Back in May, the hard-working staff here at Spoiler Alerts noted some interesting parallels between elite attitudes about UFOs and the origins of covid-19. In both instances, there was initially an establishment consensus that pooh-poohed anything but the conventional wisdom (UFOs are not real, covid-19 had zoonotic origins). Then, as time passed, inconvenient data points
September 3, 2021 Netflix Releases The Teaser For ‘Red Notice’ When an Interpol-issued Red Notice — the highest level warrant to hunt and capture the world’s most wanted— goes out, the FBI’s top profiler John Hartley (Dwayne Johnson) is on the case. His global pursuit finds him smack dab in the middle of a daring
Drake made good on his promise to drop his new album — belated though it was — and he smack-talked Kanye hard. “Certified Lover Boy” was unveiled as promised — at midnight — 9 months after Drake had planned to release it. Drizzy doesn’t mention Ye by name, but no need to … he’s clearly
When Ashland Craft first started making trips to Nashville to pursue her music career, she saw herself as a singer, but not a songwriter. “I had never really dove into the songwriting world,” admits Craft, who relocated to Music City full-time in 2019. As she immersed herself in the city’s music scene, however, she realized not only
For the pandemic, Disney/Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings posted a solid Thursday night preview gross especially before a slow Labor Day box office frame, with $8.8 million from showtimes that began at 6 p.m. On the high side, that figure is above the Thursday night start of Universal’s F9, which posted $7.1M
Strand of Oaks has shared the third single from his forthcoming record In Heaven, which comes out October 1 via Thirty Tigers. It’s called ‘Somewhere in Chicago’, and it follows previous entries ‘Jimi & Stan’ and ‘Galacticana’ (which was our Song of the Week). Give the track a listen below. “My ode to the late
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Read a chapter from the rapper’s new memoir This Bright Future, where he details the emotional toll his first hit song took on him. By Bobby Hall September 2, 2021 Logic and his son.Courtesy of Bobby Hall. I wasn’t patient. Every mixtape and every album, I was trying every angle I could think of to
Jason Isbell has been an outspoken proponent of Covid vaccines and at the forefront of the live music industry’s attempts to safely play concerts during the pandemic. The Americana songwriter brought up both of those topics during a conversation with Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the
Forget about where Justin Bieber gets his peaches — the better question is where he shaves his legs … at least based on this hilarious billboard swap that has him slipping into Kim Kardashian‘s underwear line. Check out this giant tower-sized Balenciaga ad on a Sunset Strip building with Bieber as its leather-jacketed star —
The Bloody Disgusting family is now 20 years strong and one of our very first festival scene writers was Mike Pereira, who attended the Toronto International Film Festival before any other online-only entertainment outlet. Today we have the very first teaser for Pereira’s indie feature The Chamber of Terror, which hits the festival scene soon. “The
Dan + Shay will join Carrie Underwood for a song on the Dear Evan Hansen movie soundtrack. Both artists have teased clips of “Only Us” on their respective Instagrams. The movie Dear Evan Hansen (Sept. 24) is a film adaptation of the Tony Awards-winning Broadway musical. After premiering in 2015, the music was specifically hailed, winning Best Score
Play video content TMZ.com “Really Love” star Kofi Siriboe says his new Netflix show breaks the mold … a romantic drama with Black leads where the story is not rooted in trauma or crime. Kofi — best known for his role in Ava Duvernay and Oprah Winfrey‘s TV series “Queen Sugar” — says he grew
In this segment, we showcase the most notable albums out each week. Here are the albums out on September 3, 2021: Drake, Certified Lover Boy Drake has released his new album Certified Lover Boy. The 21-track LP, Drake’s sixth proper album and his first since 2018’s Scorpion, was first announced last August and was originally set
Brian Austin Green is slipping into some dancing shoes … we’ve learned he’s the latest celeb to join the upcoming season of “Dancing with the Stars.” Brian’s famous for starring on the original “Beverly Hills, 90210” and now we’ll see if he’s got any skills in the ballroom. The official cast will not be announced
I’ve waxed lyrical about The Wheel of Time on Book Riot before. It’s been a big part of my reading life and I’m approaching the end of my grand re-read, with less than 700 pages to go before I reach the end (again). I doubt it will be my last re-read. When you follow something
CBS’s How I Met Your Mother (HIMYM) ended more than seven years ago, but fans who miss Robin, Barney, Ted, Lily, and Ted—and are also really bummed the Lizzie McGuire Disney+ reboot didn’t happen—are in luck. Hilary Duff is starring in a How I Met Your Mother spin-off called How I Met Your Father (HIMYF),
A highly skilled assassin punching and slicing their way through an endless horde of opponents out of revenge reads like several contemporary action-thrillers, especially in the wake of John Wick’s popularity. Kate marks the latest, borrowing from a few prominent action-thrillers to create an easily digestible blend of violence, action, and humor by way of a silly plot that
Peppa Pig is rubbing her music review in Kanye West‘s nose … trolling him because his new album came in with a lower score than an animated farm animal’s album. Here’s the deal … Peppa Pig’s recent music offering, “Peppa’s Adventures: The Album,” earned a 6.5 out of 10 score from Pitchfork, slightly higher than
Billy Ray Cyrus leads a group of country hitmakers committed to helping Waverly County rebuild after torrential rains flooded the middle Tennessee county last month. James Otto, Meghan Linsey, Drew Baldridge and Eric Paslay are also slated to play Waverly Strong: A Concert for Disaster Relief next Tuesday (Sept. 7) at Nashville’s City Winery. Actor
Along with being critically well-received, Elf was a commercial success, making over $223 million worldwide off a $33 million budget. In 2013, director Jon Favreau had expressed interest in making a sequel called Elf 2: Buddy Saves Christmas, but later that sam year, Will Ferrell said he wasn’t interested in another round as Buddy. Then
allie is the moniker of Nashville-based musician Allie Cuva. After spending time in various musical projects and being recruited as the touring/session drummer for Cavetown, Cuva (who uses they/them pronouns) returned from touring with a sense of creative restlessness that inspired the 2020 EP Junior Coder’s Experiment, a collection of stripped-back but not quite lo-fi
Here is a wrap-up of all the news you need to know from Thursday, September 2. Disney+ today announced a Season 2 renewal for the basketball dramedy, Big Shot, led by John Stamos. Created by David E. Kelley (Big Little Lies), Dean Lorey (My Wife and Kids) and Brad Garrett (Single Parents) and executive-produced by
It’s a mystery that has endured for 76 years in a fabled area that many sailors and aviators have long said contains supernatural forces we don’t understand. On Dec. 5, 1945, 14 airmen flying five World War II torpedo bombers called Avengers took off from Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale on a routine training mission
Staten Island’s most entertaining undead are back with more horror hilarity and supernatural slapstick. The past year has pushed the world out of their comfort zones in unexpected ways and triggered a level of unparalleled introspection. The public has been sequestered and forced to confront themselves at their rawest and most vulnerable states, which has
On Thursday (Sept. 2), several of country music’s hottest stars will light up in the Nashville skyline during the CMA Summer Jam TV special. With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic forcing the cancellation of the annual CMA Fest, the Country Music Association is offering fans a healthy serving of country music with the special event that features more
It’s not Venom: Let There Be Carnage going on Nov. 19, rather Sony’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife which received high praise from exhibition out of CinemaCon. Word was that the Marvel sequel would move from Oct. 15 after Paramount flew Top Gun: Maverick from its Nov. 19 date, however, it’s the Jason Reitman-directed, Ivan Reitman produced sequel to the Columbia Pictures comedy franchise.
David Crosby has announced a deluxe reissue of his solo debut If I Could Only Remember My Name. The double-disc 50th anniversary edition of the album, which is out October 15, will include more than a dozen previously unreleased demos and alternate takes. To accompany the announcement, Crosby has shared the previously unreleased demo ‘Riff
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Inspired by his beloved mother, Kanye’s 10th album falls short of a homecoming. By Stephen Kearse August 31, 2021 Gunner Stahl / Courtesy of DONDA In 2007, at a Chicago State University conference honoring poet Gwendolyn Brooks, Donda West spoke about raising her son. Swelling with pride and quoting lyrics from The College Dropout, the