In contrast to the illiterates of Star Wars, Dune’s characters are erudite readers with a sense of history. By Colin Groundwater October 22, 2021 Timothée Chalamet in Dune.Courtesy of Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures At long last, the spice flows. Denis Villeneuve’s Dune hits theaters today, and it does an excellent job exporting the eccentricities
When you pay money to spend the night at a hotel, you’re typically looking for a pleasant experience. You don’t always get one, mind you, but it’s always the hope. The team behind Kraken Rum, however, is going the complete opposite direction this Halloween over in London, offering up an experience that promises “the first
Billy Strings got his start in bluegrass music, but he’s been steadily expanding his sound and allowing shades of psychedelia and metal to filter into his recent albums. For his debut on Austin City Limits this weekend, however, the Michigan singer-guitarist goes back to his roots to perform a lively version of “Red Daisy.” Flanked by
Zac Brown Band deliver some much-needed feel-good energy in the music video for the title track of their just-released new album, The Comeback. Like the lyrics of the song — and the album as a whole — ZBB’s “The Comeback” video speaks directly to the current cultural moment, underscoring the difficulties many have faced during the COVID-19
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There’s a moment in Sex and the City when Carrie Bradshaw realizes she has $40,000 worth of shoes in her closet and no actual savings account. “I will literally be the old lady who lived in her shoes,” she laments, staring at the wreckage of beauty and waste. Violet Gross recalls similar awakenings—and subsequent panic
Yesterday the trailer for the long in development Uncharted movie finally arrived. The upcoming adventure movie is based on a popular video game series of the same name, though the movie is going a slightly different route with the project, going with an origin story where Tom Holland plays a version of hero Nathan Drake
Play video content TMZ.com The same thing that’s hurt Kate Beckinsale‘s career is helping Ross Butler‘s take off in Hollywood, and that thing is … brain power!!! Lots of it. We got the “13 Reasons Why” and “Riverdale” star Thursday at LAX, and considering his collegiate history, he’s the perfect person to address Kate’s recent
“You know, it’s Halloween. I guess everyone’s entitled to one good scare,” Sheriff Brackett tells Laurie in 1978’s Halloween, and he’s not wrong. It’s the spookiest time of the year, and this week’s streaming picks aim to deliver the chills. These five horror movies build an unsettling atmosphere and demonstrate an uncanny ability to craft innovative
Brandi Carlile joins Elton John to celebrate the “Simple Things” in a new collaboration. The song features the two in jubilant, knowledge-dispensing harmony over a jaunty, piano-driven melody. “Simple things / Hard to learn / Fire’s hot / Burn, burn, burn,” goes the song’s chorus. “Simple truths / Hard to see / Not what you want, but what
Play video content TMZ.com Paris Hilton is bringing her crusade against abuse at troubled teen camps to Capitol Hill and she says she’s proud to be fighting on behalf of alleged victims like herself. We got Paris heading into the Capitol and asked her about the feedback she’s getting from her campaign to get laws
It’s quite clear that the availability of Warner Bros. theatrical slate on HBO Max day-and-date this year has impacted the studio’s U.S. box office results. This has either led to a film seeing a big drop in weekend 2 at the B.O. after a solid first weekend or in the case of New Line’s Sopranos prequel
Working with the Albanian mob isn’t for the faint of heart. Law & Order: Organized Crime Season 2 Episode 6 featured a tongue removal so gruesome it was hard to watch and an assassination that might have been as much about getting revenge on Reggie as anything else. And with Lewis revealing that he knows
Jerry Pinkney, beloved author and illustrator of over 100 books for children and adults, winner of five Coretta Scott King Awards, a Caldecott Medal, and a Horn Book Award, among many other honors, passed away on October 20, 2021 at the age of 81. His agent, Sheldon Fogelman, confirmed to NPR that the cause of
“You know, it’s Halloween. I guess everyone’s entitled to one good scare,” Sheriff Brackett tells Laurie in 1978’s Halloween, and he’s not wrong. It’s the spookiest time of the year, and this week’s streaming picks aim to deliver the chills. These five horror movies build an unsettling atmosphere and demonstrate an uncanny ability to craft innovative
The Answer (10) Here are the last two pages of Part 5 of “The Answer,” John’s private summation of his conclusions as of 1967. There’s more on the organization of the Androids, their reliance on contactees for supplies, the “Plus Machine,” and strangeness with his telephone. Although John says, “If all of this sounds unbelievable
“No thanks will come your way when you’re living in the center of a circle made to break,” Yola sings early on in “Be My Friend,” a compelling track from her newest album, Stand for Myself. In addition to warning powerfully against complacency, the lyric asks for meaningful connection across social, political and cultural division, a
Beyoncé just served us with another surprise song. The superstar teased a new track, a power ballad called “Be Alive,” today in the latest trailer for King Richard—the film starring Will Smith as Richard Williams as he coaches and raises his young daughters, Venus and Serena. Smith introduced the preview on social media with the
Kate Beckinsale had a super-interesting chit-chat with Howard Stern Wednesday … she said her off-the-charts IQ has actually damaged her career. Howard did an excellent job of mining for gold, knowing that Kate was extremely brainy. He pushed to know where Kate landed on the IQ spectrum, and Kate either didn’t remember or didn’t want
Lawrence’s baby drama this season is sure to give the LawrenceHive and the haters a lot to argue about. By Julian Kimble October 21, 2021 Jay Ellis.Courtesy of Kris Evans. Insecure has taken Jay Ellis on quite the actor’s journey. The friendship between four Black women in Los Angeles is the focus of the HBO
Eric Church and Mickey Guyton are among the first round of artists announced as performers at the 2021 CMA Awards, which are set to take place on November 10th at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. Church will perform the song “Heart on Fire” from his Album of the Year contender Heart, while Guyton will be joined by
Thomas Jane (Deep Blue Sea, The Mist, The Predator) and Kara Hayward become vampire Slayers in the first pic from the horror-comedy, which has already been sold to The Avenue for US distribution, reports ScreenDaily. Highland Film Group is selling globally at next month’s virtual AFM. “Jane plays Elliot Jones, a man who has made
Pop-country duo SixForty1 know what it feels like to have your heart broken. They channeled those experiences into their new song “Me and Your Memory,” premiering exclusively on The Boot. “We all have the ‘one that got away,’ whose memory we still live with,” SixForty1 tell The Boot. “We just wanted to shed some light on
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Dune is, without question, one of the most popular science fiction novels ever written. That being said, it’s been a big open question as to whether or not the upcoming film adaptation was really going to blow away the box office. But based on early ticket sales, it looks like this weekend could be huge,
Toro y Moi, the project of Bay Area-based artist Chaz Bear, has signed to Dead Oceans. Along with the news, he’s also announced that a new Toro y Moi album is slated for release in 2022 via the new label. “I’m excited to begin this next chapter with Secretly / Dead Oceans!” Bear said in
Meghan McCain is pissing off some of her old bosses with her scathing assessment of her tortured time on “The View” — because they believe it’s the exact opposite of how she’s framing things. Sources close to the production tell TMZ … ABC honchos are furious about Meghan’s new memoir, and the subsequent interviews she’s