Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers and Jimmy Kimmel tried to parse Vice President Mike Pence’s rationale for not wearing a face mask while visiting the Mayo Clinic on their respective late-night shows Wednesday. Despite being told it was Mayo Clinic policy that everyone wear a mask, Pence said he chose not …
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Neil Young may be isolated away from the world in the remote Colorado home he shares with his wife, actress Daryl Hannah, but he’s still found ways to be there for his fans. During the past few weeks, he’s released three excellent Fireside Sessions, performing rarities and offering glimpses of …
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Like many of us, Jimmy Fallon is starting to feel the long-term effects of staying at home on his sanity. So the late-night host did he usually does in times like these: he wrote a song about it called “Starting to Crack.” “I’m starting to crack/I’m starting to crack/Will I …
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When Genesis announced plans for their Last Domino? reunion tour earlier this year, many old-school fans were disappointed to learn that original frontman and Peter Gabriel and prog-era guitarist Steve Hackett weren’t going to be involved. Instead, it was essentially a reformation of the 1978 to 1992 lineup of Phil …
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Meet the Barbers. Andrew (Chris Evans) is a hotshot assistant district attorney, crusading for truth and justice in Newton, Massachusetts. Laurie (Michelle Dockery) is the face of Children’s Cottage, a school dedicated to serving traumatized and abused kids in the greater Boston area. Their son, Jacob (Jaeden Martell), is a …
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Brooklyn Nine-Nine just concluded its seventh season. A few thoughts on this season and its finale, “Lights Out,” coming up just as soon as I investigate a murder at a Cinnabon … I spent much of Season Seven’s first half resigned to the notion that Father Time is undefeated, even …
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For a quarter of a century now, Mark Lanegan has been running away from his past. From the mid-Eighties until 2000, he fronted Screaming Trees, a hard rocking, neo-psychedelic band that got swept up in the major labels’ Seattle-grunge gold rush and crossed over into the mainstream with “Nearly Lost …
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Three months after the all-star special was taped during Grammy weekend, Let’s Go Crazy: The Grammy Tribute To Prince aired Tuesday to mark the fourth anniversary of Prince’s death. In addition to the participation of Prince collaborators like the Revolution, Sheila E. and Morris Day & The Time, the special …
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Willie Nelson‘s “Hello Walls” takes on new meaning in the age of social distancing and quarantine. The country music legend and his sons Lukas and Micah recorded an at-home version of the tune, a 1961 hit for Faron Young, for The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. Filmed at their Luck …
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The Stonewall Gives Back Initiative, the official charity of the Stonewall Inn, has partnered with World of Wonder Productions for an upcoming livestream concert to support the LGBTQ nightlife industry affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Cyndi Lauper, Troye Sivan, Todrick Hall, Kim Petras, Rufus Wainwright, Allie X, Alan Cumming, Betty …
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