Andrew Gillum is about to be out of a job, either way. As of Monday, he will no longer be the mayor of Tallahassee. The Florida machine recount of more than 8 million ballots won’t be over by then. It was authorized automatically on November 10th when Gillum’s deficit in …
Read More »The Orson Also Rises: A Brief History of Rescuing 'The Other Side of the Wind'
It begins with a death — a car accident that takes the life of a legendary director on his 70th birthday — and ends with a giant phallic symbol toppling over. In between those two moments, you get young film critics arguing, old actors kvetching, a Jim Morrison doppelganger, a …
Read More »'Roma': Cultures Collide in Powerful Trailer for Alfonso Cuaron's New Film
Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuarón examines the entwined stories of working and middle class families in Seventies Mexico in the new trailer for his upcoming film, Roma. Like the first trailer for Roma, the new one doesn’t offer much in the way of distinct plot points, though it does create a …
Read More »'Green Book' Review: Odd-Couple Dramedy Is Timely Feel-Good Movie
Dr. Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali), an African-American classical-trained pianist on a jazz-trio tour in a part of 1960’s America that’s not prepared to embrace integration. In his search for a chauffeur, Don makes the curious choice of Frank Anthony Vallelonga, a.k.a. Tony Lip (Viggo Mortensen), a loudmouth Italian cliché temporarily …
Read More »Action Bronson Announces White Bronco Tour
Action Bronson has mapped out the 2019 tour in support of his recently released new album White Bronco, the rapper’s first independent LP since 2012. The month-long White Bronco Tour kicks off February 11th in Boston and blazes a westward path before it ends Match 13th in San Diego. Bronson’s …
Read More »The First Time With Claire Foy
Actress Claire Foy discusses her lifelong love of Bruce Springsteen, throwing back pints of white wine in college and her mortifying first performances as an actress in the latest installment of “The First Time.” Foy recalls a handful of early music memories, including her childhood love of Nineties British pop …
Read More »Watch Samantha Bee Celebrate Dems Taking House in 2018 Midterms
Samantha Bee broke down the good and the bad from the midterm elections, as well as the new kind of chaos that’s already begun to grip President Trump’s administration on Full Frontal Wednesday. Bee opened her show with the deluge of news that’s already overwhelmed the election results, such as …
Read More »There Was No Song of the Summer This Year — and There Won't Be Ever Again
I n 2012 it was indisputably Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe.” In 2002, Nelly’s “Hot in Herre,” tailed by Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s “Crazy In Love” in 2003. Back in 1992, it was Sir Mix-A-Lot’s “Baby Got Back”; the Police’s “Every Breath You Take” for 1983, and so on. Summer’s …
Read More »Teyana Taylor Takes Fans Behind the Scenes in Intimate 'Gonna Love Me' Video
Teyana Taylor takes fans behind the scenes in her intimate, family-filled “Gonna Love Me” video. The clip shows the R&B singer marrying her husband, Sacramento Kings guard Iman Shumpert, spending time with her infant daughter, crying on a couch, hanging out backstage with Janet Jackson, recording vocals and performing live. …
Read More »Old Dominion's Matthew Ramsey on New Album, CMA Nomination and 2019 Tour
The last time Old Dominion performed during the CMA Awards broadcast, they were relegated to an abbreviated performance of their Number One song “No Such Thing As a Broken Heart,” the lead single from their second album Happy Endings. But at the 2018 CMAs on November 14th, they’ll get the …
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