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Two weeks following the passing of Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson we have learned the cause of his death. Wilson died of “respiratory arrest”, according to Wilson’s death certificate obtained by TMZ.

With that condition, a person’s heart is still beating but the lungs stop functioning, depriving oxygen from their system, eventually killing them.

Sepsis and cystitis are listed as contributing factors, as well as neurodegenerative disorder, obstructive sleep apnea, chronic respiratory failure and chronic kidney disease.

Wilson led The Beach Boys to become one of the most successful groups in rock — and one with a singular catalog. From sun-drenched surfing and car-racing anthems to deeply felt incantations on love and loss and so many other topics, Wilson’s songs touched multiple generations of fans, critics and peers. From the chart-topping classics “Good Vibrations,” “I Get Around” and “Help Me, Rhonda” through “Little Deuce Couple,” “California Girls” and “Surfin’ USA,...

Brian Wilson, the pioneering producer, composer, and performer with The Beach Boys, has died. He was 82 years old.

Wilson’s family announced his passing in the following social media statement: “We are heartbroken to announced that our beloved father Brian Wilson has passed away. We are at a loss for words right now. Please respect our privacy at this time as our family grieving. We realize that we are sharing our grief with the world.”

Born Brian Douglas Wilson on June 20th, 1942, in Inglewood, California, the future Beach Boy spent his childhood honing his musical skills with his younger brothers, Dennis and Carl. Before he was 10, his father, Murry, noticed that Wilson had perfect pitch, and he was enrolled in accordion lessons. When the family got an upright piano a few years later, Wilson began playing it for hours a day.

By the time he was in high school, Wilson...

Bill Maher isn’t left speechless often, but he was after hearing Kid Rock’s thoughts on Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show.

During the latest episode of HBO’s Real Time, the host asked the singer-rapper (a longtime supporter of President Donald Trump who has previously spoken out against Dei initiatives) what he thought of this year’s halftime show, as some anti-dei folks criticized the performance for only including people of color.

“To put it nicely, it wasn’t my cup of tea, but I got to respect it,” Kid Rock responded. “And here’s why: I grew up loving, emulating all things hip-hop, break dancing, deejaying, graffiti, rapping, and so I understand the culture a little bit more than most. And when I say most, of course, I mean white people.”

He continued, “So watching it… after it’s a lot of things going through your head,...

Similar to Carrie Underwood’s performance on Inauguration Day, Billy Ray Cyrus’ 12-minute stint onstage at President Trump’s Liberty Inaugural Ball Monday was plagued with technical difficulties. Following the televised show, Cyrus defended his decision to perform and responded to viewers critical of his performance.

“I wouldn’t have missed the honor of playing this event whether my microphone, guitar and monitors worked or not,” Cyrus wrote in an Instagram post Tuesday. “I was there because President Donald J. Trump invited me.”

With a muted microphone and guitar, a...

Kid Rock is no stranger to letting people know exactly how he feels – but dissing Tim McGraw?! Is this true?

Some fans were shocked to hear that Kid Rock allegedly dissed Tim McGraw and canceled a series of concert tour dates over politics.

Actually, the “All Summer Long” singer reportedly cited “wokeness,” as the reason to cancel.

While this may sound like the kind of headline that feels legit in 2024, we’re here to dive into the rumor and the truth behind these wild claims.

Tim McGraw performs onstage during the 2023 iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena on September 22, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) Kid Rock vs Tim Graw: What’s The Story?

A recent meme went viral that claimed Kid Rock dissed Tim McGraw before they were reportedly supposed to begin a concert tour. The post came from the “America’s Last Line of...

When you sit down to watch a documentary about the Beach Boys, you know what you want: to be immersed in the California dreamin’ of the group’s early surfin’-hit days, in the jaunty beauty of songs like “I Get Around” and “Help Me Rhonda” and “All Summer Long,” and in the story of how Brian Wilson began to figure out a way to turn pop songs into miniature symphonies. You want to be immersed in the recording of “Pet Sounds,” in the Beach Boys’ rivalry with the Beatles, in the derailed masterpiece that was “Smile,” and in how Brian’s mental and emotional problems began to tear himself and the group apart. You want to know how the other Beach Boys, caught in the wilderness, found a way to put the group back together, though it’s almost like they became a different group. You want to see...

Dolly Parton is addressing backlash over her new song with Kid Rock.

Later this month, the 77-year-old “Jolene” singer will be releasing her new album titled Rockstar and on it, she has a collaboration with the controversial 52-year-old “All Summer Long” singer.

Ahead of the album’s release, Dolly responded to backlash over her collab with Kid Rock while also addressing cancel culture.

Keep reading to find out more…

While speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, Dolly said, “Somebody was talking to me the other day, ‘How could you do this (song) with Kid?’ I said, ‘Hey, just because I love you don’t mean I don’t love Kid Rock. Just because I love Kid Rock don’t mean I don’t love you.’ I don’t condemn or criticize. I just accept and love.”

She went on to say that she did the song with Kid Rock “before the controversy that he had,...

Country artist Travis Tritt has become the latest right-wing musician to denounce Anheuser-Busch products after the world’s largest brewing company partnered with trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney.

On Sunday (2 April), Mulvaney shared a sponsored post on her Instagram account promoting Bud Light’s March Madness contest, prompting anti-trans backlash.

Scores of videos have been shared on social media showing conservative consumers pouring drinks owned by the company, including Budweiser and Michelob, away or smashing them up.

On Wednesday, Tritt shared a string of tweets in support of the Anheuser-Busch boycott.

“I will be deleting all Anheuser-Busch products from my tour hospitality rider. I know many other artists who are doing the same,” the “It’s A Great Day To Be Alive” singer wrote.

“Other artists who are deleting Anheuser-Busch products from their hospitality rider might not say so in public for fear of being ridiculed and cancelled. I have no such fear,...

A time for leisure, a time for old sins to become exonerated, a time for bold courageous leaps into the scariest places fragile souls could possibly dream about – a time simply wasted. As those final few hours begin to tick away the realisation of all those plans, all those desires, becoming permanently abandoned warrants drastic and unpredictable chaos to restore balance in our personal universes once again. Summer has come to die; as the first autumnal sun dawns over the horizon the long warm summer months stride out into the ocean until fully submerged by the tides and water filling the lungs. Bearing witness to such an occasion a male head mysteriously protrudes from the sandy beaches, blissfully unaware of the direction his night is about to take. This is just the tip of the deceptively voluminous iceberg that is Yuki Horiuchi’s “All Summer Long”.

“All Summer Long” is...

Festival opens with Teppe Isobe’s ’Deadly School’.

Eight local features wiill have their world premiere at Japan’s Skip City International D-Cinema Festival, which is running as a hybrid event from July 16.

The festival opens with the world premiere of Teppe Isobe’s coming of age drama Deadly School, which is adapted from the play by Kaoru Asakusa about high school girls working hard for their school festival. Teppe Isobe has won prizes at Skip City for three of his films Who Knows about My Life (2018), F is for Future (2019) and Cornflakes (2020).

Held in Kawaguchi City, Saitama Prefecture, Skip City focuses on emerging talent,...

The Beach Boys will kick off a year-long celebration of their 60th anniversary in June with a vastly expanded edition of their greatest hits comp Sounds of Summer.

When it was initially released in 2003, Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys contained 30 of the group’s biggest hits; the box set for the new reissue — out June 17 — bumps the tracklist up to 80 songs and three discs (or six LPs), pairing Brian Wilson and company’s best-known singles alongside dozens of fan favorites like “Til I Die,” “Sail on Sailor,...

In our 100th episode, Edgar Wright takes us on a musical journey through some of his favorite cinematic needle drops.

Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode

Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls (1970)

Baby Driver (2017)

Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Vanishing Point (1971)

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Deja Vu (2006)

Man On Fire (2004)

The Bourne Supremacy (2004)

The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

Alien (1979)

The Mexican (2001)

Gremlins (1984)

American Graffiti (1973)

Star Wars (1977)

Jaws (1975)

The Exorcist (1973)

Halloween (1978)

The Amityville Horror (1979)

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Deep Red (1976)

Suspiria (1977)

Shaun of the Dead (2004)

Monty Python And The Holy Grail (1975)

An American Werewolf In London (1981)

The Long Goodbye (1973)

The Evil Dead (1983)

Face/Off (1997)

The Wizard Of Oz (1939)

Mandy (2018)

The Hallow (2015)

The Nun (2018)

Mulholland Drive (2001)

Christine (1983)

Blue Collar (1978)

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)

Mauvais Sang (1986)

Frances Ha (2012)

The Lovers On The Bridge (1991)

Holy Motors (2012)

Annette (Tbd)

Goodfellas (1990)

Mean Streets (1973)

Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974)

Raging Bull (1980)

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Mad Max (1979)

Babe (1995)

Happy Feet (2006)

Dr. Strangelove...

We're weeks away from the start of the fall broadcast TV season, but that doesn't mean there is nothing to watch on television. 

Far from it!

We have some of the best options for your viewing entertainment rounded up below, so bookmark this page and stock your calendars with all this television goodness!

Saturday, August 24

Web of Dreams, the last of The Casteel Series movies saga begins at 8/7c on Lifetime. You can check out our interview with Jennifer Laporte, who plays Leigh VanVoreen by clicking that link!

Nobody wants to miss the final movie in that series, especially if they've been following along with Jasmine's incredibly entertaining coverage.

V.C. Andrews' Gates of Paradise Review: Annie and the Horny House of Horrors!

And the final Summer Nights movie, All Summer Long starring Autumn Reeser and Brennan Elliott, premieres on Hallmark at 9/8c. Yes, summer is really over -- already!