13 Reasons Why star Dylan Minnette appeared onRolling Stone‘s “The First Time” interview series to reminisce about the show and his career as an actor. The controversial teen drama’s final season was released on Netflix last week, and Minnette hopes that its themes around mental health have a lasting impact …
Read More »Pearl Jam Release Uncensored Version of 'Jeremy' Video for First Time
Pearl Jam released the uncensored version of their “Jeremy” video for the first time Friday to mark National Gun Violence Awareness Day. The Ten song and its corresponding Mark Pellington-directed video — which won Video of the Year at the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards — detailed the story of …
Read More »Whoopi Goldberg Partners With Extinction Rebellion for Short Film on Climate Change
Whoopi Goldberg has teamed up with the climate action group Extinction Rebellion for an animated short film, released as part of World Environment Day. In the clip, Goldberg voices a grandmother reading a bedtime story to her grandchild, voiced by Livia Nelson. Goldberg’s tale describes climate change and the devastating …
Read More »Experts Say Carole Baskin's Missing Husband's Will Likely Forged
A pair of experts believe that the will of Carole Baskin’s missing husband — which left the Tiger King subject with an estimated $10 million estate — was likely forged. Don Lewis, the former husband of Big Cat Rescue founder Baskin, vanished in 1997; the Netflix series revived rumors pushed …
Read More »Jimmy Capps, Grand Ole Opry Guitar Icon, Dead at 81
Guitarist Jimmy Capps, a member of the Musicians Hall of Fame who played on such timeless country songs as Kenny Rogers’ “The Gambler,” George Jones’ “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” and George Strait’s “Amarillo by Morning,” has died at 81. Capps was also a member of the Grand Ole Opry, …
Read More »Here's Where You Can Donate to Help Protests Against Police Brutality
Protests around the nation have erupted in the wake of the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and many more unarmed black people at the hands of police. Thousands of protesters have been arrested, and the National Guard has been ordered to deploy in several major U.S. cities. …
Read More »New York City Boils Over
The pepper spray. That’s when it really started to get out of hand. The police lined up in front of the entry to Barclays Center in downtown Brooklyn fired it into the growing congregation of demonstrators before them in high, arching, indiscriminate streams. It looked like a fountain. Protesters emerged …
Read More »Janelle Monae, Taylor Swift, Cardi B and More React to Minneapolis Protests
Minneapolis erupted in protests this week over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who was killed in police custody on May 25th. After video circulated of Officer Derek Chauvin pinning Floyd to the ground by pressing his knee into his neck for several minutes, the MPD fired …
Read More »Brandi Carlile to Play 'By the Way, I Forgive You' in Full for Virtual Concert
Brandi Carlile will be performing her Grammy Award-winning breakthrough album,By the Way, I Forgive You, in its entirety for a ticketed virtual concert taking place on Monday, June 1st, at 9 p.m. ET, via Veeps.com. The concert will be held on Carlile’s 39th birthday, and will mark her first full …
Read More »Flaming Lips, Los Lobos Members to Premiere New Score for Cecil B. Demille's 'The Ten Commandments'
Steven Drozd of the Flaming Lips, Steve Berlin of Los Lobos and drummer Scott Amendola will premiere a new score they wrote for Cecil B. DeMille’s 1923 film The Ten Commandments Thursday, May 28th, at around 8:15 p.m. PT/11:15 p.m. ET. The premiere will be part of DAWN, an all-night …
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