Drake‘s latest partnership isn’t with a sneaker brand or a streaming service, but a British film company. The Canadian rapper has joined hands with Altitude Film Distribution to acquire UK distribution rights to a drama about police brutality, according to a press release. Monsters and Men — which won the …
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S ave for the main characters’ Crayola-classic hair color — and Jughead’s signature jaunty hat — people with even a passing knowledge of the 1940s-era comic Archie might not recognize its latest incarnation, Riverdale, the TV revival entering Season Three on the CW on October 10th. While the kids of …
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Thomas Friedman goes to the movies, sees Crazy Rich Asians. What column is he inspired to write after two hours following the adventures of Rachel Chu and Nick Young? The New York Times Twitter caption about Friedman’s next column provides the answer: “Crazy Rich Asians versus Crazy Poor Middle Easterners …
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“How does it feel every time I let you down?” sings the Marías’ mononymic frontwoman — the only actual María in the band — on “Clueless.” It’s the second single off the L.A. players’ upcoming EPSuperclean Vol. II, out September 28th. Inspired by a spat between the vocalist and her …
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Jimmy Fallon parodied Donald Trump on Wednesday’sTonight Show, satirizing the president’s pushback againstBob Woodward’s new book Fear. The work, which looks inside the Trump administration, has generated some very clear criticism from the White House, who have been working to discredit the journalist’s efforts. “Tonight I’d like to talk about …
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Speedy Ortiz paid tribute to Liz Phair by covering her “gorgeous mystery rock song.” “Blood Keeper” is an outtake from Phair’s 1998 LP Whitechocolatespaceegg. Speedy Ortiz stick close to the spirit of the original, building from dispassionate verses to a feisty chorus buttressed by distorted electric guitars: “I’m obsessed, I’m …
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WASHINGTON — The fireworks began before Brett Kavanaugh said a word. On Monday morning, the Senate Judiciary Committee commenced its hearings on Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court. But what was expected to be an anticlimactic affair, with Republicans lobbing softball questions and Kavanaugh offering perfunctory pledges to respect precedence …
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Recorded on the quick by Bob Dylan’s former backing musicians in New York and L.A., but spiritually located in an unglamorous Catskills basement, The Band’s 1968 debut is a loose record, casual by design. That’s exactly why stoners, scholars, scruff lords and tambourine freaks keep returning to Music From Big …
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Maria Butina wants you to know she’s totally not a honeypot. Held without bail on charges that she worked as an illegal Russian agent, successfullyinfiltrating the NRA and high-level GOP circles in a conspiracy to “penetrate the U.S. national decision-making apparatus,” Butina is now seeking to be released to home …
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To celebrate what would have been Michael Jackson‘s 60th birthday, the King of Pop’s estate recruited producer Mark Ronson to craft the “Diamonds Are Invincible” remix. The five-minute track seamlessly weaves together a handful of Jackson’s biggest hits, including “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’,” “Billie Jean,” “Smooth Criminal,” “The Way You …
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