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Doug Emhoff is returning to private practice as law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher today welcomed the former (and first ever) Second Gentleman of the United Sates as a partner.

Just Like Heaven Festival announced their 2025 lineup and instantly transported elder Millennials back to the halcyon days of iPods, LiveJournal and Pitchfork.Just a few of the most exciting late aughts icons on the bill include indie darlings Vampire Weekend, TV On The Radio, Empire of the Sun, Bloc Party and Slowdive.They’ll be joined by indie legends The Drums, Courtney Barnett, Toro Y Moi, Panda Bear and Peter Bjorn and John.Perhaps most notably, Rilo Kiley is reuniting for the one-day extravaganza at Pasadena, CA’s Rose Bowl Stadium on Saturday, May 10. Jenny Lewis’ pop ensemble with emo sensibilities has not performed since 2008; their last album was 2007’s “Under The Blacklight.”“We are so very excited to come back together for Just Like Heaven in Pasadena, California—Los Angeles,” the group shared in a statement.

Blink-182 have announced a special gig at the Hollywood Palladium show to benefit the LA Fire Relief Efforts.The one-night-only gig will take place at the famous Los Angeles concert hall on Thursday (February 13). 100 per cent of the ticket proceeds from the event – which is produced by Live Nation who previously pledged $1million (£813,355) to help the music community affected by the LA wildfires – will be donated to the Pasadena Humane Society, California Fire Department, LAFD Foundation, and ARC Firefighter Fund.Punk band Alkaline Trio will serve as opening support for the show.

claimed to Fox News.“It’s lonely, and he will undoubtedly miss his friends and family. There is no sign whatsoever of the rift in the royal family healing.

Deafheaven have announced their new album ‘Lonely People With Power’ and shared its heavy single ‘Magnolia’.‘Magnolia’ sees the American post-metal band return to their hardcore roots, featuring thrashing drums, heavy and gritty guitars and George Clarke’s screeching and powerful vocals as he sings: “Warm winds blow / Secrets we die with / Trembling weakness is what haunts us now.” Directed by Sean Stout and Chelsea Jade, ‘Magnolia’s accompanying music video sees the band perform the track in a dark, hazy room.The song serves as the lead single to their forthcoming album ‘Lonely People With Power’ which is set for release on March 28. The LP marks their first release under their new label home of Roadrunner Records. You can pre-order and pre-save the album here.The album was recorded with producer Justin Meldal-Johnsen (St.

Sparks have been fairly quiet since their 2023 album ‘The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte‘, but it looks as though the art pop duo might be back with new music soon.The band, comprising brothers Ron and Russell Mael, posted a short video clip on X (Twitter) today (January 27) consisting solely of an angry cartoon face – also making the face their display photo.Their last post on X was a statement on the recent fires in California, on January 19, and their most recent post before that was one on New Year’s Eve, in which they said, “See you in 2025!”Back in October, meanwhile. Sparks announced that they’d signed to Transgressive Records for the release of their next album – coming sometime this year.They shared the news while collecting their award for Outstanding Contribution to Music at the Association of Independent Music (AIM) Awards.pic.twitter.com/4UPCvytN7v— S P A R K S (@sparksofficial) January 27, 2025Sparks have released 25 studio albums since their 1971 debut, as well as the 2015 album ‘FFS’ as part of a supergroup with Franz Ferdinand, and they’ve also worked on the soundtracks for romantic drama Annette and their documentary film The Sparks Brothers.In an interview with NME in 2021, discussing The Sparks Brothers alongside director Edgar Wright, Ron said, “Cinema has always been a part of us.

Simple Plan and Bowling For Soup among them – buy tickets here.The iconic punk and rock festival is back this year for its 30th anniversary, six years after the previous edition, and will be coming to three cities over three weekends. Alongside Simple Plan and Bowling For Soup, who have played 13 and nine years at the festival respectively, in being announced today (January 27), are Pennywise, Miss May I, Dance Hall Crashers and Chandler Leighton.Pennywise and Miss May I have both played the Warped Tour a number of times before, while Dance Hall Crashers, who previously played in 1996, are reuniting after 20 years.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Critical Role announced a special live one-shot D&D adventure aimed at continued fundraising for wildfire recovery efforts in L.A. Critical Role will host a “chaotic and interactive” one-shot charity livestream titled “Freaky Thursday,” featuring Bells Hells, the characters from its third D&D campaign played by Ashley Johnson, Marisha Ray, Taliesin Jaffe, Travis Willingham, Sam Riegel, Laura Bailey and Liam O’Brien, with game master Matthew Mercer. Critical Role — whose fans are affectionately called “Critters” — is behind the hit Amazon Studios animated series “The Legend of Vox Machina.” The Freaky Thursday adventure will be livestreamed on Critical Role’s membership service Beacon, as well as its Twitch and YouTube channels, starting Thursday, Jan.

Tool surprised fans in California last week by breaking out a surprise set. Check out footage and images of the moment below.The moment took place at the Bass Magazine Awards, held at The Observatory in Santa Ana, California last Thursday (January 23).

Alison Herman TV Critic The writer and producer Dan Fogelman has a CV that spans genres, from a script credit on Pixar’s 2006 movie “Cars” to creating the musical fantasy series “Galavant.” But Fogelman is best known for “This Is Us,” the NBC hit that spent six seasons applying a twisty structure to a sentimental family drama. This unorthodox formula won a large and loyal audience, but to this critic, it was always a mismatch — hiding pertinent information in the name of cheap surprise. With his latest series, the Hulu thriller “Paradise,” Fogelman pivots to a register where OMG-inducing water cooler moments feel much more at home.

Siddhant Adlakha Based on her 2020 short “Shako Mako,” Hailey Gates writes and directs “Atropia,” a unique war satire about western views of the Middle East. While both its lampooning of U.S. militarism and its central character drama lack follow-through, the film contains bright comedic sparks in its keen observations about American media.

In writer-director Hailey Gates‘ directorial debut, she dives into the Bush-era culture of toxic masculinity, nationalism and Islamaphobia with an amusing and profoundly absurdist sense of satire.

Travis Scott is back with “4X4”!

As the California fires have devastated more than hundreds of thousands of residents, Hollywood actors have come together to raise millions for relief efforts. "Married with Children" actress Katey Sagal, "Indiana Jones" star Ke Huy Quan and several other A-listers spoke with Fox News Digital about how they’ve been deeply impacted by the Los Angeles fires, as they raised more than $1.6 million through various charities. Los Angeles native Sagal, 71, shared that the fires were "particularly personal" to her since she also attended Palisades High School growing up.

Evan Rachel Wood has released a statement following the decision by the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office to not level sexual abuse charges on Marilyn Manson, citing statute of limitations.

Noah Centineo and Sofia Carson have been named the official ambassadors for the 2025 Screen Actors Guild Awards!

Since the horrendous Los Angeles wildfires broke out Jan. 7, two days after the Golden Globes, Hollywood’s usual awards season activities ground to a halt with numerous postponements or cancellations of ceremonies that normally take place this time of year; these included the Critics Choice Awards (originally Jan. 12, moved twice and now scheduled for Feb. 7); L.A. Film Critics Banquet; AFI Awards Luncheon (now set for Feb. 6); AARP’s televised Movies For Grownups Awards and countless other awards season-related events, even including the voting period and announcement of Oscar nominations that finally took place a week later than planned on Thursday morning. Among those ceremonies earliest affected was American Cinematheque‘s 4th Annual Tribute to The Crafts which had originally been scheduled to occur Jan. 9 in Hollywood but, as the fires grew increasingly out of control, was quickly postponed.

Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine has launched a new wine brand House Of Mustaine alongside the rest of his family.The endeavour will blend music, culture and fine winemaking and will see the singer work alongside his relatives Pamela Mustaine as president, Electra Mustaine as vice president and sommelier and Justis Mustaine.Based in Nashville, House Of Mustaine will draw grapes from vineyards in Italy, California and emerging regions around the world and will make use of “purist techniques” alongside “modern innovation”.The company has its roots in Megadeth’s collaboration with the San Diego Symphony, which inspired the 2013 Symphony Interrupted Cabernet Sauvignon. The family has now developed a total of ten small-batch limited edition wines, each one named after one of the band’s songs.There will be two events held in Nashville to celebrate the launch of the brand, with Electra and Pamela hosting a reception and tasting menu at the Italian restaurant Yolan with a range of selection of House of Mustaine’s Marche collection.

“Arroyo Grande with Raymond Arroyo” podcast.Although the California governor called for serious changes to happen in wildfire combat and prevention, Gibson called out Newsom’s plan.“You got nothing but rampant crime, acute homelessness, high taxes, mismanagement of water, firefighters, defunding the department, and we’re supposed to trust them with millions of dollars to sort of remake where we live? It’s our city, it’s the city of the people, and they have another plan. … There’s still people from the Woolsey Fire still living in trailers.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Handing out pink slips to dozens of beloved small-market local TV news weathercasters would be ill-advised even in the best of times. But to do it right as unpredictable and dangerous weather disasters tear across the country this month — from wildfires in California to a historic freeze in the south — was particularly tone deaf. And yet, that’s what Allen Media Group did last week, announcing that it would be getting rid of trusted local weather anchors in a cost-saving move.

EXCLUSIVE: Bill Condon brings Kiss of the Spider Woman to Sundance for the Sunday night Eccles Theater premiere of the festival’s most eagerly anticipated acquisition title, starring Jennifer Lopez, Diego Luna and newcomer Tonatiuh. It has been 27 years since Condon redefined himself after premiering Gods and Monsters, Sundance, 32 years since Kiss of the Spider Woman opened on Broadway and won seven Tony Awards, and 40 years since the original Hector Babenco-directed film drew four Oscar nominations with the late William Hurt winning Best Actor. Condon has written and directed a compelling new version of a tale that is one part vibrant movie musical, and one part prison drama.