Stereogum — The Shakespearean-named duo Those Pretty Wrongs comprises the Freewheelers’ Luther Russell and Jody Stephens, the former drummer and sole surviving founding member of Big Star. We’ve already heard the A-side to their debut 7″ on Burger Records,... more info

TMZ — "Couples Therapy" producers are striking while the transgender iron is hot -- on the high heels of Caitlyn Jenner's big announcement ... they're making Carmen Carrera a focal point of the show. Sources close to Carrera tell TMZ she and… more info

Perez Hilton — Who knew Angelina Jolie was such a Star Wars fan?? Angie was interviewing her Unbroken cast member Domhnall Gleeson for Interview magazine, and despite being forbidden from asking about his role in the upcoming The Force Awakens she HAD to prod! [ Ph... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Whitney is Max Kakacek and Julien Ehrlich. Having cut some chops with Smith Westerns and Unknown Mortal Orchestra, they’ve now introduced their new project with “No Matter Where We Go.” Simple, mid-fi, summer grooving, emitting sparks of Big St... more info

Stereogum — Jody Stephens, the former drummer of Big Star, is the only founding member of that band who’s still alive. A few years ago, Stephens was asked to play some music at a few screenings of the documentary Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me, and he asked Lut... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — I grew up in Atlanta, and there was a trail that went through the woods that led to the back of a shopping center housing a grocery store — one named Big Star, that I would soon find employment in bagging groceries at 15. As such, I took this trail... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Sondre Lerche @ Bowery Ballroom, 2014 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Sondre Lerche spends most of his time in Brooklyn these days but was back in Norway last month where he appeared on talk show Trygdekontoret, performing a solo acoustic... more info

The Daily Mail — The actor and his seven-year-old were taking part in the ITV1 show, Big Star’s Little Star, when Sunnie revealed the cheeky secret about her father’s work ethic. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Producer and engineer John Fry, who founded Memphis' Ardent Studios and Ardent Records and worked on all three Big Star albums, died yesterday (12/18). Fry had been diagnosed with cancer earlier this year and suffered a "cardiac event." He... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — I have already sung the praises of Matt “MV” Valentine elsewhere. For the Google-averse, I can sum it up by saying that MV’s music–both with and without his partner, co-conspirator and constant foil Erika “EE” Elder–has been as crucial ... more info