ABC‘s “The Muppets” is set to make its return to TV screens tonight, having been significantly retooled following some initially disappointing notices. So what better time for Kermit the Frog pay a visit to “The Late Show” on Monday?

But the amphibian wasn’t there to talk about the changes to his sitcom, because he and Colbert had much more important matters to address – which they did in the recurring segment “Big Questions With Even Bigger Stars.”

Reclining on a picnic blanket in the middle of the “Late Show” studio, Kermit the Frog and “Stephen the Person” pondered about the meaning of life, and revealed some of their deepest secrets. Read More »

The epic week of Super Bowl Carpool Karaoke has begun.

As previously announced, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin will be the latest musician to join “Late Late Show” host James Corden in the recurring viral-video smash. Martin’s installment airs on tonight’s episode (so check back tomorrow for the full clip). So until then, enjoy the sneak-peek teaser that features the two Brits heading on a song-filled road trip up to Santa Clara, California, for this Sunday’s Super Bowl.

Martin, along with Coldplay, will be headlining the halftime show. Read More »

After Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny signed on to do six more episodes of “The X-Files,” the name most of the show’s fans were most excited to see in the credits for the revival series was Darin Morgan’s. The writer and director is a favorite among X-Philes for his absurdist-yet-poignant episodes, such as “Jose Chung’s From Outer Space” and “Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose.” Morgan wrote “Scully and Mulder Meet the Were-Monster,” this week’s episode of the revival mini-series, and it is everything you should expect from a Darin Morgan episode. It’s hilarious, full of science fiction references and B-movie spirit, and, ultimately, rich with meaning. It’s also great.

Poor Agent Mulder is down in the dumps. His trademark “I Want to Believe” poster is again intact and hanging on his office wall, but he has riddled it with pencils. When Scully brings him their next case, he doesn’t even let her begin to describe it before he starts whining about how, in the 14 years he and Scully have been off the X-Files, all the creepy and weird paranormal phenomena out there have turned out to be hoaxes or misunderstandings. Mulder’s shtick has always been that he wants to believe in all this kooky stuff, and sometimes he wants to believe a little too much, but now he’s glum and on the verge of monster atheism. Read More »

The Recording Industry Association of America has embraced streaming.

The RIAA announced today that their certification of gold and platinum record status awarded to artists who sell more than 500,000 and 1,000,000 albums respectively will now utilize streaming data for their awards.

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A small painting owned by the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Mo., has been deemed an authentic work by the fantastical early Netherlandish painter Hieronymus Bosch, a research group in the artist’s hometown of ‘s-Hertogenbosch announced today.

“The Temptation of St. Anthony,” which has largely been held in storage, was previously attributed to the workshop or a follower of Bosch, instead of the artist himself. If accepted by scholars as an authentic Bosch, the 1500-10 work will add significantly to the artist’s small oeuvre: about 25 paintings and 20 drawings worldwide. Read More »

It’s been more than 10 years since Freakwater released an album, but the alt-country act swears they never broke up. “We never intended to not make a Freakwater record,” says vocalist-guitarist Catherine Irwin. “[But] there’s definitely no one in charge.” The group’s eighth record, “Scheherazade,” premieres on Speakeasy today.

The 12-song set was recorded in the fall of 2014 and mines many familiar Freakwater themes – dark storytelling married with soulful, rootsy arrangements they’ve been honing since they first formed in the late ‘80s.

The group’s other principal member, Janet Bean, says that even though a lot of time has passed since they released a full-length LP, the group is consistent as they’ve ever been. “There’s more constants than new changes,” Bean says. “We’ve come to the realization that we can be exactly as loony as we are and embrace those things, not try to fit in really.”

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In this playful new video featuring “Outlander” leads Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan, we don’t get any further dirt on what to expect in Season 2, but at least now we know some important details regarding the actors’ punctuality on set and their horse-bonding techniques.

Considering we’re now in February, meaning we’re a mere two months away from the second-season premiere, this clip is a great opportunity for fans to whet their appetites for all things “Outlander.”

Balfe and Heughan – who portray Claire and Jamie Fraser, respectively – sat down recently to answer some fan questions from Twitter, which they did in their familiar, spirited style. Read More »

Watch out, Nina Dobrev, because Tim Tebow is going to prove he’s a real “Survivor” on the next episode of “Lip Sync Battle.”

In a sneak-peek clip from this Thursday’s Spike TV smash, the former football player will go head to head with the onetime “Vampire Diaries” star, and already he’s got the makings of a champ.

The teaser features Tebow dressed as Rocky Balboa, undergoing intense training (with a lot of dancing thrown in) to the unmistakable riff of the “Rocky III” theme song, “Eye of the Tiger.“ Read More »

Still can’t get those catchy songs out of your head from Sunday’s “Grease Live!“?

Well, now you won’t need to, because the official soundtrack is available for purchase on iTunes. Plus you can stream it on Spotify. This comes after the live musical pulled in 12.2 million viewers for Fox, as networks increasing turn to live events.

The album features all of the musical numbers from Fox‘s mega-television event, which starred Julianne Hough as good-girl Sandy and Aaron Tveit as greaser T-Bird Danny. Relive Jessie J‘s soulful, fourth-wall-breaking “Grease” opener, to new tune “All I Need Is an Angel” (sung by Carly Rae Jepsen‘s Frenchy) to Vanessa Hudgens’s heartbreaking “There Are Worse Things I Could Do” to the party-in-a-golf-cart closer “We Go Together.” Read More »

There were several new developments on tonight’s “Downton Abbey,” but let’s be honest, there’s only one thing anyone is going to remember from it:

Lord Grantham projectile-vomiting blood all over the dining table.

It was the biggest shock-value moment in “Downton” history since the deaths of Lady Sybil and Matthew Crawley, so it was pretty damn scary. And with only four episodes left in the entire series, there were a good several minutes where Robert’s continued presence on the show looked dicey at best. When you think about it, what better way to position Mary as the head of the estate – which is something both she, and fans, have wanted since Season 1 – than to kill off the Earl of Grantham before his heir reached puberty? Read More »