If you spend any kind of time on social media, you’ve probably noticed a certain kind of photo post cluttering up your timeline over the past month. You know the ones: a drawer of T-shirts folded into perfect little rectangles, standing at attention like screen-printed soldiers; an artfully arranged linen …
Read More »'The Simpsons' Renewed For Seasons 31 and 32
The Simpsons has been renewed by Fox for a 31st and 32nd season, which will bring them to a record-shattering 713 episodes by the end of the deal. “Woo hoo! 32 Seasons!” Homer Simpson said in a statement. “Watch your back Meet the Press.” Read: 150 Best ‘Simpsons’ Episodes And …
Read More »Trump's State of the Union Had No Shortage of Dog Whistles
President Trump strode to the podium in the House Chamber on Tuesday night with his red tie askew, its tip lost beneath his jacket somewhere between his belt and his breast. The address that followed was similarly devoid of tact. For more than an hour, the president touted his accomplishments, …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Billie Eilish, 'When I Was Older'
When director Alfonso Cuarón askedBillie Eilish to contribute a song to the soundtrack forROMA, she and Finneas O’Connell—her brother and main collaborator—were drawn to a line of dialogue spoken by Marco Graf’s character: “When I was older I used to be a sailor, but I drowned in a storm.” They …
Read More »Republicans Are Finally Seeing Trump's Intelligence Problem
President Trump took aim at the intelligence community last week, tweeting that its officials should “go back to school” after their threat assessments contradicted his rosy vision of international relations. It wasn’t the first time the president has dismissed the findings of the U.S. intelligence apparatus — last year he …
Read More »Elizabeth Warren Apologized to Cherokee Nation for DNA Test
Massachusetts Senator and Elizabeth Warren made another attempt to move on from the Native American ancestry issue that has, at the very least, been an ongoing distraction for the soon-to-be 2020 presidential candidate. On Friday, the executive director of Cherokee Nation Communications, Julie Hubbard, said Warren apologized for releasing DNA …
Read More »Rodrigo y Gabriela's Pink Floyd Cover 'Echoes' Is a Song You Need to Know
The centerpiece of Pink Floyd‘s Meddle album, “Echoes,” is a sprawling 23-minute odyssey of psychedelic imagery, contemplative sound effects and rushing melodies. That 1971 song laid the groundwork for the sound the band went on to explore on Dark Side of the Moon and their subsequent Seventies albums, and it …
Read More »Mitski Gets Animated in New 'A Pearl' Video
Mitski has collaborated with Spotify on a striking new video for her song “A Pearl.” The surreal animated video begins with a barefoot woman in a white dress walking across a surreal landscape. The mysterious figure runs through an ornate living room and, as guitar riffs carry the song into a …
Read More »See Salt-N-Pepa in Trailer for HBO Roller Skating Documentary 'United Skates'
Salt-N-Pepa reflect on how roller rinks fostered the development of hip-hop in the new trailer for HBO’s United Skates, the John Legend-produced documentary film premiering February 18th at 8 p.m. ET/PT. “It was a place where, the streets, everybody met up,” says Sandra “Pepa” Denton. The clip touches on how …
Read More »Best Movies to See This February: 'Lego Movie 2,' Liam Neeson, 'Alita'
So you’ve caught up with all of the big-name Oscar-nominated films and are ready to move past the dead zone that is January at the movies — what do you have to look forward in February? There’s a gangster movie set among the indigenous population of Colombia and an off-beat …
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