DAVOS, SWITZERLAND — Hours after President Trump kicked off the 2020 World Economic Forum on Tuesday by bashing climate activists as “prophets of doom,” Greta Thunberg countered with yet another scathing indictment of government and corporate leaders for failing to take meaningful action to combat climate change. “Our house is …
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President Donald Trump’s legal team officially responded to last week’s Senate summons that notified the president that if he is convicted during the impeachment trial, he will be removed from office. Trump’s response came in a six-page letter on Saturday, according to the New York Times, where his lawyers blasted …
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Lee Ranaldo and Rosalía collaborator Raül Refree are extremely talented guitarists, but for their new song “Light Years Out,” they turned to an old cassette of Ranaldo throwing chairs against the wall for instrumentation instead. “We found some tapes at the studio in New York that Lee recorded many years …
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Mike Pompeo has had a busy first few days of 2020. In the wake of last week’s Trump-ordered drone strike that killed Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, the secretary of state has been a fixture on cable news, regurgitating Iraq-invasion talking points and making specious claims about how the attack was …
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Justin Bieber has returned with the new song “Yummy.” He teased the track on Christmas Eve alongside a tour announcement. It’s the first single from Bieber’s upcoming fifth album, the follow-up to 2015’s Purpose. The smooth R&B song — produced by Kid Culture, Sasha Sirota and frequent collaborator Jason “Poo …
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The 1970s were, arguably, the golden age of classic TV Christmas specials. Before variety shows and specials all but disappeared from the lineups of the three major networks (and before cable TV took over and shrank network viewership), each holiday season brought forth highly rated variety specials to please nearly …
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The cast of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker joined Jimmy Kimmel to play a few rounds of “Force Family Feud”in honor of the film’s upcoming release. Kimmel tapped J.J. Abrams, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, Kelly Marie Tran, Naomi Ackie and Keri Russell, …
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Huey Lewis and the News unveiled a new song, “While We’re Young,” from their first album of all new music in 19 years, Weather, out February 14th, 2020. “While We’re Young” is a plucky pop rock tune with supple guitars and bright horns fluttering over a tight drum and bass …
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Doctor Who takes on some familiar foes in the new trailer for Season 12 of the long-running British sci-fi series, which will premiere with a two-part special, “Spyfall,” January 1st, 2020 on BBC America and BBC One. The new season finds Jodie Whitaker reprising her role as the 13th Doctor, …
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Janelle Monáe stars in the upcoming thriller Antebellum, from the producers of Get Out and Us. The minute-long preview doesn’t provide much insight into Antebellum’s top-secret plot, instead offering a foreboding series of images and sounds blending modern-day technologies and the pre-Civil War period — with Monae’s Veronica caught between …
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