Brothers

Plenty of movies are “based on a true story”, which can sometimes increase their ability to elicit strong emotional reactions from fans. 2009’s The Blind Side was one of those projects, and earned Sandra Bullock her very first Academy Award in the process. But the real-life subjects of the movie have been involved in some controversies lately, with Michael Oher claiming he was never actually adopted by the Tuoy family, and filing a lawsuit against them. While they’ve been having a legal battle, Oher’s foster brothers are…

Brothers Osborne have announced a 35-date tour next year. Their fourth album Brothers Osborne was released in 2023 and just scored a Grammy nomination for Best Country Album. The sibling duo of singer TJ Osborne and guitarist John Osborne will kick off their newest slate of live shows in March 2024 in Milwaukee. The tour will stretch until the end of June, wrapping up in Cleveland. The Osbornes have curated a superb and eclectic roster of opening acts: Son of Dad singer-songwriter Stephen Wilson Jr., Nashville’s…

Rudolph Isley, one of the founding members of R&B family band the Isley Brothers, has died at the age of 84.His lawyer, Brian Caplan, confirmed the news to the website Pitchfork, saying: “Rudolph Isley, a founding member of the world-famous Isley Brothers, died peacefully in his sleep on the morning of 11 October 2023.“He died at his home, with his devoted wife Elaine by his side. They had been married for 68 years. Rudolph was a deeply religious man who loved Jesus.”Rudolph was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1939. He…

Jonas Brothers are taking their latest live run, ‘The Tour’, across the world adding 50 new dates across 20 countries, including the UK.The new leg marks their first time performing in Australia, New Zealand, Poland, Austria, Czech Republic, Northern Ireland, Hamburg, Lyon, Munich, and Norway. The band also revealed a colossal extension in North America to their most ambitious outing with 26 new shows, bringing their biggest tour ever to 90 shows across 20 countries.Produced by Live Nation, ‘The Tour’ kicks off with two…

Waffle Brothers restaurants closed two spots after the City and County of Denver seized the properties over unpaid taxes. Signs dated July 14 and posted at 700 E. 1st Ave. and 1707 Lafayette St. state the restaurant owed $27,643 in taxes. The posted notice said Waffle Brothers fell behind in taxes in October. In large letters, the notice reads, “This property is in possession of the … City and County of Denver, State of Colorado … for the collection of unpaid taxes.” The same signs are posted at both locations. Owner John…

I have not thought much about the Menendez brothers, Lyle and Erik, since they were convicted in 1996 of murdering their parents, Jose and Kitty, in their Beverly Hills mansion.At the time of the killings, Lyle was 21 and Erik was 18.The prosecution contended they were greedy, spoiled brats trying to get their hands on their parents’ fortune. The defense argued that they were severely abused by their father, who was enabled by their mother, and they were in fear for their lives. Opinion Columnist…

The shows were over, but for Phil Kaufman, the headache was just beginning. Then the road manager for the Flying Burrito Brothers, one of the bands credited with finding the common ground between rock & roll and honky-tonk country, Kaufman had just returned home to Los Angeles, after some Burrito-related work in 1969. In the trunk of his Ford Country Squire station wagon were the embroidered cowboy suits the band had worn onstage and on the cover of its first album, The Gilded Place of Sin. Named after Nudie Cohn,…

It was never a question of whether they killed their parents.Lyle and Erik Menendez bought two shotguns with cash. The next day, the brothers drove to a shooting range. And the following night, they murdered Jose and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez as the couple ate ice cream and watched a movie in their Beverly Hills mansion. “No! No! No!” Jose Menendez, their 45-year-old father, yelled as shotgun blasts echoed in the family’s living room on Aug. 20, 1989, the brothers would later tell a therapist. He was struck five…

Brothers Osborne live it up every way they can in “Sun Ain’t Even Gone Down Yet,” a bright and boisterous track from their upcoming self-titled album, out September 15. On the tune, singer TJ Osborne paints a hard-partying picture of drinking hard and living fast over a funky-tonk backdrop of guitars and thwapping drums. Then he and his guitarist brother John join their voices to finish the tableau: “If a cold libation’s any indication, we’re gonna have a hell of a night,” they sing. “The day’s about as good as…

Joe Jonas isn’t your typical oversharing celebrity, but the singer recently spilled a secret even government torture couldn’t get out of most people. During an appearance on KIIS network’s Will & Woody For the Drive Home radio show, the Jonas Brothers member flashed back to a moment on their 2019 comeback tour when he shit himself on stage while wearing white pants. “Something that I’ve never told anyone, well, I was with a few friends yesterday and we were just talking about, you know, there’s a point in…