Roger Waters would like to see a new resistance movement sweep America. At a Q&A after a screening of his concert film, Us + Them, in New York on Tuesday night, the artist compared the way he saw younger people take to the themes of humanism in his concert abroad …
Read More »One Man Believes Tupac Is Alive in New Mexico — And Plans to Make a Movie About It
Perhaps one of the greatest conspiracy theories in music history is that Tupac Shakur is still alive. There’s a stubborn contingent of people who refuse to believe that Shakur died from the four gunshot wounds he sustained on September 7th, 1996, in Las Vegas. Tupac’s bodyguard has shared that he …
Read More »'Everybody Was Bawling': Kristen Bell on the End of 'The Good Place'
Last Thursday, the NBC comedy The Good Place aired its poignant finale, which concluded (spoilers) with Kristen Bell’s Eleanor Shellstrop deciding her time in the afterlife was up. She walked through the final door, dissolved into floating orbs of light, and wound up down on Earth, where her glittering particles …
Read More »The Last Word: Patrick Stewart on Picard's Evolution, Going Bald, Helping Veterans
Sir Patrick Stewart’s return to the Star Trek universe and the role of the captain that made him famous in Picard has been greeted with widespread critical acclaim and unbridled nerd enthusiasm. Rolling Stone’s Alan Sepinwall hailed the show and rightly called Stewart“far and away the best actor to be …
Read More »Tyler, the Creator on His Grammy Win: It 'Feels Like a Backhanded Compliment'
On Sunday night, Tyler, the Creator won his first Grammy when 2019’s IGOR took home the year’s award for Best Rap Album. He had mixed feelings about it. “I’m half and half on it,” he said, immediately after accepting the award. “On one side, I’m very grateful that what I …
Read More »Simon and Garfunkel Celebrate 50 Years of 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' With Live EP
Fifty years ago this week, Simon and Garfunkel released Bridge Over Troubled Water. It was not only their most successful album — selling millions of copies and earning them six Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year — but it was also their final LP. They reformed several times over …
Read More »Stone Gossard Talks New Pearl Jam Album: 'It Captures the Spirit of the Band'
Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard explained how the group’s upcoming album, Gigaton, captures “the spirit of the band” in a new interview with Zane Lowe on Beats 1 radio. The first single from Gigaton, “Dance of the Clairvoyants,” found the band exploring funkier and more experimental sonic territories, with Gossard …
Read More »Trailers of the Week: 'Birds of Prey,' New 'Fargo' Season, 'Mrs. America' and More
Birds of Prey (And the Fabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) Margot Robbie returns as Harley Quinn. This time, she’s broken up with her ex-boyfriend the Joker, and even though she claims she’s back on her feet, her junk food binge says otherwise. Her pity party comes to a halt …
Read More »Mac Miller's Family Details Posthumous Album 'Circles'
Mac Miller‘s posthumous album, Circles — which was meant to be a companion to what turned out to be his final LP, Swimming —will be released January 17th, according to a note from Miller’s family on the late rapper’s Instagram. Miller was working on Circles at the time of his …
Read More »Watch the Trailer for Gwyneth Paltrow's 'The Goop Lab' Netflix Series
Netflix announced Monday (with a very cheeky poster — see below) that the six-episode series on Gwyneth Paltrow’s lifestyle brand Goop will be released January 24th on the platform. The Goop Lab will behosted by Paltrow and Goop Chief Content Officer Elise Loehnen. In the accompanying trailer, Paltrow consults health …
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