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 …
Read More »'True Detective' Season Premiere Recap: The Dark Night Returns
An odd couple of cops catches a disturbing murder case. The victim is posed in ritualistic fashion, with handmade pagan symbolism left at the scene. Their investigation leads them into dark and depressive corners of the downwardly mobile American South. Years later, questions arise about whether the real killer had …
Read More »Todd Snider Returns to Folksinger Roots on New Song 'Just Like Overnight'
Todd Snider has released “Just Like Overnight,” the first track available off Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3, the singer-songwriter’s upcoming album. Recorded at the Cash Cabin Studio in Hendersonville, Tennessee, Johnny Cash’s former cabin-studio now owned by his son John Carter Cash, Snider’s next project is the folk songwriter’s first …
Read More »Clydie King, Unsung Backup Singer for Ray Charles and Bob Dylan, Dead at 75
Clydie King, whose earthy, gospel-rooted voice was heard on dozens of rock classics, including the Rolling Stones’ “Tumbling Dice” and Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama,” died on Monday at 75. Her friend Rudy Calvo confirmed the singer’s death to Rolling Stone. The cause of death wascomplications of a blood infection …
Read More »Kevin Hart Reveals Oscars Jokes He Would Have Told on 'Colbert'
Kevin Hart said he wouldn’t change anything about the way he handled the past month of controversy over his years-old, homophobic tweets and decision to step down as host ofthe Academy Awards on The Late Show Wednesday. Hart’s interview with Stephen Colbert came after a full day of interviews with …
Read More »R&B Radio Divided Over R. Kelly Ban in the Wake of Lifetime Docuseries
On Sunday night, George Cook, the Director of Operations, Program Director and Brand Manager for a pair of rap and R&B radio stations in Dallas, organized a crucial conference call with members of his team. Surviving R. Kelly, a six-part docuseries on Lifetime that alleged that the singer had committed …
Read More »Watch Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin Get High in New 'Grace and Frankie' Trailer
Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin search for serenity, purpose and a new place to live in the witty new trailer for their hit Netflix comedy, Grace and Frankie. The Season Five clip opens with the pair discovering that their children have conspired to sell their beloved beach house, partly out …
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