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This year’s “Christmas Spectacular,” starring leggy dance troupe the Radio City Rockettes, is being canceled for the first time since the show was introduced in 1933. MSG Entertainment, which owns the glamorous Radio City Music Hall where the Rockettes perform, made the decision to close the curtain on the popular show amid ongoing uncertainty tied …

The Rock cooked up a plan to save the XFL. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson headlines an ownership group that has agreed to purchase the XFL for $15 million, according to an announcement from RedBird Capital Partners. The winning bid for all assets of the XFL’s parent company is subject to bankruptcy court approval at a …

The Spice Girls and the Pussycat Dolls would be nothing without the Go-Go’s. Formed in Los Angeles in 1978, they were an all-women band that, over just seven years, wrote and performed some of the best remembered songs of the 1980s: “We Got the Beat,” “Our Lips Are Sealed” and “Vacation.” All unforgettable. No all-girl …

In a surprising move, longtime Sirius XM on-air personality Cousin Brucie Morrow will depart the ’60s on 6 channel after his show this Saturday night, August 2. The 84-year-old Morrow, whose real name is Bruce Meyerowitz, has been a fixture on the channel hosting nights weekly from Wednesday through Saturday since 2005.  He joined Sirius …

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will launch a rocket on Thursday morning to Mars on a mission that will include deploying a rover, a helicopter, and collecting samples that scientists hope may show signs of life on the red planet. “I’m exceptionally excited about what we’re about to do because we’re going to …

George Clooney. He’s wrapping “The Midnight Sky.” It’s from a novel. It’s a post-apocalyptic sci-fi thing, whatever exactly that means. It’s stuff about a lone creature stuck in the Arctic looking for help from a spacecraft returning to Earth, which is about as tough as getting a cab in New York. And, forget the rocket, …

Marilyn Manson has announced his 11th studio album, “We Are Chaos,” out September 11th via Loma Vista Recordings. The 10-track LP was produced by Manson and Grammy Award winner Shooter Jennings (Brandi Carlile, Tanya Tucker) and one of Manson’s self-portraits is featured on its cover. To accompany the sinister-sounding album, Manson released the lead single …

Joey Armstrong, the son of Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, has addressed accusations of sexual misconduct by a fellow musician. Armstrong, 25, drummer for punk rock band SWMRS, was accused of emotional abuse and sexual misconduct by Lydia Night of LA band The Regrettes in a statement posted to Instagram Monday. “What I actually …

Motörhead’s commercial breakthrough, “Ace of Spades,” will be the subject of a massive reissue this fall with two previously unreleased live albums and a clutch of alternate versions of the album’s songs. The group is previewing the collection with a previously unheard, gritty live version of the ripping title track recorded at Belfast’s Whitla Hall …

Classic rock fans are seeing red — in a very good way — over the surprise release of a long-lost Rolling Stones track featuring Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page on guitar. The recently unearthed song, “Scarlet,” was up and cranking early Wednesday morning via a lyric video on the band’s official YouTube channel. “This is gonna …