Long before he made Popeye Doyle race a Brooklyn subway and Regan MacNeil’s head spin, William Friedkin began his career doing live TV. He’d move on to an episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, short documentaries, a Sonny-and-Cher joint (Good Times), theatrical adaptations (The Birthday Party, The Boys in the …
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Welcome to Earth in 500,000 gigabytes. On Friday night, Darren Aronofsky’s newest film,Postcard From Earth, had its world debut at The Sphere in Las Vegas, and it’s not hyperbole to say that it’s unlike any movie you’ve ever seen. For starters, it’s the first time anyone has ever seen images …
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While the media frenzy over the real-life, Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce sports rom com is in full swing, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end said that it won’t be affecting his performance on the field. “I’ve always been pretty good about compartmentalizing and being able to stay focused in this building,” …
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Lauren Mayberry announced in July that she would be stepping away from Chvrches to embark on her own solo career. While assuring fans the band wasn’t done forever, Mayberry also set off on her first solo tour in September across the U.S., Europe,and the U.K. “I met Iain [Cook] and …
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Fourteen years after Drake broke through with his So Far Gone mixtape, public reaction to his new projects has grown predictable. The Toronto rapper/singer will run up numbers on Spotify and Apple Music because, well, he’s the king of streaming. A social-media war will inevitably break out over the quality …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The Texas Longhorns vs. Oklahoma Sooners game on Saturday isn’t just one of the biggest showdowns going into Week 6 of the college football season — this weekend’s …
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BTS member J-Hope, who enlisted for mandatory military service in South Korea this past April, has written an update to his fans via Weverse. “I’m here to tell you that I’m doing very well and that I’m becoming more mature,” the 29-year-old wrote in his note, which he addressed to …
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Junior H wasn’t planning on revisiting his beloved album $ad Boyz 4 Life for a sequel. After dropping a pair of albums last year, including his trap experiment Contingente, Junior started writing music in the same style as the 2019 LP he made when he didn’t have a fancy studio …
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On Drake‘s “All the Parties,” his voice emerges from what sounds like an ambient fever dream with ethereal synths swirling his words as he latches onto a familiar melody: “It’s 6, our town a dead-end world,” he sings, with autotune blipping his voice, “East End boys and West End girls, …
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