The masculine urge for vengeance hits its zenith in the new trailer for filmmaker Robert Eggers’ upcoming Viking epic, The Northman, set to arrive April 22, 2022. The film tells the story of a Viking prince, Amleth, who watches his uncle murder his father and usurp the throne (if that …
Read More »Netflix Series Shows the Dark Side of 1970s New York in the Hunt for the Times Square Killer
Netflix’s true-crime series Crime Scene will return in December with an investigation into the Times Square Killer, also known as the Torso Killer, Richard Cottingham. The season begins with a gruesome discovery at a Times Square motel in 1979, which was set aflame to hide a much worse crime. Oscar-nominated …
Read More »A Pulitzer Prize-Winning Reporter Has Been Accused of 'Scamming' Musicians
The latest issue of The New Yorker contains a damning, deeply reported piece from the Pulitzer prize-winning writer Ian Urbina on Libyan migrant prisons. These institutions appear to operate with the implicit approval of the European Union, which provides money and training to Libyan forces. Over the weekend, the investigative …
Read More »Rush, Radiohead, Paul McCartney, U2, Pearl Jam Auctioning Guitars for Charity
The Edge and producer Bob Ezrin have assembled a stunning collection of guitars and other musical instruments from Paul McCartney, Rush, Radiohead, Pearl Jam, Joe Walsh, Green Day, Ron Wood, Dave Grohl, Tom Morello, Noel Gallagher, Joan Jett, and many others to benefit Music Rising, the charity they formed in …
Read More »Marjorie Taylor Greene Isn't Going to Let a Little Antisemitism Get in the Way of Vibing With Louis Farrakhan Over Vaccines
Marjorie Taylor Greene and Louis Farrakhan don’t exactly see eye-to-eye on some pretty fundamental issues. Greene has described Black Lives Matter a terrorist threat and suggested Muslims don’t belong in government. Farrakahn has led the Nation of Islam for decades and spends a fair amount of time talking about the …
Read More »Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo Cast in Upcoming 'Wicked' Film
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo will play Glinda and Elphaba in director Jon M. Chu’s forthcoming film adaptation of Wicked. The director, who recently helmed In the Heights, revealed the news on social media. “Get ready for a match up like you’ve never seen!!!” Chu teased on Twitter along with …
Read More »Mahershala Ali Faces a New Version of Himself in 'Swan Song' Trailer
Mahershala Ali discovers he’s dying and enters an unusual treatment to spare his family from grief in a new trailer for Swan Song. The film arrives on Dec. 17 via AppleTV+. In the trailer set in the near future, Cam (Ali) and his wife (Naomie Harris) are happily reflecting on …
Read More »Grand Ole Opry's Historic 5000th Broadcast: How to Watch and Why It Matters
The Grand Ole Opry, already the world’s longest-running live radio show, will air its 5,000th broadcast on Saturday night. Opry members like Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, Darius Rucker, Vince Gill, Chris Janson, Bill Anderson, and Connie Smith are all set to perform, underscoring the eras of country music spanned by …
Read More »Facebook Is Now Called Meta, But Its Platforms Are Still Probably Deepening the Void in Your Soul
Facebook, like a handful of cigarette, agrochemical, and private-mercenary conglomerates before it, has changed its corporate name in the midst of a PR crisis: On Thursday, Oct. 28, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the tech giant’s parent company would now be known as Meta. Zuckerberg announced the name change at …
Read More »Giuliani: Trump 'Ordered Me' to Work Unpaid for His Campaign After Election
All of the work Rudy Giuliani has done since November 2020 trying to prove that widespread fraud occurred during the election has reportedly been for free. The lawyer and former New York mayor revealed in a court deposition that he has been working for the Trump campaign free of charge …
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