Hugh Jackman remembered standing in the shadow of Stan Lee at Comic-Con during an interview with Stephen Colbert on The Late Show Monday. Lee, the mastermind behind the Marvel universe, died yesterday at the age of 95. Since 2000, Jackman has portrayed Wolverine in the film adaptations of one of …
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Lady Gaga unveiled an endearing new video for her soulful song from A Star Is Born, “Look What I Found.” The clip opens with a shot from the movie, in which Gaga’s character Ally tosses out the rough idea for “Look What I Found” while eating at a diner with …
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Van Morrison has announced his new album, The Prophet Speaks. His 40th studio album is set for release on December 7th via Caroline International. On his new effort, Morrison offers six new originals alongside his reinterpretations of classics. Sam Cooke’s “Laughin’ and Clownin’,” John Lee Hooker’s “Dimples,” Solomon Burke’s “Gotta …
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John Prine‘s new video for “Summer’s End” packs an emotional wallop, carefully and beautifully rendering a story about a family grappling with loss. “Summer’s end’s around the bend, just flying,” sings Prine in the opening line, summoning that bittersweet feeling of change in the song from his 2018 album The …
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Mid90s, Jonah Hill‘s directorial debut, follows 13-year-old Stevie, who befriends a group of skateboarders one summer while navigating a heartbreaking home life in Los Angeles.“A lot of the time we feel like our lives are the worst,” a friend tells Stevie (Sunny Suljic) in the tender new trailer. “I think …
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Conway Savage, longtime pianist with Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds for nearly 30 years, died Sunday at the age of 58. Savage, who joined the Bad Seeds after Cave’s 1990 album The Good Son, was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2017, which forced him to miss the band’s …
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Ronnie James Dio‘s vast personal collection of guitars, stage wardrobe and artwork will feature in an upcoming auction dedicated to the heavy metal giant. The auction, fittingly, is offering 666 items from Dio‘s estate. Among the notable items in the Julien’s Auction, scheduled for September 14th and 15th in New …
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Samantha Bee explored the crucial role undocumented immigrants play in the food industry – and debuted her Guy Fieri parody character, “Girl Fieri” – on Full Frontal Wednesday. As Bee noted, there are 1.3 million undocumented immigrants working in restaurants in the United States, and one of them, Christina Martinez, …
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Phil Lesh & Very Special Friends will headline a voter participation benefit concert at New York’s Apollo Theater on September 7th on a bill that also includes the Harlem Gospel Choir, Terrapin Family Band, Nicki Bluhm, Talib Kweli and Robert Randolph. Formally billed as Don’t Tell Me This Country Ain’t …
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Dead & Company will reconvene this winter for their second annual Playing in the Sand concert vacation, which invades Riviera Maya, Mexico in January. The supergroup – featuring John Mayer, Grateful Dead members Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann, Oteil Burbridge and Jeff Chimenti – will perform three concerts …
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