Fans have been clamoring for it, and now it’s official: Theater Man of the Month and all-around consummate entertainer Neil Patrick Harris will be returning to Broadway next spring, starring as the transgender fictional rock fronter Hedwig in the musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch. “I am simultaneously ecstatic and terrified to be stepping into Hedwig’s heels,” said Harris, who was last seen on stage in the New York Philharmonic’s concert version of Stephen Sondheim’s Company, in a release. Read More...
Today in social media battles no one saw coming last month: Donald Trump has hit back at Neil Young after the rock star complained that his 1989 song “Rockin’ in the Free World” was used during Trump’s presidential candidacy announcement. “A few months ago Neil Young came to my office looking for $$ on an audio deal & called me last week to go to his concert. Wow!” Trump wrote on Twitter, before adding in another tweet that Young was a “total hypocrite. Read More...
Neil Young is not a supporter of Donald Trump. During a pre-taped sketch on Thursday’s episode of The Late Show, the rock singer blasted Trump for his controversial views, explaining he didn’t want the Republican to use his song “Rockin’ in the Free World” for ideological reasons. “I didn’t like that idea because of the misogyny and the racism,” Young told host Stephen Colbert. The back and forth between Young and Trump dates back to last June, when Trump announced his run for president and used Young’s famous protest anthem. Read More...
