A dog falls in love with a cat and fights a gang of sharp-dressed sharks in the imaginative video for Arcade Fire‘s “Chemistry,” the band’s latest Everything Now visual. In the Ray Tintori-directed video – which fuses animation courtesy of the studio behind Rick & Morty with flesh-and-blood actors – …
Read More »Cam Joins Sam Smith's Thrill of It All Tour
Grammy-nominated powerhouse Cam will team with British pop superstar Sam Smith on the North American leg of his the Thrill of It All Tour. The trek kicks off on June 18th in Toronto, Ontario, with a total of 22 dates in arenas across North America. After crossing the U.S., the …
Read More »Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper Sing Together in 'A Star Is Born' Trailer
Lady Gaga battles creative and personal insecurity in the first trailer for Bradley Cooper‘s upcoming remake of the 1937 classicA Star Is Born. Cooper co-stars, co-wrote and made his directorial debut in the romantic musical drama. The preview opens with Cooper’s character, country singer-songwriter Jackson Maine, struggling with alcoholism. “Ya …
Read More »Fans to Celebrate Prince's 60th Birthday With Minnesota Festival
A group of Prince fans plan to celebrate the late icon’s 60th birthday with a three-day gathering in Henderson, Minnesota, near where scenes from Purple Rain were filmed. Minnesota resident Joel King, who served as a camera operator on Prince‘s Graffiti Bridge and several music videos, is co-organizing the event, …
Read More »Inside Kanye West's Wyoming Listening Party
“It’s great to be out here,” Chris Rock said on Thursday night at the Diamond Cross Ranch near Jackson Hole, Wyoming. “It’s beautiful – I was walking around, and I saw a moose. I went up and touched the moose, and the moose said to me, ‘Hey, there’s a lot …
Read More »Michael Jackson Estate Sues Disney Over Unauthorized ABC Special
The Estate of Michael Jackson filed a federal copyright infringement lawsuit against the Walt Disney Company and ABC TV, alleging the companies used dozens of copyrights without permission when the TV network aired The Last Days of Michael Jackson last week. The suit claims the two-hour, unauthorized special – which …
Read More »How BTS Are Breaking K-Pop's Biggest Taboos
In modern South Korea, pop stars and politics don’t often mix. While some hip-hop acts (such as Epik High) address controversial topics, many idol groups stick to a slick, apolitical formula with a proven record of success. BTS, who just became the first K-pop act ever to top the Billboard …
Read More »Exit Polls Indicate Ireland Will Repeal 'Cruel and Inhumane' Abortion Laws
Ireland’s abortion laws are among the most restrictive in the developed world, but that appears soon to changeaccording to exit polls conducted by The Irish Times. If the final vote tally mirrors the exit polls, it will bea major win for women’s rights, repealing a constitutional amendment that forbade abortions …
Read More »Vevo to Shut Down Site, Giving in to YouTube Empire
Competing with YouTube was always a tall order. Vevo, the video-hosting service founded in 2009 as a joint venture between the big three record companies to do just that, is admitting defeat. The company announced in a blog post Thursday that it is shuttering its mobile apps and website, and …
Read More »Stacey Abrams Is the Future for a Democratic Party in Crisis
If you had to describe the state of the Democratic Party in 2018, you could pretty well capture it in two wildly contrasting vignettes from the past two days. Cut to Tuesday evening in Atlanta, Georgia: In a jam-packed and jubilant ballroom, 44-year-old Stacey Abrams – who’s running to become …
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