Christian Bale packed on the pounds for his new role as Dick Cheney, who served as Vice President for eight years under George W. Bush, in the Adam McKay-directed film Vice. The trailer opens with Bush, played by Sam Rockwell, attempting to recruit Cheney to be his Number Two. Cheney …
Read More »Sarah Huckabee Sanders Declares Both Kavanaugh and Ford 'Victims at the Hands of Democrats'
In her first press briefing since the allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh emerged, Sarah Huckabee Sanders said both Christine Blasey Ford and Kavanaugh are “victims at the hands of the Democrats.” The briefing took place one day after a rally at which President Trump mocked Ford for not …
Read More »China's Biggest Music-Streaming Service Goes Public in the U.S.
Tencent Music Entertainment, China‘s leading music-streaming company, filed to go public in the U.S. on Tuesday, kicking off what’s expected to be a history-making tech IPO. In its Registration Statementfiled with the Security and Exchange Commission, TME — which operates QQ Music, Kuwo and KuGou, three of China’s biggest digital …
Read More »Tom Petty's Biographer on the Story He Didn't Tell
Warren Zanes is the author ofPetty: The Biography. He first met the singer in 1986, when Zanes’ band, theDel Fuegos, opened for Petty and the Heartbreakers. [Find ‘Petty: The Biography’ Here] I was standing in my kitchen when I heard about Tom Petty’s death. The message came from a friend …
Read More »On the Charts: Brockhampton Land First Number One With 'Iridescence'
Hip-hop “boy band” Brockhampton scored their first Number One album as the rap collective’s Iridescence opened atop the Billboard 200. Iridescence sold 101,000 total copies – including 79,000 traditional copies – in its debut week to give the 14-member Brockhampton their first Number One. The group – which reportedly signed …
Read More »Matt Damon Parodies Angry, Water-Chugging Brett Kavanaugh on 'SNL'
Matt Damon guest-starred on Saturday Night Live as Brett Kavanaugh in the 44th season premiere’s cold open. The Downsized actor led the sketch,re-enacting the heated Senate Judiciary hearing from Thursday,which focused on professor Christine Blasey Ford’s allegation of sexual misconduct against the judge. Damon portrays a hot-headed Kavanaugh, who chugs …
Read More »T.I., Young Thug Toast High-Class Lifestyle on New Song 'The Weekend'
T.I. recruited Young Thug for “The Weekend,” a breezy new song on which the duo celebrate their elevated status in rap. The track appears on T.I.’s upcoming 10th album, Dime Trap, out October 5th via Epic Records/Grand Hustle. “If you gon’ measure my bad more than you measure my good/ …
Read More »Hear Lil Peep, iLoveMakonnen's Melancholy Singalong 'Sunlight On Your Skin'
Lil Peep died November at age 21 of a drug overdose, but the emo rapper left behind lots of music. Columbia Records is reportedly preparing an entire album of his vaulted work. Last week, the label released “Falling Down,” a collaboration with the late rapper XXXTentacion. Now, an early, rawer …
Read More »Watch City Girls' Cheeky New 'Millionaire Dick' Video
Miami duo City Girls get right down the – ahem – point in their song “Millionaire Dick,” from their debut album Period. Video God directed the video, which sees Yung Miami and JT lavishing in jewelry, cash and fancy clothes. Of course, this is all paid for by the “millionaire dick” …
Read More »How Jason Isbell Consistently Wins at Twitter
In the echo chamber that is Twitter, Jason Isbell’s voice constantly cuts through the static. Nearly a decade since first joining the social-media service in March 2009, the folksinger has evolved into a master of the platform, spending much of his downtime perfecting a delicate balance between music talk, irreverent …
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