Another day, another Trump crony hitting the airwaves to confuse the electorate with falsehoods and/or out-and-out lies. On Sunday, it was Rep. Liz Cheney‘s (R-WY) turn to twist facts in defense of the president. Cheney, in an interview on ABC’s This Week, took a question from host Martha Raddatz about …
Read More »Watch Madonna, Swae Lee Team for Dramatic 'Crave' Video
Madonna and Swae Lee unveiled a moody new clip for their collaboration, “Crave,” which will appear on the singer’s upcoming album, Madame X, out June 14th. Directed by Nuno Xico, the “Crave” clip opens with Madonna reciting a spoken word piece, culminating with her releasing a bird from the roof …
Read More »'The Souvenir' Review: A Filmmaker Looks Back and Makes a Masterpiece
Remember the name Honor Swinton Byrne — her star is born. In The Souvenir, she plays Julie, a film student in 1980s London who’s being set up to learn a lot of things the hard way. Written and directed by the bracingly brilliant Joanna Hogg, this delicate, dazzling memoir traces …
Read More »'Tolkien' Review: …And One Biopic to Bore Them All
J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973) wrote The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, so you’re probably stoked for the movie version of his life, hoping it’ll be filled to bursting with adventure, brain-teasing fantasy and rock-’em-sock-’em action just like the books and the movies Peter Jackson directed into box-office and Oscar …
Read More »John Singleton to Be Laid to Rest at Private Funeral in Los Angeles
John Singleton will be laid to rest at a private funeral service in Los Angeles on Monday. The ceremony will be “a very small, intimate goodbye for family and very close friends,” a representative for the late director said in a statement. The Boyz n the Hood filmmaker’s estate is …
Read More »Moby Thought 'Play' Would Be a Flop
This week, Moby will release his second memoir, Then It Fell Apart. Out May 7th, the book picks up where 2016’s Porcelain left off, chronicling the heady, hedonistic period after the release of his 1999 breakthrough, Play, which fused electronica with folk, blues and gospel. Play would go on to …
Read More »KC & the Sunshine Band Team With Nile Rodgers for 'Give Me Some More (Aye Yai Yai)'
Disco outfit KC & the Sunshine Band have teamed with fellow disco great Nile Rodgers for a thumping new song, “Give Me Some More (Aye Yai Yai).” The track was produced by Tony Moran and KC & the Sunshine Band have also commissioned a whopping 47 remixes for the track. …
Read More »Steve Van Zandt and the Disciples of Soul Play 'Sun City' For First Time in 32 Years
Earlier this month, Steve Van Zandt heard an interesting factoid about his 1985 protest classic “Sun City” from New Zealand writer Russell Baillie: The song may have been popular all over the world, but nowhere more so than New Zealand and Australia where it peaked at #4. “Wow, “Van Zandt …
Read More »Watch 'Avengers' Cast Answer Bizarre Character Questions on 'Colbert'
Several cast members from the upcoming blockbuster Avengers: Endgame dropped by The Late Show to awkwardly answer some of the staff’s burning questions about their characters. The jokey segment started relatively tame: Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow) playfully noted that her real-life superpower would be “[getting] rid of all the garbage,” …
Read More »MTV Set to Launch First-Ever RealityCon in 2020
The stars and creators of some of television’s most beloved and groundbreaking reality television series will come together for MTV‘s RealityCon in the summer of 2020. This will be the first-ever reality show convention, and will MTV will host a soft-launch for it this fall. Like any fan-focused convention, RealityCon …
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