Ariana Grande took Piers Morgan to task during a back-and-forth Twitter exchange Wednesday that involved the singer’s mother, Joan Grande, and Morgan’s criticism of Little Mix, Ellen DeGeneres and more. On Wednesday morning, Morgan took aim at Little Mix regarding their promotional photo. First, he tweeted the girl group’s promotional …
Read More »Mississippi Voters Could Make History in Yet Another Race About Race
Who knew Cindy Hyde-Smith was such a comedian? The Republican senator from Mississippi, appointed in March to replace the ancient and ailing Thad Cochran, has been on quite a roll in the run-up to next Tuesday’s runoff election against Mike Espy, who was the state’s first black congressman since Reconstruction …
Read More »The Rolling Stones Announce 2019 'No Filter' U.S. Stadium Tour
The Rolling Stones are bringing their No Filter tour to U.S. stadiums in 2019. The 13-show tour will kick off April 20th at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida and wrap up June 21st at Soldier Field in Chicago.Tickets go on sale November 30th at 10:00 a.m. “It’s …
Read More »Trailers of the Week: 'Toy Story 4,' 'Detective Pikachu,' 'Dumbo'
There’s a whole heapin’ helping of cuteness that hit us this week, starting with the first glimpse of the Pokemon Detective Pikachu movie that sent millennials into a frenzy. We also got: a high-concept teaser for Woody, Buzz and the gang’s new adventure; an underdog story involving small-town beauty pageants …
Read More »How Thousand Oaks' Borderline Bar Became a 'Safe Place' for Las Vegas Survivors
On November 7th, Rob Jones showed up to the Borderline Bar & Grill at noon to drop off some flyers for his band’s upcoming gig. Jones performs at the Borderline every few months with his band Highway Starr, a local California country-rock band who consider the Thousand Oaks country bar …
Read More »Trump Has Resumed That Whole Melting Down Over the Russia Investigation Thing
It’s been a while since Trump has railed against the Mueller investigation like we saw Thursday morning. “The inner workings of the Mueller investigation are a total mess,” the president tweeted 15 minutes after touting how “smoothly” the White House is running. “They have found no collusion and have gone …
Read More »U2's Experience + Innocence Tour: 10 Stunning Live Rarities
U2 wrapped up their Experience + Innocence tour on Tuesday with a makeup show in Berlin, Germany. Like every other night of the tour, they didn’t play a single song from The Joshua Tree and instead focused on material from Songs of Experience and lesser-known cuts from the Nineties along …
Read More »Maren Morris: Country Radio Is Going to 'Get Its Sh-t Together'
“Eventually country radio is going to get its shit together and play everyone,” Maren Morris told the crowd gathered yesterday at CMT’s Next Women of Country showcase at Nashville’s City Winery. There to celebrate the 2019 class and accept the annual Impact Award presented by Natalie Hemby, Morris (part of …
Read More »The President's Coal Warrior
If you could design the ideal character to assure the continuing domination of Big Coal and Big Oil in America and to reaffirm their faith in their God-given right to cook the climate in pursuit of profit, that character would look a lot like acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler. And …
Read More »Aretha Franklin Doc 'Amazing Grace' Amplifies the Power of a Gospel Classic
The new Aretha Franklin documentary Amazing Grace — filmed in 1972 during the live recording sessions for her hit album of the same name, but not available for public viewing until today — is a marvelous 87-minute testament to Franklin’s unrivaled singing ability. But amid the embarrassment of vocal riches, …
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