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Lady Gaga to play scandal-plagued Gucci wife in next film:
Lady Gaga has lined up her next feature film and will play the wife of a murdered heir to the Gucci fashion dynasty, Hollywood media has reported. After her Academy Award-nominated performance in last year’s “A Star Is Born”, Stefani Germanotta, better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, will star in a new film from director Ridley Scott about the murder of Guccio Gucci’s grandson Maurizio Gucci ...... Read more

Remembering Freddie Mercury:
Regarded as one of the greatest lead singers in the history of rock music, he was known for his flamboyant stage persona and four-octave vocal range ...... Read more

Easy Rider at 50:
Perhaps the ultimate road movie, 1969’s smash hit “Easy Rider,” ushered in an era of youth-oriented studio films ...... Read more

Radiohead:
Radiohead snubs ransom demand and sells hacked music for climate activists ...... Read more

Deciphering the Mystery of Joy Division:
How the group turned itself into a portal for some of the most alien and beautiful information ever to be broadcast through the medium of a rock-and-roll band ...... Read more

CBGB and OMFUG:
The undisputed birthplace of PUNK ...... See more


Los Angeles Apparel:
Dov Charney couldn’t keep American Apparel, so he restarted it ...... that's Los Angeles ...... See more