This week’s episode of the Saturday Night Live didn’t hesitate to chime in on the conversation surrounding Jordan Peele’s new horror film Us. A standard ad for a Discover Card proves to be exactly the opposite as SNL stars Ego Nwodim and Kenan Thompson battle with the credit card company. …
Read More »New Book Chronicles How Trump Cheats at Golf
Donald Trump plays golf more than any other modern president. And he cheats more, too. A new book is coming out Tuesday titled, Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump, and goes into great detail describing how, exactly, President Donald Trump cheats on the links, and the New York Post …
Read More »Read the Heartfelt Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Speeches by (Some of) Radiohead
When the news came out that Radiohead were entering the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, many fans thought they’d pull a Sex Pistols and simply not show up to the ceremony. “I don’t care,” guitarist Jonny Greenwood told Rolling Stone in 2017. “Maybe it’s a cultural thing that I …
Read More »Watch Matthew McConaughey Get People High on 'Kimmel'
Matthew McConaughey fully embraced Moondog, his character from the upcoming movie The Beach Bum, as he went undercover for Jimmy Kimmel Live in an attempt to get random strangers high. Dressed as Moondog in a long blond wig and captain’s hat, the actor went out onto Hollywood Boulevard to convince …
Read More »Lucinda Williams, the Mavericks Lead 2020 Outlaw Country Cruise Lineup
The fifth annual Outlaw Country Cruise has announced its 2020 lineup, with a mix of veteran cruisers from past years and new-to-the-voyage artists setting sail in late January. Lucinda Williams and Steve Earle, two of the 2019 cruise headliners, are set to return, along with the Mavericks, Ray Wylie Hubbard, …
Read More »What We Get Wrong When We Talk About the Parkland Survivor Deaths
Last week, it was reported that Sydney Aiello, a survivor of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting that took 17 people’s lives in February 2018, killed herself at the age of 19. A few days after her passing, news surfaced that another Parkland survivor, a high school sophomore whose …
Read More »Hear Logic's Guitar-Driven Soundtrack for Debut Novel 'Supermarket'
Logic has unveiled a new soundtrack to accompany his debut novel, Supermarket. The 13-track project finds Logic exploring an array of genres outside of rap, especially guitar-driven rock (the album opens with a driving indie rock tune titled “Bohemian Trapsody”). Logic collaborated with Mac Demarco on several cuts, including the …
Read More »Apple's Subscription News and Magazines Service: What You Need to Know
At its “Show Time” media event in Cupertino, California on Monday, Apple announced its long-rumored news and magazine subscription service, called Apple News+. Apple News+ will exist as a tab within the free-by-default Apple News service, and offer unlimited access to stories from various paywalled magazines, newspapers and digital news …
Read More »'Sunset' Review: Light Fades on Empires and Evil in Scathing Historical Drama
László Nemes is a filmmaker who keeps his friends close and his cameras closer. The Hungarian director’s devastating 2015 debut, Son of Saul, distinguished itself not just by sticking right next to its main character but virtually breathing down his neck — the fact that our guide was a Sonderkommando …
Read More »Meet the 12-Year-Old With the Six-Figure Record Deal
He was eight when he got his first smartphone: an iPhone 5c in beaming lime green. He was 10 when his impromptu breakdance at a high school basketball game in Florida went viral. Now, at the grand old age of 12, Seth Vangeldren finds himself juggling marketing contracts in six-figure …
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