The All-Star Pulp Fiction Gonzo Crime Farce (TM) – it’s practically a genre. Get a bunch of famous people together (not like disaster movie or Ocean’s Eleven-level famous, but enough to reach I’ve-seen-these-actors-before mark), get them mixed up in some very complicated caper or heist or scam, run them around …
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In December 2016, a fire at the Ghost Ship, an Oakland warehouse that doubled as a living and arts space, claimed 36 lives. In the tragedy’s immediate aftermath, DIY venues from Baltimore to Nashville began to face heightened scrutiny, closures and harassment. How can venue owners, artists, and people building …
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Rock outfitEvanescence and electric violinist Lindsey Stirling will unite for a co-headlining North American tour this summer. The trek starts July 6th at the Starlight Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri and includes stops in Detroit, Chicago, Toronto, Atlanta, Dallas, Phoenix and more. The tour wraps September 8th at the Sunlight …
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Eddie Vedder performed a moving version of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers‘ “Room at the Top” during the “In Memoriam” segment of the 2018 Oscars. The Pearl Jam frontman stripped back the 1999 single to a soft croon, strummed electric guitar and swirling keyboard strings. “I got a room at …
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This Sunday, the Academy Awards will return to the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood with Jimmy Kimmel hosting for a second consecutive year. The usual Golden Globe and SAG Awards surprises have occurred in tandem with an industry-wide reckoning for powerful Hollywood men that have been called out for their abuses …
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Chadwick Boseman surprised multiple fans who recorded enthusiastic video clips about their love of the movie Black Pantheras part of a segment for The Tonight Show.Boseman stars in the critically acclaimed film, which debuted February 16th and has dominated the box office ever since. For The Tonight Show bit, fans …
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Indie veteransYo La Tengo released “For You Too,” a new song that reckons with fear and uncertainty that is set for their upcoming album, There’s a Riot Going On, out March 16th via Matador. The tune has an even, elegant mix of drums, synth drones and winding guitar lines. Singer …
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Al Pacino‘s Joe Paterno fights for his legacy and his job at Penn State in the first full trailer for Paterno, the HBO film about the football coach in the aftermath of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. Directed by Barry Levinson – who previously cast Pacino to lead …
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It’s easy to call acts of horror “evil.” It’s comforting to ascribe an external, unknowable motive to events so terrible we can’t imagine a motivation. The human mind is incapable of imagining what would drive a man to haul an arsenal of high-powered weapons into a hotel room, knock out …
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Director Ryan Coogler thanked Black Panther fans in a moving statement after the superhero blockbuster received a slew of rave reviews and posted staggering numbers at the box office during its opening weekend. “Never in a million years did we imagine that you all would come out this strong,” Coogler …
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