Two months ago, Awez Darbar, an Indian dancer and choreographer with a sizable following — 1.7 million subscribers on YouTube and close to 19 million followers on TikTok — posted a new dance video online. Most of his clips are set to songs that are popular in India; occasionally Darbar …
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Kate (Emilia Clarke) is in a rut. Long ago, as a girl growing up in Yugoslavia circa 1999, she was a songbird who could turn George Michael’s “Heal the Pain” into a transcendental choral experience. Decades later, she’s a young woman who drinks away her pain in London’s pubs and …
Read More »The Swampy Reason Trump Declared November National American History and Founders Month
Reports are circulating — on Twitter and elsewhere— that Donald Trump has cancelled Native American Heritage Month and replaced it with a new designation: National American History and Founders Month. They’re wrong. On Thursday, Trump continued a tradition started by President George H.W. Bush back in 1990 and declared the …
Read More »Hear FKA Twigs' Aching New Song 'Sad Day'
FKA Twigs unveiled a new song, “Sad Day,” from her forthcoming album, Magdalene, set to arrive November 8th via Young Turks. “Sad Day” finds Twigs caught in the throes of unrequited love, deep passion and heartbreak as the production shifts between an atmospheric synthscape and industrial stomp. Twigs’ vocals tie …
Read More »Olivia Newton-John's 'Grease' Outfit Sells for $405,000 at Auction
Olivia Newton-John‘s iconic Grease leather jacket and black pants sold at auction Saturday for $405,000, more than double its pre-auction estimate. The combined outfit, which the actress-singer wore during the film’s closing performance of “You’re the One That I Want,” was the top-selling item in a Julien’s Live auctiondedicated to …
Read More »Tina Turner on Her Journey to Broadway
Tina Turner appeared on the second cover of ‘Rolling Stone’ on November 23rd, 1967 — the first frontwoman in the publication’s history. Now ‘Tina,’ the musical based on her life and music, opens on Broadway November 7th. In anticipation of the queen of rock & roll’s Broadway debut, Turner — …
Read More »Noah Cyrus Goes Under the Knife in Gory 'F-ckYouNoah' Video
Noah Cyrus sings about self-image while going under the knife in the bloody video for new single “FuckYouNoah.” This is the singer’s third new song of the year. On “FuckYouNoah,” she reflects on the love-hate relationship with herself as well as social media with help from featured producer London On …
Read More »Watch Arnold Schwarzenegger Eat Turkey Testicles on 'Corden'
James Corden invited Arnold Schwarzenegger to play a round of “Spill Your Guts or Fill Your Guts” on The Late Late Show, which involves eating disgusting substances if you refuse to answer a question. In the clip, Corden asks the actor how he’s feeling about the possibility of eating things …
Read More »The First Time: Kesha Recounts First Tattoo, Meeting Rihanna
Kesha stopped byRolling Stone to recall pivotal moments in her life for our video series “The First Time.” The singer recently released her new single “Raising Hell” featuring Big Freedia. Kesha begins by recalling the first time she performed live, which was in a band called Dynamite Cop with her …
Read More »Kanye West Reaches for Greatness But Falls Short on 'Jesus Is King'
Kanye West never stopped talking about God. From his breakout “Jesus Walks” to last year’s ye, religion has always been, if not a fixation, than a thematic concern, something to pick at and analyze, to mythologize and aid in his own self-mythologization. While his ninth album, Jesus Is King, is …
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