TIME’s new cover: Dolly Parton, the beloved country-music superstar, died in Nashville at 80.
Known for writing about the lives of working-class people in more than 3,000 recorded songs and later giving away nearly 300 million books to children around the world, Parton’s life was a true Cinderella story. https://t.co/9hT8kjv3S0
I'm sorry we never got a chance to meet, but getting this note from Dolly really had a an impact on me. She definitely didn't have to take the time to do it. Even for a kid who mostly listened to rap music, she was an icon. A superstar in every sense. Rest easy Dolly. And thank you for the kind words.
Yo check out de trailer for me new movie, Ali G: Who Iz I? It got nuff sick tings, but u’ll have to watch de hole film to find out if me hactually died makin it. Only in dem cinemas October 23nd.
A frame-by-frame stop-motion recreation of the Beastie Boys’ iconic “Sabotage” video by independent animator Corduroy Frames.
Five years of work. 4,340 hand-animated frames made from card stock, foam, cardboard, tin foil and cotton balls. No AI. Just pure obsessive craft.
When the late MCA was diagnosed with cancer, the Beastie Boys had to forfeit their spot at 2009’s All Points West festival. Jay-Z stepped in and led off with “No Sleep Till Brooklyn,” rapping the indelible hip hop group’s lyrics. A pretty awesome gesture.
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Netflix is developing a scripted series about the New York Yankees with MLB Studios:
• The series will take place across the historied team’s several eras
• Jason Bateman’s Aggregate Films and writer/director/producer Josh Wakely are attached
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Clive Davis, the Grammy Award-winning record producer and music executive who helped launch the careers of Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin and many more, has died at 94.
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