Rick James posthumously sued for sexually assaulting 15-year-old in 1979

James Van Der Beek will be starring in a upcoming production of the classic musical Bye Bye Birdie in Washington, D.C.

Run the Jewels’ EL-P and Killer Mike sat down with Rick Rubin for a new episode of his Broken Record podcast. They discussed their respective upbringings (EL in New York; Mike in the South), how they got into music, getting facts wrong while rapping, and more. Listen below.

James Lipton, the creator and host of the long-running U.S. television show “Inside the Actors Studio” has died at the age of 93, his wife told The Hollywood Reporter and celebrity website TMZ on Monday.

NEW YORK -- James Lipton, longtime host of “Inside the Actors Studio,” died Monday, his wife said.

Rage Against the Machine have added a handful of dates to their 2020 schedule. They’ll be joined by Run the Jewels on four dates: one in Arizona, one in Wisconsin, and two in New York. Check them out below, and grab tickets here. (Pitchfork may earn a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.)

Rose McGowan is concerned Harvey Weinstein’s guilty verdict in his New York trial will prompt the disgraced movie mogul to seek revenge against her.

A young secretary and aspiring writer's coming of age in the New York literary world of the 1990s is the subject of My Salinger Year, based on the successful 2014 memoir by Joanna Rakoff.French-Canadian writer-director Philippe Falardeau, whose Monsieur Lazhar was nominated for an Oscar and who also directed the Reese Witherspoon vehicle The Good Lie, tackles the material with more enthusiasm than efficiency, as his protagonist has to figure out what she wants out of life on both the

From the moment he read Joanna Rakoff’s memoir about literary New York, Philippe Falardeau knew his eighth movie, My Salinger Year, would be his first with a female protagonist."I’ve never been as excited about one of my films, because it’s told from a woman’s perspective," says the Quebec director, who rose to prominence with the Oscar-nominated classroom drama Monsieur Lazhar in 2011.Now Falardeau, 52, finds himself opening the Berlin Film Festival with this Margaret Qualley and Sigourney

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation added several heavy hitters from the music industry to its board of directors Wednesday. The New York-based foundation, which is separate from but supports the Cleveland museum, announced the addition of UMPG chairman and CEOJody Gerson, UMG executive vpMichele Anthony, Sony/ATV chairman and CEOJon Platt, ViacomCBS Consumer Products presidentPam Kaufman and artist/songwriter/producerPharrell Williamsto the board.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation added several heavy hitters from the music industry to its board of directors on Wednesday. The New York-based foundation, which is separate from but supports the Cleveland museum, announced the addition of UMPG chairman and CEO Jody Gerson, UMG evp Michele Anthony, Sony/ATV chairman and CEO Jon Platt, ViacomCBS Consumer Products president Pam Kaufman, and artist-songwriter-producer Pharrell Williams to the board.

A woman claims late R&B star Rick James violently raped her in upstate New York when she was just 15 — and is now suing his estate for $50 million, …

A woman is suing the late singer Rick James’ estate for US$50 million, alleging he raped her when she was just 15 years old.

The latest James Bond movie, No Time to Die’s, publicity tour of China has been cancelled due to deadly coronavirus. The film was scheduled to have a star-studded premiere in Beijing, in April, which would have been attended by Daniel Craig and other key stars of the movie. The 25th film of the franchise will feature Craig reprising his iconic role as 007 for one last time. According to New York Post, coronavirus has infected more than 69,000 people to date.

Note: This article discusses sexual assault allegations.

Aaron Loeb’s darkly comic one-act play “Ideation” will be turned into a movie, Variety has learned.

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