Sunday night’s American Idol featured a Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, and we’re not talking about judge Lionel Richie.
In case you missed it, contestant Kaya Stewart came out to audition with an original song and got some help from her father, Eurythmics star Dave Stewart, on guitar. The pair performed “This Tattoo,” a song Kaya wrote with her dad.
“This is much more difficult than being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame,” Dave joked.
And it turns out Kaya didn’t necessarily need her dad’s star power, because her voice earned her a ticket to Hollywood.
Talking Heads’ Tina Weymouth is sharing her feelings about the band’s former frontman, David Byrne.
“I recently described David Byrne as Trumpian, which didn’t go down well with everybody,” Weymouth shares with the U.K. Sunday Times. “What I meant was that, from my experience, everything with David is transactional – he will use you until he has no more use for you.”
She says when she and husband Chris Frantz were in the band with Byrne “he always seemed very insecure about himself,” noting he would “try to blame other people if things went wrong.” She explains, “Chris and I loved him dearly and we did our best to overlook these disastrous character flaws, but it seemed obvious that Talking Heads wasn’t going to last.”
And if Byrne is as happy as he’s said he is in interviews, Weymouth wonders why he refuses to refer to his former bandmates by their names and instead refers to them as “people he used to play with.”
“I’ve been around the block a few times and I’ve realized that people act like animals,” she offers. “Some are doves: beautiful and peaceful, like Chris. Unfortunately, some are sly foxes.”
Daredevil fans have been freaking out thanks to Vincent D’Onofriobeing snapped on the streets of New York City once again portraying Wilson Fisk/Kingpin on the set of Daredevil: Born Again.
What’s more, the celebrated actor — who was brought into the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the Disney+ series Hawkeye after playing him in the acclaimed “Netflix Marvel” shows — tells Newsweek that Born Again is being developed with a second season already in mind. The show is bound for Disney+.
Once again, Charlie Cox returns as blind lawyer turned vigilante Matt Murdock for the show, after appearing in Spider-Man: No Way Home and She-Hulk: Attorney at Law; Jon Bernthal also reprises from the Netflix days as Frank Castle/The Punisher.
D’Onofrio explains, “I think we’re [only] a couple weeks in, and the show is going to be very, very different than the Netflix show, and it’s so exciting because … I think it’s something that people are not going to expect.”
The Godfather of Harlem star adds, “But … the main thing is to answer the fans. To give them what they want but try to be original in some way at the same time, and so that’s what we’re doing on the show.”
He calls it “really deep, really emotional,” and noted that “by the second season, there are gigantic, gigantic payoffs — in the first season, too, but I can’t say much about that — but the fans are gonna really get what they want. It’s really quite cool to be doing it.”
It remains to be seen how different Born Again will be from its Netflix predecessors, which can be seen on family-friendly Disney+ in spite of their mature rating.
ODESZA has announced a 2023 U.S. tour in continued support of the duo’s latest album, The Last Goodbye.
The headlining outing begins August 30 in Columbus, Ohio, and will wrap up October 13 in Kansas City, Missouri, followed by a show in Mexico City on October 19. Bob Moses will also be on the bill for select dates.
Tickets go on sale Friday, March 31, at 10 a.m. local time. For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit ODESZA.com.
ODESZA will also be playing a number of festivals this year, including Governors Ball, Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza.
The Last Goodbye, the fourth ODESZA album, dropped last July.
Indiana Jones’ fifth cinematic adventure, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, will reportedly debut this spring at the historic Cannes Film Festival.
That’s according to Variety, which is reporting “Indy 5” will follow Top Gun: Maverick‘s takeoff from the famed fest last year, the start of the Tom Cruise blockbuster’s more than $1.4 billion strafing run on theaters worldwide.
While the official lineup for this year’s event won’t be revealed until April 13, the trade speculates that the James Mangold-directed, Steven Spielberg/George Lucas-produced movie starring Harrison Ford will screen on the second or third day of the festival, either May 17 or May 18. The 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival runs May 16-27.
Like Maverick, Dial of Destiny won’t be in contention for Cannes’ coveted top prize, the Palme D’or.
Also starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Mads Mikkelsen, John Rhys-Davies and Boyd Holbrook, Lucasfilm’s fifth Indy adventure comes to theaters worldwide on June 30.
Lucasfilm is owned by Disney, the parent company of ABC News.
(WASHINGTON) — Rep. Dan Crenshaw and Sen. Tammy Duckworth are reflecting on their past military service in Iraq on the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion there.
Both lawmakers recently sat down with ABC “This Week” co-anchor Martha Raddatz for a segment that aired Sunday, looking back at the fighting and what they’ve learned.
Crenshaw, who lost an eye serving in Afghanistan but had previously deployed to Iraq, and Duckworth, a former helicopter pilot who lost both of her legs when her aircraft was hit with a rocket-propelled grenade, said they have no regrets over their service.
Though Duckworth, D-Ill., disagreed with the reasoning behind the invasion, she told Raddatz: “I was proud to go because it was my job as a soldier to obey all lawful orders. And this was a lawful order.”
“My sacrifice is for the Constitution of the United States, and that is always worth it,” Duckworth added.
Crenshaw, R-Texas, echoed those sentiments, saying the invasion of Iraq was “complicated” but that his service was “a time in my life that I don’t regret for a second, even with the missing eye.”
“I don’t want anyone to feel sorry for us. … I chose to do what I did,” he said.
In her interview with Raddatz, Duckworth recalled the emotional toll of being injured as a pilot, when she initially thought she had crashed her helicopter and caused harm to her crew until her family told her otherwise. “I’ve been fine ever since,” she said.
Crenshaw said that while the debate over invading Iraq — a protracted occupation that began on March 20, 2003, in part as a hunt for “weapons of mass destruction” that were never found — may never be reconciled, he thought American forces withdrew too soon, possibly creating a vacuum for the Islamic State to fill.
“All of these bad guys we were tracking, they’re always in Syria, always on the eastern side of Syria, right on the border. That was their safe haven. And it’s the equivalent of Pakistan for the Taliban in Afghanistan,” he said.
“Pretty obvious that it’s American presence that was keeping them there.”
Both Duckworth and Crenshaw said their experience taught them that more planning could help prevent yearslong interventions — or having to deploy the military in the first place.
“We better know what the parameters of the fight are going to be and what the end goal of the fight will be, so that we’re not stuck there for decades with no off ramp,” Duckworth said.
“War sucks, which is why you to try to prevent it,” Crenshaw said. “You don’t prevent it by waiting until the last minute to act.”
While Lady Gaga has yet to explicitly confirm she’s playing Harley Quinn in the upcoming Joker sequel, the outfit she recently wore while filming seems to give the reports more ammo.
Variety reports the hitmaker stepped out in a red blazer with a black-and-white diamond-print blouse for a scene where she’s surrounded by supporters of Joaquin Phoenix‘s Joker. Gaga is also wearing harlequin-inspired makeup on her face and her blond hair is slicked back, with its brown roots growing out.
Gaga was first rumored to be joining the Joker sequel in June. While the singer confirmed she is part of the production in January, she has yet to reveal the name of her character. Variety reports she appears to play a version of Harley, similar to Phoenix’s take on the Joker.
Some of her fans watched during filming, with videos on TikTok showing Gaga racing up the steps to what appears to be a courthouse while surrounded by police. The steps are flooded with Joker’s fans and critics, who are either dressed in costumes or are waving signs.
Another video also reportedly taken while the movie was being filmed shows Gaga in a different outfit and forcing a kiss onto a female bystander.
Other than that, details on the upcoming sequel remain tightly under wraps.
Joker: Folie à Deux laughs its way into theaters on October 4.
Rihanna‘s home was recently the scene of a car theft. TMZ reports a vehicle belonging to Rih’s driver was stolen when he ran into her Los Angeles-area residence to grab something. The driver told police he left the keys in his 2012 Audi sedan with the engine running. The car was gone by the time he returned.
The Los Angeles Police Department is currently investigating the incident.
Also targeted by a car thief this month was Jhené Aiko, whose 2020 Range Rover was taken as she dined at LA’s Tasty Noodle House on March 18. The singer reportedly gave her keys to valet, but about 30 minutes later noticed someone was driving away in her vehicle. According to TMZ, Jhené thought the valet was just moving the car, but she never got it back.
Cops say none of the valet drivers stole the vehicle and noted there was an extra key inside it. No arrests have been made, but an investigation into the theft is underway.
Godsmack has announced a co-headlining U.S. tour with Staind.
The joint outing kicks off July 18 in St. Louis, Missouri, and will conclude August 31 in Austin, Texas. Tickets go on sale Friday, March 31, at 10 a.m. local time.
“The first time we shared the stage with Godsmack was the 1998 Warped Tour and here we are 25 years later still going strong,” says Staind guitarist Mike Mushok. “We’re stoked to be sharing the stage with our old friends this summer.”
Godsmack will be touring in support of their new album, Lighting Up the Sky, which dropped in February. Staind, meanwhile, has been working on new music since reuniting in 2019.
(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — Three children and three staff members were shot and killed at a private school in Nashville, Tennessee, according to officials.
The shooting unfolded Monday morning at the Covenant School, a Christian school for students in preschool through sixth grade.
The female suspect, who appeared to be in her teens, was shot and killed by authorities in a lobby area on the second floor of the school, police said at a news conference.
No one who was shot survived, officials said.
The suspect entered the school through a side entrance and was armed with at least two assault-type rifles and a handgun, officials said. She has not yet been identified, police said.
Alex Apple told ABC News Live that his mother works at the school’s front desk. Apple said she was at her car when she got an alert saying to shelter in place.
“She got out of her car, heard the gunshots, so she fled,” he said.
The school has about 209 students and about 40 to 50 staff members, officials said.
First lady Jill Biden briefly addressed the shooting at the top of her remarks at the National League of Cities conference on Monday.
“I am truly without words. Our children deserve better,” she said.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee tweeted that he’s “closely monitoring the tragic situation.”
“Please join us in praying for the school, congregation & Nashville community,” Lee said.
