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Fontaines D.C. releases deluxe edition of ‘Romance’ album

XL RecordingsFontaines D.C. has released a deluxe edition of their 2024 album, Romance.The expanded set includes three bonus tracks: the single "It's Amazing to Be Young," a previously unreleased song called "Before You I Just Forget," and a live mash-up of "Starburster" and the late David Lynch's Eraserhead soundtrack cut "In Heaven (Lady In the Radiator Song)."You can listen to the deluxe Romance now via digital outlets.The original Romance spawned the biggest Fontaines hit to date with "Starburster," which reached the top 20 on Billboard's Alternative […]

todayApril 16, 2025

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Demi Moore, Blake Lively among entertainers on ‘Time’100 list of most influential people of 2025

Kevin Mazur/Kevin Mazur/Getty ImagesTIME has revealed its 2025 list of the 100 most influential people in the world.Demi Moore represents the entertainment community as she graces one of the five worldwide covers of this year's Time100 issue of the magazine.Other entertainers to make the list are Blake Lively, Scarlett Johansson, Kristen Bell, Adrien Brody, Wicked director Jon M. Chu, Nikki Glaser, Danielle Deadwyler, Adam Scott, Kristen Wiig and Diego Luna.Ryan Murphy penned the tribute to Moore, writing that her powerful […]

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Linkin Park to perform at final game of Champions League soccer tournament

Joern Pollex/RedfernsLinkin Park will be performing at the final game of the UEFA Champions League European soccer tournament.The "Numb" outfit will take the pitch at Germany's Munich Football Arena ahead of the match as part of the Kick Off Show event."This marks a totally new experience for us as a band," LP says. "We're excited to share some of our favorite songs from the past and present, with the thousands in the crowd and millions watching around the world."You can watch […]

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Hozier, Myles Smith included on 2025 ’TIME’100 list of Most Influential People

ABC/Paula LoboHozier and Myles Smith are among the 2025 TIME100 Most Influential People.The "Too Sweet" artist is included in the "Artists" category, while the "Stargazing" singer makes it in the "Pioneers" category.In a piece about Hozier's inclusion, Noah Kahan writes, "When an artist can create a sound so beautiful and melancholy, so full of symbolism and truth that you feel they must be from a different time, or a better world, you can’t help but believe in magic. Hozier had me believing […]

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Legendary game show host Wink Martindale dies at 91

Rodrigo Vaz/FilmMagicLegendary game show host Wink Martindale died Tuesday at age 91.According to a press release, he passed away in Rancho Mirage, California, surrounded by his family and wife of 49 years, Sandra Martindale.Martindale got his start in radio, and in 1954, while working at Memphis’ WHBQ, he helped get the station the first interview with Elvis Presley.  He eventually broke into television as host of Mars Patrol, a science-fiction themed children’s show. He also hosted Teenage Dance Party, on […]

todayApril 16, 2025

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In brief: Nicholas Galitzine, Bill Skarsgård to star in ‘Mosquito Bowl’ and more

Laura Linney is set to star in the upcoming comedy series American Classic. The show, which will be for MGM+, also stars Kevin Kline and Jon Tenney. It follows a Broadway actor who has a public meltdown and must return to his hometown and the family-run theater where he first fell in love with acting. Michael Hoffman and Bob Martin co-created the show, which begins filming in summer 2025 ...Nicholas Galitzine is joining forces with Bill Skarsgård for the new […]

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‘The Wedding Banquet’ reimagines a ’90s queer classic

Leon Bennett/Getty ImagesThe new movie The Wedding Banquet may share a name with Ang Lee’s queer romantic comedy from the 1990s, but director Andrew Ahn says it isn’t a direct remake.“I think the term that we’ve landed on is ‘reimagining,’” Ahn tells ABC Audio.The original The Wedding Banquet tells the story of a gay man who stages an elaborate wedding to a woman in an effort to fool his traditional Taiwanese parents. Ahn says he wanted to preserve Lee’s “themes […]

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Bush unveils ’I Beat Loneliness’ album cover with personal meaning to Gavin Rossdale

Disney/Randy HolmesBush has unveiled the cover for their upcoming album, I Beat Loneliness, which has a personal meaning to frontman Gavin Rossdale.The artwork features a pair of peony flowers, which Rossdale shares were his late mother's favorites."I created this image for the cover. Two flowers immortalized forever," Rossdale writes in a Facebook post. "Suspended in beauty and intrigue. I thought of [visual artist] Man Ray and all the beauty that comes out of imperfection."Rossdale's mother passed away in January.I Beat Loneliness […]

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Palaye Royale opening for Avenged Sevenfold in Europe

Sergione Infuso/Corbis via Getty ImagesPalaye Royale is opening for select dates on Avenged Sevenfold's upcoming European tour.The "Showbiz" rockers will be on the bill for June shows in Istanbul, Athens, Milan, Budapest, Berlin and Wroclaw, Poland. The Berlin show will also feature System of a Down bassist Shavo Odadjian's band Seven Hours After Violet."We're thrilled to share that we'll be joining Avenged Sevenfold for a handful of European dates this June," Palaye Royale says.Palaye Royale's most recent album is 2024's Death of […]

todayApril 15, 2025

Bishop Briggs honors Dr. Jane Goodall with new song, ‘In Your Eyes’ Puddle of Mudd announces new album, ’Kiss the Machine’ Alicia Silverstone to executive produce, star in new ‘Clueless’ TV series Jordan Peele-produced sports horror movie, ‘Him,’ gets a trailer Zoë Kravitz in talks to direct ‘How to Save a Marriage,’ Robert Pattinson to produce Sublime with Rome’s Rome Ramirez shares new solo song, ‘Why Me?’

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