Drake took full advantage of the Dodgers being out of town Thursday … setting up a date on L.A.’s field with Johanna Leia — and the whole thing looked like it was taken right out of a Drake song. While Justin Turner and the boys were in Miami wrapping up their series with the Marlins
As the world becomes increasingly desensitized to extreme media, it’s easy to imagine unsimulated death as the disturbing final frontier of both horror and pornography. While there has never been a confirmed case of murder-on-tape being intentionally distributed for commercial purposes, the idea of snuff films has captured the imagination of writers and filmmakers for
Kumail Nanjiani will star in and executive produce a limited series adaptation of Homeland Elegies by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ayad Akhtar, Deadline reported. Akhtar, who won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for drama for his play Disgraced, will write the adaptation with Oren Moverman, who will direct the eight-episode series. FX is developing the series adapted
FRIDAY AM UPDATE: No, streaming hasn’t killed theatrical just yet, and those exhibitors who’ve gone hungry over the last year and half, received lots of bread last night. Disney/Marvel’s Black Widow kicked off its previews at 5PM earning a huge $13.2M, easily the best preview night to date during the pandemic besting Universal’s F9 ($7.1M) and Paramount’s A Quiet
Tekashi69 is a reputation slayer … so says a Japanese tattoo artist in a new lawsuit claiming the rapper jacked his name and defamed him by calling him a heroin addict. The tattoo artist, Takashi Matsuba, filed legal docs in NY claiming his reputation is in danger thanks to Tekashi69. According to docs, obtained by
Brisbane trio The Goon Sax – Louis Forster, James Harrison, and Riley Jones – were in high school when their debut album, 2016’s Up to Anything, was released, and they were still in their teens when its follow-up came out two years later. All three members take turns writing, singing, and playing each instrument, and
What an incredibly emotional hour. There was so much lightheartedness, sadness, happiness, passion, love, and more during Virgin River Season 3 Episode 8. It was equal parts uplifting and heavy, making us swing wildly from smiling and laughing, to squealing and fist-pumping, to damn near crying our eyes out. Of course, an hour where Mel
Kalie Shorr tells her life story in her new song “Love Child.” The autobiographical tune is the title track of a forthcoming EP. “Daddy came here on a boat / Mama came here on a plane / I got here by accident, but God doesn’t make mistakes,” sings to open “Love Child,” which covers the
Michael Avenatti was just sentenced to 30 months in his Nike extortion scheme case. A very emotional Avenatti appeared in court Thurdsay in NYC where the sentence was handed down, on top of the 30 months, he’ll also have 3 years of supervised release. The sentence is light considering the recommended sentence was 108-135 months
Play video content BACKGRID Sharon Stone is hilariously denying she’s dating rapper RMR … and we say hilarious because she couldn’t stop laughing when a photog raised the rumor about her and the 25-year-old. Sharon was out Thursday in Beverly Hills with her son, Roan, when paps asked whether it’s true she’s dating the up-and-coming
Universal will be releasing Old in theaters on July 23, 2021, a brand new original thriller from M. Night Shyamalan that looks to speed up the horrors of aging. You can preview the film with the below image gallery today, which includes stills and behind the scenes shots. Here’s the official plot synopsis… “This summer, Shyamalan unveils a
Nineteen-eighty-seven was one of the most important years in the field of UFO research. That was the year in which Whitley Strieber’s book, Communion, was published. The alien abduction-themed book became a huge bestseller – even a New York Times bestseller, no less. Strieber’s book was an important one because it didn’t follow the same
Tennessee native Russell Sams was in his mid-twenties when he was cast as the cig smoking trouble-maker Dick — who disrupts the luncheon with Paul and their uptight moms with his loud antics and crude conversations — in Bret Easton Ellis‘ 2002 dark drama “The Rules of Attraction.” Russell shared the big screen of the
Strand of Oaks, the project of Tim Showalter, has announced a new album. It’s called In Heaven and it arrives on October 1. Below, check out a visual for the lead single ‘Galacticana’, and scroll down for the LP’s cover artwork and tracklist. According to a press release, In Heaven is a reflection on love and
Tristan Thompson‘s pockets could get a little more swollen soon … he’s just been awarded a nice chunk of change in the libel case against his paternity accuser. According to legal docs, obtained by TMZ, the court has entered a default judgment in favor of Tristan against Kimberly Alexander for the amount of $50k …
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has a legacy of creating literary themed stamps, including stamps honoring the classic The Snowy Day, as well as their Literary Arts series spanning 32 different literary figures. This year’s entry into the Literary Arts series is speculative fiction giant Ursula K. Le Guin. Here’s everything we know about
Rocking guitars and upright saloon piano riffs set up Eric Church’s nostalgic new song about young love, “Heart on Fire.” With a jangly John Mellencamp kind of organic-feeling drive, the song tells a heartfelt story that sounds like a good time. The narrator recalls the small details, from driving an old truck down a bumpy road,
After a long career spent as the butt of Marvel fans’ jokes, Clint Barton’s Hawkeye is finally preparing to pass the baton—but not before he attempts to prove his worth in one last cinematic showing. He’s more than the guy with the arrows, folks. He’s the guy with the arrows and his own TV show.
Nashville’s Bluebird Cafe closed its doors on March 13th, 2020, another music venue unable to operate during the pandemic. But the tiny listening room’s case was even more acute than some clubs: The Bluebird, where budding songwriters try out new material right in the center of the fans, is built on intimacy. After 16 months,
They’re an elite response unit trained to tackle enormous events that strike without warning—earthquakes, hurricanes, even invasions. They’re never harried or anxious or unprepared. And they can teach us a lot about getting things done with speed and style. By Christopher Cox July 8, 2021 Getty Images; Photo Illustration by C.J. Robinson Hurricane Florence was
While Hammer Studios has been in business since 1934, it was between 1955 and 1979 that it towered as one of the premier sources of edgy, gothic horror. On top of ushering the famous monsters of Universal’s horror heyday back into the public eye, resurrecting the likes of Frankenstein, Dracula and the Mummy in vivid
The prevailing thought in the aftermath of this has been that Darren Cross is dead, but it doesn’t seem impossible that he could still be alive… albeit somewhere else. Rather than being killed inside his suit, he may have just had an incredibly violent ride to the Quantum Realm, which is expected to be a
From weddings to graduation parties, bachelorette, birthdays, and anniversaries, special events and celebrations are part and parcel of life. Whether corporate or social, these events have one thing in common. The main idea is to make the day feel special to both the host and the guests while leaving a lasting memory of the special
Lil Nas X triggered a wave of online criticism for kissing a male dancer during the BET Awards, but over at the FCC … it was basically crickets. Sooo, sign of progress? TMZ’s obtained the complaints filed to the Federal Communications Commission and there were merely 3 of them made in after Lil Nas’ much-talked
“Girl in It,” Ray Fulcher‘s debut single as a Black River Entertainment signee, reflects both the highs and lows of love — often caused by the same person. As he sings in each chorus, “If you’re going out of your mind, I bet there’s a girl in it.“ That’s a hook singer-songwriter Erik Dylan brought into the
The votes have been cast, and the 2021 CWA Dagger Award Winners have been chosen. These eleven prestigious Daggers are the United Kingdom’s leading literary crime-writing awards. Founded in 1953 by John Creasey, the Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) aspires to support the crime genre, celebrating crime writers in both fiction and nonfiction. This year, the
Author Grady Hendrix‘s slasher book The Final Girl Support Group is set for release on July 13, and today we’ve learned some exciting news about the tale’s audiobook version. Revealed by Hendrix this afternoon, Friday the 13th‘s original final girl Adrienne King will be narrating the audiobook version of The Final Girl Support Group. How
Disney/Marvel’s Black Widow started offshore rollout on Wednesday in 11 material markets including France, Italy and the UK, grossing an estimated $4.9M for the day and setting new post-Covid benchmarks. Not included in the total above are Korea previews of $1.8M yesterday. Early social sentiment there is strong (Naver 9.22/CGV 96%). In the UK and
Casinos have always been associated with style and, when depicted in the media, players are often dressed in their finest attire. Historically, gambling houses were places of opulence, where the upper classes went to mingle and enjoy some downtime. Over the years, casinos have opened up to a wider clientele, but notions about gambling fashion have
“I couldn’t care about them 2 dingbats.” Conor McGregor is days away from one of the biggest fights of his career, but the UFC superstar’s still getting grilled about Jake and Logan Paul … saying he has no intention of ever fighting the YouTubers-turned-boxers. … but he’s not counting it out for good!!! “The Notorious”