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 »Bruce Springsteen Surprises Asbury Park Film Screening
Fans at the Asbury Park’s Music + Film festival had seen a lot of rare, mindblowing live Bruce Springsteen footage by the end of Saturday night. In the city’s old Paramount Theatre, where Springsteen has performed many times, they saw rare clips like a highly-charged performance of “Quarter to Three” …
Read More »Flashback: Roger Waters and Nick Mason Play 'Time' in 2006
Last week, at New York concert by Nick Mason‘s Saucerful of Secrets, Roger Waters stunned fans by coming out to sing “Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun.” We’re very, very close and old friends,” Waters told the crowd. “Loving the show, by the way, Nick. My considered …
Read More »Barbra Streisand Clarifies 'Leaving Neverland' Comments After Backlash
Barbra Streisand issued a statement Saturday clarifying her controversial comments regarding the two men who accused Michael Jackson of sexual abuse in the documentary Leaving Neverland. In comments made to the Times UK that were immediately met with condemnation on social media, Streisand seemed to downplay the molestation accusations and …
Read More »Will Trump Really Use Service Members' Pensions to Fund the Wall?
Remember way back in February when President Trump declared a national emergency in order to fund the construction of a wall along the southern border? That’s still a thing, and with the senate getting ready to vote on a resolution to “terminate” the action, the White House is scrambling to …
Read More »Watch R. Kelly's Girlfriends Defend Singer, Deny Being Brainwashed
UPDATE: Azriel Clary’s parents responded to their daughter’s CBS This Morning interview via their lawyer Michael Avenatti. “Azriel Clary is presently suffering from years of mental abuse and manipulation by R. Kelly,” Avenatti tweeted. “Sadly, like so many girls before them, Azriel and Joycelyn Savage have been manipulated and convinced …
Read More »Vinyl Now Makes One-Third of the Money in Physical Music
For the third year in a row, the U.S. recorded music business in 2018 was graced with double-digit growth mainly due to the boom of subscription music streaming, according to numbers released Thursday by the Recording Industry Association of America. The annual report, which tracks sales across digital and physical …
Read More »Grammys 2019: The Major Awards — Who Ya Got?
Will Kendrick finally win Album of the Year? Is Ariana the new queen of pop? Will Taylor go home empty-handed? Record of the Year “I Like It” Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin “The Joke” Brandi Carlile “This Is America” Childish Gambino “God’s Plan” Drake “Shallow” Lady Gaga and …
Read More »YouTube Aims to Bring Suspense Back to Music Videos With Premiere Feature
Music videos seem to become more important every year: On-demand video streams increased by 24.3 percent to 274.9 billion in 2018, accelerating further after a 21.9 percent jump in 2017, according to data from the analytics company BuzzAngle. “[YouTube]’s the best way to reach young fans,” Jeff Vaughn, an A&R …
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 …
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