Life is an evolution. Former WWE superstar and current Vikings regular Adam “Edge” Copeland understands that well. The 44-year-old native Canadian and current North Carolinian, who’s a father to two young daughters with wife and fellow WWE alumnus Beth Phoenix, has adopted several onscreen personas over the past two decades. …
Read More »Matt Lauer: Former 'Today' Employee on Traumatic Relations With Anchor
Addie Zinone, a broadcast journalist and former Today intern, detailed her secret relationship with disgraced former host Matt Lauer, in an interviewwithVariety. Lauer was fired from Todayfollowing multiple allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct. Zinone was hired as a Today intern in January 1999 and was offered a job as …
Read More »Cars' Ric Ocasek on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Missing Benjamin Orr
Cleveland, Ohio, holds a special place in the heart of Cars frontman Ric Ocasek. It’s the town where he learned to love music and first met his future Cars bandmate Benjamin Orr. It’s the first place he ever played his songs in front of an audience. And on April 14th, …
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 …
Read More »Hear Eminem Tackle Racial Profiling, White Privilege on 'Untouchable'
Eminem tackles white privilege and racial profiling on the explosive new song “Untouchable,” a track from hisupcoming album Revival. The song was produced by Mr. Porter and built around a sample of Cheech & Chong’s rock pastiche, “Earache My Eye.” “Feels like we’re stuck in a time warp to me/ …
Read More »See Taylor Swift Perform 'End Game' With Ed Sheeran at Jingle Ball
Taylor Swift delivered the live debuts of a pair of Reputation songs at the singer’s first concert appearance in 10 months when Swift took the stage at Los Angeles’ the Forum for the KIIS Jingle Ball concert. Swift’s six-song set featured the live debuts of both “Look What You Made …
Read More »Jeezy Preps Triumphant New Album, 'Pressure'
UPDATE:Jeezy has unveiled the 13-song track list for his forthcoming album, Pressure, via Twitter. The LP will feature guest appearances from Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, Puff Daddy, 2 Chainz, YG, Rick Ross, Trey Songz and more. Jeezy will release his eighth studio album, Pressure, December 15th via Def Jam. The …
Read More »Review: Pharoah Sanders LPs Resurrect Early Spiritual-Jazz Classics
The music that saxophonist Pharoah Sanders made in the late Sixties and early Seventies will probably always be categorized as jazz. But that seems wrong, somehow. Where bebop is all about form and its infinite variations, the sounds put forth on Sanders albums such as1967’s Tauhid, 1969’s Jewels of Thought, …
Read More »See Scott Miller's Tender Live 'Epic Love' at 'Music City Roots'
Just two days before Thanksgiving, Scott Miller heads outdoors at an early morning hour. There’s work to be done. Since 2011, he’s been logging most of his time at his family’s cattle farm near Staunton, Virginia, surrounded by 200 acres of rolling Shenandoah Valley countryside. Miller runs the place, overseeing …
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