Emma Burgess-Olson, founding member of the all-female dance-music collective Discwoman, sometimes DJ’s wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the slogan “Amplify Each Other.” And that’s exactly what she and her co-founders Frankie Hutchinson and Christine McCharen-Tran are doing in the world of EDM, addressing a notoriously male-dominated scene and its “stale …
Read More »Watch Gruesome Trailer for New Stephen King Adaptation '1922'
A marital dispute leads to grisly murder in the new trailer for 1922, a Netflix film based on a Stephen King novella. The film comes out on Netflix October 20th, just in time for Halloween. Thomas Jane – who appeared in previous film versions of King’s work likeThe Mist and …
Read More »Aaron Hernandez's Fiancee Sues Patriots Over CTE Claims
Shayanna Jenkins-Hernandez, the fiancée of Aaron Hernandez, is filing a lawsuit against the NFL and the New England Patriots, claiming that the former pro football player’s newly-discovered CTE diagnosis caused his suicide, according to TMZ. As the New York Times reports, Aaron Hernandez’s lawyer, Jose Baez, announced on Thursday that …
Read More »Watch Bootsy Collins' Colorful, Animated 'Ladies' Nite' Video
Bootsy Collins toasts to “Ladies’ Nite” on the latest sample of his upcoming 14th LP, World Wide Funk. The synth-fueled track blends hip-hop swagger and funky rhythms, with cameo spots from BlvckSeeds, DJ-Quik and MC-Eiht. In the song’s colorful video, an animated version of the iconic Funkadelic bassist drifts into …
Read More »Don Henley, Lyle Lovett, Clint Black Detail Hurricane Harvey Relief Show
Don Henley, Lyle Lovett and Clint Black will partner for a concert to benefitHurricane Harveyrelief efforts November 28th at the Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, Texas. Tickets for Helping Texans: A Hurricane Harvey Benefit go on sale September 22nd via the Bass Hall website. All ticket proceeds will benefit …
Read More »John Oliver, Chappelle Make 'DCPublicSchools' Go Viral at Emmys
John Oliver and Dave Chappelle used their collective social media influence for good Sunday night by making the hashtag “#DCPublicSchools” go viral at the 2017 Emmys. The movement began when Chappelle first took the stage with Melissa McCarthy to present the award for Best Director for a Comedy Series. The …
Read More »'The Vietnam War': Inside Ken Burns' Definitive 18-Hour Documentary
There’s a moment in Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s new PBS miniseries, The Vietnam War, in which a Vietnamese woman – what they call a “hero mother” – talks about losing eight brothers and two sons to ground combat and bombings. It’s the sort of devastating testimonial about the personal …
Read More »Hear Nick Jonas' Romantic New Song 'Find You'
Nick Jonasreleased his second new single of the year, the hypnotic “Find You.” The track follows “Remember I Told You.” Both tracks will appear on a new album following 2016’sLast Year Was Complicated. The song features a simple guitar riff and house-inflected beat. Jonas goes on a mysterious quest of …
Read More »Inside the Americana Genre's Identity Crisis
In June of 2015, Rosanne Cash performed at Dockery Farms, an early 20th-century Mississippi Delta sharecropping cotton plantation – recognized as one of the foundational birthplaces of the blues – that’s now a popular site for tourists wanting to soak up some blues history. After her headlining performance, Cash approached …
Read More »AMC Developing Series Based on Black Lives Matter Book
AMC is set to develop a new drama series based on Washington Post reporter Wesley Lowery’s bestselling nonfiction book about the Black Lives Matter movement,They Can’t Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America’s Racial Justice, Deadline.com reports. The book, published in 2016 by Little, Brown & …
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