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If you were afraid wed have a shortage of gravel-voiced, heart-wrenching folksy blues in 2016, you’ve got the option to stop your worrying. Lucinda Williams has announced that she will release her twelfth studio album,The Ghosts of Highway 20, Feb. 5, 2016. Per a release, the legendary singer was inspired by the experiences shes had along Interstate 20, which runs along the American southeast from Texas to South Carolina. Credit: Paul Morigi/Getty Images...

A friend of the actorconfirmed his death toThe New York Times. He made himself famous playing a leprechaun, though he wasnt in any way Irish. At age 12, Anderson landed a role in the radio showTony and Gusin 1935. Credit: AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, file The actor went on to appear opposite Orson Welles on both radio and Broadway. In 2005,Anderson told ABC Newsthat his role as the famed leprechaun never led to any free cereal....

The rapper/actor is somewhat known for sporting his 1993 Acura Legend instead of newer, flashier rides. But nothing gold-painted can stay. After passing the 280,000 mile mark, the car was hit and damaged. SinceMTVsPimp My Rideis no more, Acura stepped in to fix the wheels for theLudaversalMC. The reveal goes perfectly, and Luda is touched. he exclaims in the clip before embracing his car. It looks up to its 90s sheen on the exterior....

How a Danish hippie crafted one of the year’s surprising hit singles. Lukas Graham Forchhammer has a backstory thats practically made for a music biopic. I knew we were different, says Forchhammer, now 27. Credit: Chapman Baehler [But] when I first heard rap, I understood that someone else was angry and afraid. The track, which is No. Like, eight people ended up drinking wine and writing together for hours. That communal vibe is all over his groups self-titled debut (out now)....

The first song I remember being obsessed with Probably Back on My Mind, Ronnie Millsap. My parents were just big Ronnie Milsap fans. I remember just being a kid and just loving it. Credit: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images A lot of the big names in country during that time period, I would say got me going. George Strait and Alabama, I learned a lot of their songs on guitar. It was a lot of influences of that time frame in music that really left a mark on me....

I mean, its got a 90s hip-hop vibe, but its really forward-thinking. And then the writing was so rich. I get to do this today? Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images I get to kick ass today? So it was a lot of fun. We were trying not to be on the nose. Were going to give all the fans all the things they want, theRingerandMen in Black 3actor says. But weve got to bring it up a bit and step into the current time....

All good things must come to an end. BoxsLumberjanes/Gotham Academycrossover, that end is all toosoon Wednesday, in fact. The crossover, which kicked off this summer, saw Boom! Credit: Boom! Box and DC Comics However, as the pages below reveal, it seems things work out for the trapped-in-time teen after all. BOOM! Box and DC Comics BOOM! Box and DC Comics BOOM! Box and DC Comics BOOM! Box and DC Comics

(In addition to being an accomplished actress and Oscar winner, Nyongo also has gorgeous handwriting.) I first played my character as an understudy in drama school! Nyongo wrote on Twitter. Credit: Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic Written by playwright (andWalking Deadactress) Danai Gurira,Eclipsedfollows four captive women during the Liberian civil war. Because youre stepping into the unknown. So to have this opportunity and to do this with women I deeply respect has been invaluable....

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Where did you get the idea forEclipsed? DANAI GURIRA: I read a newspaper article in 2003 about Black Diamond, a revered rebel soldier. I found her fascinating. Credit: RICHARD PHIBBS for EW LUPITA NYONGO: What I love about Danais play is that it invites you in. You learn something very deep. Youre shocked, your mind is open, and your heart is broken. Where you may have known facts, now you have feelings....

‘All the songs create problems but also have solutions,’ he says of the new collection. I normally start the day withThe New York Timesfront page, Ward told EW in December. All the songs create problems but also have solutions. Credit: Sarah Cass So its a balance. Since then, hes been mostly working on his solo career and producingMavis Staples latest album, out now. Something, Im sure, will surface at some point, he says of both projects....

In OLA, M.I.A. raps over an electronic beat about sneaking around border patrol cops at the U.S.-Mesican border. At the borda I see the patrolla / Cruisin past in their car. Credit: Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images / Creepin in my socks and slipper, / Mexicans say Hola,' she raps as a chorus. After OLA, the track transitions into a second song, Foreign Friend. The upbeat rhythm is replaced by a chanting man and drums, as M....

‘Racism sexism classism elitism #dontwantyourlane!’ MIA BORDERS is not included in the VMAs #hahahahhaahahhaha! !, she tweeted. Credit: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images Racism sexism classism elitism #dontwantyourlane! The clip for Borders, directed by M.I.A. Something about this video was right, and I was doing something for a good cause, M.I.A. It didnt really feel like I was doing it to promote my own pop stardom. This week Im going to be on refugees and next week Im going to be on AIDS!...

The MC tells EW she wrote a song on WhatsApp with the ex-One Direction singer M.I.A. The rapper will feature the singer on the track Freedun. We just basically did it while I was here, because Ive been here for a week-and-a-half. Credit: Mike Marsland/WireImage; Kevin Tachman/Getty Images Weve just been going back and forth on, you know, WhatsApp. We have the same publishers and they wanted me to demo some songs for Zayn, she says....