Indie pop songstress Allison Weiss and her backing band were involved in an accident yesterday morning. Their van rolled at approximately 10AM due to dangerous weather. Luckily, all passengers walked away without any serious injuries.
Unexpected, but not out of the ordinary for The Flaming Lips.
Sherwood has decided to call it quits after ten years and some fantastic records. The band posted a farewellstatement on their Facebook page; you can read the entire statement by clicking “Read More.”
When the culture began to change in the late 1960s – when the old one-liner comics on the Ed Sullivan Show were looking pretty tired and irrelevant to a younger generation experimenting with drugs and protesting the War in Vietnam – George Carlin was the most important stand-up comedian in America. By the time he died Sunday night (of heart failure at age 71), the transformation he helped bring about in stand-up had become so ingrained that it’s hard to think of Carlin as one of America’s most radical and courageous popular artists. But he was. Carlin started doing stand-up… Read more »
BURBANK, Calif. – The inspiring holiday adventure “The Polar Express,” from Warner Bros. Pictures, continues to defy conventional box office fall-off patterns with significantly increasing grosses that crossed the $100 million mark Friday and gained through the weekend for a cumulative total of $109,826,809 and no end in sight. The announcement was made today by Dan Fellman, President of Domestic Theatrical Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures. Still at full steam in its fifth week, “The Polar Express” remains the only movie in wide release setting an exceptional upward trend in box office receipts, grossing over $9.5 million this weekend and posting… Read more »
MSN ®, the exclusive online sponsor of Janet Jackson’s “All for You World Tour 2001” concert tour, is connecting Jackson with her fans around the world like never before. From exclusive online interviews and behind-the-scenes video footage to the opportunity to meet Jackson in person, fans will have the ultimate window into the four-time Grammy Award winner’s world during one of the most highly anticipated tours of the year. Beginning today, fans can access all this exclusive content at http://music.msn.com/. “The Internet is a great way for me to stay in touch with my fans,” said Jackson, “and to deliver… Read more »