In a move that’s sure to reignite thousands of millennials’ scorn for their oblivious, insensitive middle school crushes, Aly and AJ have released an explicit version of their 2007 hit “Potential Breakup Song.” The new version is nearly identical to the previous one, but the infamous “my stupid birthday” line …

A solid, staid, Saturday-afternoon kind of western starring Tom Hanks as an equally solid, stand-up guy on a mission: Sounds about right. The more surprising thing about the movie in question, News of the World, is that it was directed by Paul Greengrass, whose Bourne movies set the template for …

As the coronavirus pandemic began to destroy lives and livelihoods this spring, the music industry quickly realized the dire straits they were facing. Venues were some of the first businesses to close and will be one of the last to open, and critical PPE money — utilized by millions of …

For Saturday Night Live’s final episode of 2020 — and one of the final episodes before Joe Biden’s inauguration — Weekend Update looked back at both the lowlights and comedic highlights of Donald Trump’s presidency with a montage soundtracked by Semisonic’s “Closing Time.” “Barring a reverse Christmas miracle, this is …

iHeartMedia has announced the lineup for the fourth annual iHeartRadio Alter Ego live event, to be held virtually on January 28, 2021. Hosted by radio host Woody of iHeartRadio ALT 98.7’s nationally syndicated The Woody Show, Alter Ego 2021 will be headlined by Billie Eilish and Foo Fighters. Other featured …

Phoebe Bridgers made another unusual late-night appearance this week, performing a strings-only version of “Kyoto” from a bedroom on The Late Late Show With James Corden. Bridgers starts off by singing in bed, microphone in hand, flipping through her phone between verses. She then gets up, walks through a cloud …

The opening scene of Patty Jenkins’s Wonder Woman 1984 is a lesson: Shortcuts to greatness, cheating at the expense of others, will get you nowhere. It’s all a lose-lose. Which is a solid enough lesson for Diana Prince — a child, in this moment, still living on the women-run archipelago …

Even for a loyalist like Attorney General William Barr, there was only so far he would go to support Trump’s assault on the rule of law and reality. On Monday evening, as Trump’s doomed attempts to steal the 2020 election fizzle out, the president announced Barr would step down from …

Pioneering country music legend Charley Pride, who died Saturday at 86 from complications related to Covid-19, was as equally influenced by blues and gospel music as he was country music. Although his biggest crossover hit, “Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’” was nominated for a 1971 Grammy, the two trophies he …

Gillian Welch and David Rawlings lend their stellar harmonies to Barry Gibb for “Butterfly,” a track off Gibb’s forthcoming country/roots album Greenfields, produced by Dave Cobb. The song was first released as a deep track on the 1970 Bee Gees outtakes compilation Inception/Nostalgia. Written by Barry, Maurice, and Robin Gibb, it …