Hours after “Weird Al” Yankovic unveiled “The Hamilton Polka” as part of Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s “Hamildrops,” the duo appeared on The Tonight Show to lip-sync the medley with Jimmy Fallon. Earlier in the appearance, both Miranda – wearing a shirt that said “Close Personal Friend of Al” – and Fallon geeked …
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The 1980 film that arguably did as much for women in the workplace as it did for Dolly Parton‘s crossover move from country to pop is getting a timely reboot. Deadline reports that 9 to 5, which starred Parton in her breakout role alongside film veterans Lily Tomlin and Jane …
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One day before his 49thbirthday earlier this month, Bobby Brown was relaxing at home watching his New England Patriots lose to the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LII. “I’m waiting to do the big one when I turn 50,” he says with a smile two weeks later at Brooklyn’s Barclays …
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Last October, Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore hit the road together for a 12-city acoustic tour. What began as a one-off opportunity to share songs and swap harmonies has since turned into a full-fledged duo, with two songwriters now gearing up for the June release of their first collaborative …
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In January, the Republican governor of Kansas, Sam Brownback, announced he was leaving office for a position as Donald Trump’s Ambassador-at-Large of International Religious Freedom. Since first taking office in 2011, Brownback has become a national hero for small government, pursuing a “red state model” built on massive tax cuts …
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Nicole Atkins will embark on a tour of the eastern United States this spring in support of her latest LP,Goodnight Rhonda Lee. Following a pair of March dates, the trek kicks off in proper with an April 18th gig at Birmingham, Alabama’s Saturn and concludes May 5th at Woodstock, New …
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Anderson East emerges from side stage just in time to grab the microphone and give it a windmill twirl before singing the opening lines of “Sorry You’re Sick,” the energetic, Ted Hawkins-penned clap-along from his new album, Encore. With his hard-charging band laying down the driving beat and joyous horns …
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The Recording Academy sent a letter to its members this week to counter recent reports that the Grammys have traditionally favorited men over women. Shortly before the awards show last month, a study by the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative reported that only 9.3 percent of Grammy nominees from 2013 to …
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In January, Jeff Bezos announced that he would donate $33 million to help 1000 people go to college. This week, shortly after Amazon posted a $2 billion quarterly profit to end 2017, his company announced hundreds of layoffs at its headquarters. Meanwhile the 20 finalist cities for Amazon HQ2 are …
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Adam Rippon is not backing down from a controversial comment he made about Vice President Mike Pence in the weeks leading up to the Olympics. Still, Rippon, who won a bronze medal during Sunday’s team competition, with two more chances to medal later on, doesn’t want that to be the …
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