It’s the what-ifs that hurt the most. ‘Oumuamua, the first interstellar object to be observed in our Solar System, might be an alien spacecraft, but it could also be a cigar-shaped rock. If only it had hung around in our neck of the galaxy long enough for us to have figured it out. While many
It’s a new year, and as always, it is a good time to support the Indigenous authors of North America. If you haven’t yet seen this year’s Book Riot’s read harder challenge, several of these titles could potentially check a box off our list. In the spirit of the new year, I encourage you to
Garrett Hedlund is in custody after being arrested for public intoxication, TMZ has learned, and it’s the latest in a series of problems the actor is facing. The arrest went down in Franklin County in Tennessee Saturday night. Bond has been set at $2,100 for the misdemeanor arrest, and at the time this story went
Emma Stone and husband Dave McCary are working together as producers on Jesse Eisenberg’s directorial debut film When You Finish Saving the World. To celebrate the movie’s premiere, they made a rare appearance together at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival on a virtual panel. McCary and Stone founded Fruit Tree Productions together in August of
Amythyst Kiah’s newly released cover of “Love Will Tear Us Apart” is a striking choice. The original version, a 1980 single from British synth-rock legends Joy Division, was released six years before the Chattanooga native was born. The vocals were muddled on Joy Division’s, as much was during the height of their genre’s era. But
After becoming a huge name for playing Mary Jane Watson in the Spider-Man trilogy, Kirsten Dunst has primarily gravitated toward offbeat, independent films and that trend will continue with her next project. The actress has signed on to be in Alex Garland’s next film, the writer/director behind one of the best science fiction movies in
What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? is a Georgian film that premiered at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival. After making the festival rounds, the film garnered the attention of critics but unfortunately hasn’t yet made as much of an impact on casual viewers. This quirky, beautifully shot story begins with a
Australian-Macedonian writer/director Goran Stolevski weaves a complex emotional tapestry of humanity in his period folk tale that wields horror as a vehicle. You Won’t Be Alone reframes life and its stages through the lens of a witch, creating a sensory experience that’s artful, languid meditation with a helping of blood and entrails. In an isolated Macedonian mountain village in
Photo Credit: @sydneywarrenphotography All I can say about this new song by Leah Haywood is wow. I’ve been a fan of her music since her debut album, and this song right here is the exact reason why. She seems to find a way to turn every song she releases into pure magic. Haywood gets personal
A strong majority of Americans support legal marijuana. Will this be the year Democrats finally embrace it as a national issue? By Chris Cohen January 21, 2022 Illustration by Rob Vargas This week, Louisiana U.S. Senate candidate Gary Chambers put out what was in many ways an unremarkable ad for a Democratic politician: talking straight
Carrie Underwood and her family celebrated her son Jacob’s third birthday on Friday (Jan. 21), and the country superstar turned to social media to share pictures of the incredible Paw Patrol-themed cake she had made for the occasion. Underwood took Jacob and his friends to DEFY Nashville, an air sports complex that offers a range
Refresh for chart and more analysis Some studio distribution bosses use to say that moviegoing is a 52-week business. Well, that’s not the philosophy this weekend, and it’s even grimmer next weekend as most of the majors figured in the wake of MLK weekend, and a traditional box office dead zone like January with Omicron
San Francisco-based songwriter Maggie Gently has released a new single, ‘Worried’, lifted from her forthcoming debut LP Peppermint. Check out a visual for the track below. “‘Worried’ is kind of a love song, but also kind of a reckless, frantic snapshot of an anxious person trying to hold on to the things she thinks she
The only thing better than one Tatyana Ali is two. She did double duty on Vanished: Searching For My Sister, playing total opposite twins Kayla and Jada. Although, she won’t be giving another Tatiana (Maslany) a run for her money just yet because we rarely got to see her embody missing twin Kayla. Vanished was
Thomas Rhett will spend summer 2022 on the road as he headlines his extensive Bring the Bar to You Tour. The trek will get underway June 17 with a two-night stint in Gilford, New Hampshire, at the Bank of NH Pavilion. Named for a song on Rhett’s upcoming sixth album, the 30-date Bring the Bar
The prestigious halls of the New England set Ancaster College harbors a curse. Upper-level students scare first-year students with stories of a witch once hung there whose ghost returns every year to claim a victim on the anniversary of her death. Writer/Director Mariama Diallo uses that curse to connect the past to the present, blending a variety
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Since releasing his first single, “Unwound,” in 1981, George Strait has become one of country music’s most iconic artists. Over the course of his incredible career, he’s racked up 60 No. 1 hits: more than any other performer in history. On top of that feat, Strait has sold over 100 million records worldwide, has been
Play video content The Deadline Podcast Crew Call Fans’ demands for Idris Elba to play James Bond are NOT falling on deaf ears for those who can make it happen … because he seems to be at the forefront of their minds. Two producers who are key to the franchise, Barbara Broccoli and Michael G.
Australian singer-songwriter Katie Dey has announced her next album: forever music will be self-released on January 28. The album, which Dey recorded entirely on her own, will be intially available as a Bandcamp exclusive, although she notes in a press release that “it may be released on streaming services in the future if i feel
Christian Tafdrup’s bleak Speak No Evil will undoubtedly draw some comparisons to nihilistic horror satires like Michael Haneke’s Funny Games. Both seek to make the viewer deeply uncomfortable while sending a caustic message. But while the latter chastised its audience for their consumption of violence, the former struggles with its polite society messaging. It results in a grueling
Redeeming Love is a Western romance film directed by D. J. Caruso, who co-wrote the screenplay with Francine Rivers. The film is based on Rivers’ best-selling 1991 novel of the same name and is set in the American Old West during the California Gold Rush. It stars Abigail Cowen, Tom Lewis and Logan Marshall-Green. It was filmed mostly in Cape Town, South Africa. The film centers
The Dyson sphere has become such a staple of SETI as well as science fiction that it’s hard to conceive how lightly Freeman Dyson himself took the idea. In a 2008 interview with Slate, he described the Dyson sphere as no more than ‘a little joke,’ and noted “it’s amusing that of course you get
This week’s book challenge and censorship news is pretty bleak. There is a lot of it, and when it feels like everything to be found has been found, more appears. We’ll end this roundup with a really positive thing, but before getting there or to the round-up, let’s talk a bit about how groups are
With her 2021 album Changemakers, folk singer Crys Matthews truly established herself as a force to be reckoned with. While Matthews is well-traveled in folk and women’s music circles, her first showcase at last year’s increasingly diverse AmericanaFest will hopefully lead to growing connections in Americana and country music. Today, on the 49th anniversary of
A lot of franchise conventions were challenged in Daniel Craig’s final James Bond outing, the explosive finale known as No Time To Die. Adding to the sweeping changes in dynamic was, naturally, the role of Léa Seydoux’s Dr. Madeleine Swann being brought back to draw further dramatic contrast between the modern era of 007 and
Bernie Sanders is making money for some of his constituents, thanks to a meme from the Inauguration … because folks are buying more of those famous mittens on the 1st anniversary. Here’s the deal … Bernie became an instant meme when he wore a pair of mittens, gifted to him by an elementary school teacher
Play video content TMZ.com The Kim-ticipation’s been killing fans of the “Sex and the City” reboot, and this could be a smidgen of good news for ’em … ’cause someone who’s been on set isn’t ready to write off a Kim Cattrall comeback. We caught up with Thomas Canestraro Friday afternoon as he left Complete
A small southwestern town becomes a feeding ground for a demon in the brand new Tubi Original horror movie Hellblazers, which just debuted over on Tubi today, January 21! Check out the official trailer below and find it on Tubi now. In the film, “A satanic cult focused on unleashing hell on earth, conjures up