After watching videos of the students of Covington Catholic High School on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, including one student stripping down shirtless to perform a “sumo” cheer, and others jeering at a Native American elder with whoops and tomahawk chops, people across America are wondering: who taught these …
Read More »Oscars 2019: Breaking Down the Nominations, or This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things
We knew this was coming. Deep down, we knew. We had assumed that Roma andThe Favourite and A Star Is Born would rack up a lot of Oscars love, as was their destiny — 10 nominations each for the first two, eight nominations for the latter. We knew that there …
Read More »Hear Drax Project, Hailee Steinfeld Team for New Song 'Woke Up Late'
Drax Project have teamed with singer and actress Hailee Steinfeld for the band’s poppy new single “Woke Up Late,” which arrived Monday on digital streaming services. The New Zealand quartet, who has opened for artists like Lorde and Camila Cabello, also dropped the lyric video for their latest single. “‘Woke …
Read More »Rachel Brosnahan on 'SNL': 3 Sketches You Have to See
Rachel Brosnahan hosted the first Saturday Night Live of 2019, but the show didn’t do much to highlight her comedic skills. Some hosts serve as the centerpiece of the proceedings. Others blend into the ensemble cast, making it seem as if they have always been there. But Brosnahan (through no …
Read More »See Ariana Grande Indulge in Decadent Party in New '7 Rings' Video
Ariana Grande and her female posse indulge in the good life in her new “7 Rings” video. The song will appear on her forthcoming Thank U, Next LP. In the Hannah Lux Davis-directed clip, Grande opens the song with a sing-song riff on the Sound of Music classic, “My Favorite …
Read More »Reggie Young, Studio Guitarist for Elvis Presley, Waylon Jennings, Dead at 82
Reggie Young, whose guitar playing graced hundreds of rock, pop and country records by everyone from Bob Dylan and Elvis Presley to George Strait and Merle Haggard, died Thursday at his home in Leipers Fork, Tennessee, just outside Nashville. He was 82. As lead guitarist for the Memphis Boys, the …
Read More »'Glass' Review: M. Night's Shyamalan's Double Sequel Is Half Full, Half Empty
What a difference a couple decades makes. When M. Night Shyamalan dropped Unbreakable on an unsuspecting world back in 2000, the new Spielberg on the block was told that superhero movies were still a post-Burton/Batman novelty. As the man himself recently admitted, his what-if project about an everyman who discovers …
Read More »Kirsten Gillibrand Explains How She Intends to Take on Trump
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Tuesday, where she announced, “I’m filing an exploratory committee for president of the United States — tonight!”The New York senator, 52, told Colbertt, “As a young mom, I’m going to fight for other people’s kids as hard as …
Read More »'Genius or Madman?': Watch Fyre Fest Consultant Talk Billy McFarland in Netflix Doc Clip
A Fyre Festival consultant offers a look at how organizer (and convicted felon) Billy McFarland brushed aside all the signs that his luxury blowout was headed towards disaster in a new clip from Netflix’s upcoming documentary, Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened. In the clip, Marc Weinstein recalls warning …
Read More »Hear Ted Bundy Speak in Trailer for Netflix's 'Conversations With a Killer' Docuseries
Never-before-heard recordings that Ted Bundy made in prison will be featured in the upcoming Netflix docuseries Conversations With a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes. “Get inside the twisted mind of America’s most notorious serial killer in his own words,” Netflix said, calling the 1970s serial killer “Jack the Ripper of …
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