Hayes Carll was in the middle of a performance last week when he managed to sum up what many musicians and fans have been feeling for months. “I tell people for the first four years of my career and for the last 16 months of my career, I’d finish a song and nobody clapped,” the
Month: May 2021
While Kevin Smith aims to release his horror film Killroy Was Here as an NFT (non-fungible token), writer-director Norith Soth‘s religious-horror Nicodemus is allegedly not only the first horror film NFT, but also the first ever motion picture NFT. So exclaims the film’s press release. In the vein of The Rapture with a Don’t Look
Updated: Westworld co-creator Lisa Joy’s feature directorial debut Reminiscence is going a week earlier on Aug. 20. Why? Essentially it prevents the film from playing right into Disney/Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings which should dominate Labor Day weekend (that is if that film stays theatrical). Reminiscence is also going day and date in theaters and on HBO
This week, Sufjan Stevens will be releasing Incantations, the fifth and final volume of his five-part instrumental album Convocations, which he’s been rolling out one instalment per week. He’s now shared a new ambient track from the LP called ‘Incantation VIII’. Take a listen below. Stevens wrote and recorded Convocations as an homage to his
Faith Hill was country music’s most recognizable female star for nearly a decade and is still one-half of country music’s most famous couple today. The singer, mother, model and actress has kept a low profile in recent years, meaning the next generation of country fans may not appreciate her legacy. Indeed, it’s been more than 15 years
Tina Fey comedies are almost a distinct genre at this point. The formula, established by 30 Rock and followed closely by Kimmy Schmidt and Great News, seems to be confidently quirky characters delivering rapid-fire punchlines laced with ultra-current pop culture references, with quick cutaways and peppy music bopping along in the background. It doesn’t always
Michael Alig — one of the ringleaders of the Club Kids — died from an overdose of several hard drugs … TMZ has learned. The Office of Chief Medical Examiner in NYC tells us … Alig’s cause of death was acute intoxication by fentanyl, acetylfentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine. We broke the story … Alig —
Puppet Combo is at it again with another throwback horror title in Bloodwash. The developer has announced that the title, which is being published through their Torture Star Video label, is tentatively planned to launch “This Summer” on Steam. Described as being “Giallo-inspired” in its story, Bloodwash mashes up survival horror and adventure game elements with
Kylie Jenner made a big gesture for her baby daddy, Travis Scott — flying across the country to be by his side as he celebrates his birthday. She zipped over to Miami Sunday, and joined Trav for a group dinner at Komodo. Our sources tell us they rolled through with their entourage and security detail
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Country music’s most successful songs will be celebrated in late May of 2021, and a few singers that have parked themselves at the top of this Top 40 list will be on hand to party. Gabby Barrett is nominated in more Billboard Music Awards categories (May 23) than any female artist, and she’s No. 1 here
Play video content Real Time with Bill Maher/HBO We don’t post jokes on TMZ, but this one is so frickin’ hilarious we made an exception. Bill Maher was on his game per usual Friday night, and he riffed on a story about a school kid’s science project designed to answer the question … “Does your
There was no major premiere event to go to for Without Remorse and, like a lot of us, Michael B. Jordan was forced to make it work at home. Faced with that situation, why not celebrate your new movie with a premiere at home with some family and friends, and why not be red carpet
Just in case you haven’t been paying attention, Resident Evil Village is coming out May 7th. And just in case you still haven’t been paying attention, Capcom is having a “Resident Evil Village Launch Special” live stream on YouTube on May 7 at 7am ET. Per Gematsu, the event will be presented by Village game
The Sun is the ultimate power source of nearly all life on Earth. It is a million-degree ball of plasma, an ongoing thermonuclear explosion and, according to a recent study, a potential gateway to galactic Internet. If humanity ever plans to expand beyond the solar system, it needs to invent new ways to communicate over
Throughout the week, we update our Best New Songs playlist with the new releases that caught our attention the most, be it a single leading up to the release of an album or a newly unveiled deep cut. And each Monday, we round up the best new songs released over the past week (the eligibility period begins
Sturgill Simpson brings the same bluegrass sensibilities of his two recent Cuttin’ Grass albums to a new cover of John Prine‘s classic song “Paradise.” The early-career cut reflects on the devastating effects of coal mining in Paradise, Ky., in Prine’s family’s home area of Muhlenberg County. Prine wrote “Paradise” — originally from his debut album, 1971’s John Prine
Vanessa Bryant celebrated what would have been Gigi‘s 15th birthday by announcing a new clothing line in her name — and Hollywood was quick to jump on board in support. A score of stars posted selfies and photos over the weekend, showing them in Mambacita hoodies and other apparel being hawked by Dannijo … the
Certain characters in this Gotham seem to get a concentrated dose of specific plot elements, and on Batwoman Season 2 Episode 12, the lucky winner is Agent Sophie Moore. While we’ve seen Jacob cast as the Poor Schmuck, with episode after episode of being blindsided with truths about his family, Sophie’s become the Carrier of
The best way to teach reading is a topic that has been hotly debated for many decades. If the past is any indicator, we’re going to be fighting about it for decades to come. It’s worth arguing about because literacy is important. Roughly 21% of American adults are illiterate. Illiteracy has harmful impacts on health,
The 1986 movie, now remade into an Apple TV+ series starring Justin Theroux, bombed at the box office. But Ford’s fascinating, deeply unlikable know-it-all was one of his riskiest roles, and it set the stage for the modern male antihero. By Tim Grierson April 30, 2021 Harrison Ford in The Mosquito Coast, 1986.Everett Collection /
When Ashley Monroe wakes in the morning, she often heads straight to her closet. “I hear melodies in here,” says the singer-songwriter, calling from inside the cramped space during a recent interview. In the quiet early morning hours of 2018 and 2019, Monroe heard much more than melodies in her closet. Fully fleshed-out arrangements —
(Interactive chart with estimates below) Together Together topped the specialty box office for a second week in a row. The Bleecker Street comedy starring Ed Helms broke the million-dollar cume mark this week, hauling a modest $313,000 over the weekend. Vertical Entertainment’s debut of Four Good Days, starring Glenn Close and Mila Kunis, wasn’t too
A few months back, we told you about developers Austin Schaeffer, Cyrus Byrd and Pete Goodfellow and their upcoming Dino Crisis-inspired Survival Horror game Compound Fracture. The team recently dropped a new update in the form of a new gameplay video. The five-minute video in question not only shows off that retro PS1-style we all
Cannabis is one of the plants with the richest history in Kingdom Plantae. It has also been surrounded by a lot of controversy with people from around the world having conflicting opinions about the Sativa herb. Despite being considered a dangerous drug for many years, the use of marijuana has been legalized over the years
Just as Luke Combs’ major-label opening statement, 2017’s This One’s for You, launched a new star with a string of hit singles, Clint Black’s 1989 debut, KIllin’ Time, wasted no time shaking up the country charts. Black’s May 2, 1989, release included four consecutive No. 1 singles: “A Better Man,” “Killin’ Time,” “Nobody’s Home” and “Walkin’ Away.” This
Olympia Dukakis — the Oscar-winning actress best known for her role in ‘Moonstruck’ — has died … this according to her family. Her brother, Apollo, broke the sad news Saturday … taking to Facebook to update fans that his sister had passed in New York City. He adds, “After many months of failing health she
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First launched for PC via Steam and on Game Jolt back in 2018, Clickteam has now released the Five Nights at Freddy’s mashup game Ultimate Custom Night for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and the Nintendo Switch. In what’s described by Clickteam as “the ultimate Five Nights at Freddy’s mashup”, players are once again be trapped alone