“I never, never, never saw so many people in my whole life.”This is what Jenny Lewis said after singing “I Never” about halfway through Rilo Kiley’s set Saturday night, and yeah, it makes sense. The last time the L.A. natives played their hometown was the summer of 2008, for what turned out to be their…
The pop and R&B singer Casandra Elizabeth “Cassie” Ventura is taking the stand today in the federal trial of her former boyfriend Sean “Diddy” Combs. During her testimony, as reported by The New York Times, Cassie has described the alleged physical and sexual abuse she endured during her relationship with Diddy. She also discussed the…
Male Escort Says He Could Hear Sean “Diddy” Combs Assaulting Cassie When Ventura didn’t join Combs right when he called for her on one occasion, Phillip testified May 12 that Combs threw a liquor bottle in her direction, then grabbed her by her hair and dragged her into the bedroom. “She was screaming,” Phillip said, and,…
Calls from MAGA-aligned voices to pardon Derek Chauvin have been shut down by Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison, who declared the disgraced officer “still owes Minnesota 22 and a half years” for the murder of George Floyd. Ellison made his stance clear on MSNBC’s “PoliticsNation” as conservative commentator Ben Shapiro and others pushed a petition…
In this series, we highlight independent radio stations across America which are keeping alive the dream of human DJs, unpredictable playlists, and free airwaves. “Raised By Sound” is WYXR’s tagline, but it could also be the mantra for Memphis, Tennessee as a whole. This is a city best known for being home to Beale Street,…
The U.S. government has announced that it’s agreed to a tariff reduction on Chinese imports, effectively pausing an escalating trade war between the nations, and enabling markets to breathe a sigh of relief amid worsening impacts. And it could also enable talks on a U.S. TikTok deal to go ahead, which the Chinese government had…
French actor Gérard Depardieu has been found guilty of sexually assaulting two women in one of the most high-profile #MeToo cases in Europe. The 76-year-old star has appeared in more than 200 movies, including Cyrano de Bergerac and Jean de Florette, and has won multiple awards over more than five decades in cinema. On Tuesday,…
Few rock bands of the ’60s were as symphonic sounding as the Moody Blues, as evidenced throughout their classic 1967 album, Days of Future Passed. And the band’s singer, Justin Hayward, remains in fine voice all these years later – as evidenced by his performances taking place as part of his Blue World Tour. Hayward…
Diddy‘s legal team admits during the opening arguments of Puff’s sex trafficking trial that he often hired male sex workers. Opening Statements in Diddy Trial On Monday (May 12), opening arguments started in the much-publicized Diddy sex trafficking trial. During day one, Diddy’s attorneys proclaimed the music mogul’s innocence. They shot down the notion that…
Esteemed singer/songwriter Yusuf/Cat Stevens will tell his fascinating life story in the memoir Cat on the Road to Findout, which will be released Sept. 18 in the U.K. through Constable and Oct. 7 in North America through Genesis Publications. After a decade of massive success thanks to such generation-defining songs as “Father and Son,” “Wild…
