A tale of a disruptor that hit American airwaves five days before our current Dismantler-in-Chief was sworn into office, The Young Pope was one of the great vulgaris maximus guilty pleasures of 2017. You came for Jude Law as Pope Pius XIII, the smoking hot pontiff who attempted to drag …
Read More »See Gary Clark Jr. Talk 'This Land,' Texas Beginnings on 'CBS Sunday Morning'
Gary Clark Jr. talked the Grammys, religion, his new album This Land and his Texas beginnings in an interview with CBS Sunday Morning. “I was raised real religious – Baptist, go to church every Sunday. The fear of God was very present in the house,” Clark Jr. said. “I’m not, …
Read More »Little Big Town Get Dreamy With New Song 'Nightfall'
One week ahead of the release of their ninth studio album, Little Big Town offer an advance listen to the title cut from Nightfall. “Turn the lights down, we can watch the stars crawl/You and I fall, baby, when the night falls,” Karen Fairchild sings, as her bandmates harmonize behind …
Read More »Cate Blanchett Portrays Famous Anti-Women's Libber in 'Mrs. America' Trailer
Cate Blanchett portrays the late conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly in the new trailer forMrs. America, a nine-episode limited series coming to FX on Hulu. The show will launch its first three episodes on April 15th, with subsequent episodes premiering each Wednesday. Mrs. America follows Schlafly’s efforts to deter the women’s …
Read More »The 2020 Oscars Will Be Hostless Again
UPDATE (1/30): A string of presenters have been announced this week for the 92nd Academy Awards.So far, the announced presenters include Zazie Beetz, Timothée Chalamet, Will Ferrell, Gal Gadot, Mindy Kaling, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anthony Ramos, Mark Ruffalo, Kelly Marie Tran, Kristen Wiig, James Corden, Penélope Cruz, Beanie Feldstein, …
Read More »Trump, His Generals, and the Iran Crisis: An Interview with Author Peter Bergen
America is on the brink of war with Iran, largely as a result of President Trump’s reckless decision to assassinate Iranian military leader Qasem Soleimani. An excellent way to understand how and why this happened is to read Peter Bergen’s new book, Trump and His Generals: The Cost of Chaos …
Read More »Roddy Ricch's 'The Box' Sounds Like a Squeaky Windshield Wiper — It's Also a Hit
“The Box” isn’t the best song on Roddy Ricch‘s (great) debut album, Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial (that would be “God’s Eye”). It’s also not the most ambitious (“War Baby”), or the obvious hit single single (“High Fashion”). It is, however, the album’s biggest hit since its release in …
Read More »Spike Jonze Teams With Beastie Boys for New Photo Book
Spike Jonze‘s long collaboration and friendship with the Beastie Boys will be the focus of an upcoming photo book, the first from the Oscar-nominated director and music video visionary. Beastie Boys, out March 17th, 2020 via Rizzoli, collects over 200 of Jonze’s personal photographs of the trailblazing trio. Surviving Beastie …
Read More »FDA Bans Fruit, Mint Flavored E-Cigarette Cartridges
The Food and Drug Administration has announced a ban on most flavored vaping cartridges in an attempt to check e-cigarette use among teenagers and children. In a press release, the FDA said the ban covers fruit and mint flavors, leaving manufacturers only able to produce tobacco or menthol-flavored vaping cartridges. …
Read More »Watch Travis Scott, Pop Smoke Cruise Through Dark, Smoky 'Gatti' Video
Travis Scott cruises around in a fancy Bugatti in his gritty video for “Gatti,” a track from the emcee’s new Cactus Jack Records compilation EP, JackBoys. Pop Smoke also appears in the lo-fi clip, rapping from the passenger seat as Scott steers around at night. Directors Cactus Jack and White …
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