Celebrity News

You're Not the Only One Obsessed With Jon Hamm's Enormous Penis

Sometimes, St. Louisans get national and international attention for their great accomplishments -- Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, for example, may someday run New York City! But this afternoon, we bring you news of another St. Louis celeb who is captivating all of America, with a really huge accompli ... More >>

Euclid Records' 50 Best-Selling Albums of 2012

Euclid Records -- one of several excellent purveyors of music in this town and our 2012 winner for Best Record Store -- has just released its top 50 sellers of 2012. It's an interesting list for several reasons. It bears almost no resemblance to Billboard's list, of course. But it also speaks to the ... More >>

Gift Guide for Musicians we Love (and Love to Hate)

Last week, I received a surprising call from the North Pole. Apparently Santa Claus has become a fan of my column and wanted some musical selections to play in his sleigh on the big night. "Anything but 'I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus', I was told. "Mrs. Claus always looks askance at him when they ... More >>

The Six Best Diss Tracks

This month, you won't be able to watch an episode of "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" without seeing a half-dozen attack ads. The music world doesn't have attack ads, it has diss tracks. In honor of the onslaught of negativity in our political process, here are the six best diss tracks of all time. Let us ... More >>

Will Kanye West Ever Stop Talking About His Clique?

Kanye West is rich. You might think it's easy being rich, but in fact it is often very hard to be rich; sometimes you manipulate people, and other times they manipulate you. Also, rich people have terrible taste in consumer goods, and hang out with each other to talk about how they were the only peo ... More >>

David Sanborn

8 p.m. Thursday, August 23. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

Kate Upton Deep-Throats Burger for Hardee's

Congratulations, Kate Upton! Your journey from viral-video sensation to household name has reached its peak! No, not the cover of the annual Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. Truth is, no one cares about the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue except the three straight teenage boys who have yet to f ... More >>

Whitney Houston's Death And The Celeb-Blogging Search Engine Spiral

Some of the blog entries written about Whitney Houston's death last week were a legitimate outpouring of grief, and some of what I felt when I heard the news was a real sadness, a real desire to express what the passing of a musician I hadn't thought about in a few years meant to me, but this blog e ... More >>

Whitney Houston's Immense Musical Impact

The news of Whitney Houston's death sparked a disparate reaction amongst the music fans. People expressed every emotion imaginable -- distress, distain, reverence and befuddlement. The varied response correlates with Houston's troubled personal life, which gripped the later stages of her career. Bu ... More >>

Inside Cirque Du Soliel's Michael Jackson Tribute with St. Louis Trumpeter Keyon Harrold

Courtesy of Cirque Du Soliel Michael Jackson: Still filling arenas.​Trumpeter Keyon Harrold has spent much of his professional life in the relatively laid-back atmosphere of jazz clubs and recording studios. But when the St. Louis native performs in his hometown this week, he'll be in the midd ... More >>

Guy Named Kim Humphries Elated With Kim Humphries' (née Kardashian) Divorce

Kim Humphries (left) finds nothing amusing about Kim Humphries' (right) marriage and divorce.​For most of his five-plus decades on Earth, St. Louis artist Kim Humphries has enjoyed being the only person he knows with his name. "In my profession, it's good to have a somewhat distinct name -- a name ... More >>

2011 World Series: Demi Lovato and Joe (Singer), or, Baseball Doesn't Get Its Target Audience

This is the face of true baseball fandom. ​Say what you will about the Black Eyed Peas, but its appearance in this year's Super Bowl made perfect sense, in a lot of ways, because it is the Super Bowl of music acts -- incredibly loud and expensive, bombastic, followed out of a strange sense of ... More >>

Fashion Week Music: The Highlights, The Appearances And The Odd Soundtracks

Richard GuatyAnna Wintour eyeballing Nicki's tights. Oh, to peek inside the mind of the Vogue editrix in chief in this moment.​Thank science Fashion Week is over. Isn't it just torture? If there's something worse than not being in New York City for the circus that is Mercedes Benz Fashion Week ... More >>

Justin Bieber Wins CMT Award, Becomes Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse

Courtesy of Justin Bieber Shrine​Sure signs of an impending apocalypse: 1. Locusts: Depending on what part of St. Louis you're in, you can substitute cicadas. 2. Thunder, hail and tornadoes: Done, done and done. 3. Justin Bieber winning a CMT award: Which he did, earlier this week, for his c ... More >>

Ten Best Things to Do in St. Louis This Weekend: June 10-12

wikimedia commons​Hope you're well rested: It's a hell of a weekend in the 'Lou. David Bazan is at Old Rock House and Twangfest goes for two more nights at the Duck Room. The Blind Eyes and Yowie are both playing big shows on Saturday, and two very different pot enthusiasts headline gigantic ... More >>

Carrie Underwood

7:30 p.m. Wednesday, December 1. The Chaifetz Arena, One South Compton Avenue.

Meet Kella Macphee, the Photographer Behind the Bruce Springsteen Photobomb

courtesy of Kella MacpheeKella Macphee, photographer of weddings -- and the Boss!​When Bruce Springsteen jumped into a shoot for a couple's engagement photos, he thrilled the couple and, as it turns out, the photographer, Kella Macphee. Macphee is a professional wedding photojournalist who's b ... More >>

Black Eyed Peas unfurl an electro-pop spectacle of epic proportions

B.O.B.

7 p.m. Tuesday, August 3. Six Flags St. Louis, 4900 Six Flags Road, Eureka.

Soul Brothers and Sisters! A Tribute to James Brown

8 p.m. Friday, April 30. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Young at Heart

Valentine's Day looks for love in all the wrong places

R.I.P. Michael Jackson, 1958-2009

Although TMZ.com reported this news quite a bit ago, the Los Angeles Times just confirmed via sources that the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, has died at the age of 50. Jackson reportedly went into cardiac arrest earlier today and was rushed to the hospital. CNN and the LAT report ... More >>

Nine Inch Nails New "Album," Strobe Light

Say what you will about Trent Reznor, but the man has a sense of humor. He released a jokey "new album" a bit ago via Twitter, called Strobe Light. It's a very obvious -- but subtle -- satire on pop/hip-hop crossovers (and perhaps a slight dig at Chris Cornell, whose recent album was produced b ... More >>

It's a Thriller on Broadway for Michael Jackson!

Via the Associated Press: Producer James L. Nederlander says he has acquired the rights for a stage version of Michael Jackson's iconic music-video spoof of horror films. The show will include songs from two of the pop king's best-selling albums, "Thriller" and "Off the Wall."... "I love the idea o ... More >>

Vintage Vinyl's Top 50 Best-Selling CDs and Top 25 Best-Selling LPs of 2008

Vintage Vinyl just released its list of best-selling LPs and CDs of 2008. (Physical product? Remember that?) Interesting to see how many local releases -- and how much hip-hop/R&B/rap -- is on the CD list, while how much old (and new) indie rock is on the LP list. Looks like you kids are downloa ... More >>

Cannes Class of 2008: A jury divided unites around Laurent Cantet's schoolhouse drama

2008 Bonnaroo Lineup Announced: Metallica, Pearl Jam, Sigur Ros, Jack Johnson, Death Cab for Cutie, more

2007: The Year in Movies and Music

A year-end wrap-up of what we adored, what was ignored and what the new year will bring.

Duran Duran

Red Carpet Massacre
(Epic)

JoJo

7 p.m. Thursday, July 26. Old Glory Amphitheatre, Six Flags, Eureka.

Hold Your Horses

Bandidas

B-Money's Beat Kicks Off the New Jay-Z

Film Openings

Week of November 16, 2006

Royal Pains

How the British monarchy survived the death of the people’s princess.

The Outsiders (1983)

Week of January 26, 2006

What Dreams May Come Martini

Moolah Theatre and Lounge, 3821 Lindell Boulevard, 314-446-6868

Ludacris

The Red Light District (Def Jam)

Faker's Dozen

A rare superior sequel, Ocean's Twelve entertains with cinematic sleight of hand

Eminem

Encore (Aftermath)

Toots & the Maytals

True Love (V2)

Hutch Ado About Nothing

No obvious joke goes untouched in this so-so TV show remake

Farrelly Mediocre

The idiots what brung you Dumb and Dumber ain't funny no more

Free Will

Another SNL vet may be the next Bill Murray. Seriously.

Various Artists

American Idol Season 2: All-Time Classic American Love Songs (RCA)

Nothing Hill

It's hard to fall in love with America's Sweethearts

Lost in the Swamp

Sam Raimi does what he can with familiar material in The Gift

Marc Anthony

Saturday, March 18; Khorassan Ballroom

Psycho Killer

A Post-Poster World

It's the power of the music, not cartoonish surface appearances, that makes for a music hero, say the local young folk we polled