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(WASHINGTON) -- It's a moment those with student loans have been dreading -- payments are one step closer to resuming. After a three-year pause on federal student loan payments, Friday will mark the first significant step toward restarting the process: borrowers will once again see interest accrue on their loan balances. The milestone comes one month ahead of the next major date for millions of American borrowers, Oct. 1, when […]

ABC/Heidi Gutman Paul McCartney will launch a new leg of his Got Back tour in Australia in October, which means a lot of traveling for the two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer. And he has some specific ways he likes to pass the time. In a new Q&A posted to his website, McCartney was asked how he keeps himself busy while traveling on a plane, with the fan wondering if he has hobbies like “reading, watching […]

ABC/Connie Chornuk Old Dominion has joined rock group NEEDTOBREATHE on their new song, "Wasting Time." The jubilant track is Old Dominion's first collaboration with NEEDTOBREATHE. "'Wasting Time' has all the elements that made me fall in love with NEEDTOBREATHE years and years ago," says Old Dominion's Matthew Ramsey. "They were always inspiring to me as a band, and getting to work with them on this song has shown me they are equally as inspiring as humans. Good […]

ABRAMORAMA Films The Jimi Hendrix documentary Music, Money, Madness ... Jimi Hendrix In Maui is getting a special screening in Los Angeles, with proceeds going to help the victims of the recent wildfires in Maui, Hawaii.  The screening is happening September 20 at the TCL Chinese Theatre at 7 p.m. It will include a Q&A with the film’s producers: Janie Hendrix, Hendrix's sister and Experience Hendrix CEO, and John McDermott, who also directed the film. A portion of the proceeds will […]

On This Day, August 31, 1945 … George Ivan Morrison aka the legendary singer Van Morrison was born in Belfast, Ireland. Morrison started his career in the mid-1960s as leader of the band Them, which broke up in 1966. He went on to have a hugely successful solo career: He released his debut solo album, Blowin’ Your Mind, in 1967, featuring the track “Brown Eyed Girl,” which was a top 10 hit and went on to […]

(NEW YORK) -- Idalia made landfall in Florida's Big Bend region Wednesday morning as a powerful Category 3 hurricane -- the strongest hurricane to ever make landfall in Florida's Apalachee Bay. Idalia weakened throughout the day and is now a tropical storm moving through Georgia and the Carolinas. Here's how the news is developing. All times Eastern: Aug 31, 7:32 AM EDT Gusty winds, heavy rain from eastern North Carolina […]

(NEW YORK) -- Every month, Dawn LaGuerre has to decide which bills she's going to pay or if she needs to cut back on groceries to be able to afford her monthly medications. The 63-year-old from Utica, New York -- 90 miles northwest of Albany -- takes multiple drugs including Januvia and Novalog to manage her type 2 diabetes. Her husband, David, 61, also takes Januvia. But her prescriptions have […]

A24 Talking Heads broke up rather acrimoniously back in 1991, but keyboardist Jerry Harrison says the upcoming 40th anniversary rerelease of their iconic concert film Stop Making Sense has healed some old wounds. During an appearance on Consequence’s Kyle Meredith With … podcast, Harrison says when they were approached by distributor A24 about rereleasing the film, it forced them to “work together to make a decision” about whether it was a good fit. “Then A24 is going like: ‘Here’s […]

Courtesy of U2 U2 is getting ready to launch their Las Vegas residency, U2:UV Achtung Baby Live At Sphere, and now they're giving fans who will be coming to the show something else to look forward to. The band just announced a new immersive pop-up, Zoo Station: A U2:UV Experience, opening September 28 at the Venetian Resort, the only hotel with direct access to the residency's venue, The Sphere. It will be a two-floor exhibit […]