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On This Day, June 12, 1982: Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor and more headline Rally for Nuclear Disarmament

On This Day, June 12, 1982 ...Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Joan Baez, Linda Ronstadt and Gary U.S. Bonds performed for a million protesters at the Rally for Nuclear Disarmament on the Great Lawn in New York’s Central Park.The rally was timed to coincide with a United Nations Special Session on Disarmament.The gathering was the largest anti-nuclear weapons demonstration in U.S. history.In 2018, a two-CD set featuring highlights from the rally was released, including performances of Springsteen’s "Promised Land," […]

June 12, 2025

Entertainment

Former MTV VJ and talk show host Ananda Lewis dies at 52

Paul Archuleta/Getty ImagesFormer television host Ananda Lewis has died, her sister Lakshmi Emory shared in a Facebook post on Wednesday. Lewis was 52.Lewis, who was known for her role as an MTV VJ and host of Teen Summit, was battling Stage 4 breast cancer."She's free, and in His heavenly arms," Emory wrote on Facebook. "Lord, rest her soul."Lewis first revealed she was diagnosed with breast cancer in October 2020, via an Instagram video that included her hope to encourage other women to get a mammogram. Lewis was battling Stage […]

June 12, 2025

Music

The Beach Boys and Mike Love pay tribute to Brian Wilson

The Beach Boys perform onstage in circa 1964 in California. (L-R) Dennis Wilson, Al Jardine, Carl Wilson, Brian Wilson, Mike Love; Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesThe Beach Boys and Mike Love have paid tribute to their former bandmate Brian Wilson, who passed away at age 82.A post on The Beach Boys' social media accounts shares that the band is "heartbroken" by Wilson’s passing, calling him, "our cousin, our friend, and our partner in a great musical adventure.""Brian Wilson wasn't just the heart […]

June 12, 2025

Entertainment

In brief: Jack Black to receive King of Comedy award at 2025 Kids Choice Awards and more

Jack Black is set to receive the King of Comedy award at the 2025 Kids Choice Awards. The actor will receive the special silver blimp onstage before he is doused in the iconic green Nickelodeon slime. Tyla is hosting the awards show, which airs on June 21 ...A24 has greenlit a movie to be directed by the youngest person to ever helm a film for the studio. The 19-year-old director, Kane Parsons, is set to make the upcoming science-fiction horror […]

June 12, 2025

Entertainment

Bryce Dallas Howard, Orlando Bloom on their action-comedy ‘Deep Cover’

Peter MountainImprov actors are brought in to work with dangerous criminals in the new movie Deep Cover.The film, which made its international premiere at Tribeca Festival, drops Thursday on Prime Video. It stars Bryce Dallas Howard as an improv comedy teacher with Orlando Bloom and Nick Mohammed as two of her students.All three actors had minimal improv experience before the movie. They told ABC Audio if they had to pick between getting involved with dangerous criminals or bombing onstage during […]

June 12, 2025

Music

Doobie Brothers members humbled by Songwriters Hall of Fame induction

Manny Carabel/Getty Images for ABAMillions of fans have loved The Doobie Brothers hits since the '70s. and now the band’s main songwriters — Tom Johnston, Pat Simmons and Michael McDonald — are set to be honored for their work with induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on Thursday night at a gala in New York City.Johnston tells ABC Audio the honor is "pretty amazing," especially when you "think of all the people that are already there.""I mean, God, there's some amazing […]

June 12, 2025

Music

RIP Brian Wilson: Beach Boy Al Jardine, daughters Carnie and Wendy, Bob Dylan share tributes

Al Jardine and Brian Wilson; Credit: Mary Ann JardineMore tributes for Brian Wilson continue to pour in. His family announced on Wednesday that the Beach Boys mastermind had died at age 82.In a statement, Beach Boys founding member Al Jardine said, "Brian Wilson, my friend, my classmate, my football teammate, my Beach Boy bandmate and my brother in spirit, I will always feel blessed that you were in our lives for as long as you were.""I think the most comforting […]

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Music

Elton John, Mick Fleetwood and more pay tribute to Beach Boys singer Brian Wilson

Harry Langdon/Getty ImagesTributes poured in for Beach Boys singer Brian Wilson on Wednesday following his death at age 82.The singer's family shared the news of his death on social media, saying they are "heartbroken" and "sharing our grief with the world."Among those who posted messages and memories of Wilson were Elton John, Mick Fleetwood and actor John Cusack, who played Wilson in the 2014 film Love and Mercy.Elton shared on Instagram that Wilson was "always so kind to me from the day I […]

June 11, 2025 2

Music

Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings set for first performance as The Guess Who in 23 years

Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings at the First Time Around Tour (2006), courtesy of Paquin Artists AgencyRandy Bachman revealed in March that he and his former The Guess Who bandmate Burton Cummings were talking about hitting the road together. And while they haven’t announced a tour yet, they have booked their first performance together as The Guess Who in over two decades.The duo, responsible for writing some of the band's biggest hits, including "These Eyes" and "American Woman," are set to reunite for next year’s […]

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