Jay Z’s artist-owned streaming service Tidal claims to preserve sound quality and give musicians the profits they deserve, but after skeptics attacked the company, Tidal hasn’t yet seen the success to which Hov is accustomed by now. In this week’s edition of In Memoriam, “The HuffPost Show” remembers the rise and swift fall of interest […]
During a visit to “The HuffPost Show” on Friday, “Glee” actor Kevin McHale told hosts Roy Sekoff and Marc Lamont Hill that he doesn’t see a spinoff of the series in the future, particularly because of how much viewership dropped off in later seasons. “Towards the end, there weren’t that many people watching ‘Glee.’ So […]
Break out the tissues because longtime “Daily Show” correspondent Samantha Bee is leaving the show. On Thursday night, host Jon Stewart gave her a rousing farewell with a montage showing just a few of the many highlights from her 12 years on the program. Bee, who’s the longest-serving correspondent in “Daily Show” history, wrote via […]
WASHINGTON — The value of one’s soul is hard to measure, but Baqir Abbas, a musician in the Pakistani city of Lahore, has it worked out for himself. Abbas’ soul is slightly less precious to him than the delicately designed bamboo flutes he carves. “All the stories of the world will play from it, God […]
Heidi Julavits felt trapped. While vacationing in Germany with a friend, she reluctantly set out on a drive up a narrow, icy road. The further they travelled, the steeper and riskier the climb became. Terrified by her inability to change course — the road had shrunken to the narrow width of the car — she […]
After upping your eyeglass prescription to accommodate the swarm of CGI effects hurled around in just about every summer blockbuster, try taking it down a peg with a few smaller-scale movies. This summer’s indie slate serves up several comedies (many revolving around sex), a few unconventional biopics (Brian Wilson! David Foster Wallace!) and some stirring […]
Even an Oscar winner like Helen Hunt feels the immense challenges of being a woman in Hollywood, she told HuffPost Live on Thursday. When host Alyona Minkovski asked about the idea that fewer and fewer roles are available to actresses as they get older, Hunt argued it’s not about age but about being a woman […]
The “Avengers” press tour continues… on … and on… and on. This time, Scarlett Johansson played “Box of Lies” with Jimmy Fallon. She tried to fake him out with Black Widow action figures, but won the game with Starbucks cups full of black beans. Anything can happen on the “Avengers” press tour. – This feed […]
It’s safe to say that all eyes were on Jennifer Lopez all night long at the 2015 Billboard Latin Music Awards on Thursday in Miami. The 45-year-old singer looked white-hot in a sheer lace bodysuit that hugged every curve just right. Lopez dominated both on and off the rep carpet, as she took the stage […]
Melissa Rivers gave her first televised interview since her mother’s death to the “Today” show’s Matt Lauer, and though the full interview will air on Monday, May 4, a clip shows Melissa discussing Joan Rivers’ hospital stay. “I just couldn’t believe what I was seeing. It … it becomes very surreal,” she told Lauer. According […]
