Kathy Mattea and her songwriter husband Jon Vezner owe their first meeting to a dead car battery. “Kathy lived upstairs at Wrensong, the publisher I used to write at,” Vezner tells The Boot. “I’d see her in the hallway from time to time. One morning I overheard her battery was dead, so I jumped her —
Talk about pent-up demand. Detective Chinatown 3, which was originally scheduled to hit Chinese cinemas during the Lunar New Year period in 2020, has sprung out of the gate today with an astonishing Maoyan-estimated RMB 1.05B ($163M) to score the biggest opening-day gross ever of any movie in a single market. The debut overtakes Avengers:
With approximately 1.6 billion people worldwide participating, the online gambling industry has really blown up in the last few years. The proof of this is just how many new online casinos are being launched every month in order to cater to the needs and desires of all the players. There has always been the question
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In the summer of 1963, 17-year-old Eddie Strull goes off to Europe with a supervised camp group of New York Jewish kids. But Eddie, ever the rebel, has other plans. Eddie wants to live as an adult. A writer. Right now. When they arrive in Paris, the last stop before heading home, Eddie sneaks out
We’ve got a fresh double dose of good news on the Paranormal Activity front for ya tonight via THR, with the site reporting that Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day, Freaky) is officially on board to write the franchise’s next installment for Blumhouse. And the news gets even better, as William Eubank, fresh off last year’s
Will Leanne bring danger to the Turner household? Servant Season 2 Episode 5 was another tediously slow installment, but the conclusion packed a punch that might just steer the show in the right direction. Leanne is perfectly aware that Dorothy is slowly transforming into a monster, which explains why Leanne is making these bizarre moves
A rare sighting of a live coelacanth, captured off the coast of South Africa in 2019. Image: Bruce Henderson An analysis of coelacanth DNA suggests its genome has experienced some significant changes in recent evolutionary history, potentially dispelling the popular image of these iconic fish as being “living fossils.” The discovery of a live coelacanth
In 1984, Willie Nelson and Julio Iglesias teamed up for a duet that bridged country music with Latin balladry: “To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before,” recorded for Iglesias’ album 1100 Bel Air Place became a hit on the country, Spanish, and all-genre charts, and a milestone in Nelson’s long list of collaborations. For the
Along with archival photography, Jones also studied documentaries such as 1971’s The Murder of Fred Hampton and spoke to Hampton’s fiancée, Akua Njeri, and his son, Fred Hampton Jr. She and director Shaka King realized they had enough material to recreate Hampton’s looks as faithfully as possible. “He wears his crewneck sweatshirt a lot. He
As the COVID-19 pandemic began shutting down North America in March of 2020, Canadian country artist Leanne Pearson found her plans, both personal and professional, crumbling: She not only had to put her tour dates on hold and cancel her wedding plans, but also was separated from her fiance, Jordan Riley, for four months due to
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Morris Chestnut is choosing his words very carefully, but it’s clear his ‘Best Man’ character will be moving on romantically in the new TV series based on the hit movies. The ‘Best Man’ star tells TMZ … it’s been a long time since fans saw his character, Lance Sullivan, go
“Black is the renaissance of culture,” says Marcus Paul, one of the five Black creatives tapped by Sam Lobban, Nordstrom SVP Designer and New Concepts. Nordstrom honors Black culture and Black History Month through their newest pop-up shop, Concept 012: Black_Space. New Concepts is a platform that demonstrates Nordstrom’s commitment to bringing upcoming designers to
Lady Dan, the project of Austin-based singer-songwriter Tyler Dozier, has announced her debut studio album. It’s called I Am The Prophet and it arrives April 23 via Earth Libraries. Along with the announcement, Dozier has also shared the album’s title track alongside an accompanying music video. Check it out below, and scroll down for the LP’s
The 2021 SXSW Film Festival was just announced this week and one title was preemptively acquired ahead of the event. Gravitas Ventures has North American rights to Alex Noyer’s slasher pic Sound of Violence, which is set to make its world premiere at this year’s SXSW Film Festival in March, Deadline reports. Gravitas has already
This post was originally published in our mystery/thriller newsletter, Unusual Suspects. Sign up for it here to get mystery news, reviews, deals, and more! Hello mystery fans! First, if you’ve been waiting for the release of Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden, it’s finally here! (Review) For this week I have for you one of my favorite
Sixteen years ago today (Feb. 12, 2005), Rascal Flatts scored their third No. 1 hit with “Bless the Broken Road.” The song, from their album Feels Like Today, also became the trio’s first platinum-selling tune. “Bless the Broken Road” was written by Marcus Hummon, Bobby Boyd and Jeff Hanna in 1994. The song was previously recorded
Dr. Jonathan Ohnn debuted in 1984’s Spectacular Spider-Man #97, and he made his first official appearance as The Spot in the following issue. Ohnn was a scientist working for The Kingpin, researching ways on how to duplicate the radiation levels of the superhero Cloak as a way to mimic his powers. Ohnn succeeded in opening
In this segment, we showcase the most notable albums out each week. Here are the albums out on February 12, 2021: slowthai, TYRON UK rapper slowthai is back with his sophomore studio album, TYRON, out now via Method/AWGE/Interscope. The follow-up to 2019’s Nothing Great About Britain features guest appearances from A$AP Rocky, James Blake, Skepta,
Originally previewed a couple weeks back, an incredible black & white action figure of Frankenstein’s Monster is on the way from NECA, celebrating 90 years of the 1931 classic. Today we’ve got more images and more information on the upcoming figure, billed as “the triumphant debut of Universal Monsters in NECA’s Ultimate action figure line!”
Exclusive Lori Loughlin‘s out of prison, and now she wants the right to leave U.S. soil, but there’s a hitch. The “Full House” star’s legal team filed new docs, asking the court to order the return of her passport — which her lawyers say is currently in the possession of the United States Pretrial Services
From Shania Twain to Luke Combs, a number of country artists have sung songs about flying solo — and loving it. So, instead of moping around, mourning your lack of a soulmate, seize the day and strut your beautiful, single stuff. Put your solo dancing shoes on and embrace the joys of being unattached! There’s
While Disney CEO Bob Chapek remains flexible about release strategies for movies between the big screen and the studio’s streaming service Disney+, he said today that Marvel’s long-awaited feature Black Widow is still set to be a pure theatrical release as mentioned back at the company’s December investor day. However, “we’ll be watching to see the reopening
Last April, a few weeks into pandemic lockdown, a strange phenomenon occurred. Friends and acquaintances messaged me to say they, in so many words, “finally understood what my life was like.” I didn’t know how to respond to those messages then, but I think I do now. See, I’m chronically ill. I live with Crohn’s,
Your home can have a new, rich and full life. It can be impressive and beautiful, provide an accurate answer to the daily needs of the household and adapt to your personal style. With the professional guidance of an architect, such as Scenario Architecture, it is no longer a complex and impossible challenge but a
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While it didn’t enjoy the same success as DOOM Eternal, id Software’s RAGE 2 still proved to be a fun but flawed experience. And next week, it arrives on the Epic Games Store. Best of all, it’ll be available for free for one week! The Standard Edition of RAGE 2 will be free from February
It’s officially the end of the line for Brooklyn Nine-Nine. NBC has announced that the beloved series, which cheated death after its FOX cancellation, will conclude after its forthcoming eighth season. What’s more, the final season has been postponed to the 2021-22 TV season, meaning it will have been off the air for at least
Throughout history, every major culture has stories of reptilian monsters who threatened their livelihood. From the Egypt to India, and even the Sioux Nation, tales of these flying dinosaurs or winged lizards have filled the cultural imagination of societies throughout the ages. Today we explore the possible depiction of the pterodactyl, a genus of pterosaur,
Chris Stapleton performed the country waltz “When I’m With You” on Wednesday night’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The song, a solo composition by Stapleton, appears on the singer’s latest album, Starting Over. Joined by his wife and singing partner Morgane in a darkened rehearsal space, Stapleton plays the song backed by