Jason Isbell Revisits His Past on 'Reunions': 'I Never Want to Try to Write a Hit Song'

Josephine Decker's prickly, unnerving “Shirley,” is set mostly in the Bennington, Vermont, home of the reclusive writer Shirley Jackson (Elisabeth Moss) and her husband, the literary critic Stanley Hyman (Michael Stuhlbarg). But it also takes place in the gothic, heightened realm of one of Jackson's own stories.

Lizzo has posted several important messages to Instagram about the protests currently happening all over the country. But the latest, published on June 2, utilizes a medium the Grammy winner knows incredibly well: music.The wrote a song about voting that you need to hear—and act on.

Bruno Fernandes sent Manchester United fans wild after liking a post featuring United transfer target Jadon Sancho on Instagram.

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit's Reunions tops multiple Billboard album charts dated May 30, following the set's first week of wide release.Reunions vaults 20-1 on Top Rock Albums, 17-1 on Top Country Albums and 2-1 on Americana/Folk Albums, up 388% to 37,000 equivalent album units (31,000 in album sales) in the week ending May 21, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.

NEW YORK -- Jason Isbell had big plans for this summer, between a new album specifically designed to introduce his music to a wider audience and a schedule that had him onstage most nights from May to September.

The Panama Film Festival (IFF Panama), with support from the Inter-American Development Bank, is unspooling a five-day online festival, running May 22-26, which includes film screenings and round tables.

Johnny Ward of Fair City fame has opened up about the past year and a half which has been extremely difficult for him and his family.

Tristan Thompson has gone on the offensive against Kimberly Alexander, after the woman has been claiming that he’s the father of her five-year-old son, even after he took a paternity test that said he wasn’t the dad. The NBA player has now filed a civil suit against her for libel after she called him a “deadbeat dad” and is asking for damages, in addition to paying his legal cost for filing the lawsuit against her.

The “American Idol” season finale reunited past winners for a special rendition of judge Lionel Richie’s “We Are the World.” The hit singing competition aired its Season 18 finale on Sunday where it not only crowned Just Sam as the winner, but it debuted judge Katy Perry’s new single “Daisies” and aired an historic broadcast of the song Richie co-wrote for charity alongside Michael Jackson in the 1980s.

In a bonus conversation, Isbell digs further into the craft that went into writing his "Reunions" album, and talks about how he approaches humor differently than his late pal Prine.

The singer-songwriter's seventh album continues his reign as one Americana's master craftsmen.

By Chris Willman

Elisabeth Moss becomes famed horror writer Shirley Jackson in the first trailer for Shirley.