Though most listeners know George Michael as the man behind a series of indelible, million-selling pop hits – many of which still play on radio today – the new Showtime documentary Freedomlooks to redefine the singer as a warrior in the never-ending battle against exploitative record contracts, an aficionado of …
Read More »Why Trump Has Nothing to Say About ISIS
Raqqa, the Islamic State’s capital city, has fallen. The battle began in July, when a Kurdish-led militia backed by the United States attacked from the north and west. Reporting on the battle at the time, I witnessed intense combat in searing summer temperatures. In a city reduced to a jumble …
Read More »Alyssa Milano Wants Her 'Me Too' Campaign to Elevate Weinstein Discussion
Alyssa Milano’s tweet Sunday night sparked tens of thousands of responses from women around the world and revelations from numerous prominent Hollywood actresses within the first 24 hours, all revolving around two words: “Me too.” “My hope is people will get the idea of the magnitude, of just how many …
Read More »Watch Danielle Bradbery's Vibrant New 'Sway' Video
The cool vibe of Danielle Bradbery‘s summertime single “Sway,” continues into the early fall with the release of a new dance-centric music video. The song appears onThe Voice Season Four champ’s upcoming LP, I Don’t Believe We’ve Met. Throughout the feel-good clip, Bradbery is joined by groups of young dancers, …
Read More »Stevie Nicks on the Last Time She Saw Tom Petty
“They were always taking a step up,” Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks said of her close friend Tom Petty, his loyal band the Heartbreakers and their constant, determined ascent in ambition and popularity over four rock & roll decades. Nicks was speaking to me a week after Petty’s death for …
Read More »The Trump Administration Just Attacked Birth Control Access
Thanks to the Obamacare mandate that insurance plans cover contraception, women and families across the country are paying less in out-of-pocket health care costs, and the rates of both unintended pregnancies and abortions are down. Who could possibly object to that? Republicans. On Friday morning, President Trump followed through on …
Read More »Dhani Harrison on Dystopian Mood, Cultural Premonitions of Debut Solo LP
“If you want to transcendDhani Harrisonthen first you have to be Dhani Harrison,” the songwriter/composer tells Rolling Stone. At age 38, after years of purposely flying just below the radar, he’s only now launching a proper solo career withIN///PARALLEL, his cinematic debut LP, out Friday. It’s been 15 years since …
Read More »See Luke Bryan Talk Las Vegas Shooting, Joining 'American Idol' on 'GMA'
Newly named American Idol judges Lionel Richie, Luke Bryan and Katy Perry appeared on Good Morning America earlier today to talk about the singing competition’s reboot, but they couldn’t get around the deadly Las Vegas shooting that occurred two days before at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. Bryan touched on …
Read More »Why Tom Petty Is Contemporary Country Music's Biggest Rock Influence
When it came to country music, Tom Petty preferred the old stuff. The real stuff, like Carl Perkins and Conway Twitty. Over the years, he’d slip a few of their songs into his sets with the Heartbreakers, singing them in the slow-moving drawl he was never able to truly leave …
Read More »Watch Haim Lead Exuberant Dance in 'Little of Your Love' Video
Haim lead an intricate line-dance in their exuberant video for “Little of Your Love” video,the second single from the pop-rock band’s second LP, Something to Tell You. Acclaimed filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson directed the clip, set at L.A. bar Oil Can Harry’s. Guitarist Danielle Haim opens the clip strutting down …
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