Film director Martin Scorsese and actor Robert De Niro have had one of the longest-lasting and critically renowned creative partnerships in all of American cinema. On Sunday, as part of the programming for the Tribeca Film Festival (which De Niro cofounded in 2002), the two of them sat down for …
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Rising country star Lauren Alaina travelled to Los Angeles’ iconic Sound City Studios to record a cover of Cheap Trick’s classic hit “Surrender.” Alaina and her band — composed of a guitarist, bassist, banjoist and drummer — gave the song their own country flair with amped-up acoustics. “We kind of …
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Los Angeles rock and roll stalwarts Cherie Currie and Brie Darling unveiled a cover of the T. Rex classic “The Motivator,” which serves as the title-track for their upcoming album, out August 2nd via Blue Élan Records. Currie and Darling give “The Motivator” a slick contemporary makeover without forfeiting any …
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A review of “The Unknown,” this week’s Better Things, coming up just as soon as I show you a copy of the Fiddler on the Roof cast album… For Season Three, Better Things dropped its original opening credits sequence scored to John Lennon’s “Mother,” opting for a shorter one where …
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Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth suit up and do battle with shape-shifting aliens that have managed to infiltrate the MIB organization in the new trailer for Men in Black: International, out June 14th. The new clip introduces Thompson’s character, Agent M, a new recruit who spent 20 years trying to …
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Last September, the Nigerian artist Davido was a guest on Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club, one of rap radio’s most popular morning shows. “You got American people singing Nigerian music,” said DJ Envy, one of the co-hosts. But even as DJ Envy praised Davido songs like “Fall” and “If,” the …
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WASHINGTON — Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s redacted final report drove a dagger through the heart of one of the most notorious conspiracy theories of the Trump era: that a murdered DNC staffer named Seth Rich — not Russia — stole tens of thousands of Democratic Party emails and gave them …
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Widespread Panic and Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit topped the bill at this past weekend’s Sweetwater 420 Fest in Atlanta, with the two Southern roots-based bands closing out the festival’s main stage with back-to-back performances on Sunday. Following a set with his own group, Isbell stuck around with his …
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The question mark may throw you at first: Wait, so are you asking us if we pledge fealty to the Prince of Darkness, or …. But as filmmaker Penny Lane’s documentary on the Satanic Temple makes clear early on, the innate sense of inquiry in the title is indeed there …
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It seems former Attorney General Jeff Sessions was correct about one thing: Pot legalization has provided cover for criminals, allowing illicit production to thrive. Experts estimate that at least 30 percent of cannabis cultivated in legal states is being “diverted” to illicit markets across the country. The biggest problem has …
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