When a documentary’s opening title card is “Flint, Michigan,” your instinct might be to assume that this will be a certain stripe of downbeat, sociological, living, tragic history — a story already pre-written by the headlines you’ve read about the place. But Roni Moore and James Blagden’s Midnight in Paris …
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President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden will square off for the final time on Thursday. We think. Though the third — err, second — and final debate is scheduled to take place on October 22nd, saying it’s “scheduled” is about as far as we’re willing to go …
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Quibi, the short-form streaming service founded by Jeffrey Katzenberg, is shutting down after six months, as Wall Street Journal reports. Launched in April, Quibi’s shows were designed to be watched on a phone, with all episodes, called Chapters, running less than 10 minutes. It kicked off with two dozen shows. …
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Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah, and other late-night hosts questioned the efficacy of adding a mute button to cut down on interruptions during this Thursday’s presidential debate. As Colbert explained on The Late Show, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced it would mute the microphones of Donald Trump and Joe Biden …
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HBO will air two special episodes of Euphoria ahead of the show’s second season, Variety reports. The first, “Trouble Don’t Last Always,” will air December 6th on HBO before streaming on HBO Max. A title and release date for the second episode has yet to be announced. Both episodes were …
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Run the Jewels performed their latest album RTJ4 in its entirety for the first time for the “Holy Calamavote,” Adult Swim and Ben & Jerry’s livestream that encouraged fans to register to vote as well as support the ACLU. During the livestream, Killer Mike and El-P were joined virtually by …
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UPDATE (10/23): The Vote With Us virtual rally has added more talent to the schedule: Amy Brenneman, Amy Schumer, Carmela Zumbado, Chelsea Handler, the Chicks, Desus and Mero, Dua Lipa, Josh Gad, Kelly Marie Tran, King Mel, Las Cafeteras, Lisa Bonet, Michael K. Williams, Norman Lear, Rachel Platten, Ronnie Chieng, …
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Wilco have released a demo version of their song “Candy Floss,” to be included on the upcoming deluxe reissue of the band’s 1999 albumSummerteeth. https://thisforall.net/Wilco/status/1316741618783977475?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1316741618783977475%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3%2Ccontainerclick_0&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.spin.com%2F2020%2F10%2Fwilco-share-candy-floss-demo-from-upcoming-summerteeth-reissue%2F TheSummerteeth reissue will be available as afour-CD set on November 6th via Rhino, as well as a limited-edition,five-LP vinyl version. The deluxe edition will feature …
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Oneohtrix Point Never, a.k.a. Daniel Lopatin, has released a fantastical new video for “Long Road Home.” The single appears on his upcoming album Magic Oneohtrix Point Never, out October 30th via Warp. Co-directed by Charlie Fox and Emily Schubert, the clip features a courtship between two demonic creatures who become …
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Joe Biden‘s presidential campaign has announced that it will be holding a virtual fundraising event with the cast of the hit musical Hamilton, streaming October 16th at 9:00 p.m. ET. Original Broadway cast members Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Jonathan Groff, Christopher Jackson, Javier Muñoz, Leslie Odom Jr., …
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