Former Recording Academy CEO Deborah Dugan claims she was sexually harassed by the general counsel to the Academy and put on administrative leave for raising numerous concerns about goings-on at the Grammys in a new filing with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The 46-page complaint arrives just days before the …
Read More »Keith Urban's Las Vegas Residency: 5 Best Moments
Last week, Keith Urban kicked off a 12-show residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace. It’s a hard-rocking, on-your-feet-spectacle that, at nearly two hours, showcases a triumphant Urban blasting through a trove of hits, 17 in all. The January dates wrap up this weekend, before the country singer-guitarist returns in …
Read More »Rina Sawayama Announces Debut Album, Shares Pulsing Club Track 'Comme Des Garçons'
London-based pop star Rina Sawayama announced on Friday that her debut album,SAWAYAMA, will arrive April 17th via Dirty Hit. She also shared a new single from the LP, “Comme Des Garçons (Like the Boys),” a club track that celebrates gay men and their rejection of traditional masculinity. “When I was …
Read More »Green Day Get Sucked Into the Endless Stream of Virality in New 'Oh Yeah!' Video
Green Day find themselves trapped in a tangled web of screens in the video for their new song, “Oh Yeah!” from their upcoming album, Father of All…, out February 7th via Reprise/Warner Records. Directed by Malia James, the clip opens with drummer Tré Cool introducing a low-budget YouTube tutorial on …
Read More »Brandi Carlile Heals, Exalts at Night One of Her Ryman Auditorium Residency
A little over two years ago, Brandi Carlile played a small show at Nashville’s Basement East for the holiday party thrown by her new producer and label, Dave Cobb and Low Country Sound. It was there that she debuted songs from her album By the Way, I Forgive You, which …
Read More »George Nader, Trump Associate and Mueller Investigation Witness, Pleads Guilty to Child Sex Crimes
George Nader, a key witness in Robert Mueller’s Russia probe, pleaded guilty on Monday to two child sex charges. According to the Washington Post, Nader admitted to bringing an underage boy to the U.S. for sex and being in possession of child pornography. Nader was a part of President Donald …
Read More »True Crime Podcast Leads to Arrest in 40-Year-Old Cold Case
The Murder Squad, a collaboration between retired detective Paul Holes and investigative journalist Billy Jensen, launched in spring of 2019 with the aim of helping to solve cold cases by asking listeners to pitch in on investigation. On Monday, they announced that their podcast may have scored its first cold-case …
Read More »Defense Secretary Says He 'Didn't See' Evidence of Trump's Claim of Four Embassies Under Threat from Iran
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said, “I didn’t see one with regard to four embassies,” when asked if there was specific evidence that showed Iran planned to attack four American embassies, as President Trump has claimed. Esper made the comment on CBS’s Face the Nation on Sunday. On Friday, Trump spoke …
Read More »Leonardo DiCaprio's Earth Alliance to Donate $3 Million to Australia Fire Relief
Leonardo DiCaprio‘s environmental organization, Earth Alliance, will donate $3 million to wildfire relief efforts in Australia, according to The Associated Press. Earth Alliance launched the Australia Wildfire Fund to handle the donation, while also soliciting help from others. Per the fund’s website, 100 percent of donations will go directly to …
Read More »Raconteurs Cruise Through 'Austin City Limits' With Blistering 'Sunday Driver'
The Raconteurs dart through “Sunday Driver” in a preview clip from their upcoming episode of Austin City Limits, set to air January 11th at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT on PBS. The Raconteurs released “Sunday Driver” back in December 2018, and, at the time, the explosive ripper marked the band’s …
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