When news finally arrived last Saturday morning that Joseph R. Biden Jr. had been elected the 46th president of the United States, here is a non-exhaustive list of the things I wanted to do, in no particular order: Run out to the street with fists pumping, dance a jig, bang …
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The summer of 1993: there’s a new movie out called Dazed and Confused. But Hollywood doesn’t have high hopes. It’s a time capsule of a small Texas town, in the summer of 1976, set on the last day of school. The plot? Just high-school kids cruising in search of kicks, …
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Tina Fey will host One Night Only: The Best of Broadway, a special airing on December 10th via NBC. The two-hour special will feature Broadway’s shows taking over New York City with performances by the cast of Chicago, Jagged Little Pill, Mean Girls, Rent, Ain’t Too Proud — The Life …
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Quentin Tarantino has signed a two-book deal with Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. The film director will write a novelization of his own movie, 2019’s Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, which is scheduled for release in summer 2021, followed by a nonfiction book about the art of cinema. …
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This review originally ran as part of our 2019 Toronto International Film Festival coverage. It starts with a ringing. Ruben, one half of the noise-rock duo and Decibel cover-story couple Blackgammon (think Lightning Bolt if fronted by a throat-shredded Diamanda Galas), is putting out merchandise, limbering up for a modest …
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Kesha is getting her very own podcast, Kesha and the Creepies, premiering November 20th through the iHeartPodcast Network and available on all podcast platforms. The interview-format show will feature Kesha chatting with guests about their supernatural experiences, the occult, unexplained mysteries, urban legends, psychedelic art, spirituality, astrology, and more. Alice …
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Billie Eilish spent much of her early teen years inside the Glendale Galleria shopping mall. Now, the superstar returns for the new “Therefore I Am” video. Directed by Eilish herself, the video features the singer riding an escalator, eating pretzels and donuts. “I’m not your friend/Or anything damn,” she sings. …
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Yalitza Aparicio and Ana Brenda Contreras will join Carlos Rivera in hosting the 2020 Latin Grammy Awards, held on November 19th. Aparicio made her film debut in Alfonso Cuarón’s 2018 film Roma, while Contreras recently starred in the Dynasty reboot. Rivera was originally slated to host the ceremony alongside Roselyn Sanchez, …
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Netflix has officially announced that Bad Bunny will have a guest role on the upcoming third season of Narcos: Mexico. Per a release, Bad Bunny will play Arturo “Kitty” Paez, a member of the so-called Narco Juniors gang run by Ramon Arellano Felix (Manuel Masalva). The gang is filled with …
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Compton rapper YG’s “FDT” — or “Fuck Donald Trump,” a track that both predated and foretold the Trump presidency when it was first released in March 2016 — has reemerged as a hit following Joe Biden’s election, with the streams and sales of exploding since Election Day. The Still Brazy …
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