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On This Day, Nov. 20, 1995: The Beatles released ‘Anthology 1’

On This Day, Nov. 20, 1995 ...The Beatles released the 60-track compilation album Anthology 1, featuring rarities, outtakes and live performances recorded from 1958 to 1964.It also included the first new Beatles song in 25 years, "Free as a Bird," which featured audio from a demo John Lennon recorded in 1977. It was given to Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr by his widow, Yoko Ono, and the trio then recorded new music that was incorporated into the song.Anthology 1 reached […]

November 20, 2025

Music

Mick Jagger pays visit to his old grammar school

The Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger visits The Mick Jagger Centre at Dartford Grammar School in Kent, England. (Photo By Pete Bresser)Mick Jagger just went back to school.The Rolling Stones frontman paid a visit to The Mick Jagger Centre at Dartford Grammar School in Kent, England, on Wednesday as part of the Centre’s 25th anniversary celebration. Jagger went to Dartford Grammar before going on to study at the London School of Economics.“It was a great privilege for me to visit my […]

November 20, 2025

Entertainment

Cynthia Erivo speaks out on protecting Ariana Grande at Singapore ‘Wicked: For Good’ premiere

Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo attend the "Wicked: For Good" Asia-Pacific Premiere at Universal Studio Singapore on November 13, 2025 in Singapore. (Photo by Suhaimi Abdullah/Getty Images)Cynthia Erivo has made her first public comments regarding the Nov. 13 incident in which Ariana Grande was accosted by an online prankster during the Wicked:For Good premiere in Singapore.Erivo told Savannah Guthrie on NBC's Today show Thursday why she stepped between the man, Johnson Wen, and her co-star Grande, and physically pulled him off her before security took him away."I was really […]

November 20, 2025

Entertainment

First teaser released for ‘The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping’

'The Hunger Game: Sunrise on the Reaping' (Lionsgate)We have our first look at The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.Lionsgate has released a teaser for the prequel film, which shows a young Haymitch Abernathy, played by Joseph Zada, being chosen as a tribute for the 50th Hunger Games.The teaser shows glimpses of the arena and counts down from 10 as we see the tributes – 48 instead of the usual 24 – prepare to fight to the death.There are also […]

November 20, 2025

Entertainment

In brief: ‘Heated Rivalry’ headed to HBO Max and more

The upcoming espionage thriller series Ponies now has a premiere date. Peacock has announced that the show will debut to the platform on Jan. 15. The show is set in Moscow in the year 1977. Emilia Clarke and Haley Lu Richardson star as two women who work as secretaries in the American Embassy. When their husbands are killed mysteriously in the USSR, the duo become CIA operatives ...Tulsa King is in need of a showrunner. Variety reports that the Sylvester […]

November 20, 2025

Entertainment

‘The Family Stone’ writer, director working on a sequel following Diane Keaton’s death

Diane Keaton is shown in a scene from 'The Family Stone.' (20th Century Fox)A sequel to The Family Stone is in the works.Thomas Bezucha, who wrote and directed the 2005 film, said in a recent interview with CNN that he has been working on a follow-up to the original film. The original movie follows the Stone family at Christmastime as they navigate matriarch Sybil Stone's (Diane Keaton) cancer diagnosis.Bezucha said he was working on the new script when he learned of Keaton's […]

November 20, 2025

Music

Steve Martin questioned appearance on Aerosmith/Yungblud single: ‘Can I even play this?’

Yungblud, Steven Tyler, and Joe Perry perform during a tribute to Ozzy Osbourne at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on September 07, 2025 in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for MTV)Aerosmith and Yungblud are set to release their collaborative EP, One More Time, on Friday. They recently released an acoustic take on its first single, “My Only Angel,” featuring actor and comedian Steve Martin, who plays banjo on the track.The Only Murders in […]

November 20, 2025

Music

The Beatles top new list of the 50 best rock bands

Archival photo of The Beatles (ABC)There have likely been countless debates over which rock band is the best, and now Billboard has chimed in with its picks.The outlet has just revealed its complete list of the 50 best rock bands as chosen by Billboard staff, with The Beatles coming out on top.Of course, a lot of people are likely not surprised by the pick, and even Billboard acknowledges that."Yeah, yeah, yeah — another list with the Beatles at #1. But with a […]

November 19, 2025

Music

ZZ Top announces first European tour in two years

ZZ Top The Big One! tour admat/(courtesy of ZZ Top)ZZ Top is headed overseas in 2026. The Texas rockers have announced dates for The Big One! tour, their first European trek in two years.The 23-show tour will have them hitting 13 countries, with a mix of festival appearances and headlining dates. The tour starts June 13 in Estonia and hits Finland, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Switzerland and France before wrapping July 25 in Cadiz, Spain, which is […]

November 19, 2025