‘Oprah’s Next Chapter’: New network, new series, same Oprah
It’s a new year and with it comes a new Oprah Winfrey show. The original primetime series, Oprah’s Next Chapter, debuted on OWN (naturally) on Jan. 1 with a two-hour special featuring Steven Tyler…holding hands with Oprah, and walking around his beautiful lakefront home in Sunapee, New Hampshire. (And wow, nice house, Steven Tyler!) Seeing [...]
Kobe Bryant’s cheating led to divorce filing: report
TMZ reported on Sunday morning that Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant cheated multiple times with multiple partners on his wife of more than a decade — events that led to Vanessa Bryant’s surprise divorce filing in an Orange County, Calif., court Friday. Of course, if this is true, Bryant — whose public approval rating [...]
Rihanna’s “Talk That Talk” seesaws between romance, raunch
The advance word on Rihanna’s new album “Talk That Talk” was that it would be full of dirty talk — as in stark-raving smutty. That turns out to have been an overstatement: filth-ophilia really only accounts for about a third of the record. But, um, it’s a memorable third. “I want you to be my [...]
TOP 6 Moments of FFF6
M83: I’ve been waiting awhile to see these guys live, and it was well worth the wait, they sounded absolutely amazing. You could not only feel the energy from the stage, but could also see it being transfer to the crowd. Will definitely be checking these guys out again in the future. Ra Ra Riot: [...]
Heavy D dies at 44
Heavy D, the self-proclaimed “overweight lover” of hip-hop who became one of rap’s top hit-makers with wit, humor and a positive vibe, has died. He was 44. Lt. Mark Rosen of the Beverly Hills police said Heavy D died in a Los Angeles hospital Tuesday after collapsing at his condominium building. Rosen said Beverly Hills [...]
Interview with Francisca Valenzuela
After her successful U.S. Debut at SXSW, Francisca Valenzuela released her sophomore album ‘Buen Soldado’ this past August, followed by her performance at ACL this year. We spoke with the Chilean singer/songwriter shortly after ACL to talk about her ACL experience, Austin and what listeners can expect to see from her in the upcoming year. [...]
Native American group slams Kris Jenner for comment
A Native American group is denouncing a comment Kim Kardashian’s mother made on national television as being “wrong and hurtful. The comment from Kardashian’s mom, Kris Jenner, came on “Good Morning America” Thursday, when Jenner was asked if her daughter should return Kris Humphries’ $2 million engagement ring after their 72-day marriage ended. Jenner responded [...]
Katie’s picks for Fun Fun Fun Fest 2011
If you’re not ready to have some Fun this weekend, then it’s probably best that you go ahead, leave town and rent your place out on Craigslist. Fasten your seatbelts kids for FFF6. Since in all honesty, I don’t know much at all about Heavy Metal Bands, I’d like to give credit to Andrew Miller [...]
CMJ Music and Film Marathon
It happens once a year. You know, that time when starving artists bring their busted equipment to the Big Apple with high hopes of making headlines. When the media straps on their shiny press badges, waving them at anyone who will notice, and when New York City is reeling from the influx of a thousand [...]
Interview: Sander Van Doorn
Sander Van Doorn at the Austin Music Hall October 28, After Release of New Album “Elev11” Dutch DJ Sander Van Doorn, who currently sits at # 16 on this year’s DJ Mag top 100 DJs Poll will perform this Friday at the Austin Music Hall. We had the chance to interview Van Doorn for his [...]
