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Call me the birthday girl: Blondie’s Debbie Harry turns 80

Dia Dipasupil/Getty ImagesCelebrations are in order as Blondie's iconic frontwoman Debbie Harry is turning 80 on Tuesday.Harry co-founded Blondie with guitarist Chris Stein in New York in the ‘70s. The band hit it big in 1979 with the release of their third studio album, Parallel Lines, a top-10 hit in the U.S. thanks to songs like "Heart of Glass," their first #1 single, "One Way or Another" and "Hanging on the Telephone."The band went on to have four #1 singles, have sold over 40 million […]

July 1, 2025

Music

ABBA’s ‘Dancing Queen’ hits 1 billion views on YouTube

Michael Putland/Getty ImagesABBA’s iconic tune "Dancing Queen" has reached a new milestone.The video for the track, first uploaded to YouTube in 2009, has now reached 1 billion views on the site, making it the Swedish band’s first video to accomplish such a feat.In a message on Instagram, ABBA’s Frida Lyngstad shares that the band's "overwhelmed" that so many people have viewed and listened to the song, noting there are only about 300 other videos that have reached 1 billion views.Frida writes that one of her "most cherished" memories is […]

June 30, 2025

Viewpoints

Culture Crash: James Gunn’s Superman: The Hero The DC Universe Desperately Needs

Welcome to Culture Crash, where we examine American culture – what’s new and old in entertainment… The stakes are high for Warner Brothers’ new movie Superman, a reboot for maybe the most iconic character in comics from writer/director James Gunn. Not only is the film a reboot for the last son of Krypton, but it’s also WB’s attempt to reboot the entire DC Universe, which has largely played second fiddle to the booming Marvel Cinematic Universe for the past decade […]

June 30, 2025

Entertainment

Sofia Carson, Corey Mylchreest have a student-teacher romance in ‘My Oxford Year’ trailer

NetflixSofia Carson stars in the trailer for her latest Netflix rom-com, My Oxford Year.The film stars Carson as Anna, an ambitious young American woman who moves to England to study at the University of Oxford. She soon falls for her charming professor, Jamie, played by Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story star Corey Mylchreest."Flirting with the hot teacher on the first day?" a student played by Harry Trevaldwyn asks Anna in the trailer.Flustered, she says no, while the student reassures her […]

June 30, 2025

Music

Deep Purple releases new preview of upcoming ‘Rapture of the Deep’ reissue

earMUSICDeep Purple has shared another preview of the upcoming 20th anniversary reissue of their 18th studio album, Rapture of the Deep.The band has released a newly remixed and remastered version of the track "Clearly Quite Absurd," along with a B-side, "MTV (2005 Studio Jam)," which is a previously unheard instrumental take from a rehearsal session.Both songs are available now via digital outlets."'Clearly Quite Absurd' is a very unusual Deep Purple song, which I like. We've always liked being unusual," Deep Purple’s […]

June 30, 2025 1

Music

AC/DC sets one-day ticket sales record in Australia

Tibrina Hobson/Getty ImagesAC/DC recently announced they were bringing their Power Up tour to Australia, and their hometown fans were certainly eager to snap up tickets.Ticketek, which handled ticket sales for the tour, reports that AC/DC moved over 320,000 tickets in a single day, breaking a record for the most concert tickets sold in one day on the platform. The previous record for the most concert tickets sold was set in 2009, also by AC/DC.AC/DC initially announced only five total Aussie […]

June 30, 2025 2

Entertainment

‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ begins production with Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep and more

Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty ImagesGird your loins: The Devil Wears Prada sequel begins filming this week.Production on the sequel to the iconic 2006 film starring Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci has started. To mark the occasion, 20th Century Studios shared a teaser.The video shows a pair of stylish red stilettos with devilish pitchforks as the heels, a reference to the original film's poster, which featured a single red stiletto with a pitchfork heel.Audio for the video features iconic […]

June 30, 2025 1

Entertainment

Ryan Gosling is sent to space in ‘Project Hail Mary’ official trailer

Amazon MGM StudiosRyan Gosling is a reluctant space traveler in the official trailer for Project Hail Mary.The Amazon MGM film is based on The New York Times bestselling novel by Andy Weir. It follows middle school teacher Ryland Grace, played by Gosling, who finds himself on a spacecraft with no memory of his past or even how he arrived there.Ryland must successfully complete an interstellar mission to save Earth from a disaster. This leads him to meet an alien who […]

June 30, 2025 1

Music

America’s ‘Hearts’ getting expanded edition in celebration of its 50th anniversary

Omnivore RecordingsAmerica’s fifth studio album, Hearts, is being celebrated with a new reissue.An expanded edition of the album, their second with producer Sir George Martin, will be released Aug. 8 and feature six bonus tracks, five of which are previously unreleased alternate takes. The sixth is a Spanish version of their #1 hit, "Sister Golden Hair" ("Con Tu Pelo Tan Dorado"), which is getting its first-ever release on CD.Released in March 1975, Hearts was a top-five hit for America, peaking at […]

June 30, 2025