Norm Macdonald, the onetime SNL “Weekend Update” host and failed candidate to inherit The Late Late Show, will be back behind a prop desk this fall as the host of Netflix‘s Norm Macdonald Has a Show. A trailer for the talk show spotlights Macdonald stiffly questioning the title of the …
Read More »Why 'Smokey and the Bandit' Was the Ultimate Burt Reynolds Vehicle
The first time we lay eyes on Burt Reynolds‘ truck-driving legend Bo “Bandit” Darville in 1977’s Smokey and the Bandit, he’s sprawled out in a zebra-striped hammock, lazily napping when he should be hustling to make a buck by posing for pictures for a discounted 75 cents. “Looks like a …
Read More »Stephen Colbert on Dana Carvey, Bill Cosby and the (Alleged) Pee Tape
Stephen Colbert’s Rolling Stone cover-story interview covered a lot of ground, from his battle with anxiety to why Donald Trump is a “heretic against reality.” But there was even more to the conversation. On the lessons he learned while working onThe Dana Carvey Show I still will pull out things …
Read More »Ayanna Pressley's Massachusetts Victory in 3 Words: 'Change Can't Wait'
It wasn’t supposed to happen. Ayanna Pressley trailed Rep. Joe Capuano by 13 percentage points in the last poll before Tuesday’s Democratic primary to represent Massachusetts’s 7th district in Congress. When Capuano, a 10-term incumbent, conceded an hour after the polls closed, he was trailing Pressley by 18 points. Because …
Read More »How Reik Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Reggaeton
In May, almost exactly 13 years after Reik released their debut album, the Mexican trio scored their first Number One hit on the Latin Airplay chart: “Me Niego,”an indomitable, reggaeton-laced collaboration with the youthful hook-master Ozuna and the veteran rapper Wisin. The combination of molten pleading from Reik’s lead singer,Jesús …
Read More »Trump's Attacks on the Media Are Reaching Dangerous New Levels
Hours after calling legendary Washington Post reporter and current CNN contributor Carl Bernstein a “degenerate fool,” President Trump roused himself out of bed Thursday to levy another series of unhinged attacks against the media. Beginning just before 7 a.m., the president tweeted a whopping 10 times over the next three …
Read More »It's Not Sony's Fault If It Sold Fake Michael Jackson Songs
Michael Jackson fans may be a bit disappointed during this worldwide celebration of the icon’s diamond birthday. A ruling has been issued in the years-long class-action lawsuit alleging that three King of Pop songs were not in fact sung by the King of Pop — but it doesn’t actually give …
Read More »Lockn' Festival 2018: 10 Best Things We Saw
Set in the scenic foothills of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, Lockn’ is a Grateful Dead-centric festival that in the spirit of jamband culture focuses on unique collaborations between artists on the bill. Former Dead members have appeared in some configuration at every running of the festival since it started in …
Read More »John McCain, Legendary Republican Senator, Dead at 81
Legendary senator John McCain has died after a nearly year-long bout with glioblastoma, a form of brain cancer. He was 81. “Senator John Sidney McCain III died at 4:28pm on 25th August 2018,”his family said in a statement. “With the Senator when he passed were his wife Cindy and their …
Read More »Hear Kim Petras' Bubbly Declaration of Love on New Single 'All the Time'
Kim Petras has debuted the sugary sweet new song “All the Time.” The track is the eighth new single to be released by the German-born pop singer in the last year. On the song, Petras takes on a Charli XCX-like inflection as she reflects on how much she likes the …
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