Robby Müller, the cinematographer known for his collaborations with Wim Wenders and Jim Jarmusch as well as his work on Repo Man, Honeysuckle Rose and To Live and Die in L.A., has died at the age of 78. Dutch newspaper Het Parool (via The Guardian) reported that Müller, known as …
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Imagine you’re out having a beer with some friends when Sir Paul McCartney suddenly starts playing a mere coaster’s throw away. Just recently, McCartney shocked punters at Liverpool’s Philharmonic pub by performing a free surprise concert with a full band, part of a special homecoming edition of James Corden’s Carpool …
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Not long after Dawes released We’re All Gonna Die, their 2016 album that polarized fans of the Seventies-leaning classicist band with its turn toward a poppier, more synthetic sound, they received some advice from a close friend. “He was like, ‘Now that you’ve made We’re All Gonna Die, you can …
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For starters, the follow-up to 2016’s Sicario is not in the same essential-viewing category as the original – that’s what happens when you remove inspired director Denis Villeneuve from the equation. Ditto actress Emily Blunt who humanized the original’s covert drug action as a conflicted FBI field agent and is …
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The future of the Democratic Party is suddenly more clear. On Tuesday, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old first-time candidate for office and member of the Democratic Socialists of America, defeated the incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley, a powerful Queens Democrat and one of his party’s most senior members in Washington. Ocasio-Cortez didn’t …
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WASHINGTON – In April, the Trump administration announced its plan to enforce a “zero tolerance” policy for migrants who arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border, a tactic by which law enforcement officials would separate parents from children, at least partially in the hopes of deterring future migration. But it wasn’t until …
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When Priscilla Renea was a teenager, she was confronted with the hard reality of having to fend for herself. She’d grown up a sheltered kid in Vero Beach, Florida, but her determination to become a musician, along with youthful rebellion, led her parents to kick her out of the house. …
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Brockmire, the IFC comedy starring Hank Azaria as disgraced, debauched baseball announcer Jim Brockmire, wasn’t as much fun in its second season (which concluded last night) than in its first. This was by design, though. As part of a planned three-season arc that has since morphed into a four-season one, …
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Getting a good night’s sleep is rarely a guaranteed thing for an on-the-road musician, but Chris Young is probably sleeping easy these days as he makes plans to expand his first headlining arena tour with a string of 15 new dates and supporting appearances from Dan + Shay, Morgan Evans, …
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A wise man once said, “If you ain’t first, you’re last,” and there may be no better mantra to summarize the life of Paul Cauthen. Full throttle, flat out, and with no margin for error, the Texas songwriter knows all about the art of the crash-and-burn. Which is what makes …
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