Rhino will release Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll, a collection of all Tina Turner’s singles from 1975-2023, on Nov. 24. The boxset celebrates 50 years since the start of the singer’s career and will mark the first time her singles have been released all together. The release is previewed with …
Read More »Wes Anderson's 'The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar' Is Barely a Movie — and One of His Best
The golden rule is usually, “Show, don’t tell.” And Wes Anderson is a filmmaker who — judging by the overly meticulous mise-en-scène, the highly mannered methods of his storytelling, the obsessive curating and compulsive footnoting of onscreen bric-a-brac — seems to love the structure that comes with obeying unwritten rules. …
Read More »How Bob Menendez's Gold Bars Led This New Jersey Democrat to Run for Senate
New Jersey Congressman Andy Kim was taking his kids to their annual checkup on Friday when his phone went haywire. “I was in the doctor’s office with them, they were running around and being absolutely crazy, but I could feel in my pocket my phone blowing up, just people calling …
Read More »One Great Rock Movie Can Change the World: An Oral History of 'School of Rock'
It was 20 years ago this month that Jack Black put on a bow tie, walked into a prep school, and told a bunch of fourth graders to get the Led out. His star turn as the lovable loser in Richard Linklater’s School of Rock helped the film gross nearly …
Read More »Michael Gambon, Dumbledore in 'Harry Potter' Films, Dead at 82
Michael Gambon, the BAFTA-winning British actor best known for portraying Professor Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter film series, has died at the age of 82. Gambon died following a bout with pneumonia, his publicist told the BBC. His family added in a statement, “We are devastated to announce the …
Read More »Rina Sawayama Says 'Hold the Girl' is About Being 'Groomed' by a Teacher at 17
In a new interview with the BBC, Rina Sawayama revealed that she was groomed — a term used in the U.K. to denote gaining the trust of a minor for sexual abuse — by one of her teachers when she was 17 years old. During the interview, conducted prior to …
Read More »Ryan Gosling Was 'Really Touched' by Chart-Topping Success of 'I'm Just Ken'
Ryan Gosling doesn’t seem fazed by the success of Barbie, but Mark Ronson, who helmed the film’s music, confirmed that the actor has found the response to his song “I’m Just Ken” “so surreal.” Speaking during an event about the music of Greta Gerwig‘s hit movie, Ronson described how Gosling …
Read More »Watch Penn Badgley and Kevin Bacon Join Forces for Taylor Swift TikTok Challenge
TikTok has been filled with fans romantically spinning their pets to Taylor Swift‘s “August” in recent weeks. Now, Penn Badgley and Kevin Bacon have gotten in on the action, sharing their own version of the “August” TikTok trend. In the clip, posted by Badgley, the You actor runs through a …
Read More »China-Linked Hackers Stole 60,000 U.S. State Dept. Emails in Microsoft Breach
Hackers linked to Beijing breached the email accounts of government officials this year and stole 60,000 emails from the U.S. State Department, a Senate staffer told Reuters Wednesday. The emails were stolen from 10 State Department accounts, according to the source, who works for Senator Eric Schmitt and was present …
Read More »Adeem the Artist Says They Suffered 'Transphobic Cruelty' During AmericanaFest
Adeem the Artist, the nonbinary songwriter who earned raves for their 2022 album, White Trash Revelry, is criticizing the Americana Music Association in an open letter published Wednesday night. The “Middle of a Heart” singer, who was nominated for Emerging Artist of the Year at last week’s Americana Honors & …
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