It was a really light week for trailers last week (the main event, i.e. an official full trailer for True Detective‘s Season Three, did not drop until late on Friday) — then, starting last Monday, came the deluge. Prepare to catch up on: a sneak peek at the now-in-theaters, soon-to-be-streaming-on-Netflix …
Read More »Four Top Intelligence Agencies Issue Election Day Interference Warning
WASHINGTON —As Election Day 2018 gets underway, the nation’s top intelligence and law-enforcement chiefs want you to know that interference and disinformation efforts by foreign countries are still a threat to the U.S. — no matter what President Trump says. In a joint statement released Tuesday morning, the heads of …
Read More »Jonah Hill on 'SNL': 3 Sketches You Have to See
In his fifth time hosting Saturday Night Live, Jonah Hill didn’t do anything more or less than he had during his first four outings. That sounds like damning him with faint praise, but there’s a consistency to his shows that is admirable. Like many hosts that appear on the show …
Read More »'The Right Church': Why Clutch Endure
During the first few songs of Friday’s Clutch show at New York’s Irving Plaza, I glanced up at the balcony and spotted an unexpected sight. A kid of no more than 12, accompanied by an older chaperone, was singing along to every word of “Gimme the Keys,” the first track …
Read More »Last Voyage of Anthony Bourdain: Why the Final Season of 'Parts Unknown' Hits Home
There’s something resonant about the final season of Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown— it’s more sustaining than depressing. It’s been a real emotional journey watching these last episodes, week after week. It’s understandable that Bourdain fans might have worried the new season of the CNN travel show would be too painful …
Read More »'Surviving R. Kelly': Accusers Share Stories in Harrowing Trailer for Docuseries
Multiple women detail harrowing accusations of sexual, mental and physical abuse against one of R&B’s most celebrated singers in the new trailer forSurviving R. Kelly. The six-hour Lifetime docuseries will air in three installments: Thursday, January 3rd at 9 p.m. ET/PT; Friday, January 4th at 9 p.m. ET/PT; and Saturday, …
Read More »Fender Is Expanding its Audience Through More Than Just Guitars
Andy Mooney gets asked about his thoughts on drum machines and Auto-Tune a lot. People “expect me to hate them, but I love them all,” says the Fender CEO. Mooney doesn’t see the soaring popularity of digitally created music as a threat to the guitar business because the future of …
Read More »Chatting With Millennial Candidate Katie Hill About Flipping One of California's Red Districts
If the marketing folks at Dos Equis were casting for The Most Interesting Candidate in the World, they’d have to consider 31-year-old Katie Hill. The former homeless advocate is bisexual,a goat farmer,a gun owner,a survivor,and she won her Democratic primary while being trailed by a film crew for Vice News. …
Read More »R. Kelly's Ex-Wife Makes New Abuse Allegations
For over two decades, throughout the ups and downs of his music career, singer R. Kelly has been accused of serious sexual, psychological and physical abuse by over a dozen women, including seven in just the last 15 months. He has faced little to no recourse for his alleged actions, …
Read More »'A Star Is Born' Review: Cooper, Lady Gaga Hit All the Right Notes
One star soars; the other crashes and burns. It’s a tale as old as time, flattened and fatigued by constant repetition. So why in hell did Bradley Cooper choose to make his debut as director with the third remake of A Star Is Born? What could he bring to the …
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