Rainn Wilson, who portrayed Dwight Schrute in the long-running and beloved television series The Office, dropped by Billie Eilish‘s house in a video feature for Billboard. Eilish, an Office super-stan, got quizzed by Schrute on various details and trivia throughout the show’s nine seasons. Eilish answers everything from the name of Jan’s …
Read More »Peter Mayhew: A Lost Interview With the Original Chewbacca
Related: 50 Best Star Wars Characters of All Time Trapped in a giant, furry suit, Peter Mayhew had only his emotive blue eyes and his seven-foot-three body to help him bring Chewbacca to life — and he did it, making Han Solo’s fuzzball co-pilot as real as any of the …
Read More »Best TV to See in May: 'Deadwood,' 'Archer: 1999,' Wu-Tang Doc
Yes, we’re all going to be busy saying goodbye to Game of Thrones this month. But May will also bring us an older HBO classic that’s back for a long-delayed proper wrap-up. (How we’ve missed you, Al Swearengen.) Meanwhile, the greatest athlete of the 20th century gets an essential two-part …
Read More »Hear Bob Dylan Rehearse 'One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)' in 1975
One day before Bob Dylan‘s Rolling Thunder Revue kicked off their gypsy caravan tour at Plymouth, Massachusetts’ War Memorial in October 1975, the troupe gathered at the Seacrest Motel in nearby Falmouth, Massachusetts to run through the show. The public has never heard any of these tapes before, but eight …
Read More »Review: Jeff Tweedy's Record Store Day Treat 'Warmer'
Warmer is the Amnesiac-like companion album to Tweedy’s 2018 solo LP Warm, recorded during the same Chicago session and released in a limited run of 5000 vinyl copies for Record Store Day. If you liked Warm, you’ll like Warmer. It’s Tweedy at his most self-findingly laid back, low-key and ruminative, …
Read More »Did a Norwegian Black Metal Band Inspire the Louisiana Church Burnings?
On Wednesday evening, it was reported that Holden Matthews, the 21-year-old son of a Louisiana sheriff’s deputy, had been arrested in connection with a series of church fires in Louisiana’s St. Landry Parish. Matthews has been charged with three counts of arson of a religious building, which carry a maximum …
Read More »Watch Sara Bareilles Light Up Corden's Stage With 'Fire'
Fresh off an appearance on Saturday Night Live, Sara Bareilles stopped by The Late Late Show to perform her single “Fire.” Accompanied by a group of musicians, the singer offered a powerful rendition of the emotive ballad, which comes off her new album Amidst the Chaos. In the clip, Bareilles …
Read More »'The Lion King': See Simba Face Menacing Uncle Scar in New Trailer
Disney previews Simba’s destiny of becoming king — and the perilous journey that awaits him — in the stunning new trailer for Jon Favreau‘s live action remake of 1994’s The Lion King. “Life’s not fair, is it, my little friend?” Simba’s jealous uncle, Scar (voiced by Chiwetel Ejiofor) tells the …
Read More »Taylor Swift Supports Tennessee LGBTQ Advocacy Group With $113,000 Donation
Taylor Swift, who launched her superstar career in Tennessee, has made a six-figure donation to an LGBTQ advocacy group in the state that is fighting a series of bills targeting LGBTQ individuals. Among them: one that would allow adoption agencies to discriminate against same-sex couples. Swift accompanied her $113,000 donation …
Read More »Wrestlemania 35 Makes History With All-Female Headliners
Wrestlemania 35 made history on Sunday night, with Ronda Rousey, Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair helming the traditionally all-male show, marking the first all-female lineup in the event’s history. The nearly seven-hour event at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium made history by featuring Lynch, Rousey and Flair as the headliners of …
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