There were red flowerpot hats on each of the seats. The “Energy Domes,” as they used to call them, were Devo‘s headgear of choice during the early 1980s, back when the band went from extremely bizarre, unclassifiable group to extremely bizarre, slightly more classifiable (postpunk, New Wave, geek rock) group …
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Back in November 2022, Kim Kardashian was caught in the crossfire of criticism aimed at the luxury fashion house Balenciaga. After a holiday collection photoshoot featuring children led to a deep-seated pedophilia conspiracy, the mogul — who has worn Balenciaga to the Met Gala in addition to walking in one …
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MTV, this is your sign to bring back your old programming! On Monday, Saturday Night Live released a hilarious “cut for time” sketch playing off the MTV classic reality show, Pimp My Ride. Host Jacob Elordi appeared in the sketch as a Russian janitor whose car broke down, prompting Please …
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Norman Jewison, the versatile, acclaimed filmmaker behind movies like Fiddler on the Roof and In the Heat of the Night, died Saturday at home, his publicist announced Monday. He was 97. Jewison was a seven-time Oscar nominee and earned the Thalberg Memorial Award from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts …
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Eternal You, a new documentary premiering at Sundance about the nauseating new world of digital afterlife technology, opens on a woman, Christi Angel, staring into a computer screen. She’s messaging with a dead loved one and tears are streaming down her face. “This experience… It was creepy,” she says. “There …
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Saturday Night Live‘s first episode of the election year opened with James Austin Johnson’s Donald Trump bragging that he’s “more cognitive than ever,” and that his campaign has “seen a lot of success with saying things that did not happen.” The Republican frontrunner spoke to the press outside a New …
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After former GOP presidential candidate Tim Scott endorsed Donald Trump rather than fellow South Carolinian Nikki Haley, who had appointed him as senator in 2012, SNL‘s Devon Walker portrayed Scott justifying his move on SNL‘s Weekend Update. Co-anchor Michael Che first mentioned Scott’s endorsement during the headline rundown, joking that …
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SNL‘s Chloe Fineman and guest host Jacob Elordi made out at the conclusion of a sketch about a Bachelorette-type spin-off where the male contestants are all “short kings”… except for one. Elordi, who is 6’5″, plays Jackson, a bro-ish type who Fineman immediately chooses. Elordi describes himself thusly: “I’m from …
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All film noirs start with a bad decision. Love Lies Bleeding, Rose Glass’s follow-up to her cult horror movie Saint Maud and the most case-hardened Southwestern pulp this side of Jim Thompson, kicks off with a doozy. Lou (Kristen Stewart) cleans toilets and works the desk at a gym in …
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The Fabelmans star Gabriel LaBelle is set to play Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels in an upcoming SNL origins movie, according to a report from Deadline. SNL 1975, written and directed by Jason Reitman, is based on behind-the-scenes accounts of the long-running comedy show’s debut night. Per the outlet, …
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