On This Day, July 25, 1980: AC/DC releases ‘Back in Black’

On This Day, July 25, 1980 ...AC/DC released their seventh studio album, Back in Black, which was their first album following the death of singer Bon Scott.The album featured new lead singer Brian Johnson and contained such future AC/DC classics as the title track, “You Shook Me All Night Long” and “Hells Bells.”Back in Black was a massive hit for the Aussie rockers, becoming one of the bestselling albums of all time. It sold an estimated 50 million copies worldwide […]

July 25, 2025

Music

Billy Joel documentary gets 100-track companion digital album, featuring never-before-released songs

Legacy RecordingsIf watching the HBO documentary Billy Joel: And So It Goes makes you want to go back and listen to Billy Joel's whole catalog, you'll soon have an easy way to do so.A new digital 100-track album, also called Billy Joel: And So It Goes, drops Saturday, July 26, and it's described as a "companion" piece to the documentary, the second part of which is now streaming. Among those tracks are eight never-before-released songs:"December Theme (December Song)" from the […]

July 25, 2025

Entertainment

Watch the first trailer for the ‘This Is Spinal Tap’ sequel, ‘Spinal Tap II: The End Continues’

Courtesy of Bleeker Street FilmsWe are getting our first real look at the upcoming sequel to the 1984 rock mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap.A trailer for the film, Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, has just been released, following the band Spinal Tap – Michael McKean as lead guitarist David St. Hubbins, Christopher Guest as frontman Nigel Tufnell and Harry Shearer as bassist Derek Smalls – as they attempt to stage a reunion concert 40 years after the first film.The clip […]

July 25, 2025

Entertainment

In brief: Paul Mescal, Josh O’Connor star in ‘The History of Sound’ trailer and more

Days of our Lives is going to continue for many more days of our lives. The long-running daytime drama series has been renewed for two more seasons at Peacock. The show will continue its run as one of the longest-running scripted TV shows in the world with the upcoming seasons 62 and 63 ...Paul Mescal and Josh O'Connor star as star-crossed lovers in the new trailer for The History of Sound. MUBI has released the official trailer for the film, […]

July 25, 2025

Entertainment

Molly Gordon says her new film ‘Oh, Hi’ came from ‘a profound heartbreak’

Sony Pictures ClassicsMolly Gordon and Logan Lerman embark on a romantic getaway that goes wrong in the dark comedy Oh, Hi!The new film, which releases in theaters on Friday, was written and directed by Sophie Brooks. Gordon helped develop the film's story with Brooks, and she told ABC Audio all about where the idea came from."Sophie had gone through a profound heartbreak, and then a couple years later, I went through a profound heartbreak, and she was my guru in […]

July 25, 2025

Music

New rings made from Queen drummer Roger Taylor’s cymbals to be released on rocker’s birthday

Jeremychanphotography/Getty ImagesQueen’s Roger Taylor will celebrate his 76th birthday on Saturday, and to mark the occasion a new line of Taylor-inspired jewelry is being released.Queen announced on Instagram that the rocker’s Taylored of London merch line is set to debut what it's calling a "Hold Fast" range of limited-edition signet rings inspired by Taylor’s love of sailing. The term hold fast was a command sailors would use during rough weather conditions.The line will feature two rings, designed by Manuela Gray, each featuring a different tattoo-inspired anchor. They are made from […]

July 25, 2025

Entertainment

‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ season 2 teaser trailer, premiere date revealed

Disney+We have our first look at season 2 of Percy Jackson and the Olympians.Disney+ released the teaser trailer for the upcoming season 2 on Thursday. Additionally, the service announced that season 2 will debut on Dec. 10.In the beginning of the trailer, we see Walker Scobell's Percy Jackson and Leah Sava Jeffries' Annabeth Chase standing in the pouring rain while on a ship headed into the Sea of Monsters. They both gaze up at something with looks of awe and […]

July 24, 2025

Entertainment

Michael Jackson biopic release delayed until 2026

Kevin Mazur/WireImageMichael Jackson fans who’ve been anxiously waiting for the biopic on the singer’s life will be waiting a little longer.Lionsgate just announced that the film, Michael, has been pushed back, and will now hit theaters and IMAX on April 24, 2026.This is the second time the film's release has been delayed. The movie, which has the support of MJ's estate, was originally supposed to open April 18, 2025, and was later pushed to Oct. 3, 2025.Michael stars Jackson's nephew Jafaar Jackson, and […]

July 24, 2025

Music

Actor Paul Walter Hauser’s surprising connection to Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen on the set of 'Deliver Me from Nowhere'/Bobby Bank/GC ImagesActor Paul Walter Hauser has a role in the upcoming Bruce Springsteen movie Deliver Me From Nowhere, and it turns out he also has a surprising connection to the New Jersey rocker.Hauser plays Springsteen’s guitar tech Mike Batlan, who helped engineer 1982’s Nebraska. While appearing on The Rich Eisen Show, Hauser said he once lived in a home previously owned by Springsteen."What’s crazy is I lived in his old house without knowing it," Hauser […]

July 24, 2025

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