James Earl Jones Revealed The Surprising Salary He Made For Voicing Darth Vader In ‘Star Wars: A New Hope’

Lucasfilm With Darth Vader set to return in the upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi series for Disney+, an old interview with James Earl Jones has resurfaced where the actor opened up about his experience becoming the iconic voice of Dark Lord of the Sith. According to Jones, he was only paid $7,000 to voice Vader in the …

Earl Sweatshirt Laughs Off Joe Budden Dissing His Album: ‘What Happened Twin?’

Getty Image Earl Sweatshirt‘s new album Sick! has become a critical darling in the weeks since it dropped (if not a complete commercial success, debuting at No. 80 on the Billboard 200), but that didn’t stop rapper turned podcaster Joe Budden from utterly trashing it on his show. Budden denied even listening to the album, …

Earl Sweatshirt Brings His Moody Single ‘2010’ To ‘The Tonight Show’ Stage

Earl Sweatshirt finally found his way to the Tonight Show stage Monday night to promote his new album Sick!, performing the not-quite-nostalgic single “2010.” Ironically, it was just after 2010 that Earl’s rabble-rousing crew Odd Future first made their own television debut on The Tonight Show (albeit minus Earl, who had been shipped off to …

Earl Sweatshirt’s Introspective ‘2010’ Video Recalls His Troubled Teen Years

In 2010, Earl Sweatshirt was just another member of the upstart LA skate-rat rap crew Odd Future, who were all still about a year away from their explosive leap to mainstream notoriety. Their punk-inspired, DIY ethos was only just beginning to ruffle feathers at the tastemaking blogs who just didn’t get what their whole thing …