I first spoke with Fiona Apple back in September, after she spontaneously emailed me and gave her first interview in seven years. She was in the midst of working on a new album, her first since 2012’s The Idler Wheel, and had quite happily become the sort of homebody who rarely left her house except […]
When the Cats trailer debuted earlier this year, it fractured the internet in ways not seen since, maybe, the first glimpse of A Star Is Born. Familiar humans — Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson, Judi Dench, and Idris Elba — were cattified, for lack of a better word, with fur and tails, wriggling and writhing around […]
When the Cats trailer debuted earlier this year, it fractured the internet in ways not seen since, maybe, the first glimpse of A Star Is Born. Familiar humans — Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson, Judi Dench, and Idris Elba — were cattified, for lack of a better word, with fur and tails, wriggling and writhing around […]
Eminem is celebrating the 20th anniversary of his Slim Shady LP with some new merchandise. This Friday (April 26), the rap superstar will release a Slim Shady LP collection through his online store and unveil previously unreleased artwork from the album. “YO! PSA – #SSLP20 stuff drops Friday!” he announced Instagram. “Went back with @dannyhastings […]
The ascent of Wiz Khalifa in the music industry will be chronicled in a five-part documentary series titled Wiz Khalifa: Behind The Cam. The docuseries’ title is a reference to his birth name, Cameron Thomaz. The Taylor Gang founder released the series’ trailer on Wednesday (April 10). All episodes of the show will be available Apple […]
It appears HBO has planned to stop airing the Leaving Neverland documentary this month. According to HBO’s website, the only listing for the Michael Jackson-related series is April 17. There are no further dates listed after that even though the original end time was scheduled for September. The integrity of Jackson’s accusers — James Safechuck […]
When Stevie Nicks comes at you, shawl in hand, with a quibble about the institution you’re running, you best sit back and listen. Maybe even offer to buy her another shawl for her shawl vault in gratitude. Because as Nicks explained during her induction speech into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Friday […]
Sixty years in the past, 57 jazz musicians gathered in entrance of a Harlem brownstone at 17 East 126th Street, between Fifth and Madison Avenues, for a photograph shoot. Though it didn’t look like a giant deal on the time, the ensuing , taken by Art Kane and printed within the January 1959 subject of […]
Four a long time after releasing her first report, Rosanne Cash nonetheless defies stereotypes. In a 12 months when many nation stars select to stay silent on points starting from the NRA to gender equality, the 63-year-old singer writes op-eds about stopping gun violence, leads advocacy and social-justice efforts (she helped promote the Music Modernization […]
New York, NY – BET is gearing up their fall programming with three premieres this month. Things kick off on Tuesday (October 16) with the annual BET Hip Hop Awards, for what BET considers the most important evening in Hip Hop, hosted by comic Deray Davis in sunny Miami. The tv community additionally has two different premieres slated […]
The dispute over a Three 6 Mafia reunion continues to play out within the public. A couple of months after DJ Paul claimed Juicy J formally left the group, the 2 sides are as soon as once more exchanging phrases about reuniting interviews and social media. The newest back-and-forth spawned from a latest Juicy J […]
In honor of its 20th anniversary, Souls of Mischief launched a documentary on the making of their seminal album, ’93 Til Infinity, again in 2013. Now, because the venture turns 25, the Til Infinity film is being launched to the general public. Clocking in at 93 minutes — which is clearly not an accident — the […]
Celebrity Big Brother star Ben Jardine has claimed that disgraced actress Roxanne Pallett has tried to get in touch with him since sensationally leaving the Channel 5 present. The Married At First Sight star solely instructed OK! Online that whereas former Emmerdale favorite Roxanne tried to talk to him amid backlash within the media, he by no means responded. “To […]
Continuing the tradition set forth by Greta Gerwig and her charming snail-mail sonic requests for Lady Bird, Jon M. Chu, the director of Crazy Rich Asians, has released the letter he personally wrote to Coldplay in the hope of licensing its song “Yellow” for the film. As Chu previously explained in various interviews, it was […]
Tekashi 6ix9ine isn’t helping police with their investigation into his kidnapping and robbery, according to TMZ. The polarizing artist reportedly has refused to describe the jewelry that was stolen or estimate its value. Law enforcement sources also claim 6ix9ine’s driver won’t fill out a stolen property form for an iPhone that was allegedly taken in […]
Ever since Pusha T released “The Story Of Adidon,” J. Prince has emerged as the sole voice for Drake’s camp in the feud. According to the Rap-A-Lot Records founder, his public discussions about the beef have resulted in him receiving a threat. In a new interview with Billboard promoting his upcoming memoir, Prince claimed to be […]
In light of the ongoing battle between Pusha T and Drake, DX Breakdown host Murs takes some time to set some definitions for the different types of rap beef (opportunistic, personal and just straight-up rap rap beef) before getting into some history and digging into some of the lyrics from “Infrared,” “Duppy Freestyle” and “The […]
They did it: Sheldon and Amy are married, and it only took eight seasons of The Big Bang Theory to get them to the altar. Amy portrayer Mayim Bialik, the Blossom alum who’s also a neuroscientist and divorced mom of two sons, chatted with Vulture before the big prime-time nuptials about the complicated feelings her TV wedding […]
For more than a year, the most we’ve heard from Kanye West has come in the form of his sporadic, stream-of-consciousness tweets. Now, in a new, nearly two-hour-long interview with the Breakfast Club’s Charlamagne tha God, he’s providing some clarity. Kanye opened up for the first time about his 2016 mental breakdown, the tension between […]
For more than a year, the most we’ve heard from Kanye West has come in the form of his sporadic, stream-of-consciousness tweets. Now, in a new, nearly two-hour-long interview with the Breakfast Club’s Charlamagne tha God, he’s providing some clarity. Kanye opened up for the first time about his 2016 mental breakdown, the tension between […]
Janelle Monáe wrote a new national anthem. Not a “sort of” national anthem, or a “kinda” national anthem — not just a song generally understood to be infused with empowerment and freedom, a song that could fit someone’s American ideal. The finale of Dirty Computer, Monáe’s third studio album, is “Americans,” a rallying cry that […]
Blue Night, which had its world premiere last week at the Tribeca Film Festival, features a sparser-than-usual performance from Sarah Jessica Parker. We meet her Vivienne, a jazz singer, on the most hectic, emotional day of her life, packed with appointments and phone calls and errands — and a brain-tumor diagnosis. Blue Night is simple […]
I’m sitting across from Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody in a tiny student cafeteria at the Upper West Side’s Jewish Theological Seminary. We’re ostensibly here to talk about how their activist work intersects with their artistic pursuits and their Judaism, a topic they spoke about at length alongside their friend and fellow activist Ruth Messinger […]
Some spoilers below for I Feel Pretty. Do yourself a favor and never Twitter search “Shallow Hal + I Feel Pretty.” It’s no surprise that there are people online who don’t much like Amy Schumer, but rarely does the vitriol come with this level of misplaced specificity. A vocal faction of viewers decided sight unseen […]
Director Cameron Crowe is producing a documentary about the life of singer-songwriter David Crosby, reports the Los Angeles Times. The film will include interviews between the Almost Famous filmmaker and Crosby, illuminating the musician’s long career and political activism. The two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inductee first rose to stardom in the 1960s with […]
Oli Cooke and Tye Sheridan are the stars Ready Player One which is in theaters today. The actors sat down with Xilla Valentine to discuss making the film and Oli reveals that she had to tell Tye to wear deodorant. Tye thinks differently.
Lakers young gunner Kyle Kuzma is eternally-ready to fire f his Twitter-fingers. Throughout his breakout rookie campaign, Kuzma has also proven to be gifted at roasting teammates like Lonzo Ball and Josh Hart on Snapchat, Instagram and even press interviews. @CountonVic and Gianni Lee is right, we need this in a weekly format. Not everyone is impressed, […]
John Boyega is fighting aliens again and this time its in Pacific Rim Uprising. He plays Jake Pentecost, the son Idris Elba’s character in the original. Jake, a once-promising Jaeger pilot teams up with Scott Eastwood as Lambert to take down the monstrous Kaiju. This movie is faster, brighter and a lot younger than the […]
Jason Sudeikis plays Coach Larry Snyder in the new movie Race about Jesse Owens defying the odds to make the 1936 Olympic games in Germany, to face f against Adolf Hitler’s vision Aryan supremacy. Jason didn’t play the funny man in this movie instead he’s a coach who is determined to get his athlete to […]
Jessica White can currently be seen on the new E! reality show Famously Single making out with Somaya Reece and learning to love. The Supermodel has been living it up as late hosting 106 and Park’s special for the BET Awards and working on new content for TV. Jessica sat down with BlogXilla in the […]