Elon Musk‘s life will serve as the basis for an upcoming biopic currently in development at A24. The production and distribution firm known for its unusual storytelling approach will build the film on the foundation of Walter Isaacson’s 670-page authorized biography Elon Musk, released in September. A24 has recruited Darren …
Read More »Chris Stapleton Sticks With What Works On 'Higher'
When rock and pop A-listers have needed a world-class country singer to sing on their song over the past few years, they usually call Chris Stapleton. Since his last album, 2020’sStarting Over, the 45 year-old traditionalist has duetted with Taylor Swift and Adele, written songs with Santana, and collaborated with …
Read More »Taylor Swift, SZA, Olivia Rodrigo Lead 2024 Grammy Nominees
The 2024 Grammy nominations have arrived, and SZA, Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, and Victoria Monét are among the artists set to compete for the top prizes. SZA, on the strength of her celebrated smash album, SOS, led all nominees this year with nine, while Monét’s breakthrough debut album, Jaguar II, …
Read More »Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Perform a Blistering 'King of Oklahoma' on 'Austin City Limits'
Earlier this fall, Jason Isbell and the 400 United stopped by the Moody Theater in Austin for what would become their third appearance on Austin City Limits. Isbell had spent the summer presenting nearly every song from Weathervanes, his acclaimed 2023 album, so by the time they arrived at the …
Read More »'For All Mankind' Returns to Soaring Heights in Season Four
No current drama on television tries to cover as much ground, literally or figuratively, as For All Mankind. The fourth season of the Apple TV+ drama — set in an alternate version of history where the Soviets beat America to the moon, triggering a never-ending space race — splits its …
Read More »'The Very First Night' and 'Labyrinth' Get Live Debuts as Taylor Swift Resumes Eras Tour
The Eras tour has resumed after a nearly three-month-long break, and with it comes the return of what Swifties have dubbed “surprise song anxiety.” For a little while, they were able to know peace, or at least some version of it — Taylor Swift was still everywhere, from football games …
Read More »The Key to Mike Johnson's Christian Extremism Hangs Outside His Office
The American public has had much to learn about Mike Johnson over the past two weeks. Until his surprise elevation to House speaker, the Louisiana representative was an obscure, mild-mannered, and bookish four-term back-bencher. He is a former constitutional lawyer and hardly the type of political figure who jeers during …
Read More »'The Marvels' Is Marvel Hanging Its Female Superheroes Out to Dry
It’s a truth universally acknowledged that the Marvel Cinematic Universe — or, and we’re just coining this term right this very second, the “MCU” — has had a shaky time trying to find a post-Infinity Saga groove. But one of the major highlights of the past few years has been …
Read More »'The Curse' Premiere: Nathan Fielder, Small Dicks, and Emma Stone
This post contains spoilers for the first episode of The Curse, which is now streaming on Paramount+ with Showtime. Perhaps the only way to begin discussing Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie‘s deliberately weird and even more deliberately uncomfortable new miniseries is to paraphrase Reservoir Dogs. So let me tell you …
Read More »Prince Harry's Court Case Against 'Daily Mail' Publisher Can Continue, Judge Rules
Prince Harry, Elton John, and several other prominent British figures have been given the green light to continue with their legal case against the publisher of the Daily Mail. A judge made the ruling after Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) attempted to have the cases thrown out in London’s high court. …
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