Mention this summer’s Newport Folk Festival to S.G. Goodman, and she’ll lead with a sports story. “Oh, I kicked Kevin Morby’s ass,” she says, faster than it took to bring up the fest in the first place. Goodman was the captain of the winning team in the Newport All-Star softball …
Read More »Helen Mirren Is Against Casting a Woman as the Next James Bond: 'It Just Doesn't Work'
No one has spent a longer stretch of time in the role of James Bond than Daniel Craig. After vacating the role following 2021’s No Time to Die, nearly every handsome and charismatic working actor has been suggested to fill his position. Some viewers have even considered a list of …
Read More »Guy Pearce, Edgar Wright, Billy Idol Pay Tribute to Terence Stamp: 'A True Movie Star'
Numerous actors, filmmakers, and musicians have paid tribute to Terence Stamp following his death at 87. The Oscar-nominated British actor was best known for starring inThe Limey,Billy Budd, and as General Zod inSuperman. He also appeared as a transgender woman in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, which …
Read More »Sarah Jessica Parker Isn't Bothered by 'And Just Like That' Haters: 'I Don't Really Care'
Sarah Jessica Parker hasn’t given the haters of her series And Just Like That much thought. The actress, who played Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City and its more recent sequel, reflected on the perception of the show in a new interview with The New York Times. Responding to …
Read More »ESPN Won't Air Spike Lee's Colin Kaepernick Docuseries Due to 'Creative Differences'
ESPN has dropped Spike Lee‘s forthcoming multi-part documentary series about former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick. The sports network confirmed to Reuters that they will not to broadcast the series, which Lee is directing. “ESPN, Colin Kaepernick, and Spike Lee have collectively decided to no longer proceed with this project as …
Read More »Blackpink Close Out London Run With Cover of Spice Girls' 'Wannabe'
Blackpink performed at Wembley Stadium in London on Friday and Saturday, and as the first K-pop girl group to headline the venue, they made sure to give fans what they really, really want. On Saturday, they paid tribute to a fellow girl group sensation who preceded them, performing Spice Girls’ …
Read More »John Fogerty on Creedence, Dark Times, and Redemption: 'I Am the Luckiest Man in the World'
J ohn Fogerty rerecorded some of the best-known songs by his long-gone band for his new album, Legacy: The Creedence Clearwater Revival Years, a Taylor Swiftian move that’s best understood as the culmination of his decades-long journey toward reclaiming those hits. Fogerty spent years in a series of ugly legal …
Read More »'Denzel and I, We're Jazz Musicians': Spike Lee on 'Highest 2 Lowest'
Leave it to Spike Lee to explode the typical high-stakes remake. His new film, Highest 2 Lowest, which opened Friday, flips Akira Kurosawa’s mannered 1963 staple, High and Low, into a rowdy, topical, laugh-out-loud romp (starring Denzel Washington, Jeffrey Wright, and A$AP Rocky) that’s as beautifully jarring as a dissonant …
Read More »How a Ralph Lauren Ad Sparked a Debate About Black Elitism
To be Black in Martha’s Vineyard in August is momentous. The first week of the month, folks ferry in for Legacy Week — which honors Historically Black Colleges and Universities — and the African American Film Festival in the historically Black neighborhood of Oak Bluffs. Two blocks away from Inkwell …
Read More »Soulshine at Sea 3 Original Event Canceled After Dispatch, Maggie Rose, More Pull Out
Dispatch, Maggie Rose, Hirie, and Liz Vice are among the artists that were originally slated to set sail on Soulshine at Sea 3, but after the artists began pulling out of the lineup, festival promoter Sixthman announced on Sunday that the event headlined by Michael Franti and scheduled for Nov. …
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