UPDATE:The House of Representatives unanimously approved the Senate’s version of the Music Modernization Act Tuesday, Billboard reports. The legislation now needs President Donald Trump’s signature before it can become law. Neil Portnow, the president and CEO of the Recording Academy, said in a statement, “The trajectory of the Music Modernization …

Old 97’s leader Rhett Miller is at his most messed up best on the new hard luck song “Total Disaster,” the first track to be released from his upcoming solo LP, The Messenger. Miller, who celebrated his 48th birthday earlier this month, finds himself in a familiar predicament on “Total …

“It is an honor to be here sharing this night with the many, many talented and creative people who haven’t been caught yet,” co-host Michael Che announced at the beginning of the 70th Annual Emmy Awards. It set the tone for a toothless, flaccid, cramped and tedious night. What can …

UPDATE:Rose McGowan apologized to Asia Argento over a statement she shared in August that she now admits “contained a number of facts that were not correct” regarding the sexual assault accusations against Argento. In a note on Twitter, McGowan said the most serious discrepancy was the claim that Argento allegedly …

Letitia James, New York City’s public advocate, triumphed in the four-way race for the Democratic nomination for New York attorney general on Thursday. James defeated Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney,attorney Leecia Eve and Zephyr Teachout, a law professor. The first black woman to win a major party statewide nomination in New …

In conjunction with Paul Manafort’s guilty plea Friday before the federal District Court of Washington, D.C., Special Counsel Robert Mueller filed 76 pages of “Superseding Criminal Information,” detailing wrongdoing by the disgraced Republican lobbyist who served as chair of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. In the document, outlining Manafort’s illegal financial …

The soundtrack to 1993 chase flick Judgment Night — on which 10 rap artists collaborated with 11 rock groups — was a gold-certified triumph of the post-Nirvana major label wild west. Dropped shortly after Lollapalooza wound down its third summer, here was a similarly divide-breaking gathering of genre-crossing cool: Cypress …

The timing was appropriate: The opening night of AmericanaFest, landing on Patriot Day, with a who’s who of Americana music gathered together at the Basement East in Nashville to sing songs of protest and political discontent. Mostly, though, they were all there to have fun. An unofficial kickoff to the …

Elton John kicked off his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour this week with a spectacular show packed with hits from his long career. Nearly every blockbuster song from his catalog was in the set, including “The Bitch Is Back,” “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me,” “Bennie and the …

If Netflix‘sAmerican Vandal wasn’t the greatest show of 2017, it was the most surprisingly great. A mockumentary from a largely unknown cast and creative team, it managed to keep the joke of its premise — two high school AV nerds doggedly pursue the truth about who spray-painted 27 dicks on …