Concerts/Events
Derek Jones Benefit Concert
Derek Jones is an up-and-coming country star that headed to Nashville from Hartford, Indiana in 2010. After completing his service to our country in the United States Navy from 1999-2003, Derek picked up a guitar and never looked back. With his distinctive signature-vocals and a music style that’s country-rock with an outlaw lifestyle, he has captivated…… more info »
MUSIC NEWS
Elton John personally calls America’s Got Talent contestant, invites him to join him onstage
Trae Patton/NBCAs previously reported, Elton John tweeted about how much he was moved by America’s Got Talent contestant Archie Williams, who served 37 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of rape. But it turns out that Elton didn’t stop there: The music legend also offered him an amazing opportunity. Williams, who sang “Don’t Let…
Elton John calls playwright and activist Larry Kramer’s death “the saddest news”
Richard Corkery/NY Daily News Archive via Getty ImagesElton John is mourning the death of playwright, author and activist Larry Kramer, best known for his play The Normal Heart, and for founding the landmark Gay Men’s Health Crisis organization and, later, the more militant group ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power). Kramer died of pneumonia…
Remastered vinyl version of CCR’s classic 1970 album ‘Cosmo’s Factory’ due out in August
Craft RecordingsCreedence Clearwater Revival’s chart-topping 1970 album Cosmo’s Factory was released 50 years ago this July, and in honor of the milestone anniversary, the record will be reissued as a standalone 180-gram vinyl LP on August 14. The disc was remastered at London’s famed Abbey Road Studios at half-speed, which results in higher-quality audio. The…
Led Zeppelin to stream ‘Celebration Day’ concert film, capturing band’s 2007 reunion, on YouTube
Swan Song/Atlantic RecordsCelebration Day, the concert film documenting Led Zeppelin’s historic 2007 reunion performance at London’s O2 Arena, will be streamed for three days exclusively at the band’s official YouTube channel starting this Saturday, May 30, at 3 p.m. ET. The show, which took place in December 2007, was organized as a tribute to Atlantic…
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
“Have you ever taken your helmet off?” Golden Globes tweaked rules because of ‘The Mandalorian’
Disney+(LOS ANGELES) — While The Mandalorian is responsible for cutting-edge technological advances in TV production, the Disney+ hit is also responsible for a change in how Golden Globes are awarded to actors. According to Variety, the issue was star Pedro Pascal’s portrayal of the title character. Specifically, the mysterious bounty hunter is bound by a creed not to remove…
Just in time for launch day, HBO Max has conjured up every ‘Harry Potter’ movie
HBO Max(LOS ANGELES) — HBO’s new streaming service HBO Max launches today, and a last-minute edition to the line-up of thousands of movies and TV shows will have Harry Potter fans swooning. ABC Audio has confirmed that all eight films in the Potter series, including the two spin-offs from J.K. Rowling’s wizarding world — Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find…
Yes, director Christopher Nolan really blew up an actual 747 for ‘Tenet’
Melinda Sue Gordon/©2020 Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved.(LOS ANGELES) — The trailer to director Christopher Nolan’s mind-and-time-bending thriller Tenet shows glimpses of a huge action scene that centers on the detonation of a 747 passenger plane in a hangar. But in this day and age of computer wizardry, Nolan went old school: he actually blew up the…
John Krasinski tells ‘Office’ co-star Rainn Wilson why he sold his quarantine online hit, ‘Some Good News’
ABC/Paula Lobo(LOS ANGELES) — It’s well known that John Krasinski put his time in lockdown to good use, with the uplifting YouTube series Some Good News. Now sharing the reason behind his surprise recent decision to sell it to CBS News. On his Office co-star Rainn Wilson’s Instagram series Hey There, Human, Krasinski explained, “…I was only planning on doing eight of them…