Faith Hill revisited the Mississippi gospel-music roots of her youth with a powerful performance of “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” during Friday’s funeral service for R&B legend Aretha Franklin at Detroit’s Greater Grace Temple. Franklin died August 16th after a battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 76. The …
Read More »Cardi B Makes Surprise Return to Stage During Migos' New York Show
Cardi B made a surprise return to the stage Saturday night during Migos’ set at New York’s Madison Square Garden, the rapper’s first performance since the birthday of her daughter Kulture in early July. https://thisforall.net/CardiBTeam/status/1033543623256809472 At the first of four Madison Square Garden shows for Drake and Migos’ Aubrey and …
Read More »Flashback: Aretha Franklin Sings a Transcendent 'Bridge Over Troubled Water” In 1971
Without any doubt, Aretha Franklin was one of the greatest live performers in history. It’s impossible to pinpoint her peak moment on a stage, but many fans point to her stand at the Fillmore East in March 1971 that was captured on the LPAretha Live at Fillmore West as one …
Read More »Watch Samantha Bee's 'Full Frontal' Team Crash Sean Spicer's Book Tour
Samantha Bee and her Full Frontal team trolled Sean Spicer in increasingly ridiculous ways during the former White House Press Secretary’s recent book tour. In July, Spicer began to cash in on his brief stint in President Donald Trump’s administration with the release of a new book, The Briefing. As …
Read More »How Georgia's Race For Governor Will Be Won
When Georgia Republicans chose Brian Kemp, the state’s voter-suppressing Secretary of State, as their nominee for governor against Democratic supernova Stacey Abrams this week, they set up a November election that will be one of the nation’s most-watched and most entertaining. It will also be the nation’s most comically misunderstood. …
Read More »Why the NFL Put Its New Kneeling Policy on Hold
Back in May, the NFL succumbed to pressure from the Trump administration by announcing that teams would be fined if all of their players did not stand for the National Anthem, though they did include a “compromise” allowing players to remain in the locker room. But the organization didn’t mandate …
Read More »Joan Baez Extends Farewell Tour
Joan Baezannounced she’s extending her“Fare Thee Well” tour with an additional North American leg set to launch spring 2019. The new run starts with a previously-announced show April 10th at the Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center in Birmingham, Alabama, then continues April 12th at Symphony Hall in Atlanta, Georgia. Baez …
Read More »Stanley Kubrick's 'Lost' Screenplay 'Burning Secret' Unearthed
A “lost” screenplay co-written by Stanley Kubrick in 1956 has been unearthed. Burning Secret, penned by Kubrick and novelist Calder Willingham, was adapted from a 1913 novella by Viennese author Stefan Zweig. It was originally planned as Kubrick’s next film following his noir classicThe Killing. However, Kubrick and Willingham instead …
Read More »Watch Black Eyed Peas Show ICE Raids, Police Killings in 'Get It' Video
The Black Eyed Peas survey the chaos in America’s streets in the politically charged video for new song “Get It.” “Get It” is a sparse, haunting cut and the Ben Mor-directed clip reflects the track’s eerie undertones. In the video, the camera moves down a city block, capturing a violent …
Read More »'Sorry to Bother You' Review: Welcome to the WTF Satire of the Summer
Oakland-based rapper Boots Riley scores a knockout debut as a director with Sorry to Bother You, a no-mercy satire that gets up in your face, breaks all the rules – and then invents new rules so it can break them too. Did you expect any less from the leader of …
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