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Keith Urban comes up with a holiday original, Kacey Musgraves recruits Lana Del Rey to sing a classic, Wade Bowen tries to do his best Mariah, and more Christmas-themed country and Americana songs to hear this week. Brandy Clark, “Merry Christmas Darling” Brandy Clark brings out the melancholic ache in …

Eddie Murphy returned to Saturday Night Live as host for the first time in 35 years, with Murphy reprising some of the classic characters that earned him Number Two on Rolling Stone’ list of every SNL cast member. In a Christmas-themed sketch surrounding The Masked Singer, judges attempt to debunk …

So, How Was Your Decade is a series in which the decade’s most innovative musicians answer our questionnaire about the music, culture and memorable moments that shaped their decade. We’ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December. For more than 40 years now, Nile Rodgers has been proving himself to …

There was not, by all accounts, much of a master plan behind the new Star Wars trilogy. Though Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy and her team were always there to guide it all, the overall story and its direction passed freely from J.J. Abrams and Lawrence Kasdan on The Force Awakens …

In a defeat for the National Rifle Association and a bit of progress for people who prefer not to be shot to death, Congress is poised to approve the first funding for research into gun violence in more than two decades. On Tuesday, the House passed $25 million in funding …

This week’s episode is called “The Fight to the Death” for good reason: Two enormous ice bears battle for the crown of their kingdom. There’s bellowing and roaring, biting and clawing. Two animals enter the ring. Only one is left standing. And that’s not the scariest thing that happens in …

Curb Your Enthusiasm, Season 10 It’s back! After a three-year gap between seasons, Larry David returns to pick fights with everyone from his mailman (who’s committed the offense of wearing shorts) to Laverne Cox (who thinks dubbing David a “Renaissance Man” might be a bit of an embellishment). Still relentlessly …

Dua Lipa has released a new song, “Future Nostalgia.” The song, which is the title track from her upcoming sophomore album, is an buoyant, catchy pop number that sees Dua Lipa playing up her strengths. “No matter what you do I’m gonna get it without ya,” she sings. “I know …

No sense putting the knock on this sequel to 2017’s Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, which blew the cobwebs off the 1995 version starring Robin Williams. The reboot cast, again headed by Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan and the devilish Jack Black, are still fun company — you could …

So, How Was Your Decadeis a series in which the decade’s most innovative musicians answer our questionnaire about the music, culture and memorable moments that shaped their decade. We’ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December. Wayne Coyne is parked outside his home in Oklahoma City, sitting inside his Prius. …