Bob Dylan‘s artwork and handwritten song lyrics will exhibit at a Tulsa, Oklahoma art museum beginning in May. The Gilcrease Museum’s “Bob Dylan: Face Value and Beyond” will feature 12 pastel portraits – similar to the one featured on the 2013 archival release Another Self Portrait – by the rock …
Read More »The $1 Billion Waiting For Artists Who Know Where to Look
Before touching down in Austin to perform at the annual South by Southwest music bacchanal this year, folk-pop duo Lily & Madeleine received a curious email from their manager. It said that, while at the festival, the two artists should make sure to go talk to a small industry group …
Read More »Museums Are Rejecting Donations From the Sackler Family
On Thursday, the Tate became the latest institution to reject any further donations from the Sackler family, the controversial owner of Purdue Pharmaceuticals, which is alleged to have played a major role in driving the opioid crisis. In a statement, a spokesperson for the Tate wrote: “The Sackler family has …
Read More »Meek Mill: See First Teaser for Amazon Docuseries 'Free Meek'
Meek Mill revealed the first teaser for his upcoming docuseries Free Meek during the rapper’s sold-out performance at the Met in his native Philadelphia amid the “Meek Mill Weekend” celebrations. The preview, which was also uploaded to YouTube, features snapshots of concert footage, documents from the case as well as …
Read More »Hilarious 'Bel Air' Trailer Reimagines 'The Fresh Prince' as a Dramatic Movie
What if The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air were shot in 2019 and was a serious indie movie instead of a goofy early 1990s sitcom? That’s the brilliant question director that cinematography Morgan Cooper poses in his hilarious fake trailer Bel-Air, which hit the internet earlier this week and has already …
Read More »John Oliver Robocalls FCC to Urge Crackdown on Robocalls
On Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, John Oliver demonstrated the skin-crawling annoyance of robocalls by targeting the exact agency that could stop them, the Federal Communications Commission, with a hilarious robocall of his own. But before that satisfying grand finale, the comedian explained the “clearly infuriating” phenomenon in the show’s main …
Read More »The Constant Impermanence of Bob Mould
Earlier this month, Bob Mould told me an anecdote about how people view his live shows. “Somebody once tweeted something like, ‘Oh, my God. I’m at a Bob Mould show, and it seems like it’s been an hour and a half of the same song. It’s incredible,’” he said. “At …
Read More »David Crosby Announces Dates for 2019 'Sky Trails' Tour
David Crosby is hitting the road for a spring solo tour that will take him all across the U.S. The 23-date trek kicks off May 10th at the Pantages Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota and wraps up June 16th at the Criterion Theater in Bar Harbor, Maine. He’ll be backed by …
Read More »Watch Anne Hathaway, Rebel Wilson Kick Off Scam Season in 'The Hustle' Trailer
Anne Hathway helps Rebel Wilson master the art of the perfect con in the new trailer for The Hustle, set to arrive May 10th. In the film, Hathaway plays a high-class scammer who takes Wilson, a small-time crook, under her wing and teaches her how to properly fleece wealthy men. …
Read More »Stacey Abrams: 'We Can No Longer Ignore These Threats to Democracy'
When Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced last week that Stacey Abrams would deliver the official Democratic rebuttal to President Trump’s State of the Union Address, he said that the former Georgia gubernatorial candidate “offers a welcome, stark contrast to President Trump’s politics of division and lack of leadership.” …
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