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Watch Margo Price Turn 'SNL' Into Honky-Tonk
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Fresh off releasing her acclaimed new LP Midwest Farmer's Daughter, country singer Margo Price visited Saturday Night Live to perform a pair of her honky-tonkin', hard-livin' anthems as musical guest on the show's Russell Crowe-hosted episode.
First, the East Nashville singer and her backing band delivered the boozy breakup track "Hurtin' (On the Bottle)." Price followed that up later in the episode with an intimate, aching take on "Since You Put Me Down."
In a recent Rolling Stone profile on Price, the Third Man Records signee and country badass »
Russell Crowe on 'SNL': 3 Sketches You Have to See
3 hours ago
Back when Donald Trump hosted Saturday Night Live last fall, he was barely featured in the show itself. And yet, if you count pure minutes of air time, it's possible that Russell Crowe got even less this week. I get burying a politician or an athlete for whom sketch comedy isn't their strong suit. But Crowe? He didn't do badly enough in his limited screen time to justify his exclusion. One can theorize that his notoriously difficult personality might have had something to do with this, but we'll probably never know. »
CBS Planning True Crime Series About JonBenet Ramsey Murder
8 April 2016 12:05 PM, PDT
True crime is a hot property in Hollywood thanks to the genre's success as a podcast (Serial), documentary series (Making a Murderer, The Jinx) and television show (American Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson), and CBS has now announced they're joining in on the trend. CBS' unscripted, as-yet-untitled series will focus on a murder that captivated the nation, and for its first season, the show will spotlight the unsolved murder of six-year-old beauty pageant participant JonBenet Ramsey in 1996.
The CBS series would most closely follow a similar style as Netflix's Making a Murderer, »
Watch Barack Obama Congratulate 'American Idol' on 15-Year Run
8 April 2016 10:19 AM, PDT
Americans love to vote…for American Idol. President Obama used the platform of the singing competition's farewell episode to urge participation in a different electoral process.
"This show transformed television," the commander-in-chief says in the clip. "It inspired young artists and captivated audiences across the country. And it taught America what it means to be 'pitchy.' American Idol has achieved something else as well: For over a decade, this show has motivated millions of young Americans to vote – often, and with enthusiasm. We should do the same in our »
'Hardcore Henry': Inside the Insane First-Person Shooter Movie
8 April 2016 7:26 AM, PDT
You're dangling off a van driving at an ungodly speed down a three-lane Moscow highway; suddenly, you hear a raucous, jarring thump. With all the violent jostling, it’s impossible to tell if it was a bump in the road or a tire crushing a stuntman's head. You look everywhere for clues; it's only once the Russian daredevil, previously lying prostrate in the middle of hectic traffic, flashes the thumbs up and yells, "Did you get?! Did you get?!" that you realize no one has died. Not yet, at least. »
Pete Davidson Talks Love for Harry Potter, Comedy Heroes
8 April 2016 7:09 AM, PDT
Pete Davidson's love for the Harry Potter series is well-documented. The 22-year-old has shared it with fans on social media — once live-tweeting a rewatch of the films for his followers — and marking his adoration for the films permanently with multiple tattoos in honor of the series. During a visit to the Rolling Stone office, the SNL star discussed his love for the series in detail.
"When I was seven or eight, the first movie came out on my birthday, and I read all the books. I was very excited, »
The Lonesome Death of 'American Idol'
8 April 2016 6:37 AM, PDT
American Idol has a lot in common with the country it's named after — a swift rise, fueled by lofty populist ideals and naked aggression, world conquest, such giddy heights, then the tragic skid into despair and and it's all somehow Fox's fault. The end of the Idol empire should have been a much bigger deal. It should have been an event. But instead, last night's farewell episode just kind of dribbled away, like the final season overall. "Let's do a Bowie tribute, except instead of Adam Lambert or Fantasia, we'll »
Watch Stephen Colbert Give Ted Cruz New Slogan: 'Abandon All Hope'
8 April 2016 6:31 AM, PDT
Ted Cruz is gaining ground on Donald Trump in the delegate total, but as Stephen Colbert observed during Thursday's Late Show, the Gop race is hurtling toward a contested convention. Many high-ranking Republicans have been reluctant to endorse Cruz: "Idaho Senator and inappropriately chipper funeral director Jim Risch" issued the most backhanded endorsement of all-time, saying he arrived at the candidate through a process of elimination – and because "at this point, there's no choice."
Considering the Texas senator's current appeal, Colbert arrived at a new campaign slogan, "Ted Cruz: Abandon All Hope. »
Melissa McCarthy Confirmed for 'Gilmore Girls' Reboot
7 April 2016 7:44 PM, PDT
Sookie is heading back to Stars Hollow. Actress Melissa McCarthy has announced the news that she will be reprising her role as Sookie St. James on Neflix's upcoming Gilmore Girls reboot.
"Literally about an hour-and-a-half ago we figured out that I am gonna go back and do it and I am so excited. And [the episodes] are gonna be amazing," McCarthy said on Ellen, via The Hollywood Reporter. "[Creator] Amy Sherman-Palladino is going to squeeze me in to do it and I'm very happy to go back to Stars Hollow... Oh my gosh, »
'American Idol': 15 Years of Best, Worst Moments
7 April 2016 3:12 PM, PDT
The American Idol vocal competition series has been a huge piece of our pop-culture puzzle for the past 15 seasons, beaming into our living rooms to introduce us to Carrie Underwood, Chris Daughtry, Jennifer Hudson, as well as William Hung, the Bikini Girl and Paula Abdul's space cadet side. From Kelly Clarkson being crowned the inaugural winner way back in the summer of 2002 to Adam Lambert being robbed in Season 8 to this year's farewell season reminding us just how much the onetime ratings juggernaut has fallen, the reality singing competition »
HBO: 'Game of Thrones'' Jon Snow Is Definitely....
7 April 2016 2:10 PM, PDT
Ever since Game of Thrones' Jon Snow was repeatedly stabbed by members of the Night Watch in the Season 5 finale in a bloody coup as they screamed "for the Watch!," fans have speculated how the show favorite could possibly be revived. Would he lead the army of White Walkers? Would he be resurrected by Melisandre's powers?
Whatever the conspiracy theory, nearly everyone was in agreement that the role played by Kit Harrington, one of the few remaining favorites of the series quick to kill off characters, would be missed. »
Paula Abdul on 'American Idol' Legacy
7 April 2016 1:26 PM, PDT
After 15 years, American Idol is coming to a close. The singing competition launched the careers of stars like Adam Lambert, Carrie Underwood and Jennifer Hudson. It set a new precedent for the capabilities of a reality series, legitimizing a form of entertainment that had been looked down upon by the rest of the industry.
"I feel so fortunate and a tremendous sense of gratitude that I got to be a part of something from day one that's leaving an incredible legacy," former judge Paula Abdul tells Rolling Stone. She had »
Watch 'Broad City' Stars Rip the 'Time Traveling Bong' in New Trailer
7 April 2016 1:01 PM, PDT
Broad City's Ilana Glazer and Paul Downs — aka Soulstice trainer Trey, aka Kirk Steele — blaze across the space-time continuum in the outrageous trailer for their upcoming 4/20 special, Time Traveling Bong.
Like a certain hot tub before it, Time Traveling Bong centers around an oddly specific time travel device that sends Glazer and Downs, as hapless stoners Sharee and Jeff, into the past with one puff and back to the present with another. Of course, things don't go so smoothly after a Puritan smashes their pipe upon their arrival in colonial times. »
Watch 2 Chainz Break Down Super PACs on 'Larry Wilmore'
7 April 2016 12:14 PM, PDT
Noted Mc and political analyst 2 Chainz returned to The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore for another installment of "2 Chainz Explainz," in which he tackled the inner workings of Super PACs.
Allowed to emerge from the murky cesspool that is American campaign finance law after the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision, Super PACs are independent political committees that can raise and spend as much money as they want on behalf of a certain candidate.
"Super PACs have one goal," as 2 Chainz put it. "Well, really three goals: Get that money, get »
Sex, Lies and Capitalism 101: Inside 'The Girlfriend Experience'
7 April 2016 9:49 AM, PDT
She's probably one of those girls you talk shit about," says Riley Keough. The 26-year-old actress is huddled on a couch in a Soho hotel room, a coat spread across her lap and a cup of tea nearby to stave off some overenthusiastic air conditioning. She's thinking about how she would have reacted to Christine — the character she plays on Starz's half-hour drama The Girlfriend Experience — if they'd met as teenagers. "She's the type of girl that you go to school with that you're threatened by their sexuality and ability to steal your man. »
Watch Ellen DeGeneres Blast Mississippi's 'Religious Freedom' Law
7 April 2016 7:44 AM, PDT
Ellen DeGeneres spoke out against Mississippi's recently passed law that allows people to deny the Lgbt community the right to adopt children, hold jobs or rent homes. She called the law "the very definition of discrimination."
DeGeneres mixed in humor while discussing the serious matter that is not only negatively affecting many lives in Mississippi, but is also an issue close to her heart. "I'm not a political person, I'm really not," she said to her audience during her opening monologue. "But this is not politics. This is human rights. »
Watch Colbert Create Fake Government Agencies for Trump to Shut Down
7 April 2016 7:35 AM, PDT
Stephen Colbert recapped Tuesday's big Wisconsin primary on The Late Show Wednesday, homing in on Donald Trump's latest controversial policy proposal: Eliminating nonexistent government agencies.
During a Fox News interview Monday, Trump promised to shut down wasteful government agencies such as "the Department of Environmental," noting, "the D.E.P is killing us environmentally, it's just killing our businesses."
"Yes absolutely," Colbert cracked. "Even the abbreviation is wasteful, because that 'P' does not stand for anything."
Considering the D.E.P. does not exist as a federal agency, Colbert »
See Frank Zappa Bowled Over by Navy Band in Unreleased Clip
7 April 2016 6:59 AM, PDT
The producers of Who the F*@% Is Frank Zappa, a documentary currently in production about the iconoclastic rock composer, have been putting out previously unseen clips from the Zappa Vault in an effort to bring attention to a Kickstarter campaign that would fund the film. Premiering here today is never-before-released candid video of Zappa arriving at San Francisco Airport in 1980 and grinning as he becomes visibly overcome by the U.S. Navy Band, which greets him by playing his song "Joe's Garage."
"I've been looking at a lot of previously »
Why 'Bad News Bears' Is the Greatest Baseball Movie Ever Made
7 April 2016 6:47 AM, PDT
For folks who loves both baseball and movies, it's incredibly sad that Hollywood's takes on our national pastime continually whiff with a frequency that makes Adam Dunn look like Joe Dimaggio. But 40 years ago today, a film was released that got everything beautifully, hilariously and even painfully right: The Bad News Bears. A tartly-scripted comic saga about a no-hope Little League team from L.A.'s San Fernando Valley, the film — directed by Michael Ritchie from an original screenplay written by Bill Lancaster — shocked and amused audiences with its unbridled »
Karen O, Wayne Coyne, Duran Duran Set for David Lynch Tribute Album
7 April 2016 6:36 AM, PDT
Last year's surreal, star-studded musical tribute to David Lynch will be released as a double album, The Music of David Lynch, featuring performances from Karen O, the Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd, Duran Duran, Sky Ferreira, Moby and more, Pitchfork reports.
The one-night only concert/fundraiser for the David Lynch Foundation featured a variety of musicians tackling songs from and inspired by Lynch's projects. The filmmaker's longtime composer, Angelo Badalamenti, even recreated "Laura Palmer's Theme" and "Dance of the Dream Man" from Twin Peaks, which will open the album's first and second LPs, »
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