After three weeks of testimony from nearly 50 witnesses, a Chicago jury took just a few hours to find former police officer Jason Van Dyke guilty of 2nd degree murder and 16 aggravated assault charges in the death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. Van Dyke was charged with first-degree murder, but …
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Tim McGraw is searching for a little barroom salvation in “Neon Church,” one of two new songs the country superstar released on Thursday. “Neon Church” is the lead single from an upcoming album project, McGraw’s first solo release since 2015’s Damn Country Music and his crosstown move to Sony Music …
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Paul McCartney paid tribute to the humor, work ethic and fearlessness of late audio engineer Geoff Emerick, who died Tuesday from a heart attack at age 72. Emerick worked on some of the Beatles‘ most revered albums, including Revolver, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Bandand Abbey Road.“I’ll always remember him …
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When Annie Clark was mixing last year’s critically acclaimed Masseduction, she cut another version of the same album that she’s since dubbed MassEducation. The reworked LP, which will come out on October 12th, features only her on vocals and Thomas Bartlett on piano. She described the record in a statement …
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Garth Brooks continues his career-chronicling Anthology series with a bit of a surprise in the five-volume collection. Having released Part I last November, Brooks jumps ahead to Part III Live with a five-CD collection of 52 concert recordings, including the Triple Live LP announced this summer and soon to be …
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When Janis Joplin was found dead in her Hollywood hotel room in 1970, the announced cause of death was—and remains–a heroin overdose. But one image haunted her close friend Peggy Caserta, who arrived at Joplin’s room after police were already on the scene: Joplin’s high-heeled sandal. “I saw her foot …
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LCD Soundsystem’s music video for American Dream single “Oh Baby” is a six-minute mini-drama directed by sci-fi auteur Rian Johnson (Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Looper) and starring Sissy Spacek and David Strathairn, that takes on the big questions about life, death and DIY teleportation. The clip was originally posted …
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The Good Place is back for a third season, and I have a review of the season premiere coming up just as soon as I do a wheelie on a dirtbike through an entire waffle house… Lord, I missed these dum-dums. When last we left our heroes, it appeared that …
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Robin Wright’s Claire Underwood assumes the presidency in the thrilling new trailer for the sixth and final season of House of Cards. The clip is packed with plenty political duplicity and backstabbing as Claire adjusts to the rigors of the office while paving a path that significantly diverges from that …
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BTS and Jimmy Fallon tackled the “Fortnite Dance Challenge” on Tuesday’s Tonight Show, mimicking the characters from the popular online video game. The South Korean boy band, experts at their own intricate choreography, took turns nailing meme-worthy moves like the bouncy “Orange Justice” and pendulum-like “the Floss.” Fallon jumped in …
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