Howard Stern opened up about a cancer scare, vented about an ill-fated interview with Robin Williams and defended Jimmy Fallon for ruffling Donald Trump’s hair during a lengthy Tonight Show interview. The radio host was on-hand Wednesday to promote his newly issued book, Howard Stern Comes Again, which blends career-highlight …
Read More »War Over Woodstock: Organizers, Former Investor Spar in Court Over Festival
All-star concerts commemorating the 50th anniversary of Woodstock are scheduled to start three months from tomorrow. But the fate of the biggest planned festival may be decided this week following two days of court hearings in New York State. Last week, Woodstock LLC, the organizers of the festival, filed a …
Read More »Should Democrats Refuse to Appear on Fox News?
Related: 2020 Democratic Primary Leaderboard On Wednesday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) announced she had turned down an invitation from Fox News to appear in a town hall event. She explained her reasoning in a Twitter thread, calling the network a “hate-for-profit racket,” and that she doesn’t want to “ask millions …
Read More »'Game of Thrones' Close-Up: Lesser of Two Evils
A lot happens in each episode of Game of Thrones. So every week, we’re drilling down on one memorable scene in particular. Full spoilers for this week’s episode, “The Last of the Starks,” coming up. “The Last of the Starks” is a real structural oddity. For nearly an hour, it …
Read More »Watch Billie Eilish Get Quizzed on 'The Office' by Rainn Wilson
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 »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 »Is Joe Biden 'Electable' or Not? Thank God, Nobody Seems to Know
Maybe Joe Biden has been in politics too long. When he finally announced his run this week, he found he’d outlived the campaign cliché that once would have carried him to the White House: “electability.” After his launch, it seemed like the press didn’t know whether to describe Biden as …
Read More »'Deadwood' Rides Again
Bullets are about to fly across Deadwood’s muddy thoroughfare. But first, poetry. It’s a crisp November morning at Melody Ranch, the venerable Santa Clarita studio that’s been home to everything from squeaky-clean Gene Autry Westerns to Django Unchained and Westworld. The picaresque main street has been dressed to recapture the …
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 »'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 …
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