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Penske Media Corporation (PMC)—the parent company of Rolling Stone, Variety, and Music Business Worldwide, among other media publications—has announced a new joint venture with MRC, the company that operates Billboard, Vibe, The Hollywood Reporter, and more. Their joint venture, named PMRC, will find Penske taking over the “daily operations” of Billboard, the Hollywood Reporter, and
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Tenacious D were the musical guests on Jimmy Kimmel Live! last night (September 22). The duo of Jack Black and Kyle Gass played “Save the World” and “Post-Apocalypto Theme.” Watch it all go down below. Tenacious D were meant to kick off their Swing State Tour this fall, but plans had to be canceled due
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For years now, Aaron Sorkin and the cast of his 26-time Emmy-winning, impeccably written, politically minded creation have been inundated with the same question: What’s next?  As in, would we ever again get to peek inside the most aspirational of White Houses, into a place that gave people hope a world of politics could exist that
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Patti Smith, Michael Stipe, Joan Baez, Cyndi Lauper, Angélique Kidjo, and more gathered virtually to cover Smith’s “People Have the Power.” The performance is released in coordination with Pathway to Paris, a nonprofit co-founded by Smith’s daughter Jesse Paris Smith that aims to enact the Paris Agreement by combating climate change. The clip also encourages
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Tune-Yards have shared a new single. “nowhere, man”—a reference to the Beatles song of a similar name—arrives with a new video featuring Charlie Chapin-inspired footage of Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner. There’s also stop-motion animation from Japhy Riddle and Callie Day. Watch the video below. “The song and the video for ‘nowhere, man’ were created
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Travis Scott is back with a new single on Friday. This one’s called “Franchise,” and it’s been announced with pre-orders available for physical 7″ vinyl and cassette singles. The single artwork, below, is by George Condo—the artist who created a series of paintings for Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. “Franchise” arrives in a
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Pamela Hutchinson of the R&B girl group the Emotions died Friday, September 18, the band announced on Facebook. “Pam succumbed to health challenges that she’d been battling for several years,” the group wrote. “Now our beautiful sister will sing amongst the angels in heaven in perfect peace.” She was 61 years old. Hutchinson was born
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After a romance full of ups and downs, 90 Day Fiance couple Ashley Martson, 34, and Jay Smith, 22, are separating, allegedly for the final time.  Ashley confirmed the news via Instagram on Saturday, Sept. 19 with a photo of a quote that read, “Sometimes things just don’t work out, and it’s not anyone’s fault, it’s just the way things
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Twelve seasons. Five All Stars off-shoots. 126 queens. That’s a whole lot of charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent, mama. But not all RuPaul’s Drag Race queens are created equal.  With the show returning to the Emmys on Sunday, Sept. 20 to see if it’ll take home its third consecutive trophy for Outstanding Competition Program—not to mention a
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Ludwig Göransson has won the 2020 Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score). The composer was honored for his work on The Mandalorian. It’s Göransson’s first Emmy Award. Göransson’s award is not to be confused with the Emmy for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special (Original
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