So, How Was Your 2020? is a series in which our favorite entertainers answer our questionnaire about the music, culture and memorable moments that shaped their year. We’ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December. Angel Olsen stripped her music down to its barest essentials on this summer’s Whole New …
Read More »Taylor Swift's Cruel Winter: Why 'Marjorie' Is Her Heart-Shredding Masterpiece
Nobody, absolutely nobody, was complaining Taylor Swift didn’t inflict enough emotional brutality on us this year. But here she is and here we are. Taylor is celebrating her birthday this weekend, and she decided to turn 31 in typical Swift style — dropping her second surprise masterpiece of the year, …
Read More »The Bimbo Is Back. Like, for Real!
Chrissy Chlapecka twirls in front of her mirror in a Paas-colored minidress and matching faux-fur trimmed coat, her long platinum hair pulled back into two pigtails. “Hi. Welcome to Bimbo TikTok,” she says breathily, mouth half open, a vacant stare in her impeccably made up eyes. “You’re probably wondering how …
Read More »Late-Night Does Its Due Diligence and Roasts Rudy Giuliani After Hair Dye Fiasco
Over the years, Rudy Giuliani has provided late-night hosts with plenty of fodder, but President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer outdid himself Thursday, November 19th, when what appeared to be hair dye started leaking down his face during a press conference packed with lies about election fraud. In response, Stephen Colbert, …
Read More »Flashback: Bob Dylan Sings an Impromptu 'Yesterday' With George Harrison in 1970
On May 1st, 1970, just weeks after the world learned that the Beatles were breaking up, George Harrison and Bob Dylan met up at Columbia’s Studio B in New York City. Joined by bassist Charlie Daniels and drummer Russ Kunkel, their stated purpose was to start work on Dylan’s album …
Read More »MyMilitia Is Like Tinder for the Far-Right
Like most Trump supporters, Brian Maoirana, 54, from Staten Island, New York, was unhappy with the results of the 2020 election. Unlike his compatriots, however, he allegedly decided to react by threatening to blow up an FBI building. On Tuesday morning, authorities arrested Maiorana, charging him with making threatening interstate …
Read More »AC/DC Unleash New Song 'Realize' Ahead of 'Power Up' Release
Two days before AC/DC release their latest LP Power Up, the band has unleashed the album’s opening salvo “Realize.” As with first single “Shot in the Dark,” “Realize” proves that the six-year hiatus, health woes, lineup changes, and deaths haven’t diluted AC/DC’s trademark sound, with Power Up’s opening track a …
Read More »Inside the Past and Possible Future of 'Hannibal,' Now on Netflix
The oft-surreal, delightfully sickening, camp-drenched serial-killer drama Hannibal, one of the most adventurous network television shows ever made, went off the air in 2015 after three seasons. But it never really went away, thanks in part to its still-obsessed online fan base (Fannibals, of course), and the fact that its …
Read More »Ann Wilson Covers Steve Earle's 'The Revolution Starts Now' Ahead of the Election
Ahead of the 2020 presidential election, Heart‘s Ann Wilson has dropped a cover of Steve Earle‘s “The Revolution Starts Now.” Originally the title track to Earle’s 2004 album, Wilson’s rendition stays true to the former, but with a sense of urgency that arrives like a jolt to the heart. “I …
Read More »Trailers of the Week: 'The Crown,' 'Hillbilly Elegy,' 'Letter to You,' and More
The Crown, Season Four Finally, we have an official look at the biographical series’ newest season. Not only do we get to see more of Gillian Anderson as Margaret Thatcher, but we also see Emma Corrin as Princess Diana. Things pick up as Queen Elizabeth (Olivia Colman) is trying to …
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