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Elon Musk’s SpaceX said on Tuesday that it raised $346.2 million in a new round of funding, a day before it launches two American astronauts to the International Space Station. The private rocket company’s launch of its first crewed mission on Wednesday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida will put an end to the …

Jimmy Fallon is catching heat on social media over a resurfaced 2000 “Saturday Night Live” sketch featuring the former cast member in blackface. The 45-year-old host of “The Tonight Show” went viral on Twitter overnight following a tweet with the hashtag #jimmyfallonisoverparty, and a 20-year-old “SNL” clip featuring Darrell Hammond and Fallon, face painted brown, …

Queen rocker Brian May revealed Monday that he is recovering from a recent heart attack after shredding his butt muscle while gardening. The 72-year-old guitarist detailed his medical nightmare in a seven-and-a-half minute video on social media, joking about the terrible irony of the title of one of Queen’s hit albums. “Sheer Heart Attack eh?” he …

Rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Little Richard was laid to rest Wednesday at the Oakwood Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Huntsville, Alabama. The larger-than-life icon was buried among a humble gathering of close friends and family at the cemetery, owned by the historically black, Seventh-day Adventist college he attended, Oakwood University. His band’s members spoke lovingly of …

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s daughter is joining the family business. During a virtual conversation with Jimmy Fallon, Johnson revealed that his daughter — Simone, 18 — has signed a contract with WWE, the professional wrestling organization where he worked before transitioning into acting. “She signed her contract with the WWE, it just blows my mind,” …

Little Richard, one of the founding fathers of rock ‘n’ roll and whose flamboyance and fire were just as much his calling cards as his pompadour, eyeliner and piano pounding, died Saturday at his brother’s home in Nashville. He was 87. The cause of death was bone cancer. Richard, whose machine gun delivery, “Wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-lop-bam-boom” from …

Jeff Van Gundy could return to an old job, but maybe it’s not the one he has often been linked to. Rather than the Knicks, Van Gundy could go back to Houston and coach the Rockets, The Athletic is reporting. With Mike D’Antoni’s contract up after the season and owner Tilman Fertitta setting the NBA …

Instead of shredding his guitar, Queen’s Brian May ripped his fat bottom. The Queen guitarist and astrophysicist broke the news with an Instagram selfie from the hospital wearing a face mask with a nurse standing behind him—writing that he ripped his “Gluteus Maximus to shreds in a moment of over-enthusiastic gardening.” “Reality check! For me,” …

Brian Howe, singer for English rock group Bad Company, has died from cardiac arrest. He was 66. A family member tells TMZ that the supergroup frontman passed away Wednesday at his Florida home. The vocalist, who replaced Paul Rodgers as the band’s lead singer in 1986, was known to have heart issues and had suffered …

Record stores may be closed right now, but one legendary punk purveyor just made its entire discography free to stream. Washington, DC-based indie music label Dischord Records, founded in 1980, has made its full catalog available for free on Bandcamp in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. And while streaming is free on Bandcamp, higher …