Last Week Tonight With John Oliver broadcast its season premiere on Sunday, returning after it last aired just days after the presidential election. While a lot has happened since then —including the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, the Wall Street’s Gamestop rollercoaster and Donald Trump’s impeachment trial culminating in an acquittal — …
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On the surface, the new version of “Love Story” that Taylor Swift released today to introduce her re-recorded catalog project shows few obvious differences from the original 2008 hit. The two songs share the same 3:55 length and nearly identical arrangements, from the opening banjo plucks to the tasteful fiddles …
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The ongoing legal battle over Britney Spears‘ conservatorship continued amid a week when discussion of the pop star’s life and career became a hot button topic following the airing of documentary Framing Britney Spears. At a hearing on Thursday, a probate judge overruled James “Jamie” Spears’ objection to an order …
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Indie label Jagjaguwar has announced a year-long 25th-anniversary celebration that kicks off Thursday with a collaboration between the poet Ross Gay and Bon Iver. “Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude” is an expansive piece that finds the Bloomington, Indiana-based poet and educator reciting a piece over a characteristically sprawling Bon Iver soundscape. …
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Smashing Pumpkins’ guitarist and keyboardist Jeff Schroeder will host a virtual concert to raise money for tour crew workers who are out of work because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The For the Crew show will take place March 6th at 7 p.m. ET, and feature solo sets from Schroeder, Kevin …
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The Doors’ Robby Krieger played jazzy guitar on “All the Time in the World,” the closing track of Alphabetland, X‘s first album in decades, and now the L.A. punk group is releasing another song they recorded together. On Alphabetland, “Strange Life,” was a relatively straightforward punk rocker (and a catchy …
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Marvel fanatics got their first look at the upcoming miniseries The Falcon and the Winter Soldier during Super Bowl 2021 on Sunday via a trailer replete with explosions, stomach-flipping stunts, and all manner of intrigue. The six-episode show premieres on March 19th Disney+. Created by Malcolm Spellman, the show picks …
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If 2020 was the year of sourdough, gardening, restaurant closures and provisions-hoarding, then I predict 2021 will be the year of recovery, with comfort food to help ease the anxiety, convenience to help navigate the ongoing barriers and a renewed consciousness of culture to help shape a better version of …
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Jim Weatherly, the country singer-songwriter who penned the Gladys Knight and the Pips hit “Midnight Train to Georgia,” among other hit songs, died Wednesday at his home. He was 77. Music publisher and family friend Charlie Monk, “the Mayor of Music Row,” confirmed Weatherly’s death to the Tennessean. No cause …
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Listen, everyone knew that awards season was going to be a little weird this year — it wouldn’t be representative of 2020 if it wasn’t. And the Hollywood Foreign Press Association always brings its share of curveballs to the conversation. With this morning’s Golden Globes nominations, that meant a slate …
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