Griz is bursting with energy, smiling ear to ear with eyes wide as saucers when he sits down with Rolling Stone in the Bonnaroo press compound on Friday. Forty-five minutes earlier the relentlessly ebullient singer, MC, saxophone player and all around entertainer (real name Grant Kwiecinski) was getting as turnt …
Read More »'I'm Just Sick of Zombies, Man': Jim Jarmusch on 'The Dead Don't Die'
There are dozens of filmmakers who get giddy at the thought of orchestrating an army of extras, all made up to look as if the flesh is rotting on their bones, all shuffling forward as if battling rigor mortis, all moaning and grasping and jaws chomping in anticipation. Jim Jarmusch …
Read More »Six Things We Learned About 'Dark Phoenix' and the X-Men Franchise
It’s a simple story, more or less: Girl meets boy, girl’s mutant powers multiply to galaxy-eating levels, girl turns evil and glow-y. But telling the saga of Dark Phoenix, centered on the corruption of X-Men member Jean Grey, has somehow always been a fraught task. Even in the original comic-book …
Read More »R.I.P. Apple's iTunes: Remembering the Best, Worst and Wackiest Moments
The iTunes brand is no more. Nearly two decades after introducing the world to the digital store-library hybrid, Apple announced at its annual global developers conference on Monday that it will shutter the iTunes software this fall, replacing it with three standalone programs for music, television and podcasts. While core …
Read More »Court Blocks Chunk of Border Wall Funds, Citing Trump's Remarks as a Reason
President Donald Trump‘s attempts to fund his much-touted border wall were thwarted, at least partially, by a Friday evening ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Haywood Gilliam in Sierra Club v. Trump, Politico reported. The Sierra Club took Trump to court after he declared a national emergency and tried to …
Read More »Watch Stephen Colbert, James Corden Celebrate 'Game of Thrones' Finale
Stephen Colbert and James Corden marked the end of Game of Thrones on their respective late-night programs Monday. Colbert opened The Late Show with an “extended” version of Brienne of Tarth’s controversial final scene, in which she plays up Jaime Lannister’s exploits in the Book of Brothers, despite the way …
Read More »Paul McCartney Remembers Doris Day: 'She Was a True Star'
Paul McCartney remembered his longtime friend and fellow animal lover, Doris Day. The legendary singer and actress died Monday at age 97 after contracting pneumonia. “She was a true star in more ways than one,” he wrote on his website. One of those ways was as a lifelong animal welfare …
Read More »Emma Thompson on 'SNL': 3 Sketches You Have to See
Another season of Saturday Night Live is winding down, and looking back, it’s hard to figure out a particular through line to describe the past year of the show. If there’s one, it’s that the show has finally decided during the second half of Season 44 that simply showing clips …
Read More »Yes, Trump's Tariffs Are Still Hurting Americans — No, He Still Doesn't Care
Back in 2018, President Trump slapped tariffs on several imported products and raw materials. The taxes were imposed mostly in an effort to force foreign nations to renegotiate their trade deals with the United States, about which Trump has complained repeatedly. Most significant were the tariffs placed on imported steel …
Read More »Jonas Brothers Announce 40-Date Happiness Begins Tour
The reunited Jonas Brothers have announced a massive 40-date North American tour in support of their upcoming album Happiness Begins. The Happiness Begins Tour opens August 7th in Miami and makes stops at 40 arenas in the United States and Canada before concluding October 20th with a gig at Los …
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