Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Pérez is a 2016 Michael L. Printz Award finalist, one of the highest honors for Young Adult literature. It’s loosely based on Romeo and Juliet, following the real-life 1937 New London school explosion in East Texas. In the novel, a Mexican girl and Black boy fall in love, breaking
Tarek El Moussa has COVID-19, which means his TV show is pausing production, but it’s also making waves for his fiancee, Heather Rae Young‘s hit show on Netflix. The HGTV star’s rep tells TMZ … Tarek came back with a positive result recently, and after consulting with his doc — he’s decided to quarantine and
I forgot how hilarious Tom Hardy was in the first Venom, delivering a batshit insane performance right out of an 80s-style buddy comedy. With Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Hardy is back as Eddie Brock, who is of course also the alien symbiote known as Venom. Woody Harrelson, who popped up as Cletus Kasady in the
Butterfield has learned a lot from the show—just don’t ask him for sex ed advice. By Willa Bennett September 21, 2021 Courtesy of Joseph Sinclair Asa Butterfield says Netflix’s Sex Education taught him about the complexity of masculinity, too. The show, whose third season just dropped, has become known for provoking conversations around male friendship,
The man who allegedly pulled a knife on Ariana Grande‘s security and got arrested at her home has been a menace for months, and now we know how ominous it was, because the guy threatened to kill her. Ariana filed legal docs to get a restraining order, and in it she explains Aharon Brown has
Danny Paisley’s “Date With an Angel” music video tells a love story through the ages. The bluegrass musician is premiering the new clip exclusively with The Boot; press play below to watch. Both Paisley and his son Ryan star in the “Date With an Angel” video. The clip sweetly shows the passage of time in
Patty Perez — aka, “Goddess Patty,” who made a memorable cameo in a ‘Jackass’ film — has died … TMZ has learned. The actress and Internet sensation’s daughter, Priscilla, tells us … Patty passed away last Friday at a hospital in Reno, where she lived — and where she was being treated for complications related
The Goon Sax have shared a new song called ‘Temples’, their first since releasing their third album Mirror II earlier this year. The track, which features James Harrison on lead vocals, comes with an accompanying video directed by James Caswell. Check it out below. Harrison said in a statement about ‘Temples’: Temples is an offering
Breland wasn’t even a year old when Deana Carter released “Strawberry Wine,” her 1996 ballad about the passing of teenage innocence beneath a “hot July moon.” But the country whiz kid who broke out with the viral “My Truck” regards Carter’s song as a touchstone of his introduction to country music. “It really beautifully describes
Bearing witness to the glamour of the Venice Film Festival, the campiness seen at MTV Video Music Awards, and the no-holds-barred approach to dressing for this year’s Met Gala, we think it’s safe to say that Fashion with a capital F is back on the red carpet. Events may be smaller and more intimate this
This is not your typical NCIS. NCIS: Hawai’i Season 1 Episode 1 introduced us to Jane Tennant, the leader of NCIS: Pearl, and she was a breath of fresh air. Jane and her team balanced duty, family, and country on the series premiere after a high-stakes crime that threatened to destroy their careers. With the
It’s already been an insanely packed year for genre offerings, and the Halloween season is about to compound that tenfold with some major anticipated releases still on the horizon. It’s a continuing trend from last year, in which a steady stream of horror content made it tricky to keep up with all of the titles.
I acknowledge and pay my respects to the Cammeraygal People of the Guringai tribe of the Eora nation, the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I write this article. I pay my respects to their Elders past, present, and future and extend that respect to all Indigenous people who are reading this article. Around
Mickey Guyton and Darius Rucker are among the all-star list of artists who contributed to Metallica’s recently released The Metallica Blacklist, an expansive project celebrating the metal band’s influence. Both country artists offered covers of “Nothing Else Matters,” each putting their own spin on the song. Guyton’s “Nothing Else Matters” beautifully showcases the lower register of her voice
The thing is, out of those 9 films, I would say that at least 8 of them are masterpieces. And if I was going to judge the films alone, I’d probably put Goodfellas at number 1. But I don’t want to do that list. Instead, I’d rather focus on De Niro’s performances in those 9
Netflix, the giant of streaming services, has unveiled the official trailer for Luna Park. The series begins with the discovery of the bond between two lost sisters separated at birth. Following a succession of intrigues and mysteries, the two protagonists will attempt to shed light on why, still in their infancy, they were separated and
September 20, 2021 FEATURED, Movies Trailer: Beanie Feldstein and Steven Yeun Try To Survive In The New Horror ‘The Humans’ The official synopsis for “The Humans” from A24 was released and reads: “Erik Blake has gathered three generations of his Pennsylvania family to celebrate Thanksgiving at his daughter’s apartment in lower Manhattan. As darkness falls
Move over Travis Scott … there’s a new music superstar collabing with the Swoosh, ’cause Billie Eilish and Jordan Brand linked up and are about to drop brand new kicks. The 19-year-old pop star revealed the retro Js on her feet in her IG post on Monday — saying she’s “SO excited” for the release.
Ghostbusters: Afterlife will begin haunting theaters on November 19, 2021, and the first wave of rave reviews from movie critics suggest we’re all in for a treat later this year. Critic Scott Menzel tweeted, “Ghostbusters: Afterlife is the Ghostbusters sequel that I’ve been waiting all my life to see. It is nostalgia done right. A perfect blend of classic Ghostbusters
In spite of the genre’s growth over the past decade, many people have a tough time describing what Americana music actually is. Most can agree on one thing, however: The genre prizes eclecticism. Still, throughout the 2010s, some critiqued Americana music’s elevation of straight white men with acoustic guitars. For example, in 2018, after winning
Warner Bros’ Clint Eastwood western movie Cry Macho wasn’t tough at the box office this weekend, opening to $4.4M at 3,967 theaters in 3rd place, nor did the pic have any grit in homes on HBO Max pulling in only 693k households stateside over the weekend according to Samba TV. In a year of day-and-date theatrical-streaming
The Legend of the Marlborough Monkey, the latest documentary by researcher and filmmaker Karac St. Laurent, takes a fresh look at an older and often overlooked series of cryptid sightings out of New Hampshire. Most people don’t think of the northeastern United States when they think of Bigfoot sightings, but St. Laurent has put together
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Spooky season is creeping back, and Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker got a head start on the Halloween festivities by bringing their global makeout tour to Knott’s Scary Farm in Buena Park, CA. Kardashian shared a photo of the two kissing at the theme park. Instagram Kardashian and Barker also recently made out in Paris:
Play video content CBS Seth Rogen said out loud what lots of people were thinking … how did all the celebs at the Emmys Sunday night get a pass when it came to wearing masks indoors? Seth kinda joked he would have rethought even going to the Emmys had he known it would be held
Bloody Disgusting has the exclusive first look at the teaser trailer for A Savannah Haunting, which carries some heavy Annabelle vibes. Established actor William Mark McCullough (American Made, Hillbilly Elegy, Arsenal, Logan Lucky) makes his directorial debut with this new supernatural thriller feature that is based on real supernatural phenomena he and his family experienced
Author Frances Moore Lappé reflects on the 50-year legacy of Diet for a Small Planet, which argues that plant-based eating can save us and the planet. By Gabriella Paiella September 20, 2021 Illustration by Simon Abranowicz In 1971 Berkeley, California, a 26-year-old new mother and researcher named Frances Moore Lappé was preoccupied with the idea of ending
Barely three days after Dave Brown toasted the 15th anniversary of his Nashville rock venue the Basement with a celebratory concert on February 29th, 2020, the club owner was awoken by a phone call that tragedy had struck at the Basement East, his other venue, across the Cumberland River. A tornado had touched down in
Anthony Johnson — best known for his roles in “House Party” and “Friday” — has died … TMZ has learned. Johnson’s nephew tells us … A.J. was found lifeless in a store earlier this month in Los Angeles and rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. So far, no cause of death has