Music
Antisemitic Singer Lorde, Who Has Few Record Sales Worldwide This Year, Sees Songs Pulled from Apple in Israel
Lorde, the New Zealand singer with one hit in twelve years, has underscored her previous antisemitism.
She's seen her music pulled from iTunes in Israel...
Music
Taylor Swift’s New Album So Far Hasn’t Generated Any Hits on iTunes or Spotify But Rolling Stone Is All In
What is going on here?
"The Life of a Showgirl" album by Taylor Swift -- released at midnight -- is number 1 on amazon and...
Movies
Dwayne The Rock Johnson Getting Rolled as “Smashing Machine” Has $850K Preview Night, Looking at Record Low Weekend
Dwayne Johnson must be cursing his luck today.
His new movie, "The Smashing Machine," is not smashing anything, not even potatoes.
Last night's previews yielded just...
Music
Taylor Swift and the Jonas Brothers May Have to Decide If Their Songs, “Life of a Showgirl” and “Cool,” Sound Pretty Similar
I can't take credit for this.
Sean McNulty, who writes the excellent The Wake Up newsletter at The Ankler -- I guess he's a Jonas...
Celebrity
Taylor Swift Drops Airless New Album, “The Life of a Showgirl”: Is It Good? Is It Bad? Does it Matter? Marketing Machine is Humming
Taylor Swift's latest album, "The Life of a Showgirl," has been out for 40 minutes. It's easily number 1 everywhere.
Is it good? Is it...
Business
Keith Urban Counting on Concertgoers Still Buying Tickets After Scandal Because His Album Sales Are a Bust
Keith Urban is gone from good guy husband to philanderer over night.
Nicole Kidman filed for divorce this week from her husband of 19 years....
Music
Grammy Nominations Predicted: Elton John & Brandi Carlile, Lady Gaga Stand Out In An Otherwise Dull Year
I see some Grammy nominations predictions starting to pop up.
This was not a great year, folks. There was "Flowers" or "Birds of a...
Featured
Daniel Day Lewis’s Return Film, “Anemone,” Is Panned by Critics, But It Was a Valiant Effort That Shouldn’t Stop Him from Working More
We were all very excited when Focus Features announced the return of Daniel Day Lewis.
Alas, things have not worked out so well, but it's...