Just in time for Mother’s Day comes Tully, starring a firing-on-all-cylinders Charlize Theron as Marlo, a wife and mom of three, including a newborn. She’s about to come apart at the seams, and you’re about to say that you’ve seen this before. Think again. Director Jason Reitman is guided at …
Read More »Stephen Colbert Revives 'Colbert,' Defends Michelle Wolf's Set
Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah,Seth Meyers andJames Cordendefended Michelle Wolf’s scathing and controversial routine at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on their respective late-night shows Monday. On The Late Show, Colbert not only praised Wolf for not pulling any punches, but chastised the White House Correspondents’ Association for distancing themselves from …
Read More »See Robert Plant's Dusky 'May Queen' Video
Robert Plant sings “The May Queen,” a lush acoustic number off his recent Carry Fire, amid dark blue lights in the song’s new live video. He leans into the microphone, tenses his shoulders during the courses, claps along and waltzes with the mic stand as his bandmates rock back and …
Read More »Did Jeff Sessions Know of Proposed Trump-Putin Back Channel?
Democrats have published a response to the House Intelligence Committee report on the Trump/Russia nexus, released Friday by the committee’s Republican majority. The minority report offers new details – and unanswered questions – about the role of the NRA as a conduit between Russia and the Trump campaign, raising fresh …
Read More »The Indie Rock Hero: Jay Som on Blurring Genre Lines
More often than not, descriptors of Jay Som’s indie rock balladry evoke a sleepy feel: dream pop, bedroom pop, chillwave, shoegaze. But in performance, Jay Som – the alias of 24-year-old Melina Duterte – has a way of transforming her intimate, home-recorded sweet nothings into a swinging party fit for …
Read More »'Golden State Killer' Suspect Arrested: What We Know
Update: Sacramento CountyDistrictAttorney Anne Marie Schubert confirmed that the police arrested Joseph James DeAngelo as the primary suspect in the Golden State Killer case on Wednesday, acting on the conclusions of a task force containing members of law enforcement from multiple agencies and multiple counties. So far he has been …
Read More »'Carpool Karaoke': Christina Aguilera Gives Diva Lessons to James Corden
Christina Aguilera belted her hits, gave diva singing lessons and dished about her former Mickey Mouse Club costars during her appearance on The Late, Late Show Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special on Monday. In an extended clip from the show, the singer and host James Corden launched into 2002’s “Fighter” from …
Read More »Robert Redford-Produced Surfer Doc 'Momentum Generation' Premieres
A crew of surfers who helped change the sport tumble into each other’s company in a new clip from Momentum Generation, a documentary executive-produced by Robert Redford (among others), that’s set to premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. The film tracks the rise of athletes who eventually “win world titles …
Read More »Stoner Metal Heroes Sleep to Release New Album on 4/20
Stoner metal trio Sleep will celebrate 4/20 with their first album in nearly two decades, The Sciences, out tomorrow via Third Man Records. The six-track album boasts some very bud-friendly track names including “Marijuanaut’s Theme” and “The Botanist.” Another cut, “Giza Butler,” honors Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler. The album …
Read More »Watch 'GLOW' Cast Lip Sync 'Maniac' to Reveal Season Two Premiere Date
The cast of GLOW, Netflix‘s comedy series about an Eighties all-female wrestling company, lip sync to the Flashdance classic “Maniac” to reveal the premiere date of the show’s second season. GLOW‘s Alison Brie, Betty Gilpin and the rest of the Glorious Ladies of Wrestling get pumped for their matches in …
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