Like so many other Replacements fans, no doubt, the first thing I did with the new version of Tim was skip right to “Left of the Dial.” One of those “bury my soul in these guitars” songs that any music fan collects over time. It’s a highlight of the classic …
Read More »'Rick and Morty' Returns With New Voices, Old Interdimensional Mayhem
Rick and Morty is back with more of the same deranged interdimensional adventures but some notably different voices in the new trailer for Season Seven. The clip offers the first glimpse at Rick and Morty following the ouster of creator/lead performer Justin Roiland, who was fired in January after it …
Read More »U.K. Police Launch Sex Crimes Investigation Following Russell Brand Allegations
The London police force has launched a sex crimes investigation following assault allegations against Russell Brand. According to the Associated Press, the London Metropolitan Police reportedly received “a number of allegations of sexual offenses” after the comedian was accused by four women of rape, sexual assault, and emotional abuse. Brand …
Read More »Watch Bob Dylan and the Heartbreakers Play a Surprise Set of Sixties Classics at Farm Aid
Around 10:20 p.m. on Saturday night, a shadowy group of figures walked onto the Farm Aid stage at the Ruoff Music Center in Noblesville, Indiana. This was supposed to be the moment where Wille Nelson wrapped up the night, but there was no sign of the Red Headed Stranger or …
Read More »'Sex Education's' Final Lesson Is Its Most Important
In its four-season run, Netflix’s teen comedy Sex Education has delved into a breadth of issues affecting every manner of teenager: asexuality, abortion, premature ejaculation, consent, assault, and the wide and wonderful world of vulvas. As a show, the Asa Butterfield, Ncuti Gatwa, Emma Mackey, and Gillian Anderson-led series became …
Read More »'Expend4bles' Signals the End of the Elderly Action Hero
They sold it with a list of surnames: Stallone. Statham. Li. Lundgren. Couture. Austin. Crews. Willis. The only name missing was Schwarzenegger, and that’s simply because they wanted his cameo to be a surprise. (He’d make the poster for the sequel.) Two of them came from the worlds of pro-wrestling …
Read More »Kendrick Lamar Brings On the Hits, Omar Apollo Sparkles at Life Is Beautiful Day Two
It’s official. Summer is over. The second day of Life Is Beautiful inaugurated the Fall season with a diverse lineup of performers across the festival’s stages in Downtown Las Vegas, with artists such as Kendrick Lamar, Reneé Rapp, the 1975, and Omar Apollo performing throughout the evening. (It might be …
Read More »'The Super Models' Directors Didn't Want to 'Make a Puff Piece'
You know their names: Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Cindy Crawford, and Christy Turlington. The supermodel quartet reached instant fame and held the fashion industry in the palm of their hands in the Nineties. To filmmaker Roger Ross Williams, they were the first influencers with indelible power, photographed globally and enamored …
Read More »Trans Boxers Are Stepping Into the Ring. Will the Sport Let Them Stay?
P atricio Manuel sits silently backstage at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino. He’s in the back corner of the white-tarpaulined gazebo as he waits to be called to the ring of the 3,000-seater events center here in Indio, California. Inside the thin tent walls, he can hear the hubbub of …
Read More »'Real Housewives' Has a Drinking Problem. Are We to Blame?
It started like so many reality TV scandals do. Just after 7 a.m. on Monday morning, notorious gossip site TMZ alleged that Shannon Beador — star of Bravo’s Real Housewives of Orange County — had been arrested for drunkenly crashing her car then fleeing the scene. The report alleged that …
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