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Also, make a live-action Strega Nona movie. By Gabriella Paiella November 2, 2021 Photographs courtesy Getty images, Penguin; Collage by Gabe Conte Imagine a man. He is tall and lean and pale, with a prominent jawline. A strong square nose is offset by puckish eyes and a subtle smile. He has an air of insouciance

Franz Ferdinand have shared two new songs, ‘Billy Goodbye’ and ‘Curious’, which are set to appear on the forthcoming greatest hits compilation Hits to the Head. The 20-song collection comes out on March 11 via Domino. Below, watch the video for ‘Billy Goodbye’ video and check out the compilation’s artwork and tracklist. Speaking about the

Doug Mand, an American comedian, writer and producer, found his breakthrough while attending NYU and writing sketch comedy with his buddies. From an early wish to become an actor to finding his true calling within writing, Mand has achieved some great things included writing for Emmy nominated show How I Met Your Mother and now

Grace Repasky and Maggie Geeslin have been best friends since eighth grade, when their shared appreciation for indie music led them to form a band called Lunar Vacation. After making demos in their bedrooms and playing as many shows as they could in their hometown of Atlanta, they added Matteo DeLurgio on synths, Connor Dowd

Ed Sheeran’s recent comments imply the fan-favorite character wasn’t going to make it past season 7. By Frazier Tharpe November 1, 2021 Ed Sheeran and Maisie Williams in Game of Thrones.Courtesy of Helen Sloan for HBO. While doing the promo rounds for his upcoming album =, Ed Sheeran may have just casually dropped a major

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

The 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony took place last night (October 30), and among the artists honoured this year were the pioneering electronic group Kraftwerk. They were inducted by Pharrell, who delivered a video speech presenting them with a Music Excellence Award. This was later followed by a video tribute featuring

Malik and Hadid’s relationship has reportedly come to an end in troubling fashion. By Grant Rindner October 29, 2021 Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik in New York City on January 11, 2020.Courtesy of Robert Kamau for Getty Images. The relationship between pop singer Zayn Malik, 28, and model Gigi Hadid, 26, which persisted for six

The third season of Netflix’s hit dramedy Sex Education recently premiered to an overwhelming response from fans around the world. Otis and Maeve are no longer running the sex clinic at school, Jean is pregnant, Eric is dating Adam, and Aimee is beginning to heal from her trauma in season 2. Moordale’s new headteacher, Hope, brings shame

Let The Mandela Catalogue show you how pandemic-inspired horror should be done. By Eamon Levesque October 29, 2021 The Mandela Catalogue.Via YouTube. Songbird, the Michael Bay-produced dud that imagined a future Los Angeles overrun by COVID mutations, was a compelling example of how not to handle the pandemic on screen. How do you do it

Sis – the moniker of Berkeley-based singer and multi-instrumentalist Jenny Gillespie Mason, the founder of Native Cat Recordings – has announced a new EP called Gnani. Following her 2019 album Gas Station Roses, the EP is due out January 7. Check out the lead single ‘Double Rapture’ below. “With poem titles like Dirty Sexy Poem

When the world went into lockdown in March 2020, Charlotte Cornfield was in the middle of an artist residency founded by Howard Bilerman at the Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada. It had almost been a year since she had issued her remarkable third album The Shape of Your Name, which was longlisted for the Polaris

The film is Wright’s darkest, most personal offering yet. By Keith Phipps October 29, 2021 Photograph Courtesy of Greg Williams for Focus Features; Collage by Gabe Conte Edgar Wright’s new film Last Night in Soho is a dark psychological thriller with time-bending supernatural elements—the latest redefinition of expectations for what an Edgar Wright film is.

There are not many people who do not enjoy some form of art. Art can be found in so many areas of life. Clearly in the form of painting or sculpture, however, film, dance, music, poetry, etc., are all forms of art. A good piece of art has the power to create an effect in

CHVRCHES have released Screen Violence: Director’s Cut, an expanded version of their most recent album. It features three new songs: ‘Killer’, ‘Bitter End’, and ‘Screaming’. You can listen to them below. Talking about the new tracks, frontwoman Lauren Mayberry said in a statement: “This album was thematically so different to previous CHVRCHES albums that it

The first thing Circuit des Yeux does is claim her own space. In the lyric sheet for her previous album, 2017’s Reaching for Indigo, she commanded the listener to “create your own language”; on her latest, she invokes that of the universe, the natural laws that bind us, before beginning to carve out her own.

Don’t spend 40 minutes arguing over what horror movie to watch. We’ve got you. By Tom Philip and Nathaniel Houston October 28, 2021 Photo illustration by Simon Abranowicz There are, conservatively, fourteen billion terrible horror movies out there. We sorted through them to find the best scary movies on Netflix. Ahead, discover horrors, thrillers, and

Hurray for the Riff Raff – the project of singer-songwriter Alynda Segarra – has announced a new album called Life on Earth. The record was produced by Brad Cook and is due out February 18 via Nonesuch. Lead single ‘Rhododendron’ arrives today with an accompanying video directed by New Orleans artist Lucia Honey. Check it

Metronomy have announced their seventh album, Small World, which arrives February 18 via Because Music. The dance-rock outfit have previewed the LP with the lead single ‘It’s good to be back’, which is accompanied by a video from the directing duo Dreamjob. Check it out along with the album artwork and tracklist below. “Part of

Wright wants the world to know that even though he’s got viral TikToks, he’s still a real stand-up comedian. By H. Drew Blackburn October 27, 2021 Writer Jeff Wright during a sketch on Late Night With Seth Meyers.Courtesy of Lloyd Bishop/NBC Jeff Wright has a million-dollar smile. When the comedian flashes his pearly whites on

Is your home choc-a-bloc with junk? Your unwanted clutter could be someone else’s treasure, so why not have a clear-out and put all your surplus stuff on sale? You’ll make money as well as space that way, and selling is easy thanks to all the online markets and platforms at your fingertips. Here are a

With his first solo album, Optimist, just out, Finneas O’Connell explains what he learned about producing himself from working with his sister Billie. By Kevin Lincoln Photography by Antonio Chicaia October 26, 2021 Before Finneas O’Connell was selling out the Wiltern, he was, like many LA kids, a regular concertgoer there. He saw Arctic Monkeys

The popularity of land-based casinos will never fade away, but online casinos have accepted the role of a convenient and versatile way to gamble. The variety of games available online cannot be compared to the regular slot machines or poker games at a regular casino spot. Of course, a traditional casino gives you a cinematic