Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan. Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. Valee and Z Money. Like the men before them, the two Chicago rappers have the type of undeniable chemistry that warrants a buddy cop franchise — tentative name: Two 16s. Consider their latest video, “Still Got Money” the perfect audition tape. …
Read More »Claire McCaskill Says GOP Senators Privately Admit Trump Is 'Nuts'
Outgoing Senator Claire McCaskill has nothing to lose after she was unseated in the 2018 midterms, so she is speaking her mind on her way out of office. In an interview with CNN’s Manu Raju, the Missouri Democrat said her Republican colleagues privately acknowledge that President Donald Trump is “nuts.” …
Read More »We Know How Trump's War Game Ends
So we’re withdrawing troops from the Middle East. GOOD! What’s the War on Terror death count by now, a half-million? How much have we spent, $5 trillion? Five-and-a-half? For that cost, we’ve destabilized the region to the point of abject chaos, inspired millions of Muslims to hate us, and torn …
Read More »Surprise Atoms For Peace Reunion Breaks Out at Thom Yorke Solo Gig
Thom Yorke was nearly done playing a solo show at the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles last night when a surprise Atoms For Peace reunion materialized. Nigel Godrich is already a part of Yorke’s solo band, so it only took Flea and drummer Joey Waronker to flesh out the rest …
Read More »Why Fortnite Is Accused of Stealing Dance Moves
Fortnite may be the world’s most popular video game, with 200 million players and $1 billion in revenue, but for 2 Milly, it’s just the game that stole his signature dance move. The latest version of Fortnite adapts the Brooklyn rapper’s viral 2015 dance, the Milly Rock, as an “emote” …
Read More »Flashback: The Cure Play 'The Holy Hour' at 2011 Reunion Concert
The Cure are going to enter the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame early next year, but what exactly is going to happen that night isn’t exactly clear. Every current member of the band is getting in besides guitarist Reeves Gabrels (who joined in 2012 and has yet to play …
Read More »The Best Music Books of 2018
This year’s best music books offers a mix of fascinating memoir, adventurous criticism and rich historical investigation. Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968,Ryan H. Walsh Van Morrison‘s1968 LP Astral Weeks was a landmark fusion of jazz, folk, rock and meditative soul. But its creation is as mysterious as the …
Read More »Ohio Has Passed Two Extreme Anti-Abortion Bills
“Be careful what you wish for.” That was the message Ohio Governor John Kasich had for Donald Trump after Trump said in an interview Thursday that he hopes Kasich challenges him for the Republican nomination in 2020. But “be careful what you wish for” could easily double as advice for …
Read More »Watch Billy Eichner Parade Lin-Manuel Miranda Around New York City
Billy Eichner shepherded Lin-Manuel Miranda around the streets of New York, bringing joy and confusion to passersby in the latest installment of Billy On the Street. Eichner enlisted Miranda for a game called “Is Anybody Happy?” and attempted to use the Hamilton star to cheer up strangers in these dark, …
Read More »'Bird Box' Review: Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Remember A Quiet Place, which created a post-apocalyptic world in which aliens would pop out and kill you if you made a single sound? Bird Box is pretty much the same story, except it’s looking at the creatures from another planet that will end your days on earth. Lay your …
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