The Recording Academy’s Special Merit Award ceremony arrived the Saturday afternoon ahead of the 65th annual Grammy Awards. Members of Nirvana, the Supremes, and Heart, along with Woodstock photographer Henry Diltz, Auto-Tune inventor Dr. Andy Hildebrand and more, received honors at the intimate gathering inside Wilshire Ebell Theater in Los …
Read More »Confessions of a Sometimes-MAGA Critic
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) did not intend to strip Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) of her seat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee —until, of course, she did. As a personal matter, Mace says she has nothing against Omar. “I don’t know her from Adam,” she says,an odd contention from someone …
Read More »Paul McCartney's Post-Beatles Musical Legacy Focus of Upcoming Documentary
Paul McCartney’s post-Beatles music career will be the focus of an upcoming documentary directed by Morgan Neville. The tentatively titled Man on the Run, “the definitive document of Paul’s emergence from the dissolution of the world’s biggest band and his triumphant creation of a second decade of musical milestones — …
Read More »She Spent Two Years Writing for an Acclaimed Album — and Made Only $4,000
After years of struggle and even a few months of homelessness, Kimberly “Kaydence” Krysiuk was sure her big break as a songwriter had finally arrived. In August 2018, Ariana Grande released her fourth album, Sweetener, and there, at Number 12 on the track list, was the acerbic kiss-off ballad “Better …
Read More »SNL: Coldplay Performs a Soaring, Choir-Backed Version of 'Fix You'
Between host Pedro Pascal, who played Mario in a The Last of Us-style spoof of Mario Kart, Bowen Yang’s angry Chinese spy balloon floating in the ocean after being shot down, and the Weekend Update team unloading on pathological liar (and Republican congressman) George Santos, there was quite a bit …
Read More »SNL's Weekend Update Mocks George Santos Over His Drag Queen Lies
After a fun cold open starring Bowen Yang as the shot-down Chinese spy balloon floating in the ocean, as well as a fake trailer for a gritty/dystopian Mario Kart HBO series in the vein of The Last of Us, featuring host Pedro Pascal as Mario, it was time for SNL’s …
Read More »SNL and Pedro Pascal Transform 'Mario Kart' Into 'The Last of Us'
Following a fun cold open boasting Bowen Yang as the shot-down Chinese spy balloon, SNL aired a fake trailer for a dystopian The Last of Us-style HBO version of Mario Kart, starring host Pedro Pascal as Mario and Chloe Fineman as Princess Peach, as well as Kenan Thompson as Bowser. …
Read More »SNL Airs Hilarious Interview With Bowen Yang's Chinese Spy Balloon
A U.S. fighter jet shooting down China’s bizarrely conspicuous spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina is all people could talk about on Saturday, after days of the balloon floating over the country ahead of a high-level diplomatic meeting between U.S. and Chinese officials. And SNL opened tonight’s show …
Read More »'The Last of Us' Is Just the Beginning of Hollywood's Big Video Game Gamble
Back in 1993, Hollywood had the shot of a lifetime. A shot at an opportunity to change the movie industry forever. They had all the ingredients: the rights to the highest-selling Nintendo video game and an untapped market greedy for more content. But they missed. The arrow didn’t even hit …
Read More »U.S. Shoots Down Chinese Spy Balloon, Ending Its Journey Across North America
On Saturday morning, President Joe Biden promised to “take care” of the Chinese spy balloon that spent the past week hovering high above North America, and by the afternoon, he delivered as the U.S. shot the surveillance device down. According to U.S. officials, the military shot down the balloon as …
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