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On This Day, Oct. 23, 2020: Bruce Springsteen released ‘Letter To You’

On This Day, Oct. 23, 2020 ...Bruce Springsteen released his 12th studio album, Letter To You, his first new studio album with the E Street Band since 2014’s High Hopes.The album debuted at #2 in the U.S. and topped the charts in the U.K., Italy, Ireland, Australia and several other countries.The album’s title track was the first single from the record, followed by “Ghosts.” It also featured three tracks — “If I Was the Priest,” “Janey Needs a Shooter” and “Song […]

October 23, 2025

Entertainment

In brief: ‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ season 3 trailer and more

Materialists is headed to HBO Max. The A24 film will make its streaming debut on Nov. 7. It will premiere on HBO linear a day later on Nov. 8. Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal star in writer/director Celine Song's sophomore film. It follows an ambitious young matchmaker from New York City who finds herself torn between her imperfect ex-boyfriend and a brand-new suitor ...The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives returns for season 3 very soon. The trailer for […]

October 23, 2025

Entertainment

‘Deliver Me From Nowhere’s’ Jeremy Allen White, Jeremy Strong on connecting with Bruce Springsteen

Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen and Jeremy Strong as Jon Landau in 'Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere.' (20th Century Studios)Jeremy Allen White had to learn to sing and play guitar to play Bruce Springsteen in the new biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, and of course by playing and meeting The Boss, he learned a lot about the man himself.“I think what struck me most about Bruce is how sort of graceful and gentle he is. And his relationship to the […]

October 23, 2025

Music

Bono and The Edge accept Woody Guthrie Prize with surprise performance

U2's Bono and The Edge accept the Woody Guthrie Prize in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Oct. 21, 2025. (Photo Credit: Jay Blakesberg)U2 was honored with the Woody Guthrie Prize Tuesday at a ceremony in Tulsa, Oklahoma, hosted by the Woody Guthrie Center.Bono and The Edge were on hand to accept the award, named after the late folk icon, which recognizes “a recipient who embodies the spirit of Woody Guthrie’s social consciousness and musical legacy.” The event was held at Cain’s Ballroom, a […]

October 22, 2025

Entertainment

Kevin O’Leary supports using AI extras instead of humans in films like ‘Marty Supreme’

Kevin O'Leary on an episode of 'Shark Tank' season 17. (Disney/Christopher Willard)Kevin O'Leary is making his opinions on the use of AI in Hollywood known.The businessman and Shark Tank star, who makes his acting debut in the upcoming A24 film Marty Supreme, recently said on The Hill's World of Travel podcast that the production could have saved "millions of dollars" if AI had been used in the place of background actors.“Almost every scene had as many as 150 extras. Now, those […]

October 22, 2025

Music

KISS catalog sees sales, streaming bump following Ace Frehley’s death

Ace Frehley performs in concert at Haute Spot Event Venue on July 13, 2023 in Cedar Park, Texas. (Photo by Gary Miller/Getty Images)The KISS catalog saw a streaming boost following the Oct. 16 death of the band’s founding guitarist, Ace Frehley, at the age of 74.Billboard reports that, compared to the three days prior to Ace’s death, the three days after his passing saw 4,500 digital songs sold, an increase of 1,664%. The catalog also saw a 187% increase in on-demand […]

October 22, 2025

Music

Melissa Etheridge announces dates for 2026 The Rise Tour

Melissa Etheridge performs at Arizona Financial Theatre on October 12, 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by John Medina/Getty Images)Melissa Etheridge is hitting the road in 2026.The “Come to My Window” singer has just announced dates for The Rise Tour, which kicks off March 26 in Detroit.The tour will hit cities in Vermont, Maine, New Jersey, New York, Virginia, Texas, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and more before wrapping May 9 in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina.An artist presale is happening now, with tickets going […]

October 22, 2025

Entertainment

Billie Lourd mourns mom Carrie Fisher in birthday tribute

Billie Lourd and Carrie Fisher attend the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 7th annual Governors Awards at The Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center on November 14, 2015, in Hollywood, California. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)Billie Lourd is mourning her mother, Carrie Fisher.Fisher died at age 60 in December 2016 following a heart attack. Lourd took to Instagram on Tuesday to pay tribute to her mother on what would have been Fisher's 69th birthday. She shared a photo of […]

October 22, 2025

Music

Rush announces second shows in newly added cities on Fifty Something comeback tour

L-R Rush’s Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson (Photo credit: Richard Sibbald)Rush has announced second shows in the newly added cities to the band's 2026 Fifty Something comeback tour.The itinerary now includes extra dates for stops in Philadelphia, Detroit, Boston, Denver, Seattle and Washington, D.C. The first shows in those cities were announced on Monday.Registration is open now through Thursday at 11:59 p.m. ET for access to a Rush artist presale, which begins Oct. 27 at noon local time. Tickets go […]

October 22, 2025