The performer died of heart failure, according to his longtime manager. George Michael has died of heart failure, according to the singer's longtime manager, Michael Lippman. The English singer, songwriter and record producer who rose to fame with the group Wham! in the 1980s was found Christmas morning, says Lippman. "It is with great sadness that we can confirm our beloved son, brother and friend George passed away peacefully at […]
No one could ever accuse Spencer Krug of a taking a languorous approach to his music. Over the last decade, the Canadian singer-songwriter’s output has been torrential: he’s released something like 20 albums and EPs, under an impressive variety of names. The most famous is Wolf Parade, a Montreal quartet whose very name can cause a certain kind of Pitchfork-scouring music fan’s heart to skip a beat: look online and […]
Rogue One was the first live-action Star Wars film not to feature an opening crawl, with the filmmakers noting that the movie itself draws inspiration from the crawl to the original 1977 Star Wars. But after viewing Rogue One, one fan felt inspired to create his own, spending about an hour after his Thursday night screening to craft the words and then using an online tool to put it all […]
What do you get the man who has everything? If you're billionaire Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, finding a Christmas present might be challenging - so instead he built himself one. Zuckerberg, who founded Facebook back in 2004, has revealed the first version of an artificial intelligence (AI) platform he created to help run his home. Named Jarvis, after the fictional AI in the Iron Man film series, Zuckerberg's assistant was […]
Journey, Pearl Jam and Tupac Shakur are among some of the premiere acts named to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class of 2017. The trio will be inducted into the Cleveland-based hall alongside Electric Light Orchestra, Yes and Joan Baez with musician and producer Nile Rodgers set to receive the Award for Musical Excellence according to Variety. The 32nd annual induction ceremony will take place April 7 at […]
Emma Stone's favorite place for sushi in Los Angeles is a no-frills spot in a Sunset Boulevard strip mall, tucked alongside a laser hair-removal clinic and a FedEx store. It's here, having barely taken a seat, that she starts telling me about her hiatal hernia. "I can't have spicy foods," Stone says. The issue, it turns out, is that part of her stomach protrudes "into my esophagus," which sounds gnarly […]
Good news for anyone who has sent a text message in the last year: Emojis now have a starring role in their own movie. “When you’re trying to make an animated movie, the best thing is to find that familiar thing everyone’s familiar with but no one really thinks about in this way,” director Tony Leondis tells EW of the new film, which arrives in theaters next summer. “From my […]
Iggy Pop, Patti Smith and her Band and Laurie Anderson will perform at the Tibet House US 30th Anniversary Benefit Concert Celebrating Philip Glass’s 80th Birthday on March 16th at New York's Carnegie Hall. The show will double as a celebration of the avant garde composer's birthday, with Glass again serving as the event's artistic director. Glass picked this year's lineup as well, which will also feature New Order's Bernard Sumner, Phil […]
Just in time for the holiday period, Mariah Carey has joined James Corden for a specially festive Carpool Karaoke and there are more special cameos than we can count. We’ve been treated to a whole host of Carpool Karaokes recently. Not only did Bruno Mars bring the funk, but Madonna twerked in a moving vehicle, Britney talked about tickle fetishes, and Lady Gaga performed a rousing version of “Million Reason.” […]
