Jimmy Fallon rejiggeredJames Taylor‘s 1970 classic “Fire and Rain” into a tune about White House dysfunction on The Tonight ShowMonday. The host fittingly titled the parody“Fire and Fury,” after Michael Wolff’s controversial new book about President Donald Trump and his administration. The bit found Fallon doing his best Taylor impression, …
Read More »Watch Billy Joel Perform Foreigner's 'Urgent' With Mick Jones, Lou Gramm
Billy Joel welcomed Foreigner‘s Lou Gramm and Mick Jones onstage at New York’s Madison Square Garden Thursday to perform a pair of the rock band’s hits, “Urgent” and “Cold as Ice.” Before bringing the recently reunited Foreigner duo out, Joel told the audience that Jones co-produced his 1989 album Storm …
Read More »'Silicon Valley': Changes Abound in New Season Five Trailer
Major changes are brewing for the folks at Pied Piper, but some things do remain the same in the new trailer for Silicon Valley‘s fifth season, which returns in March. The endearingly awkward Richard Hendricks (portrayed by Thomas Middleditch) is back at the helm of the company he started, which …
Read More »Watch Midland Stock Up at Colorado Pot Facility
With a four-month tour as Little Big Town’s opening act on the horizon, Midland are hitting the road this week, warming up for the long run with a short tour of their own. Wednesday night will find the guys in Denver, playing the same honky-tonk that hosted their very first …
Read More »Openly Gay Ice Skater Adam Rippon Makes Winter Olympics History
Adam Rippon made history on Sunday when he was named as one of the three male figure skaters who will represent the United States next month at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Not only is he the oldest American figure skating Olympic rookie since 1936, Rippon became …
Read More »See Father John Misty's 'So I'm Growing Old on Magic Mountain' on 'ACL'
Father John Misty utilized a 16-piece orchestra for his grand Austin City Limits version of “So I’m Growing Old on Magic Mountain.” The web exclusive clip previews singer-songwriter Josh Tillman’s debut performance on the music series, which premieres January 6th. Tillman opens the track somberly crooning over a swirl of …
Read More »See Bruno Mars, Cardi B's Nineties-Flavored 'Finesse' Video
Bruno Mars and Cardi B have teamed up for a remix of “Finesse,” a song hailing from Mars’ 2016 album, 24K Magic. While the artists originally teased the unveiling of the song at midnight on Wednesday, they surprised fans by also releasing its video. The original Nineties R&B-tipped, upbeat song, …
Read More »Death of the American Trucker
When Donald Trump sidles up to a semi truck, he’s usually selling policy only a plutocrat could love. Campaigning to repeal the Affordable Care Act in March, Trump pinned an iTrucks button to his lapel and honked the horn of a Mack truck outside the White House. “Obamacare,” he said, …
Read More »'Feminism' Is Merriam-Webster's 2017 Word of the Year
Late Monday night, Merriam-Webster announced its pick for 2017’s word of the year: Feminism. “2017 saw both a sustained rise in ‘feminism’ lookups and a number of event-driven spikes,” the dictionary’s official Twitter account shared. “‘Feminism’ is our #WordOfTheYear.” According to Merriam-Webster.com, searches for the term spiked at several key …
Read More »'The Walking Dead' Midseason Finale Recap: The Son Also Rises
Back in the fall of 2015, The Walking Dead showrunner Scott M. Gimple attempted a noble, not-all-that-successful experiment with narrative structure. To wit: The show would be spending an entire half-season – eight full episodes – tracking just a couple of days in the life of Rick Grimes, as he …
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