saturday night in Las Vegas. Earlier in the week, Pence’s wife Karen revealed she would resume teaching at a Christian school that barred LGBTQ students and employees. Following the uproar over Karen Pence’s role at the school, the …
Read More »Like Death, Taxes and Climate Change, Post Malone Appears to Be Inevitable
This week, Post Malone returned to Number One on the Hot 100. He got there with “Sunflower,” a light, breezy collaboration with Rae Sremmurd’s Swae Lee. It’s not a huge surprise that this song topped the charts. “Sunflower” was recorded for theSpider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse soundtrack, a movie that to …
Read More »The Anxious Comedy of Howie Mandel
These days, Howie Mandel is hanging in there OK, all things considered. “In my humble opinion, I’m doing fine,” is what he says. On the plus side, he’s got his nine-seasons-and-no-stop-in-sight judging gig on America’s Got Talent; he’s presiding over a reboot of Deal or No Deal on CNBC, the …
Read More »Watch Keanu Reeves Confront Assassin Army in 'John Wick 3' Trailer
Keanu Reeves‘ ultimate action hero John Wick fends off seemingly every assassin in the world in the wild new trailer for John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum. The new film picks up right after the events of the 2017 sequel with Wick finding himself with a $14 million bounty on …
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