What do Michael Jackson, Frank Zappa, Whitney Houston and Tupac all have in common? We’ve been able to pay tribute to these iconic performers through a series of “holographic resurrections.” These posthumous celebrity appearances have been mistakenly dubbed “holograms,” when in reality Tupac at Coachella, Michael Jackson at the Billboard …
Read More »One Degree Hotter: How Megan Thee Stallion Made Good on Her Promise to Graduate College
“Leave me alone right quick, y’all!” Megan Thee Stallion says playfully to her glam team. It’s the day after the commencement ceremony at Texas Southern University in Houston, where the hometown hero and Grammy-winner just earned her Bachelor’s degree in Health Administration, just like she always said she would. Shortly …
Read More »The Lost Diary of Anthony Bourdain
On June 29, 2014, at 8:02 p.m. ET, a user named NooYawkCity made the first of what would come to be many posts to a popular martial-arts forum on reddit.com. It was titled “58 year old white belt”: I’ve been training about a year, and only recently gotten solidly hooked. …
Read More »Billy Corgan Has Joined Cameo for the Noblest Cause of All: Cats
Looking for the perfect Christmas gift for that Smashing Pumpkins fan in your life? Good news: Billy Corgan has joined Cameo, for a good cause. The singer and his partner Chloe Mendel announced Friday that they have joined the personalized celebrity greeting app in an effort to raise money for …
Read More »From 'Downpressor Man' to 'Jokerman': 10 Essential Robbie Shakespeare Tracks
There were great reggae bassists before him, and after, but more than any other instrumentalist, Robbie Shakespeare, in tandem with his drum partner and co-producer Sly Dunbar, defined the bass-centric approach of the genre’s modern era, from the roots-rocker sound of the Seventies to the digi-dub dancehall of the Eighties, …
Read More »Mark Meadows Discussed a 'Direct and Collateral Attack' Plan to Overturn Election Results, Committee Says
“I love it.” Mark Meadows so wrote in a Nov. 6, 2020, text message to a member of Congress who proposed a “highly controversial” plan overturn the election results by appointing alternate electors in certain states. The exchange was obtained by the House committee investigating the events of Jan. 6, …
Read More »Olivia Rodrigo Makes the DMV Cool in New 'Tiny Desk (Home) Concert'
Olivia Rodrigo pulled off the seemingly impossible feat of making the DMV a place you’d want to be, performing a stripped-down set of Sour hits at one such location in the latest installment of NPR’s Tiny Desk (Home) Concert series. The setting — which Rodrigo described as having some “interesting …
Read More »Post Malone, Tame Impala, Halsey to Headline 2022 Hangout Fest
Hangout Festival has been scheduled for another year in Gulf Shores, Alabama, with staple festival performers Post Malone, Tame Impala, and Halsey named as headliners. The event has been scheduled for the weekend of May 20 through May 22, 2022. Post Malone kicks off the weekend as the Friday headliner …
Read More »See Miles Morales Plunge Into the Multiverse in 'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part One)' First Look
Miles Morales plunges into the multiverse in the first look at the sequel to the Oscar-winning animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part One) — the first of a two-part continuation of the beloved 2018 film — swings into theaters on Oct. 7, 2022. In the …
Read More »Tears for Fears Go Back to Basics With New Song 'No Small Thing'
Tears for Fears have shared the new video for “No Small Thing,” the second single and opening track off the band’s first new album in 17 years, The Tipping Point. As Tears for Fears previously told Rolling Stone, after years of false starts and failed collaborations when recording their new …
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