Billy Idol is hitting the road this spring. The rocker, who earlier this month received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, just announced a new set of tour dates, kicking off March 30 in Scottsdale, Arizona.
The tour will hit such cities as Denver, Atlanta, Orlando and Indianapolis before wrapping May 12 in St. Paul, Minnesota. He’s also set to perform at the Cruel World Festival in Pasadena, California, on May 20.
Tickets go on sale Friday. A complete list of tour dates and ticket information can be found at BillyIdol.net.
Fast and Furious series star Michelle Rodriguez is back in fighting form in the new trailer to Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.
The adaptation of the beloved role-playing board game also stars Chris Pine and Hugh Grant, with the former playing a wise-cracking schemer called Edgin and the latter the nefarious Forge Fletcher.
“I don’t want to see you die,” Grant deadpans to Pine’s character. “Which is why I’m going to leave the room.”
Rodriguez plays the barbarian warrior Holda, and in the opening moments of the new trailer, she uses a cobblestone to fight her way out of a grisly execution scene single-handed.
Regé-Jean Page‘s Paladin fighter Xenk is also seen in the action- and magic-packed coming attraction, which, like the teaser, is partially set to Led Zeppelin‘s “Whole Lotta Love.”
Last year, Pine called the film “Game of Thrones mixed with a little Princess Bride, just a smidge of [Monty Python and the] Holy Grail” — and that sense of humor carries through to the new trailer.
Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves arrives March 31.
The members of Yes are the latest artists to sell their catalog. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers have made a deal with Warner Music Group’s Global Catalog Division to sell the rights to their music and income streams for recordings made during their Atlantic Records era.
The purchase encompasses 12 studio albums, including such classics as Fragile, Close to the Edge and 90125, along with live recordings and compilations.
“The entire Yes family came together and worked enthusiastically with Warner Music Group to secure this historic deal,” the band shares in a statement, “ensuring that these iconic recordings will continue to be curated in the optimum manner to delight their fans across more than five decades, while also finding and developing new audiences for this timeless music.”
(WASHINGTON) — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday fielded his first questions on the Justice Department’s handling of the investigation into classified documents found at President Joe Biden’s Delaware home and a post-vice presidency think tank, responding in broad terms to criticism that Biden has faced fairer treatment than former President Donald Trump.
“The department has a set of norms and practices,” Garland said. “These mean, among other things, that we do not have different rules for Democrats or Republicans, different rules for the powerful or powerless, different rules for the rich or poor.”
Garland addressed the questions during a meeting of the Justice Department’s reproductive rights task force, which was founded following the Supreme Court overruling Roe v. Wade last summer.
His answer came in response to a question on how he would answer those who argue Biden has been treated better than former Trump — who had his home searched by the FBI last August after the government said he repeatedly resisted efforts to hand over all classified records in his possession.
“We apply the facts and the law in each case in a neutral and nonpartisan manner,” Garland said. “That is what we always do, and that is what we do in the matters you are referring to.”
Asked about his decision to appoint special counsels to investigate both Biden and Trump and whether that was “good for the country,” the attorney general again emphasized that he believed he was following the department’s rules and norms.
“The role of the Justice Department is to apply the facts and the law in each case in a nonpartisan and neutral way without regard to who the subjects are,” Garland said. “That is what we have done in each of these cases and what we will continue to do.”
Trump has denied wrongdoing in his handling of classified materials while out of office and has claimed he is being politically persecuted.
An attorney for Biden said earlier this month that his documents were “inadvertently misplaced” and he moved quickly to address the matter once it was discovered.
It’s certainly more painful than deleting an ex from your social media, but Pete Davidson has apparently erased his much-hyped relationship with Kim Kardashian from his body art collection.
Kim literally got under Pete’s skin: He had a tat of Princess Jasmine done to commemorate meeting her on Saturday Night Live in an Aladdin sketch in which they kissed for the first time. He also had “My girl is a lawyer” inked under his left collarbone to celebrate the SKIMS mogul’s passing of the “baby bar exam” in 2021.
However, Page Six‘s spies caught Pete with his latest rumored squeeze, his Bupkis co-star Chase Sui Wonders, playing in the waters of Hawaii and report that Davidson’s Kim-related ink, and a brand of her name on his chest, are now either gone or obscured with newer tats.
Wonders and Davidson have been spotted together on repeated occasions recently, but nothing is official — body art or otherwise.
While temporary tattoos could be a solution in this latest case, Kim might not want to take the situation personally.
He even worked his sessions with painful laser tattoo removal into a spot for SmartWater in which he stated, “I’ve made a lot of questionable choices, and a couple of them need removing.”
(DES MOINES, Iowa) — Two students have died after a shooting at their Des Moines, Iowa, school on Monday, according to police.
The third victim, a school employee, is in serious condition after the shooting at Starts Right Here, a charter school, Des Moines police spokesman Paul Parizek told reporters.
The shooting was reported just before 1 p.m. About 20 minutes later, three potential suspects were taken into custody at a traffic stop about 2 miles away from the school, according to police.
The victims have not been identified.
A motive is unclear, but Parizek said the shooting was “definitely targeted” and “not random.”
Des Moines Public Schools interim Superintendent Matt Smith said in a statement, “We are still waiting to learn more details, but our thoughts are with any victims of this incident and their families and friends. Starts Right Here is a valuable partner to DMPS, doing important work to help us re-engage students, and we stand by to support them during this critical time.”
Mike Beranek, president of the Iowa State Education Association, said in a statement, “We implore our elected leaders to consider effective strategies to eliminate gun violence and pursue concrete solutions that will keep our students, educators, and communities safe. Our schools need to be bastions of safety, not the recipients of violence. This needs to end. As a nation we need to recognize this is societal issue seeping into our schools.”
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said in a statement that she’s “shocked and saddened.”
She said she’s seen “first-hand how hard” the school staff “works to help at-risk kids through this alternative education program.”
“My heart breaks for them, these kids and their families,” the governor said.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
Kansas is celebrating their 50th anniversary on the road this year. The band just announced dates for their 50th Anniversary Tour – Another Fork in the Road, which promises to encompass the band’s entire career, giving fans two hours of hits, fan favorites and even some deep cuts.
“Our entire career has been a winding journey,” Kansas guitarist and original member Richard Williams shares. “… there have been several forks in the road of that journey. This 50th Anniversary Tour and release will represent that journey and the forks along that road.”
Lead vocalist Ronnie Platt adds, “I’m incredibly excited about the 50th Anniversary Tour.” He noted, “I think fans will be excited not only to hear our hits and fan favorites spanning 50 years of Kansas, but also some songs that haven’t been performed live in decades.”
The tour is set to kick off June 2 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, wrapping up January 28, 2024, in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Most tickets go on sale Friday, January 27. A complete list of dates and ticket information can be found at kansasband.com.
(WASHINGTON) — Siamak Namazi, a U.S. citizen who has been detained in Iran since 2015, has ended his seven-day hunger strike, according to a Monday news release.
Namazi, 51, began the hunger strike on Jan. 16 to mark the seventh anniversary of a prisoner swap with Iran that freed five other Americans while he remained detained in Evin Prison.
Namazi said last week that he was protesting to draw the attention of the Biden administration.
“I went on hunger strike because I’ve learned the hard way that U.S. presidents tend to rely more on their political thermometer than their moral compass when deciding whether or not to enter a prisoner deal with Iran – or indeed who to include in one,” Namazi said in a statement after ending his strike. “I denied myself food for an entire week so that maybe President [Joe] Biden will recognize just how desperate the situation of the U.S. hostages here has become.”
Namazi, who is classified as wrongly detained by the U.S. government, was arrested while on a 2015 business trip to Iran for “colluding with an enemy state.”
“I’ve been Iran’s prisoner for a very long time,” Namazi said in Monday’s statement. “I know better than most that a hunger strike is a prisoner’s weapon of last resort – to be used only if our cup of endurance has truly run over and after exhausting all other options.”
During his seven-day hunger strike, Namazi lost around 10 pounds and his blood pressure spiked above normal levels, according to the news release. He also suffered drops in energy and lacked the ability to focus and stay warm.
In 2016, the Obama administration negotiated the freedom of five Americans detained in Iran, but Namazi was not included.
In an open letter to President Biden that announced his hunger strike last week, Namazi wrote, “Seven years and two presidents later, I remain caged in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison, holding that long overdue IOU along with the unenviable title of the longest held Iranian-American hostage in history.”
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Tuesday, “We received the letter, and our thoughts are with Namazi and his family.”
“The U.S. government is continuing to work to bring him home along with U.S. citizens who are wrongfully detained in Iran, including Emad Shargi and Morad Tahbaz,” Jean-Pierre said then.
A spokesperson for the State Department told ABC News after Namazi began his hunger strike last week that “our thoughts are with him and his family.”
“Iran’s use of wrongful detention as political leverage is outrageous, and Iran should release our wrongfully detained citizens,” the spokesperson said.
Despite the negative physical effects of the hunger strike, the positive international response has renewed Namazi’s hope for freedom, according to Monday’s news release.
“Everyone here for the sole crime of speaking their mind and for demanding their rights and the rule of law deserves our attention and respect,” Namazi said in his statement.
ABC News’ Shannon K. Crawford and Cindy Smith contributed to this report.
The Cruel World Festival is returning for a second year in May, and it’s secured quite a lineup. The one-day festival, going down May 20 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, will feature Siouxsie, Iggy Pop, Billy Idol, Love and Rockets, Echo and the Bunnyman and more.
The festival mostly focuses on indie and alternative artists from the ’80s, with the lineup also including Adam Ant, The Human League, Gary Numan, Modern English, ABC and The Motels.
The festival will mark the first U.S. performance of Siouxsie, of Siouxsie and the Banshees, in 15 years. It will also be Love and Rockets’ first show together since 2008.
Tickets for the festival go on sale Friday at 12 p.m. PT. More information can be found at cruelworldfest.com.
The second season of How I Met Your Father is almost here.
The Emmy-winning show, a spinoff of the hit series How I Met Your Mother, returns to Hulu on January 24.
The sitcom follows a woman named Sophie as she is telling her son the story of how she met his father when she was younger. Hilary Duff plays the flashback version of Sophie, who is living in New York, while Kim Cattrall plays the future version of Sophie who shares her story years later.
Season 1 ended with a dramatic moment in younger Sophie’s love life. She and Jesse (Chris Lowell) finally get together, but their relationship ends in the final episode after Sophie sees Jesse rekindle his connection with his ex-girlfriend Meredith (Leighton Meester).
Ahead of the new season, the cast spoke about how much fun they’re having playing their respective roles and getting to know their characters more.
“We know these characters, we feel a little bit more comfortable,” Duff told reporters at the Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour. “We just get more room to play and experience and find these little human bits in the roles. It feels easier to find and a little more secure this time around.”
The cast also includes Francia Raisa as Valentina, Suraj Sharma as Sid, Tom Ainsley as Charlie and Ashley Reyes as Hannah.
In 2022, the show, created by Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger, won an Emmy for outstanding multi-camera picture editing for a comedy series.
