After a very long wait (only some of it due to the pandemic), Fargo is finally back. I reviewed the fourth season earlier this month, and I have specific thoughts on this week’s two episodes, “Welcome to the Alternate Economy” and “The Land of Taking and Killing,” coming up just …
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This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. Before she fell in love with climate science, Kate Marvel dreamed of being a movie star. She was tall and blond and good with words and liked the idea of life on …
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Jeff Tweedy has shared two new songs, “Guess Again” and “Love Is the King,” from his upcoming solo album, Love Is the King, out October 23rd via dBpm Records. In a statement Tweedy said the album came about at the start of the Covid-19 lockdown when he began “writing country …
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UPDATE (9/23):You can now watch The Princess Bride full-cast table read on-demand — with a donation to the Wisconsin Democratic Party. *** The cast of The Princess Bride, one of the best movies of all time (no hyperbole), reunited Sunday night to perform a table read in support of the …
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Here’s what Cuties, the debut feature from French-Senegalese filmmaker Maïmouna Doucouré, is: the story of an 11-year-old named Amy (Fathia Youssouf) who’s stuck watching her family fall apart and is trying to find a place for herself in the world. Here’s what it is not: a salacious bit of pedo-bait …
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To commemorate what would have been John Lennon‘s 80th birthday, his family selected 36 songs from his solo catalogue and enhanced them for a new box set, Gimme Some Truth. The Ultimate Mixes. Each of the tracks in the collection — which was executive-produced by Yoko Ono Lennon and produced …
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It’s been nearly 30 years since Bill S. Preston, Esq., and Ted “Theodore” Logan graced the big screen, but on August 28th, the most excellent duo, played by Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves, respectively, are back. The franchise’s long-awaited third installment, Bill & Ted Face the Music, kicks off with …
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A quick question: How much do you like Alien? Let’s rephrase this slightly: Do you dig Ridley Scott’s masterpiece so much that you’d be perfectly fine watching something that owes a massive debt to it, just to kill time between your 999th and 1000th viewing of the original 1979 groundbreaker? …
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Nearly six months after the United States experienced its first outbreak of Covid-19, the virus shows no signs of slowing down. Since then, the entertainment industry as a whole has grappled with the question: How will live events, especially long-standing awards shows, survive the pandemic? While several major awards ceremonies …
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A guitar that Jimi Hendrix played in the early Sixties — when the guitar god was an R&B sideman and fledgling rocker based in New York City — sold at auction Saturday for $216,000, nearly four times its pre-auction estimate. According to GWS Auctions, Hendrix began playing the Japanese sunburst …
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