Look what we’ve got here: Two married Oscar winners, Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz, costarring in a movie written and directed by Iranian master Asghar Farhadi (A Separation, The Salesman). How do you miss with that combo? Consider this Exhibit A. Working in Spanish for the first time, the filmmaker …
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The O’Jays rekindle the spirit — and the sumptuous sound — of Philadelphia soul in the Seventies on new single “I Got You.” The song will appear onThe Last Word, which the group says will be their final LP. “I Got You” offers a message of reassurance in a time …
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Struggle Jennings, the grandson of Jessi Colter, pairs up with his daughter Brianna Harness for a new collaboration that also features his mother Jenni Eddy Jennings and Colter herself. Titled “Ace in the Hole,” the song stands as a love letter between father and daughter, and the accompanying video assembles …
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Nearly 30 years ago, Yes frontman Jon Anderson began work on a solo album with help from his bandmates Alan White and Chris Squire. He never got around to finishing it and eventually got sidetracked by Yes work, but recently went back into the studio to complete the album with …
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Metric compile social media clips of their fans singing “Love You Back” in the new video for the Art of Doubt track. “The video for ‘Love You Back’ is performed by fans, each owning the song in their own way,” singer Emily Haines said of the video. “It’s addictive to …
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Southern rock and country artist Tim Montana has released a new video for his single “American Thread.” The Butte, Montana, native returned to his hometown to film the clip, which underscores the workingman vibe of the song, a mix of ZZ Top crunch and Kid Rock-like bravado. There are scenes …
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Tucked in the remote Black Hills of South Dakota lies a 140-acre “military-style” fortress surrounded by a barbed wire fence, shielded by pine trees and guarded 24/7 by a lookout tower. Known as “R23,” the compound was established 14 years ago by members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ …
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As Chief Creative Officer for Rodgers & Hammerstein, Ted Chapin tends to the catalog of two of the most revered writers in the world of musical theater. Since the pair’s Fifties heyday, a chasm has opened between Broadway and the Top 40, but Chapin isn’t one of those musical-theater-heads who …
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Victorina Morales, an undocumented worker who was fired from President Trump’s New Jersey golf club after publicly revealing her immigration status, will attend his State of the Union address on February 5th as the guest of a Democratic congresswoman. The Washington Post reported that Morales received an invite from Rep. …
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Florence and the Machine are still touring in support of last year’s excellent High As Hope, but if that’s not enough, they’ve just blessed fans with a pair of new tracks. “Haunted House” is the more demure of the two, a stirring example of singer Florence Welch’s particularly powerful approach …
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