With the passing of Alabama’s near-total abortion ban on Wednesday, Saturday Night Livestar Leslie Jones appeared onWeekend Update in the Season 44 finale to make her feelings known. Jones, sporting an outfit from The Handmaid’s Tale, told Weekend Update host Colin Jost, “We are all handmaids. My name actually is …
Read More »The Raconteurs Roam Japanese City in New Video for 'Help Me Stranger'
The Raconteurs released the new video for “Help Me Stranger,” the latest single off the reunited band’s upcoming LP Help Us Stranger. The video, directed by Yasuhiko Shimizu, finds Jack White, Brendan Benson and company performing the track in the studio and posing for what appears to be promotional photos. …
Read More »Lizzo to Perform at 2019 MTV Movie and TV Awards
Lizzo, Martin Garrix, Macklemore and Patrick Stump will perform at the 2019 MTV Movie and TV Awards, which will air June 17th at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The appearance marks the first time Lizzo will perform at a major televised awards show. Garrix, meanwhile, will team with Macklemore and Stump for …
Read More »The Trump Administration Is Thirsty for War, Intelligence Be Damned
It was reported on Monday that the Trump administration has concocted a plan that involves sending 120,000 troops to the Middle East to counter a potential Iranian attack on American forces. Whatever threat may exist is almost entirely of the president’s own design. Since Trump rebuffed allies, experts and his …
Read More »See Cam's Acoustic Take on Diplo Collab 'So Long'
Cam strips away the immersive production of her collaboration with Diplo “So Long” in an intimate acoustic performance video. Driven along by Cam’s acoustic guitar, a banjo and the minimal percussion of a lone kick drum and some finger-snaps, the song is no less urgent. But it does breath a …
Read More »See Angelina Jolie Return to Her Villainous Role in 'Maleficent: Mistress of Evil' Trailer
Disney has released a teaser trailer for its upcoming film Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, a sequel to 2014’s Maleficent. The clip reveals the return of Angelina Jolie‘s villain Maleficent and Elle Fanning‘s Sleeping Beauty as the story picks up several years after the first. The trailer teases a conflict between …
Read More »Hail to the 'Veep': How HBO's Political Comedy Made History
Farewell, President Selina Meyer. Julia Louis-Dreyfus‘ brilliantly monstrous Commander-in-Chief signed off last night in the excellent Veep series finale, going out the way she came in: making a nation gasp in horror. In one last hilarious power grab for the White House, she sells out every principle she ever pretended …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Tiana Khasi, 'Georgia's Track'
The neo-soul that enjoyed critical and commercial success in the late Nineties and early 2000s is a popular inspiration for young musicians today. But many forget that the best products of that period were more than just delicious atmosphere, cooled-out phrasing and lazy-but-spine-stiffening rhythm — the songs themselves were immaculate. …
Read More »New Survey Looks at Cannabis Usage Among Pregnant Mothers
Even as cannabis usage is increasingly legalized and destigmatized in the U.S., there’s still little knowledge of how the drug is used by or affects several population groups — including new parents. To coincide with Mother’s Day, the online women‘s cannabis lifestyle magazine Miss Grass released the results of a …
Read More »Thom Yorke Discusses Anxious, Dystopian New Solo LP, 'Kid A' Anniversary Plans
Thom Yorke has revealed the sound and themes of his upcoming solo album in a cover story for Crack magazine. The album is reportedly being released by XL Recordings. It will be the Radiohead frontman’s third proper solo LP, and his first since 2014’s Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes. In a wide-ranging …
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