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Lori Loughlin Released from Prison After Serving Nearly Two Months
Looks like the big house just got a little less full. On Monday, Lori Loughlin was released from a federal prison in Dublin, California after serving a nearly two-month sentence. Loughlin was doing time for her role in the largest college admissions scandal in US history. She and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud for paying $500,000 in bribes to get their daughters into the University of Southern California. The former Full House and Fuller House actress began her sentence on October 30th, three weeks earlier than she was legally required. Now that her time is up, she’ll spend two years under supervised release, during which she must complete 100 hours of community service. She was also ordered to pay a $150,000 fine, which she repor...
LION’S SHARE Celebrates LEMMY’s Memory And Music With Cover Of MOTÖRHEAD’s ‘Killed By Death’
Swedish heavy metal band LION’S SHARE has made its tribute to Lemmy and MOTÖRHEAD available on streaming services and digital service providers on the fifth anniversary of Lemmy‘s death, December 28, to celebrate his memory and music. LION’S SHARE singer Nils Patrik Johansson says: “Lemmy is truly the definition of rock ‘n’ roll — and even though LION’S SHARE is more heavy metal than rock ‘n’ roll, MOTÖRHEAD and Lemmy has been a great inspiration over the years.” “We’ve been talking about giving our friends and fans a surprise, and when I came up with the idea to cover ‘Killed By Death’, Lars [Chriss, LION’S SHARE guitarist] was all in and made a great arrangement that just didn’t copy the origi...
MICHAEL SCHENKER Pays Tribute To LESLIE WEST: ‘Thank You For What You Have Done For Me’
Michael Schenker has paid tribute to MOUNTAIN‘s Leslie West, who died December 23 at the age of 75. The iconic guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and storyteller suffered cardiac arrest at his home near Daytona, Florida on December 21 and was rushed to a hospital, where he never regained consciousness. Earlier today, Michael took to his social media to write: “My dear Lesley West “You were my hero. What you did with your lead guitar playing was out of this world and you were the kindest man I have known. Such a lovely character with so much love. “I am so sad that you are gone but I know that you are in a better place now. Enjoy heaven and keep me with you in spirit. I am looking forward to meet you again when my time comes. We will make heavenly music together. See yo...
JOURNEY’s NEAL SCHON Pays Musical Tribute To LESLIE WEST
Neal Schon has paid musical tribute to MOUNTAIN‘s Leslie West, who died December 23 at the age of 75. The iconic guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and storyteller suffered cardiac arrest at his home near Daytona, Florida on December 21 and was rushed to a hospital, where he never regained consciousness. On Sunday (December 27), the JOURNEY guitarist took to his Twitter to share a two-and-a-half-minute clip of a soulful guitar solo, filmed at his house, and he wrote in an accompanying message: “Tribute to Leslie West as he was a major influence on my playing way back. RIP Leslie“. Weinstein was born in New York City, and first emerged in the scene as a member of THE VAGRANTS. A few years later, he and Felix Pappalardi formed MOUNTAIN, a band that was amongst the first to pio...
LIPS On ANVIL’s Longevity: ‘You Don’t Do This Because You Wanna Make Millions Of Dollars’
In a new interview with RocklandSound, Steve “Lips” Kudlow of Canadian metal legends ANVIL spoke about the persistence, tenacity, endurance and commitment that has kept him and drummer Robb Reiner going for more than 40 years despite falling short of the commercial success achieved by some of the bands they influenced. The guitarist/vocalist said (see video below): “I just had a conversation with Jon Z, [founder of] CraZed Management, the guy that basically discovered METALLICA. We’ve been friends for 40 years, maybe more, and we were just talking about all this last night. It’s doing this all for the right reasons. You don’t do this because you wanna make millions of dollars; it’s not what it’s about. It’s not about who sells the most ...
Paul Stanley Pledges to ‘KISS 2020 Goodbye’ With Explosive Sendoff
If music does indeed possess the healing powers so often ascribed to it, who better than four “masked” musical super-heroes to kick the dumpster fire that is 2020 to the curb? Slayer might be louder and meaner, U2 more spiritual, but for a feel-good rock ‘n’ roll all nite and party every day ethos that can help put the last 10 months in the rear-view, it’s KISS for the win. KISS guitarist/singer Paul Stanley promises that “if there’s a way we can kick 2020 in the ass with an eight-inch-heel to say goodbye to it, let’s do it!” Stanley is speaking from pre-Christmas band rehearsals in Los Angeles, conducted under “very strict COVID regulations.” The quartet is readying for a New Year’s Eve show that’s extravagant even by KISS standards. The global livestream concert is taking place at The Ro...
Cardi B Says Kulture is Obsessed with Peppa Pig and It’s Becoming a Problem
Cardi B has a pig problem. Specifically, daughter Kulture is so obsessed with Peppa Pig that she keeps ruining her expensive Ugg boots stomping in puddles. “My baby been watching peppa pig and now Everytime she sees a wetpuddle she wants to stomp on top of it,” Cardi tweeted early Monday morning (Dec. 28). “That s–t gets me so tight ! Fu–in up her uggs……Deum you peppa pig …COUNT YOUR F–KIN DAYS!” Kulture probably got some Peppa gear this year, as Cardi showed off the impressive spread she and Offset set up in their home for the holidays, which was decked out with tons of lights and four towering trees covered with flowers and garlands. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what...
Cobra Kai Season 3 Brings The Karate Kid Sequels Back Into the Dojo: Review
It’s a Cruel Winter: Dark clouds have descended upon the rolling hills of Encino, California. Miguel Diaz (Xolo Maridueña) remains in a coma following Season 2’s climactic battle at West Valley High. Robby Lawrence (Tanner Buchanan) is on the lam, tortured by his betrayal of Miyagi-Do’s code. And Samantha La Russo (Mary Mouser) is suffering PTSD after being sent to the hospital at the hands of Tory (Peyton List). Meanwhile, Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) is back in the bottle, stumbling into Reseda sports bars as quickly as he’s being tossed out of ’em. Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) is losing favor across town and his community, which spells trouble for the future of his dealership. And John Kreese (Martin Kove) is planning his next move at the titular Cobra Kai dojo, where he’s cru...
Bilingual Collabs We Loved in 2020: The Weeknd & Rosalia, Jonas Brothers & Karol G and More
Now, with 2020 coming to an end, we’ve noticed more and more artists from different parts of the world and genres teaming up with Latinos. Listen to some of those Spanglish collabs below. “Blinding Lights (Remix),” The Weeknd feat. Rosalia The Weeknd and Rosalia really surprised fans when they announced a collaboration was on the way. Little did they know that the Spanish songstress was jumping on the remix to “Blinding Lights,” adding her flamenco-pop-tinged vocals to the track and an enchanting verse toward the end. “Hawai (Remix),” Maluma & The Weeknd The Weeknd teamed up with Maluma first, however, singing for the first time in Spanish on the remix of “Hawai.” Marking their first-ever collaboration, The Weeknd kicks off the remix by s...
Sammy Hagar Opens Up About His Last Phone Call With Eddie Van Halen: ‘Thank God We Connected’
Hagar said that it wasn’t easy getting in touch with Van Halen, but that he persisted in tracking down the musician’s phone number. “I was calling his brother, I was calling his manager, I was calling his friends, and I’d say, ‘Hey, tell Ed, give him my phone number. Tell him if he ever wants to talk to me, I really, really want to talk it out, help him and see what I can do,'” Hagar told Variety. “I [told them], ‘I want to be his friend, I want to bury the hatchet,’ but they never got it done.” Hagar and Van Halen were eventually connected through their mutual friend, comedian George Lopez. “George is a dear friend and he was Eddie’s friend and he said, ‘Sammy, Eddie’s in bad shape, he loves you brother, you need to reach out.’ I said, ‘Give me his f—in...
Tony Rice, Master Bluegrass Guitarist, Dies at 69
“Sometime during Christmas morning while making his coffee, our dear friend and guitar hero Tony Rice passed from this life and made his swift journey to his heavenly home,” Skaggs wrote on Facebook this weekend. “Many if not all of the Bluegrass guitar players of today would say that they cut their teeth on Tony Rice’s music. He loved hearing the next generation players play his licks. I think that’s where he got most of his joy as a player.” Tall and lean, and with an understated live presence that contrasted with the dynamism of his guitar, Rice had health problems over the past quarter-century. A muscle disorder around his vocal cords left him unable to sing onstage, and tennis elbow limited his playing. His last live guitar performance was in 2013, when he was ...
Tito Rojas, Iconic Puerto Rican Salsa Singer, Dies at 65
Rojas, whose real name was Julio César Rojas, was a fixture in the world of salsa who landed 49 tracks on Billboard’s Tropical Airplay chart from his beginnings in the mid-1990s to as recently as this year. His No. 1 hits include 1995’s “Esperándote” and 1999’s “Por mujeres como tú,” a song that also hit No. 3 on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart, and would later be reprised in regional Mexican format. Rojas rose to prominence in the late 1980s and early 1990s, during the commercial heyday of salsa, and was long signed to tropical indie MP, known for its hard-hitting, Puerto Rican salsa acts. During that time, Rojas garnered a Grammy nomination, in 2003, for Perseverancia, in the Best Salsa/Merengue album category. MP later merged with another tropical music powerhouse, JN Records But Roja...
