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Billy Idol song ‘Dying to Live’ lands on Oscars short list for best original song

Billy Idol at the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction/Disney/Eric McCandlessBilly Idol has a chance to nab an Oscar nomination.The rocker’s song “Dying to Live,” from his documentary Billy Idol Should Be Dead, has earned a spot on the Oscars short list for best original song.The tune, written by Idol, J. Ralph, Steve Stevens, Tommy English and Joe Janiak, is one of 15 tracks to make the short list, with the category to be narrowed down to five […]

December 16, 2025

Music

Watch the first-ever video for George Harrison’s ‘Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)’

George Harrison November 23, 1971. (Photo by: Ann Limongello/ABC Photo Archives) The first-ever video for George Harrison’s classic tune “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)” has just been released, directed by Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard.It took a team of 20 stop-motion artisans to create the stop-motion clip, which is set in the gardens of Friar Park, the Victorian mansion Harrison purchased in 1970. The video is described as “an homage to his love of gardening.”“To work with […]

December 16, 2025

Music

Donna Summer posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame

American Disco and R&B singer Donna Summer (born LaDonna Gaines, 1948 - 2012) performs onstage at the Poplar Creek Music Theater, Hoffman Estates, Illinois, July 12, 1983. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images)Disco queen Donna Summer has been posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.Summer, who wrote her hits like "Love to Love You Baby," "Bad Girls," "On the Radio" and "She Works Hard for the Money," was celebrated Monday at a ceremony in West Hollywood, California. Summer’s husband, Bruce Sudano, and […]

December 16, 2025

Entertainment

‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’ to get digital and Blu-ray release

Artwork for 'Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere' (20th Century Studios)If you didn’t get to see Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere in theaters, you’ll now have a new chance to see the film.The movie about Bruce Springsteen’s efforts making his 1982 solo album, Nebraska, is set to hit digital platforms, including Amazon, Prime Video and Apple TV, on Dec. 23. It will also be released on 4K Blu-ray on Jan. 20, with the release including the four-act documentary Making Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere.The documentary’s […]

December 16, 2025

Entertainment

‘Disclosure Day’: Watch teaser trailer for new Steven Spielberg film

Emily Blunt in 'Disclosure Day,' directed by Steven Spielberg. (Niko Tavernise/Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment)The title and official teaser trailer for Steven Spielberg's newest film have been released.Universal Pictures announced Tuesday the movie will be called Disclosure Day. The studio also shared the film's first trailer.Disclosure Day, which returns Spielberg to his extraterrestrial roots, arrives in theaters on June 12, 2026.Emily Blunt stars as a TV weather woman from Kansas City in the upcoming film. The trailer finds her unable […]

December 16, 2025

Music

Foreigner announces new tour dates with Lou Gramm

Foreigner's Lou Gramm at the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction (Disney/Michael Le Brecht) IIForeigner has announced some new 2026 tour dates with original frontman Lou Gramm.The band is set to reunite with Gramm for a string of Florida shows that kick off April 17 in St. Augustine, wrapping April 23 in Key West.Foreigner played several dates with Gramm in December. According to setlist.fm, Gramm joined the band for five songs, including “I Want to Know What Love […]

December 16, 2025

Music

Lineup for Billy Joel ‘Music Of’ concert announced

'The Music of Billy Joel' (Courtesy Music Of Presents)Billy Joel is going to be the focus of New York City entrepreneur Michael Dorf’s annual Music Of concert series, and the lineup of artists celebrating Joel has just been announced.This year’s concert is March 12 at Carnegie Hall, with a lineup that includes Joel’s daughter Alexa Ray Joel, Matchbox Twenty’s Rob Thomas, Train’s Pat Monahan, Gavin DeGraw, OAR’s Marc Roberge, Matt Nathanson, country star Tanya Tucker, Americana artists The War and Treaty […]

December 16, 2025

Entertainment

‘General Hospital’ star Genie Francis remembers late co-star Anthony Geary

Anthony Geary and Genie Francis attend The Paley Center for Media Presents 'General Hospital: Celebrating 50 years and Looking Forward' at The Paley Center for Media on April 12, 2013, in Beverly Hills, California. (Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)General Hospital actress Genie Francis is remembering her late co-star Anthony Geary, who died Sunday at the age of 78. Francis and Geary famously starred as Laura and Luke Spencer in the long-running soap opera for 37 years."Tony was a very warm person, […]

December 16, 2025

Music

On This Day, Dec. 16, 1989: Billy Joel hits #1 with ‘Storm Front’

On This Day, Dec. 16, 1989…Billy Joel hit #1 on the Billboard 200 chart with his 11th studio album, Storm Front.The album featured Joel’s third #1 single, “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” along with the top-10 single “I Go To Extremes” and the top-40 ballad “And So It Goes.”The album also boasted several songs that became fan favorites, including “The Downeaster 'Alexa',” and “Shameless,” the latter of which was later covered by country star Garth Brooks.Storm Front earned Joel five Grammy nominations, including song of […]

December 16, 2025