Month: December 2020

On May 25, as I watched the video of George Floyd, I wept. I had never mourned for a stranger like I did that day. He could’ve been one of my four brothers. I was raised in a Nigerian-American, ultra-disciplinarian Christian home in the Bronx, where the maxims were work hard and love your neighbor
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Announced back in September, Netflix and Zack Snyder‘s upcoming zombie film Army of the Dead is getting a prequel anime series with “Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas,” and an “international prequel” of the feature film variety is also on the way. The latter project has wrapped filming this week, we’ve learned courtesy of Snyder himself over on Twitter. Snyder
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Pen America has released longlists for their variety of literary awards. There are some expected choices and a few surprises, too. Notably, this is the first year that a single book appears on three lists: Sharks in the Time of Saviors, the debut novel from Kawai Strong Washburn, is longlisted for the PEN/Jean Stein Book
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Exclusive The victims from one of Tekashi 6ix9ine‘s crimes are going after him in court … demanding he pay up for what they suffered when Tekashi and co. robbed them. Seketha Wonzer and Kevin Dozier just filed suit against the rapper, claiming he was part of the criminal conspiracy set in motion in April 2018
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For whatever reason, nostalgia for Barbara Mandrell‘s music seems minimal in comparison to the fame she earned as a recording artist and variety television show host. Nowadays, the common narrative on her peak commercial years (1977-1986) takes us from the celebrity appeal of Kenny Rogers to Randy Travis‘ role in a classic country revival. At best,
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Florida-born actors Sabrina and Kelly Aldridge were in their early 20s when they took on the role of the hot twin daughters Ashley and Emily Hall — who get wrapped up their dad’s neighborly holiday hijinks — in the 2006 Christmas comedy “Deck the Halls.” Sabrina and Kelly shared the screen in the merry movie
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Candace Cameron Bure guests on The Simonetta Lein Show on SLTV. Emmy Award Nominee, Director, Actress, New York Times Best-Selling Author, Producer & Business Owner Candace Cameron Bure lights up the entertainment industry as a role model to women of all ages, reaching millions of fans. Viewers watched Candace grow up as ‘D.J. Tanner’ in the television series “Full
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Elysium Records/Playmaker Studios recording artist Jeff Paladino will be recording a cover of the #1 Billboard Hit “Golden Rings” with Georgette Jones Lennon (daughter of the legendary George Jones and Tammy Wynette) and originally recorded by George Jones and Tammy Wynette in 1976. “George and Tammy were my life growing up in the country, said
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Lori McKenna is a double threat: She’s as talented a singer as she is a songwriter — and that’s dang talented. McKenna’s penned huge hits for Little Big Town, Tim McGraw, Hunter Hayes and more, but she’s also cultivated a formidable solo career, with 10 studio albums to her name. She’s won Grammy Awards for
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In the pits of quarantine, Stephen Bruner, the madcap maestro bassist known as Thundercat, thought he was going to spend a whole year on the couch. The tour surrounding his new album, It Is What It Is, a jazz-pop masterclass written in the wake of his friend Mac Miller’s untimely passing, was canceled. The future
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The Lumineers‘ new rendition of “Silent Night” serves a higher purpose: The next year’s worth of proceeds from the band’s cover of the Christmas classic will benefit the National Independent Venue Association’s Emergency Relief Fund. Wesley Schultz and Lauren Jacobson’s harmonies make this version of “Silent Night” the Lumineers’ own. They’re accompanied throughout, simply. by
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AMC Entertainment Monday unveiled plans to change its board structure in an agreement with majority shareholder Wanda America Entertainment, a division of Dalian Wanda Group of China. Wanda holds nearly 60% of the voting power of financially strapped AMC through ownership of all the company’s super-voting Class B shares. The nation’s largest theater chain said
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There are hypebeasts, and then there are hike beasts. The most anticipated fashion collaboration of the year (and 2021, if our predictions are correct) appeals to both parties. Our ears collectively piqued when we first heard the news in September: Gucci is joining forces with The North Face for a collection that bridges mountains, both
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