Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff and a national campaign spokesperson were involved in efforts to encourage the president’s supporters to march on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. That’s according to a person who says he overheard a key planning conversation between top Trump officials and the organizers …

Ahead of the 94th annual Academy Awards, the Oscars producers have announced a handful of musical guests set for the March 27 ceremony, including an unlikely all-star band. Oscars music director Adam Blackstone will preside over an ensemble that will feature Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, renowned jazz pianist Robert Glasper, …

The Ohio Supreme Court for the third time rejected Republicans’ state legislative maps after finding Wednesday that they unconstitutionally favor Republicans over Democrats. The 4-3 ruling stated that the maps violated redistricting rules voters approved in 2015 as a state constitutional amendment. Specifically, the GOP-backed plan has 26 districts where …

Chris Cuomo is seeking over $125 million in a new arbitration filing against CNN, claiming the network’s decision to fire him was unjustified and that it damaged his ability to find future work as a journalist and media figure. Cuomo was fired from CNN back on Dec. 4, 2021, following …

As Russia has intensified its war in Ukraine, the Kremlin’s propaganda outlets have largely been shut off in the West — but Vladimir Putin has some not-so-subtle defenders nestled into America’s far-right media outlets. That includes from Fox News’ biggest boy, Tucker Carlson, as well as the folks of OAN. …

Two years after putting their tour in support of LP Gigaton on hold due to the pandemic, Pearl Jam is ready to head out on the road for a North American tour, starting May 3. The Eddie Vedder-fronted band will make 19 stops across Canada and the U.S., including two …

Nashville’s famed Ernest Tubb Record Shop, a country music institution for over 70 years, will permanently shutter its doors this spring. “It’s with great sadness that we share the news that the Ernest Tubb Record Shop — building and business — will be sold,” the company that runs the store …

Omar Apollo daydreams about love and lust in his new song “Killing Me,” which he performed on The Tonight Show Friday. The bilingual R&B track is one of Apollo’s most unabashedly sexy releases yet, offering another glimpse at the eclecticism the Mexican-American singer will showcase on his upcoming album, Ivory, …

The Ukrainian resistance is drawing droves of foreign fighters to Kyiv — including an award-winning Russian writer who long interpreted the Kremlin for American readers. “I have burned my bridges,” says Sergei Loiko. “If I go home, they will try me as a traitor and put me behind bars for …

Lauded producer/songwriter Linda Perry is teaming up with philanthropist Alisha Ballard for EqualizeHer, an initiative working to bring gender equity to the music industry. It launches at South by Southwest with panels and showcases running March 15 and 16 at Lustre Pearl Rainey in Austin, Texas. The events are open …