If you’ve ever wanted to own a piece of history — albeit a dark chapter — now’s your chance. Built in 1922, this gated, single-story, Spanish-style home has impressive panoramic views in both the front and back yards, a swimming pool, and ties to some of the most notorious crimes …
Read More »David Crosby on Looking Back Without Anger in New Doc
Near the end of the new documentary, David Crosby: Remember My Name, the 77-year-old singer looks directly into the camera and makes a startling admission. “I still have friends,” he says. “But all the guys that I made music with won’t even talk to me — all of them. All …
Read More »'The Farewell': Lulu Wang's Truth, Lies, and the Long Goodbye
Lulu Wang was in Berlin in 2013, editing her first film, when she got the call: Her grandmother in China, who’d briefly taken her in when her parents fled the country in 1989, was terminally ill. The family, however, told “Nai Nai” that she was just fine, that the doctor …
Read More »Walter Becker: Steely Dan Co-Founder's Guitars, Sound Equipment Head to Auction
A collection of music gear belonging to Walter Becker, the late co-founder, guitarist and co-songwriter of Steely Dan, will be up for sale via Julien’s Auctions during a two-day event on October 18th and 19th. The auction — featuring guitars, sound equipment, recording gear and more — will be held …
Read More »2019 Fourth of July Concerts: Who's Playing, How to Watch
Country music and the Fourth of July go together like a firecracker and a match. This year, a number of Nashville stars are performing at concerts and displays around the country, including the biggies in New York City and Washington, D.C. Here’s how to watch four of the U.S.’s most …
Read More »Children of Scientology: Life After Growing Up in an Alleged Cult
Listen to an audio version of this story below: Scientologists have special words for the people gathered at a sleek Airbnb townhouse on a mild day in September. They’re irrational, or “banky.” They’re putting off bad vibes, or being “downtone.” They’re full of negative energy, or “chargey,” and they won’t …
Read More »Trump's Deutsche Bank Problems Are Not Going Away
WASHINGTON —Here’s a useful motto to bear in mind any time you read about President Trump’s personal finances: It’s not what he owns —it’s what he owes. Trump took office in 2017 as the most indebted president in the history of America. Of his many debts, he owed the most, …
Read More »Watch Colbert, Kimmel, Fallon Roast Trump's Corny '45 Fest' Campaign Launch
Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon poked fun at the ridiculous parking lot carnival surrounding President Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign launch on their respective late-night shows Tuesday. Trump launched his campaign at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida Tuesday night, and he spent the days leading up to it …
Read More »Elizabeth Warren's New Plan to Close the Racial Wealth Gap
When Sen. Elizabeth Warren came forward in March to propose breaking up tech giants like Facebook and Google, the words “small business” were not necessarily at the tip of her tongue. She spoke of “freeloading billionaires” and “giant corporations,” but made no direct mention of their most immediate victims: the …
Read More »Gordon Lightfoot Is Still Following That Carefree Highway
Anyone who ever owned an album by Gordon Lightfoot might not immediately recognize the man sitting on a metal chair in a dressing room at New York’s Town Hall. These days, Lightfoot only passingly resembles the strapping, mustached, square-jawed troubadour whose ballads, like “If You Could Read My Mind,” “Early …
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