The 51st CMA Awards were held in Nashville on Wednesday, with Garth Brooks taking home the night’s top honor of Entertainer of the Year for the sixth time in his storied career. Brooks, who triumphed over Chris Stapleton, Keith Urban, Luke Bryan and Eric Church, returned from hiatus in 2014 …
Read More »Hear Erik Menendez Talk 'Enduring Family Tragedy' for 'Erik Tells All'
Erik Menendez talks about the Menendez brothers’ murder of their parents, an “ongoing and enduring family tragedy,” in a new clip from The Menendez Murders: Erik Tells All, an upcoming A&E limited series featuring Erik Menendez’s most in-depth interview since the infamous 1989 murders. “My only hope in speaking out …
Read More »Larry David on 'SNL': 3 Sketches You Have to See
Back when Larry David was a writer for Saturday Night Live, you could charitably describe the relationship between the two entities as oil and water. But over the last few years, that’s turned into more of a peanut butter and jelly situation, with David’s breakout performance as Bernie Sanders producing …
Read More »Art Garfunkel on His Unusual New Book, the End of Simon and Garfunkel
In the spring of 1983, Art Garfunkel stepped out of his New York apartment building and began a walk across North America. The journey was conducted across 40 installments (always picking up exactly where the last one ended) and took him 14 years to complete. The whole time, he had …
Read More »'Last Flag Flying': Cranston, Carell and Fishburne Go for the Gold
Who better than Richard Linklater to craft a movie about people talking – and in doing so, revealing the quirks and flaws that make them human? Whether it’s Boyhood or the “Before” trilogy, the Texas-based writer-director and indie-film figurehead is always alert to the moments when people drop their public …
Read More »Watch Taylor Swift's Dark, Sci-Fi-Themed '…Ready For It?' Video
Taylor Swift unveiled a gritty, futuristic new video for “…Ready For It?” The track will appear on the pop star’s upcoming album, Reputation, out November 10th. In the clip, Swift struts through a dystopian world in a dark, hooded coat before she encounters her stripped-down doppelgänger. As the pair interact, …
Read More »'Suburbicon': George Clooney's Satire Goes From Righteous to Toothless
This scattershot satire of the dark underbelly of 1950s suburbia feels like a movie the Coen brothers forgot to make. It is their script, which means the laughs still have bite. And the director is George Clooney, who’s previously worked as an actor with the Coens, sometimes smashingly (O Brother …
Read More »Robert Guillaume, TV's 'Benson,' Dead at 89
Robert Guillaume, who played the quick-witted and sarcastic Benson DuBois on Soap and the spinoff Benson, has died. His widow, Donna Brown Guillaume, told The Associated Press that he died at home in Los Angeles where he was battling prostate cancer. He was 89. In 1977, Guillaume took on the …
Read More »On the Charts: Pink Sets 2017's First-Week Sales Record by Female Artist
Pink returned to the top of the Billboard 200 as the singer’s latest Beautiful Trauma debuted with the most first-week album sales by a female artist in 2017, pre-Reputation. Beautiful Trauma, Pink‘s first album since her fellow Number One LP The Truth About Love in 2012 and her second Billboard …
Read More »Hear Alan Jackson's Tender New Song 'The Older I Get'
Ahead of his official induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday, Alan Jackson has released a sweet new tune called “The Older I Get.” Driven by traditional country fiddle and an upbeat message, the song was written by Adam Wright, Hailey Whitters and Sarah Allison Turner. The …
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