Chuck Arnold
Chuck Arnold was an senior entertainment writer at the New York Post.
Background
Chuck covers the music beat, with reviews, critical commentary, artist profiles, in-depth features, trend pieces and music news stories. While Chuck has interviewed music icons such as Ringo Starr, Mary J. Blige, Dave Grohl and Alicia Keys, Chuck also writes about movies and TV, having profiled actors such as Liam Neeson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Daniel Kaluuya and Taron Egerton A veteran music journalist who has also written for People, Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone and Billboard, Chuck got his start as managing editor of his college newspaper, The Review, at the University of Delaware. He then was entertainment editor at the Philadelphia Daily News — in his hometown — and YM magazine. And when he’s not at a concert or listening to music on the headphones that are permanently attached to him, Chuck’s also a diehard tennis fan who doesn't miss the US Open.
Latest Articles
'Jaws' turns 50: How other classic movies bit off the shark's signature riff — from 'Caddyshack' to 'Spaceballs'
June 20, 2025 | 9:30amFifty years after the summer blockbuster of 1975, here are seven films that have sunk their teeth into the “Jaws” theme song.
Inside the 'Jaws' theme song creation 50 years ago: 'Everyone's scared of those two notes'
June 20, 2025 | 8:33amOscar-winning composer John Williams scared up the menacing motif that would terrify moviegoers — and beachgoers — in the film classic that hit theaters on June 20, 1975.
The sound of silence: Paul Simon commands the crowd in comeback tour at sold-out NYC show
June 17, 2025 | 3:52amBut — after working with the Stanford Initiative to Cure Hearing Loss and revamping his entire stage setup to make performing viable again — Simon is back with his “A...
'80s star recalls her late mother being the 'original music momager': She'd be 'pounding her fist in the conference room’
June 16, 2025 | 5:45pmDiane Gibson — mother of late ‘80s teen pop sensation Debbie Gibson — was making momager moves long before Kris Jenner.
Nile Rodgers recalls becoming 'really close' with the late Sly Stone: 'He was living in a car'
June 13, 2025 | 6:10pmThe legendary producer worshiped Sly Stone long before he became friends with the funk pioneer, who passed away at 82 on Monday.
Why 'Wicked: For Good' team is 'nervous' about sequel
June 13, 2025 | 3:22pmThe pressure is on for "Wicked: For Good" after the first film set a box-office record as the highest-grossing movie adaptation of a Broadway musical.
Beach Boys' Mike Love honors late Brian Wilson at Songwriters Hall of Fame induction: 'I do feel his presence'
June 13, 2025 | 1:27pm"I especially want to thank my cousin Brian Wilson. I believe he's here with us,” said the Beach Boys' Mike Love as he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of...
John Stamos told Beach Boys' Mike Love that Brian Wilson died: 'He didn't say one word' for 2 hours
June 13, 2025 | 7:56amThe “Full House” actor, who has been an honorary Beach Boy playing drums and guitar with the band for 40 years, was traveling with Mike Love when he received the...
How Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson, the original boy of summer, transformed music
June 11, 2025 | 6:38pmThe genius of the Beach Boys group that he co-founded in 1961, Brian Wilson was one of the true visionaries of music who defined pop as we know it today.
Billy Idol reveals he nearly died from a heroin overdose — and more bombshells from his new doc
June 11, 2025 | 9:15amThe new documentary "Billy Idol Should Be Dead," which premiered at the Tribeca Festival on Tuesday, reveals how the punk rocker suffered a near-fatal overdose in 1984.
Eminem allegedly wanted rumored ex Mariah Carey to play his mother in '8 Mile'
June 10, 2025 | 4:33pmOnly 4 years older than Eminem, Mariah Carey was reportedly insulted by the offer to play his mother in the 2002 movie based on his life.
Miley Cyrus claims Disney banned her from singing 'Hannah Montana' songs after series ended
June 9, 2025 | 4:34pmMiley Cyrus was apparently not allowed to have “The Best of Both Worlds" after her stint as Hannah Montana.
Mariah Carey is back to heat up summer with a new bop — 20 years after 'We Belong Together'
June 6, 2025 | 9:20pmArriving just one week after the 20th anniversary edition of “The Emancipation of Mimi,” Mariah Carey's "Type Dangerous” sounds as if it could’ve been on that classic 2005 LP.
Biggest revelations from the 'Billy Joel: And So It Goes' documentary premiere at Tribeca Film Festival
June 5, 2025 | 4:27amAlthough the 76-year-old Piano Man was absent from the festivities after revealing his shocking brain disorder diagnosis two weeks ago, his presence was still very much felt on the opening...
Billy Joel cracking jokes about 'getting old,' 'cremated' after brain disorder diagnosis, Tribeca doc director shares
June 4, 2025 | 8:53pmThe music legend, 76, sat out his big hometown night following his shocking diagnosis.
Michael J. Fox's 'Back to the Future' guitar has been missing for decades — and a new doc is hunting it down
June 3, 2025 | 4:30pmThe "Lost to the Future" hunt for the the long-lost axe was launched on Tuesday with a video featuring Michael J. Fox and his fellow “Back to the Future” cast...
What Taylor Swift buying her masters means for her — and the music industry
May 30, 2025 | 7:05pmShe’s in her Ownership Era now.
Inside Eminem's drug-'fueled' recording of 'Kim' 25 years ago: He was 'pissed off'
May 30, 2025 | 8:57amAs the first song written for “The Marshall Mathers LP” — which took its title from Eminem’s real name — “Kim” revealed a more personal side of the rapper on...
Miley Cyrus has post-'Flowers' bloom on new album: review
May 30, 2025 | 8:16amSeventeen years after “Meet Miley Cyrus, “Something Beautiful” is something of a victory party (in the U.S.A.) for the former Disney Channel princess.
Billy Joel not attending Tribeca Film Festival doc premiere after shocking health reveal
May 28, 2025 | 1:39pmAnd so it goes, indeed. Billy Joel will not be attending the Tribeca Festival opening night world premiere of his documentary "Billy Joel: And So It Goes" next Wednesday, The...