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Posted Tuesday 10/03/17 at 11:32PM EDT
Why The Handmaid’s Tale used Tom Petty’s "American Girl" for a key scene
Executive producer Bruce Miller said he was willing to “beg for permission” from Petty to use the song.
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Posted Friday 9/29/17 at 11:05PM EDT
How The Vietnam War took the overplayed music of the ‘60s and made it feel fresh again
“On one hand, we wanted some of the most iconic music, and we felt we almost had to have it...
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Posted Wednesday 9/27/17 at 3:06PM EDT
The Hills creator is launching Nashville reality show Music City for CMT
The eight-episode reality show tracking the lives of up-and-coming musicians in Nashville will serve as a companion with the scripted...
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Posted Wednesday 9/27/17 at 3:06PM EDT
Why it makes sense for The Voice to focus on country singers
The NBC singing competition has struggled to launch a mainstream act, but it has found some success with its country...
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Posted Tuesday 9/26/17 at 2:26AM EDT
Rick and Morty sends another song to the Billboard charts
Blonde Redhead's 2000 song “For the Damaged Coda” is the second song from the Cartoon Network show to chart in...
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Posted Wednesday 9/20/17 at 2:21PM EDT
Report: Jay-Z turned down the Super Bowl halftime show
According to The Source, the NFL approached the rap mogul about becoming the 2018 Super Bowl halftime performer.
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Posted Tuesday 9/19/17 at 11:03PM EDT
Jon Batiste wants to help Stephen Colbert reach Donald Trump fans
“Given that it’s such a politically driven show, I’ve seen that music has kind of served as the balm and...
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Posted Friday 9/15/17 at 10:40PM EDT
A Rick and Morty song enters Billboard chart
"Terryfold," an ode to terryfolds entered Billboard’s Top Rock Songs chart this week at #33.
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Posted Friday 9/15/17 at 10:40PM EDT
TV music supervision, explained
In honor of the Emmys recognizing Outstanding Music Supervision for the first time, here’s an explainer on the job of music...
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Posted Friday 9/15/17 at 10:40PM EDT
Ducktales theme songwriter said “Phew!” when the updated version turned out great
Songwriter Mark Mueller originally feared his song wouldn’t be used for the Disney XD reboot at all.
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Posted Thursday 9/07/17 at 9:21PM EDT
How MTV Unplugged became hugely influential in the music world
“The show,” says longtime producer Alex Coletti, “wasn’t meant to be a thing that went on to win Grammys and...
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Ellen has become an unlikely hip-hop trailblazer
Hip-hop artists have been flourishing on daytime TV thanks to Ellen DeGeneres, who’s become the lead TV booster of the...
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Posted Thursday 8/31/17 at 2:44AM EDT
Matt Groening once called Alf Clausen, the newly-fired Simpsons composer, the show’s “secret weapon”
In looking back Clausen’s work, Jesse David Fox says that his “impact on the show’s music is second to none.
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Posted Thursday 8/31/17 at 2:44AM EDT
How Gossip Girl made an impact, showcasing fashion, music, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner
In advance of its 10th anniversary next month, Vanity Fair looked back with the stars of the CW classic that,...
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Posted Wednesday 8/30/17 at 3:50PM EDT
The Simpsons fires its composer after 27 years
Alf Clausen, a two-time Emmy winner, tells Variety he got a call from a Simpsons producer that the show is...