When Courtney Marie Andrews was growing up in Phoenix, she worked at a pizza shop downtown next to the offices of Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Donald Trump’s villainous border wall-loving buddy who somehow managed to stay in power for 24 years despite his penchant for racial profiling and prisoner abuse. Surrounded …
Read More »Ringo Starr Adds U.S. Dates to All Starr Band Tour
Ringo Starr announced a U.S. leg for his 2018 tour with the All Starr Band. The 20-date run launches September 1st in Tulsa, Oklahoma and concludes the 29th in Los Angeles. The latest iteration of the former Beatle’s rotating group features returning members – singer-guitarist Colin Hay (Men at Work), …
Read More »Read Obamas' Heartfelt Letter to Parkland Shooting Students
Barack and Michelle Obama penned a heartfelt letter to survivors of the Parkland, Florida school shooting earlier this month. In the March 10th handwritten letter, a copy of which was obtained by Mic, the former president and First Lady commended the teenagers’ “resilience, resolve and solidarity that you have all …
Read More »See Blake Shelton Sing 'I Lived It,' Play 'Name That Song' on 'Fallon'
Blake Shelton updates the shopworn country-way-of-life song with his new single “I Lived It,” fondly recalling images of his upbringing rather than boasting about how country he may or may not be. The Oklahoma native performed the ballad on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday night, matching the …
Read More »'The Walking Dead' Recap: Face Off
Whenever and however The Walking Dead eventually ends, this week’s episode – auspiciously named “The Key” – may, in retrospect, come to be seen as one of the most pivotal hours of the series. It weaves between three main storylines: an uneasy alliance struck by Dwight and Simon; a long-anticipated …
Read More »Flashback: Carrie Underwood Gets Opry Surprise From Randy Travis
As a 5-year-old preschooler in Checotah, Oklahoma, Carrie Underwood had a favorite cassette. Actually, her older sister had it, but one of the ballads on the cassette made enough of an impression that Carrie would record the song years later, and also sing it live with the man whom she …
Read More »Democrat Declares Victory in Pennsylvania – Here's What You Need to Know
With Conor Lamb clinging to a tight lead in Pennsylvania’s 18th district, Democrats appear to have finally broken through in a special House election, flipping a district that president Donald Trump won by nearly 20 points in 2016. Seen as a referendum on the president’s performance, Tuesday’s outcome is raising …
Read More »How the Stormy Daniels Scandal Could Bring Down Trump
Last week, Stormy Daniels filed a lawsuit alleging that a non-disclosure agreement she signed prior to the election about an alleged affair she had with President Donald Trump is invalid. Her lawyer, Michael Avenatti, claimed that because Trump hadn’t signed his name, the NDA didn’t carry legal weight. At the …
Read More »Armando Iannucci on 'Death of Stalin,' Satire and Trump's Funeral
The Death of Stalin opens in Radio Moscow in 1953, where an orchestra is wrapping up the third movement of a Mozart piano concerto. The phone rings. It’s Joseph Stalin, personally requesting a copy of the performance. Panic grips the studio. They have no recording – which means they have …
Read More »Hear Blackberry Smoke, Amanda Shires' Pleading Collab 'Let Me Down Easy'
Contrary to what its first single, “Flesh and Bone,” might have suggested, Blackberry Smoke‘s new LP Find a Light isn’t all muscle. The Georgia quintet shows off a lighter touch on the latest track from the album, “Let Me Down Easy,” which features a guest appearance by Amanda Shires. While …
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