The towering voice of film director Oliver Stone opens the trailer of Nuclear Now with the words: “We may have come to a point in time when Earth is asking us: ‘Do you know what you’re doing?’” It’s a valid question Mother Earth may have as the climate crisis continues …
Read More »Ed Sheeran Is Planning a Posthumous Album
With his confessional new album –(pronouncedSubtract), on the way, Ed Sheeran opened up like never before in his cover-story interviews with senior writer Brian Hiatt, which took place over a week in Auckland, New Zealand. Some highlights follow, or read the whole cover story here. Now that Sheeran has completed …
Read More »It 'Seared Me': Brooke Shields Grapples With Exploitation, Sexualization in New Doc Trailer
Brooke Shields confronts the exploitation and over-sexualization that fueled her rise to stardom in the new trailer for the upcoming documentary, Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields. The two-part doc, directed by Lana Wilson, delves into Shields’ career, as she rose from a child model to an actor, taking on controversial roles …
Read More »XXXTentacion Trial: Three Men Found Guilty of Murdering Rapper in 2018
Three men have been found guilty of murdering XXXTentacion outside a motorcycle shop in Florida in 2018. Dedrick Williams, Michael Boatwright, and Trayvon Newsome were all found guilty of first-degree murder and armed robbery. The verdict came Monday, March 20, after seven days of deliberation (not including last Friday, with …
Read More »Mrs. Maisel Is Ready for Her Big Break in New Final Season Trailer
Midge Maisel is headed right to the very top in the new trailer for the fifth and final season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, premiering April 14 on Prime Video. The new clip opens with Midge (Rachel Brosnahan) dreaming of a “big life” and wanting “to break every single rule …
Read More »Helen Mirren on Superhero Movies, Tarantino Westerns, and Why She Got Tattooed
Many people have called Dame Helen Mirren a “goddess” throughout her life. Now the Oscar-winning actor gets to portray a literal one onscreen, and destroy an entire city block in the process. Shazam! Fury of the Gods, the sequel to the 2019 D.C. Comics superhero movie, finds Mirren playing Hespera, …
Read More »Warren Calls for Investigation into the Fed, Says Powell Has 'Failed' as Chair
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is seeking an independent investigation into the Federal Reserve as well as the U.S. banking regulatory system while calling out Fed Chairman Jerome Powell for failing in his duties. “I’m calling for an independent investigation of the Fed and the whole regulatory system here. The fed doesn’t …
Read More »Mojo Nixon Became a Cult Hero Singing About Anarchy, Sex, and Elvis. At 65, He Still Won't Shut Up
It’s well after midnight somewhere off the coast of Florida, and Mojo Nixon is leading a cruise ship full of lubricated and rowdy country-music fans in a bawdy singalong of a song titled “Tie My Pecker to My Leg.” We won’t get into the lyrics here, but the verses touch …
Read More »Meet the Secret Society of People Who Piss in the Sink
“Today my wife caught me peeing in the sink for the first time.” So begins a confessional post on Reddit‘s r/Sinkpissers, a forum that advertises itself as a haven for those who prefer to save seven liters of water by urinating in the sink instead of flushing pee down the …
Read More »Inside Billie Eilish's Terrifying Acting Debut in 'Swarm'
There is nothing on television quite like Swarm. This ultraviolent fever dream of a series, from the Atlanta team of Donald Glover and Janine Nabers, tells the tale of a tormented young Black woman, Dre (Dominique Fishback, outstanding), who idolizes Ni’Jah, the world’s biggest pop star — or at least …
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