Author Archives: Syndicated Content

Hamilton star Leslie Odom Jr. will write and star in a horror movie exploring Sammy Davis Jr.'s connection to the Church of Satan. The film adapts Alex Bhattacharji's August 2024 Rolling Stone article...

Canton Entertainment is developing Lucille, the first authorized feature film about blues legend B.B. King. Producer Mark Canton will partner with The B.B. King Music Company & Estate on the proje...

A federal judge sentenced Dr. Salvador Plasencia to 30 months in prison Wednesday for distributing ketamine to Matthew Perry before the actor's 2023 overdose death. Plasencia apologized to Perry's fam...

Steve Cropper, the legendary guitarist and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer known for shaping the Memphis soul sound with Stax Records, died on Wednesday (December 3) at the age of 84. No cause of death ...

Lizzo reflected on her experiences with public backlash and cancellation in a new Substack essay, suggesting that everyone should be "cancelled at least once" in order to learn from it. Raised in a st...

During an interaction with a fan following a Q&A at Gateshead College in England on Tuesday (December 2), Matty Healy revealed that The 1975 have recorded two new albums, with at least one of the ...

The Wicked: For Good soundtrack, led by the film's stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, debuted in the Top 10 across seven Billboard charts this week. The album reached No. 1 on the Soundtracks and ...

Bad Bunny dominates Spotify's 2025 year-end Wrapped campaign, securing the No. 1 spot as the Global Top Artist with over 19.8 billion streams, ahead of Taylor Swift and The Weeknd, and leading the Glo...

During a new episode of his New Heights podcast, Travis Kelce revealed that he and Taylor Swift have never once argued in their two and a half years of dating. During a conversation with the show's sp...

Culture Calendar graphic From the WFIR News room this is your Culture Calendar – With a look at some of the local events coming up this weekend and in the near future. Sponsored by the Roanoke C...