House general counsel Douglas Letter on Monday told a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., that President Donald Trump is being investigated for lying to former special counsel Robert Mueller. Letter’s statement, first reported by CNN, came during arguments where Congress is seeking secret grand jury evidence from the Mueller …
Read More »The True Story of True Damage: The Virtual Hip-Hop Group That's Taking Over the Internet IRL
Millions of people around the world tuned in to see FunPlus Phoenix defeat G2 Esports in 3-0 at the 2019 League of Legends World Championships last weekend, but the real stars of this year’s premiere Esports tourney may have been a surprise musical group who performed during the event’s larger …
Read More »Bad Bunny Closes Out Latin Grammys With Orchestral 'Callaíta'
The Latin Grammys shortchanged Bad Bunny during the nomination process this year, but they gave him the honor of closing out the festivities in Las Vegas on Thursday night. Before the star even took the stage, a full orchestra played instrumental versions of several songs from X100Pre, which won Best …
Read More »Why David Byrne Became a U.S. Citizen After Six Decades
David Byrne has, in recent years, become an outspoken advocate for voter registration. Now he’s made convincing people to register to vote a major part of new Broadway production, American Utopia. During the show, he shines a light on 20 percent of the audience to highlight the amount of people …
Read More »Meet Sech: First-Time Latin Grammy Nominee, Absolute Teddy Bear
In his own quiet way, Panamanian singer-songwriter Sech is taking the Latin pop world by storm. The 25-year-old began his soft takeover in April, with his now Latin Grammy-nominated debut, Sueños, or Dreams. By deftly fusing reggaeton and R&B — or as he puts it, lending the urban genre “un …
Read More »Reba McEntire Announces 2020 Tour Dates
Country Music Hall of Fame member Reba McEntire has announced a series of headlining tour dates for spring 2020. This follows the recent news that the singer will be launching a podcast for Spotify in 2020. Kicking off March 20th in Evansville, Indiana, the trek will visit arenas and includes …
Read More »'Waves' Review: A Family, Two Stories and One Major Young Filmmaker
This emotional typhoon unleashed in Waves is the work of Trey Edward Shults, 31, the Texas-born writer-director marked as a talent to watch thanks to his first two features: the blistering family melodrama/portrait of an addict Krisha (2014) and the blistering family melodrama/psychological horror movie It Comes at Night (2017). …
Read More »The 'Steele Dossier' and the WMD Story Came Out the Same Way
This morning, I wrote in Rolling Stone, “Why is Christopher Steele still a thing?” The British ex-spy reappeared as a contributor to a British intelligence report, and I argued his “dossier” tale was a press fiasco similar to the Weapons of Mass Destruction affair. “The WMD affair showed what happens …
Read More »'The Good Place' Recap: Freeze Frame
A review of this week’s The Good Place, “Help Is Other People,” coming up just as soon as I wear the same watch as Richie Sambora… Last week, I argued that Season Four had done a bad job of developing and using the four human test subjects, the rebooted Chidi …
Read More »Meghan Trainor Previews Third Album With 'Workin' on It'
Meghan Trainor will release her third album, Treat Myself, on January 31, 2020 via Epic. The singer, who recently dropped a single called “Wave,” has previewed the album with a new song, “Workin’ on It.” The encouraging, optimistic track features Lennon Stella and Sasha Sloan, and was produced by King …
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