WALK THE LINEJohnny Cash’s Estate Slaps Coca-Cola With Lawsuit Over Ad“Stealing the voice of an artist is theft,” a lawyer for Cash’s estate wrote.Wiktoria Gucia
BACK IN BLACKWhy Joaquin Phoenix Didn’t Reprise Role in Bob Dylan BiopicPhoenix scored his first Best Actor Oscar nomination for playing Johnny Cash in 2005’s “Walk the Line.”Matt Wilstein
LISTEN UP!What Ken Burns’ 16-Hour ‘Country Music’ Epic Leaves OutThe 16-hour, eight-episode PBS miniseries—debuting on Sept. 15—offers a dazzling primer on country music but stumbles in certain areas, including its problems with race.
COURT ORDERPraying Mantis Species Named for RBGScientists paid homage to the Supreme Court justice with a species discovered when its females were treated equally. Peter Slattery
exclusiveOutlaw CountryWatch: Unreleased Highwaymen PerformanceKris, Johnny, Waylon & Willie do ‘Desperados Waiting for a Train’ in previously unseen footage.James Joiner
WEB OF FIRENew Tarantula Named For Johnny CashJoins web of celebs with namesake arachnids.James Joiner
CAMPAIGN CASHDem Brings in Country ‘Cash’Wannabe senator Rick Weiland of South Dakota channels The Man in Black in a new campaign video.David Freedlander
PosthumousJohnny Cash’s Lost LP<p><i>Out Among the Stars</i> isn’t a bottom-of-the-barrel hodgepodge assembled by Cash’s heirs to keep the family coffers full—it’s an ‘endeavor of the heart’ by Cash’s son.<br> </p> Andrew Romano
Get ExcitedThe New Year’s Big Culture MomentsThere’s a lot to be stoked about in pop culture this year. From ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ to ‘Inherent Vice’ and ‘Divergent,’ here’s what we can’t wait for.
LongreadsThe Week’s Best ReadsFrom the animal injury epidemic on Hollywood movie sets to Washington’s trouble with the new legal marijuana economy, The Daily Beast picks the best journalism from around the web this week.David Sessions
