The year is 1880. Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch), future inventor of many great things and already a whiz at self-promotion, has brought a group of finely dressed, top-hatted businessman by train to a field in Menlo Park, New Jersey. Then, upon their exit, he shows them what he’s just patented: …
Read More »Kanye West, a Punctual Man Who Never Misses Release Dates, Announces Christmas Album
Watch The Throne 2. Yeezus 2. Good Ass Job. Yandhi. Cruel Winter. Turbo Grafx 16. Child Rebel Soldier. That unnamed, but rumored Kanye West and Drake collaborative album. There’s a vast and tangled graveyard of all the announced, scrapped, and retooled Kanye projects that will never see the light of …
Read More »Hear Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross' 'Watchman' End Credits Score
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have shared the full end credits music for HBO series Watchman via Nine Inch Nails’ YouTube channel. The ambient, pulsating track, which played for two minutes at the end of Sunday’s premiere episode, clocks in at nearly five minutes in total. The video includes the …
Read More »Lori Loughlin Faces New Bribery Charges in College Admissions Scandal
Actress Lori Loughlin, her husband Mossimo Giannulli and nine other parents will face new bribery charges in the college admissions scandal, known as Operation Varsity Blues. The new charges, returned by a grand jury in the District of Massachusetts Tuesday, allege that Loughlin, Giannulli and the others bribed employees at …
Read More »Thai King Strips New Consort of Title for 'Disobedience'
Two months ago, the world was introduced to Maj. Gen. Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi — the first Thai consort in nearly 100 years — through a set of more than 60 photos released on the Royal Household Bureau’s website. But these weren’t your average royal portraits: they featured Sineenat in a variety …
Read More »Rolling Loud and the NYPD Pulled 5 Rappers From the Festival. The Repercussions Are Only Beginning
On October 12th and 13th, five New York City rappers — Pop Smoke, Casanova, Don Q, Sheff G, and 22gz — were scheduled to perform at Rolling Loud, the popular rap festival that was finally making its debut in the birthplace of hip-hop after dominating Los Angeles, San Francisco, and …
Read More »Keith Urban Announces Las Vegas Residency
Keith Urban will become the latest country music star to set up shop in Las Vegas. The reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year has announced a 12-concert residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace next year. Kicking off January 10th, the run, titled “Keith Urban Live – Las Vegas,” will …
Read More »'Maleficent: Mistress of Evil' Is a Melted, Wannabe 'Frozen'
When people talk about film as product instead of, say, art or entertainment, they’re referring to movies like Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. This misbegotten sequel to 2014’s not-so-hot Maleficent is a torturous exercise in brightly-colored monotony that chokes on repetitive screenwriting, amateurish directing, paycheck performances and digital hardware for a …
Read More »The Beatles Announce 'The Singles Collection' Vinyl Box Set
Twenty-three of the Beatles‘ biggest singles, “faithfully reproduced” in their original 7″ form, will feature in the limited edition box set The Singles Collection. The 46-song set spans from 1962’s “Love Me Do”/”P.S. I Love You” — presented here with its original U.S. sleeve — to 1970’s “Let It Be”/”You …
Read More »The Curious Case of 'Wonderwall' and What It Might Say About the Future of Streaming
“I’ve just done a tour in America with Smashing Pumpkins, and the sight of two goths, one in a Rancid T-shirt, one in a Kiss T-shirt, with their arms around each other, singing “Wonderwall” in Arkansas, is not something you see every day. What is it about that song? It’s …
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