Four days after Jeffrey Epstein‘s apparent suicide, one of the convicted sex offender’s accusers is seeking justice. Jennifer Araoz — who alleges Epstein sexually assaulted her at his New York City townhouse when she was 14 and 15 years old, including a rape in 2002 — has filed a lawsuit …
Read More »A Peasant Farmer Resists Nazi Germany in Terrence Malick's 'A Hidden Life' Trailer
An Austrian farmer refuses to fight for the Nazis in World War II in the tense new trailer for Terrence Malick’s upcoming film, A Hidden Life, which opens December 13th A Hidden Life is based on real events and stars August Diehl as Franz Jägerstätter, an Austrian peasant farmer and devout …
Read More »Pusha T Weighs in on the Removal of His Latest Drake Diss
Pusha T and Lil Wayne were set to be on the sixth installment of Rick Ross‘s “Maybach Music” series. The collaboration was pitched as a ceasefire between two rappers who have spent the better part of a decade trading subliminals back and forth, to the point that Wayne’s protégé, Drake, …
Read More »This Week in Latin Music: Los Tigres del Norte, Bad Bunny and 'Amor Eterno'
In case you missed it, here are some standout moments in Latin music from the week of August 5th. Los Tigres del Norte, “La Prisión de Folsom (Folsom Prison Blues)” Johnny Cashaficionados will recall his 1968 album,At Folsom Prison, and its landmark opening song, “Folsom Prison Blues.” Fifty years later, …
Read More »Charles Manson: How a Twisted Beatles Obsession Inspired Family Murders
Charles Manson had an easy explanation for why he ordered the deaths of the family of Leno LaBianca and residents at Sharon Tate’s house at the hands of his “Family”: “It’s the Beatles, the music they’re putting out,” he told the district attorney who sent him to death row. “These …
Read More »Noel Gallagher Talks Crafting the Perfect Setlist, Touring With Smashing Pumpkins
Few respond to “How are you?” more honestly than Noel Gallagher. The Oasis songwriter is about to break down a recent set he performed in Dublin with his current band Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, but he wants to be real first. “You want the honest answer?” he asks. “I’m …
Read More »Trump Goes After El Paso Native Beto O'Rourke in Bizarre Tweet
On the eve of his visit to memorials in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, and hours before he would declare his rhetoric “brings people together,” President Trump went on Twitter to attack Democratic candidate and El Paso-area native Beto O’Rourke. O’Rourke, has for days been criticizing Trump for white …
Read More »John Hiatt to Receive BMI Troubadour Award
Singer-songwriter John Hiatt, whose songs have been recorded by a wide range of artists from Bonnie Raitt and Willie Nelson to Bob Dylan and Iggy Pop, will be honored next month by the performing-rights organization BMI with the presentation of its Troubadour Award. At the private ceremony in Nashville on …
Read More »Trump Botches Address to Nation, Says 'Toledo' Instead of 'Dayton'
President Trump addressed the nation Monday morning about the shooting in El Paso and Dayton that left at least 31 dead over the weekend. Squinting at a teleprompter, Trump spoke in monotone about the need to “condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy,” while blaming video games and the internet for …
Read More »A$AP Rocky Case: Judge Delays Verdict, Releases Suspects from Custody
Following three days of testimony, a Swedish judge said he would issue a verdict on the assault charges leveled against A$AP Rocky on August 14th. A$AP Rocky’s attorney also told freelance journalist Maddy Savage, who has been covering the trial, that the three defendants did not need to remain in …
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