There’s an epic magic-hour shot in Chloé Zhao’s The Rider that’s so gorgeous, every great Hollywood Western director might want to hang up their spurs. Real-life saddle bronc rider Brady Jandreau, a daredevil 20-year-old with a busted head, hand and hip, mounts a horse that could kill him. At his …
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“The basic mistake that people make about Elvis was that he came along and got lucky,” record producer Ernst Jørgensen says in the new two-part HBO documentary Elvis Presley: The Searcher. “No, he didn’t get lucky. He worked hard and he created the music with great musicians. He had a …
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On the surface, the Netflix docuseries Wild Wild Country appears to be the latest addition to the utopian-commune-turned-cult cannon. But only a few minutes into the first episode, it’s evident that this veers far from the traditional narrative, complete with one of the largest bioterrorism attacks on U.S. soil, murder …
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John Hickenlooper was a geologist, a brewery proprietor, and the mayor of Denver before becoming governor of Colorado. Now, with the end of his second term in sight, Hickenlooper appears primed to reinvent himself one more time. A popular politician from a Western state once rumored as a potential VP …
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Former Beastie Boys member Ad-Rockoffers a funkier edge to Spoon‘s “Can I Sit Next to You” in his new remix of the 2017 song. The rapper-producer reinvents the indie-rock tune, deconstructing the arrangement with layers of feedback, clattering drums, distorted bass and processed samples of singer Britt Daniel’s voice. Spoon …
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Red Dirt country singer Jason Boland is thankful for all the good things that have come his way during his 20-year career – especially his wife Mandy, the inspiration behind his atypical honky-tonk love song “I Don’t Deserve You.” Rather than take the tried-and-true approach to a love song, Boland …
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A newly revealed memo from Acting Attorney General Rod Rosenstein raises several questions about Special Counsel Robert Mueller‘s Russia investigation, but leaves us with few concrete answers.In its simplest form, the memo tells us that the special counsel asked Rosenstein for the authority to look into the possibility of collusion …
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Seated in the front lounge of a sleek black motor coach, Blackberry Smoke‘s Charlie Starr is looking out the window into the fresh spring greenery just beyond his reach, ignoring the muted television in the corner as the engine idles. Starr has a reserved ease about him, but the meaning …
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After nearly a decade of recording, musician Charlie Rich signed a deal with Epic Records in 1967, making it his sixth record label since signing with Sun in 1960. Rich’s bent for jazz and R&B made the idea of marketing him as a country artist less than ideal, but at …
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Samantha Bee got David Duchovnyto help her uncover the mystery behind FEMA’s atrocious response to hurricane damage in Puerto Rico, X-Files style. The segment was part of Full Frontal‘s special episode, The Great American* Puerto Rico, about the island’s recovery efforts after Hurricanes Irma and Maria. The clip opens with …
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