Taylor Swift enjoyed a massive birthday bash in her music video for Red single "22" and Conan O'Brien would like to have a word with her The country-pop darling basks poolside chills on the beach with her friends and parties in a swank pad in the clip but Conan is...

The Lonely Island have released a new lyric video in anticipation of their record The Wack Album out June 11th It's as educational as it is catchy and features a hook from Solange to boot "Semicolon" the latest release in the band's Wack Wednesday series reminds us how effective proper punctuation can...

A two-day long housing protest outside the Department of Justice this week has resulted in nearly 30 arrests and several instances of law enforcement unnecessarily using tasers on activists according to eye-witnesses The action – which was organized by a coalition of housing advocacy groups including the Home Defenders League...

Welcome back to the dumb season It's debt-ceiling time again We've been at this two years now It was back in 2011 when the Republican Party seized by anti-government furor first locked on the lifting of the federal debt ceiling – an utterly routine governmental mechanism that allows the Treasury to...

Jailed Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina has started a hunger strike to protest having been denied access to her own parole hearing The 24-year-old Russian artist was scheduled for a hearing today but according to The Hollywood Reporter she was not allowed to attend In response she barred her attorney...

With the possible exception of the bear she battled it's tough to think of a performer on Game of Thrones more perfect for the part they're playing than Gwendoline Christie as the towering glowering Brienne of Tarth At 6'3" she captures the sword-wielding maiden's imposing physicality But it's her willingness...

Blake Shelton and NBC are organizing a benefit show to aid tornado victims in Oklahoma Shelton a native of the state made the announcement after last night's episode of The Voice according to The Associated Press Shelton and wife Miranda Lambert paid tribute on the show to the thousands of...

Chinese sculptor installation artist and political dissident Ai Weiwei has released the first song off his planned heavy metal album Like the rest of the album "Dumbass" takes inspiration from and has roots in Ai's secret government detainment for 81 days in 2011 The accompanying video takes a direct interpretation...

World Goth Day is an annual worldwide event that celebrates goth music fashion and art on May 22nd It began in 2009 as Goth Day started by two DJs from the BBC the superbly named Martin OldGoth and Cruel Britannia Rather than have it on Halloween they chose May so...

Metallica have enough songs for a new album but their busy schedule in the coming months has sidetracked the band from putting their full focus on a new record The rockers are helming their own Orion Music and More festival in Detroit next month and are also prepping a 3D...

WINNER OF THE WEEK Vampire Weekend It's hard to believe an indie-rock band with such a nuanced sound has scored its second Number One album in a row – Contra sold 124000 copies during its first week in 2010 and the new Modern Vampires of the City trumps that with...

The National played three shows in small New York clubs yesterday celebrating the release of their sixth album Trouble Will Find Me in unique style The first venue announced on Twitter was a tiny bar (and flower shop) in Ditmas Brooklyn called Sycamore ("Care to to join us for a liquid...

A bonus track from the Japanese version of Daft Punk's new album Random Access Memories has emerged online and is available for listen at NO BPM LIMIT  Daft Punk All Hail Our Robot Overlords The track "Horizon" is an instrumental that is the most meditative track on the disco-charged new album which came out...

The New York Police Department's stop-and-frisk strategy has sparked a heated national debate in the last two years with attention-grabbing statistics on both sides Critics point to data showing that the aggressive search tactic is used in hugely disproportionate numbers on innocent black and Latino New Yorkers Mayor Michael Bloomberg...

It was an emotional night for Blake Shelton on The Voice After performing a moving tribute to the Oklahoma tornado victims alongside wife Miranda Lambert the Oklahoma native learned that his team would remain fully intact He didn't lose anyone (Neither did frenemy Adam Levine) 'The Voice' Rolling Stone's Complete Coverage If you...

The Wolverine will slash through theaters this summer and in this new trailer for the Marvel superhero movie Hugh Jackman's Logan – aka the X-Man Wolverine – travels to Japan and revisits his past Summer Movie Preview 2013 'The Wolverine' Logan first awakens from a nightmare in which he has stabbed longtime...

With a new album out next week John Fogerty played his new single "Mystic Highway" last night on the Late Show With David Letterman The rock & roll veteran sang with the hint of a beatific smile at the corners of his mouth strumming away on a Fender Telecaster for...

Before Tony Hale landed the role of Buster Bluth on Arrested Development in 2003 he was a largely unknown actor best remembered for dancing to Styx's "Mr Roboto" in a 1999 Volkswagen commercial He more than held his own in the show's large ensemble of veteran actors though and since the...

Bassist Trevor Bolder who played with David Bowie's Spiders From Mars Uriah Heep and Wishbone Ash died yesterday after a long fight with pancreatic cancer He was 62 Uriah Heep announced Bolder's death on their website Bolder joined Bowie's backing band in 1971 replacing Tony Visconti on bass in time to...

Aretha Franklin is taking off the month of June after canceling a pair of performances last week due to health issues The Associated Press reports  Franklin 71 pulled out of performances on May 20th in Chicago and May 26th at Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut and a spokesperson for the singer says...