• New York Times Napster Documentary Illustrates How Company Changed Music Industry Forever [WATCH]

    The music industry suffered a shock it was never able to recover from when Napster opened the flood gates of peer to peer file sharing that allowed users to download music from each other's hard drives without have to pay for it. The service was eventually shut down in 2001 after three years of explosive growth up to over 70 million users, the impact it had on the music business and the psyche of the modern digital age consumer has been incalculable. A New York Times short documentary catalogs the rise and fall of Napster, from its inception in a Northeastern dorm room, to its final shuttering at the hands of record labels and US courts and the lasting impact a small start up had on consumers and music.

  • John Legend and Chrissy Teigen Hired Food Trucks for Eric Garner Protests

    Many artists have taken to social media to express their outrage at the decisions by two juries in Ferguson, Missouri, and New York City to not indict two police officers in the killings of two unarmed black men: Michael Brown and Eric Garner. Some have written or repurposed songs to protest the current state of affairs in the United States between the African-American community and the police. Even a few have gone out and joined the protests themselves, like J Cole and Macklemore.But John Legend and his wife, model Chrissy Teigen, have decided to use his resources to put their money where their mouths are and fund the protests taking place in New York City, via "Billboard."In an idealistic world, protestors could subsist on camaraderie and high hopes. But in the real world, they must be given food and water in addition to any other materials that may fend off police countermeasures like an LRAD or tear gas. The couple decided to hire food trucks to head down to Union Square to give out free food before protestors headed out on their march for the night.

  • Seth Rogen Says Kanye West Rapped His Entire New Album To Him

    Rolling Stone recently say down with actor, Seth Rogan to discuss his new film "The Interview," which has caused due to its comedic portrayal of North Korea and the country's reaction to the film. The RS interview turns from current events regarding the film and asks Rogan about an odd run in he had with Kanye West. According to the interview, Seth Rogan had a chance to hear Kanye's album in full, just not as you would normally expect it.

  • Jake Owen Cut His Hair Because His Mom Told Him To

    Jake Owen is the cool, beach-country guy with the cool songs and the cool guitars and all that stuff. But you know what is not cool anymore? His hair. The 33-year-old's scalp recently got the respite it sorely needed after years of hauling Owen's wildebeest mane around."I don't even know what the back looks like!" he told KMLE after getting a haircut. "I'll tell you what the weirdest thing for me is, is seeing my neck. I've never seen that before, you know?"At first, Owen blamed the cut on his significant other."I don't know, man," Owen said. "My wife, she wanted a different man."But it did not take him long to reveal the truth."It gets long, and my mom's always like, 'You need to cut your hair,'" Owen said. "It wasn't like I was going to trim it, I was going to just drastically do it."Perhaps the move was also made as part of Owen's recent commitment to be more badass.

  • Infamous Sexy Russian Spy Anna Chapman Was Ordered by the Kremlin to Seduce Whistleblower Edward Snowden

    It sounds like National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden is smarter than we realized. After meeting Russian spy Anna Chapman, he was wise enough to resist her charms, likely keeping his eyes on his own personal greater good. While searching for a safe landing spot in 2013, Chapman had made a move on Snowden, under direct orders from the Kremlin.According to a report by the "New York Post," Chapman was directed to seduce Snowden and completely win him over in an attempt to keep him in Moscow so Russian agents could spend some quality time with the NSA leaker. Needless to say, Russian agents would love to know what secrets and details the former contractor was still hanging on to about how the U.S. gathers its information.If Chapman had been able to successfully seduce Snowden and convince him to marry her, then he would have ultimately been stuck in Moscow, unable to leave without permission from the government. In the end, he opted only to meet the infamous spy on one occasion and side-stepped any of her public advances.

  • Tom Cruise's Daughter Isabella Ditches Hollywood and Scientology to Work as a Hair Stylist in London

    Tom Cruise seems like the kind of parent that would have a pretty clear career path picked out for each of his kids, doesn't he? Probably something rooted in Hollywood, and, of course, they would be as devoted to Scientology as he is, right? Well, in recent years both of his older children have opted to take different paths. Last we heard, Connor Cruise was off on a spiritual awakening and Isabella Cruise was attending school in London. Now it seems that she has actually been spotted working as a hair stylist in Vidal Sassoon's legendary salon!

  • Tyga Drops 'Make It Work' Video Featuring Drake's Ex-Girlfriend as His Love Interest [WATCH]

    Tyga dropped a music video for his new single "Make It Work," and the rapper appears to be taking aim at Drake in it. The love interest in the video is Drake's ex-flame Dollicia Bryan, who, XXL points out, really wanted to get back at Drizzy. She Instagrammed some photos from the set of the music video last month that showed Tyga getting close with the model. It's also been reported that "Make It Work" is a response to Drake's initial diss, "6 God."
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