Take one look at Wyatt Russell — the shaggy blond hair, the Southern California drawl, those blues eyes, that beard that sometimes fluctuates between handsomely masculine to Father-John-Misty bushy — and you can see why folks might want to cast him as a stoner heartthrob. To be fair, he does …
Read More »Are Dana Rohrabacher's Days Numbered?
There are three things to know about Dana Rohrabacher. 1) He thinks home-sellers should be able to discriminate against gay people. 2) He once blamed climate change on dinosaur flatulence. 3) House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy was caught in 2016 saying: “There’s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and …
Read More »See Hasan Minhaj Implore America to Reassess Its Relationship With Saudi Arabia
Hasan Minhaj implored America to reassess its relationship with Saudi Arabia in the aftermath of the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. “Suddenly, America’s marriage of convenience with Saudi Arabia is starting to feel outdated,” the former Daily Show correspondent said Sunday on his new Netflix series Patriot Act. Minhaj provided …
Read More »'The Deuce' Recap: Take This Job and Shove It
A review of this week’s The Deuce, coming up just as soon as I take my mom to see Oh! Calcutta!… “Maybe the next one.” -Candy This episode, “The Feminism Part,” concludes with someone shooting at Vince while he’s out for a drive. Given this season’s Mob wars, it seems …
Read More »See Jon Batiste Channel 'The Heroes' With 'Late Show' Performance
Jon Batiste, the bandleader for The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, took centerstage on the program Wednesday night, when he performed a couple of songs from his upcoming Hollywood Africans LP, out Friday. For the soulful ballad “Don’t Stop,” the first song he performed, he played a moody line on …
Read More »Niche Metal Podcast 'Radical Research' Represents the Best Kind of Online Fandom
“Given how much those guys have supplemented my life with joy and awe, that we could give anything back to them is a humbling thing,” Hunter Ginn, co-host of the Radical Research podcast, said on a June episode. To those unfamiliar with the show, it might come as a surprise …
Read More »What Is Amazon's 'Forever' About, Anyway?
Last week, I attempted to review Amazon’s Forever despite a pretty exhaustive Do Not Reveal list from the show’s creators, Alan Yang and Matt Hubbard. All eight episodes of the first season are available now, so if you’ve watched it and want to think more about it — or if …
Read More »'A Star Is Born': Sexual Harassment Claims Surface Against Producer
A Star Is Born, coming off its acclaimed premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, hit a speed bump on the way to awards season when it was revealed that Jon Peters, one of the film’s producers, was accused of sexual harassment on multiple occasions. However, A Star Is Born‘s …
Read More »Watch Drake and Meek Mill Squash Beef at Boston Concert
Drake and Meek Mill officially squashed their beef Saturday night when the two rappers appeared onstage together to perform Meek Mill‘s “Dreams and Nightmares” during Drake’s Boston concert. Three years after Drake and Meek Mill volleyed high-profile diss tracks at one another, the two rappers shared the TD Garden stage …
Read More »See Diamante Eléctrico Flaunt Outcast Pride in New Video for 'Rotos'
Latin Grammy-winning alternative band Diamante Eléctrico dropped a video for “Rotos” Thursday night. “Rotos” is the third single off their upcoming album, Buitres. Directed by Santiago Cortés & Gustavo Martinez, the band’s latest video offers a glimpse into the lives of schoolchildren, tormented by bullies both young and old. Set …
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