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Kit Harington attends the 2026 Disney Upfront at Jacob Javits Center on May 12, 2026, in New York City. (John Nacion/FilmMagic via Getty Images) Kit Harington is headed to Hogwarts.The actor is set to play Gilderoy Lockhart in season 2 of HBO's upcoming Harry Potter TV series, ABC Audio has confirmed.Harington replaces Nicholas Hoult in the role. Hoult was previously announced to star as the character on Aug. 12. He […]

Sharna Burgess attends the 32nd annual Race To Erase MS Gala on May 16, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. (Kayla Oaddams/WireImage via Getty Images) Sharna Burgess is officially returning to the Dancing with the Stars ballroom.On Monday, the longtime DWTS pro announced on Good Morning America that she will compete on the upcoming 35th season of the hit dance competition series, marking her first time competing on the show since […]

Hayden Panettiere's mother is opening up about how she hopes her daughter will be remembered following the actress's death at age 36."I want Hayden to be remembered for the talented, you know, beautiful, outgoing, intelligent woman she really was," Lesley Vogel told ABC News.Panettiere, known for her roles in Heroes, Nashville and Ice Princess, died on Aug. 16 after she was found unresponsive and in cardiac arrest at a residence […]

L-R) Dave Matthews, Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp backstage at Farm Aid at the KeyBank Pavilion in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, United States on September 16, 2017. (Photo by Ebet Roberts/Redferns) Farm Aid is headed to Virginia this September, but folks who can’t make it to the show will be able to enjoy it from the comfort of their own home.Farm Aid just announced that the annual benefit concert, taking place […]

Grateful Dead 'Merriweather 6/30/85' (Rhino) The Grateful Dead has shared another preview of their upcoming live box set celebrating the summer of 1985 and the band's 20th anniversary tour.The latest is a performance of the Dead classic “Shakedown Street,” recorded during their June 30, 1985, concert at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. It is available now via digital outlets."Widely considered not only one of the greatest performances of […]

Vivian Campbell attends Def Leppard Honored With Star On Hollywood Walk Of Fame on October 09, 2025 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images) Def Leppard’s Vivian Campbell has revealed that his cancer has returned.The rocker announced in 2013 that he’d been diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. In 2025 he revealed that he was in remission after undergoing a bone marrow transplant. But in a new interview with El Salvador's YSKL FM, […]

In this image released on May 2, 2021, Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters and Brian Johnson of AC/DC perform onstage during Global Citizen VAX LIVE: The Concert to Reunite the World at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Global Citizen VAX LIVE) In between dates on their own stadium tour, Foo Fighters are taking a detour on the "Highway to Hell."Dave Grohl and company will be opening […]

Here Nevermind is now, three-and-a-half decades later.Nirvana's massive 1991 album will celebrate its 35th anniversary in September. The RIAA Diamond-certified Nevermind made worldwide stars out of the trio -- made up of frontman Kurt Cobain, bassist Krist Novoselic and drummer Dave Grohl -- while launching the generation-defining grunge scene of the '90s.Needless to say, Nevermind also had a huge impact on Butch Vig, who produced the album."It was a zeitgeist moment for me, […]

R.E.M.'s 'Reckoning' (Interscope-Capitol Records) R.E.M.’s sophomore album, Reckoning, is getting an audiophile upgrade.The album is the latest addition to the Interscope-Capitol Records Definitive Sound Series, and will be released Sept. 18 on 180-gram high-definition vinyl, with the upgraded audio sourced from the original analog master tapes.Mitch Easter and Don Dixon, who co-produced the original album, were directly involved with the upgrade, which was mastered by mastering engineer Chris Bellman.According to a […]