Transparent has unveiled the first trailer for the Amazon Prime series’ two-hour “musicale finale” episode, which premieres on the streaming service on September 27th. “The Transparent ‘Musicale Finale’ takes the beloved Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning series to new heights as a dazzling movie fantasia inspired by the classic musicals …
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This article is a part ofRS Recommends, an editorial series reviewing products in music and entertainment. Items are independently selected; Penske Media may earn a commission from purchases made from our links. Those crazy shots of Wakanda that you saw in Black Panther as T’Challa flew over his beloved country? …
Read More »Universal Music Chief Says Label Owes Artists 'Transparency' Over Vault Fire Losses
Universal Music Group CEO Lucian Grainge told employees to be transparent with any artist asking about whether their recordings were destroyed in a 2008 fire at Universal Studios, the Los Angeles Times reports. In an internal memo circulated to employees (and obtained by the LA Times), Grainge said, “Let me …
Read More »Maren Morris in 'Playboy': 'Body Shamers Are Asking for It'
After delivering a rock-star performance at Bonnaroo this past weekend, Maren Morris appears in the latest issue of Playboy magazine. Yes, there are semi-nude photos and sexy poses, but it’s what the songwriter says in the accompanying interview that is most titillating. Here are five takeaways from the Q&A, including …
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Guns N’ Roses have extended the latest U.S. leg of their long-running reunion tour, adding eight new dates. The fall run of their “Not in This Lifetime” trek now launches September 25th in Charlotte, North Carolina and wraps with back-to-back shows in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 1st and 2nd. …
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Andrea Bowers is an artist best known for her socially conscious art works and installations, much of which explores women’s issues — her work has touched on such topics as the Steubenville rape case and reproductive-rights activism in the era before Roe v. Wade. So it was somewhat surprising on …
Read More »Watch LGBTQ Activists Talk Stonewall Uprising in 'Generation Woodstock' Clip
LGBTQ activists document how they translated oppression into “joyous” rebellion in a trailer for Generation Woodstock, an upcoming ABC News special about the late Sixties counterculture movement that spawned both the titular music festival and the Stonewall Uprising. “I had worked late that night, walked up Christopher Street, and I …
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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 …
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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 »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 …
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