When Katherine Paul thinks back to the experiences that inspired her sweeping new album, she thinks about Sčičudᶻ, a forested path near the Salish Sea, and the salmon berries that grow there. Salmon berries, for those who live outside of the Pacific Northwest, are sweet, tart fruits resembling blackberries or …
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Hanging out with Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, and Phoebe Bridgers — a.k.a. boygenius — you learn a lot about three of the most fascinating people in rock. For instance: Baker calls her barbecue the best $400 she’s ever spent. Dacus is currently watching The Sopranos for the first time. Bridgers …
Read More »Republicans Want to Force AT&T to Carry Trumpy Propaganda Network
Republican lawmakers have rushed to the defense of far-right TV network Newsmax after the channel was dropped by AT&T’s DirecTV. According to the satellite television provider, the split stemmed from a carriage fee dispute that would have resulted in “significantly higher costs” and increased customer fees. The channel claims they …
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The wild and crazy Roy family is back for more psychological torture and corporate shenanigans in the new trailer for Season Four of Succession, premiering March 26 on HBO. The new short clip opens with a superb bit in which Kendall, Roman, and Shiv — fresh off of failing once …
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Television’s least productive but most lovable catering team is back, with Starz confirming that the third season of Party Down will arrive in February. The cult comedy will hit Starz’s streaming app and on-demand platforms at midnight Feb. 24, with the episode getting a proper broadcast premiere at 9 p.m. …
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Jennifer Coolidge has lived many lives on screen, one of her latest being in Netflix‘s upcoming film We Have a Ghost. Judging by her fear-stricken reaction to seeing an actual ghost, the psychic medium she plays, Judy Romano, is the kind of supernatural communicator who hopes they never actually have …
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When John Hampson of Nine Days heard that someone wanted to interpolate his band’s biggest hit “Absolutely (Story of a Girl),” he was “a bit apprehensive.” “After all, I did end up marrying ‘the girl’ [it’s about],” he tells Rolling Stone. “So the song means something special to me beyond …
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Like it or not, we’re firmly entrenched in a sea of video game remakes. With the success of 2022’s The Last of Us Part I and Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion, alongside the upcoming Resident Evil 4, it’s clear that the trend is here to stay. But if there’s …
Read More »'Past Lives' Is a Sundance Marvel — and the First Great Film of 2023
The 2020 Sundance Film Festival proved to be the last major movie event before Covid-19 knocked the Earth off its axis. More than merely washing the bad taste of Cats out of our mouths, the fest — which ran from Jan. 23 to Feb. 2 — showcased a plethora of …
Read More »They Fought for Diversity in Gaming. Then the Abuse Began
FOR ASHLEY JOHNSON, the chance to be a voice actor in the post-apocalyptic video game The Last of Us Part II was both a risk and irresistible. It was her first gig as a video-game protagonist, as her character, Ellie, moved up from a supporting role. But Part II wasn’t …
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