Month: June 2020

by Jessica Pena, June 26, 2020 Looks like Vagrant Queen has been permanently dethroned. Syfy has cancelled the TV show after only one season. The sci-fi Western revolves around Elida (Adriyan Rae), a former queen turned scavenger who’s been on the run since her throne was stolen as a child. A charming old friend of Elida’s,
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This one is a little bit of a curveball for me. I don’t usually do these stripped down acoustic videos, but writing this song made me feel something and I felt y’all needed some insight into the more vulnerable side of the music business. Merch Store: https://jellyroll615.com/ Jelly Roll Socials: Website – http://www.iamjellyroll.com Instagram –
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As expected, Broadway will remain dark through 2020, with the Broadway League announcing today that theater owners will refund or exchange all tickets purchased for productions through Jan. 3, 2021. “The Broadway experience can be deeply personal but it is also, crucially, communal,” said Chairman of the Board of The Broadway League Thomas Schumacher. “The
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Sufjan Stevens has announced a new album. Billed as the follow-up to Carrie & Lowell, The Ascension comprises 15 new songs from the singer-songwriter and comes with a 16-page booklet of his drawings. It’s out September 25 on Asthmatic Kitty. The 12-minute lead single, “America,” is out Friday. Check out the tracklist and Sufjan-designed cover
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Summer Walker has announced a new EP: Life on Earth is out July 10 via LVRN/Interscope. Check out the EP cover below. At last night’s BET Awards, Summer Walker performed “Session 32” and “Come Thru” with Usher, who stayed socially distant. Walker was also nominated for Best Female R&B/Pop and Best New Artist at the
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St. Louis lyricist Chingy (real name Howard Bailey Jr.) shot to fame after his debut single “Right Thurr” took to the airwaves and became the party anthem of the 2003 summer and set the stage for his first album, Jackpot. Jackpot hosted other rap classics like “Holidae In,” “One Call Away” and “Gettin’ It” …
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Marc Orleans, the prolific guitarist and pedal steel player who was a member of the long-running experimental Boston collective Sunburned Hand of the Man, has died. Tom Carter, the Charalambides guitarist who made music with Orleans in the group Eleven Twenty-Nine, confirmed the news in a statement. Some of Orleans’ earliest recording came as a
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You are given the keys to your industry. What’s the first thing you do to make it a more inclusive environment for everyone? I would diversify the industry from the top down. Only once the studio heads, network executives, programmers, financiers, casting and show runners are diverse will we begin to see diverse content organically
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Tonight marked the 20th annual BET Awards. Performers on the broadcast included Lil Wayne, Alicia Keys, Megan Thee Stallion, Roddy Ricch, Chloe X Halle, DaBaby, Jay Rock, Jennifer Hudson, Questlove, Nas, Usher, YG, and many more. Beyoncé was honored with the annual Humanitarian Award in recognition of her ongoing philanthropic efforts, and Wayne Brady paid
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[Warning: The following contains spoilers for the Season 1 finale of Penny Dreadful: City of Angels. Read at your own risk!] Penny Dreadful: City of Angels was born out of what creator John Logan described as the “shocking parallels” between 1938 Los Angeles and present-day America. But as the 10-episode first season unfolded, the Showtime
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