An Amy Winehouse hologram tour planned for later this year has been postponed following unspecified issues with the production. BASE Hologram announced Wednesday that the augmented reality theatrical event has been tabled after encountering “some unique challenges and sensitivities.” “We are putting the tour on hold until we determine the …
Read More »Just 17 Percent of 2018's Top 100 Songs Were Made by Women
Déjà vu pervades the study on gender in the music business released Tuesday by USC’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative: The report — which finds that only one-sixth of the top 100 songs last year were made by female artists, with even glaringly lower percentages in the behind-the-scenes of the industry — …
Read More »'Rent: Live' Star Valentina on Inhabiting Angel for TV Production of Famed Musical
RegularRuPaul’s Drag Raceviewers already know that Valentina sees herself as a megastar. With her forthcoming role as Angel Dumott Schunard forRent: Live,Fox’s live production of the musicalthat debuts Sunday, January 27th, she’ll come one step closer to dominating the world outside of drag. “I started with a dream — always …
Read More »Lawsuit: Purdue Pharma Blamed OxyContin Abuse on 'Reckless Criminals'
At Purdue Pharma’s launch party for OxyContin in 1996, one of the company’s owners, Dr. Richard Sackler, told the audience to imagine a series of natural disasters — an earthquake, volcanic eruption, hurricane — before gleefully predicting that the opioid painkiller would generate “a blizzard of prescriptions that will bury …
Read More »Hear Monica Lewinsky, Linda Tripp Talk Bill Clinton Affair in New Documentary Trailer
ABC News will be airing a new two-hour documentary that details the scandal surrounding former President Bill Clinton and his former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. The documentary, Truth and Lies: Monica, marks the 20th anniversary of Clinton’s impeachment and will air on Thursday. In the new trailer, Lewinsky is …
Read More »Why 2019 Will Be the Year of Weed
In 2018, pot reached a tipping point. A clear majority of Americans now wants to see the drug made fully legal. California and Canada began selling marijuana to anyone over 21. Corporate behemoths like Altria (parent company of Marlboro cigarettes) and Constellation Brands (parent of Corona beer and Svedka vodka) …
Read More »Best True-Crime Podcasts of 2018
It would be an understatement to say that 2018 was a good year for true-crime podcasting —in fact, there’s a bit of a glut in the crime market these days. The soaring popularity of shows like My Favorite Murder, Casefile and Up and Vanished has fired up the imaginations of …
Read More »See Reba McEntire's Mournful Cover of Dolly Parton's 'Hard Candy Christmas'
Reba McEntire played the dual roles of host and performer at the 2018 CMA Country Christmas special, an all-star event that airs on ABC Monday night. In a bonus video from the show’s taping, McEntire sings a version of “Hard Candy Christmas” that adds a touch of melancholy to the …
Read More »Hugh Jackman Is Planning Original Music For His New World Tour
When Hugh Jackman takes the stage for his one-man global arena tour next year, he’ll be ready to perform hits fromThe Greatest Showman,Les Misérablesand other Broadway and film projects from his past — as well as a number of fresh, never-before-heard songs. “I really want to do some original music …
Read More »'The Voice' Recap: Dedication and Catharsis
The Voice’s top 13 contestants all took the stage for round two of the Live Playoffs Monday night, an episode billed as “dedication week” and featuring some emotionally-charged performances along with the knowledge that two more hopefuls will be sent home Tuesday. The night began on a somber note with …
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