John Mayer embraces the magic of the green screen in the goofy new video for his latest single, “New Light.” The Fatal Farm-directed clip finds Mayer, looking like he just rolled out of bed, crooning the slick tune as he’s transported from a dusty farm road to a ski slope, …
Read More »Hinds Are Living Their Rock & Roll Dream
As a young rock fan in Madrid, Carlotta Cosials once made a scrapbook full of Arctic Monkeys lyrics. “When [2011’s] Suck it and See had just come out and nobody had a printer, I handmade this book,” recalls the singer-guitarist, 27. “Our obsession with lyrics began with Alex Turner.” Cosials’ …
Read More »Johnny Depp Hunts Notorious B.I.G.'s Killer in First 'City of Lies' Trailer
Johnny Depp portrays real-life LAPD detective Russell Poole, one of the lead investigators into the murder ofNotorious B.I.G., in the first trailer for the upcoming film City of Lies. The film isthe latest project to examine the Ready to Die rapper’s drive-by shooting death, with the trailer arriving on what …
Read More »How Trump Is Trying to Effectively Ban Abortion
Today, President Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services is expected to announce a rule that will prohibit Title X recipients from providing abortion services entirely. The devil will be in the details about how far this rule will reach, as some reports indicate it will also prohibit Title X …
Read More »'Book Club' Review: Four Screen Legends, 'Fifty Shades,' One Bad Movie
Four female friends think they can spice up their book club, and maybe their love lives, by wallowing in the kinky prose of E.L. James’Fifty Shades of Grey.That’s the premise of this life-after-60 comedy, and there’s not a doubt in the world that it’s a pleasure to bask in the …
Read More »'Solo' Review: 'Star Wars' Hero's Origin Story Plays It Way Too Safe
Attention Harrison Ford: You don’t have to lose your shit. Alden Ehrenreich holds up his end of the bargain playing the young version of Han Solo, your iconic, smartass space cowboy. Yes, the movie ride delivered by Solo: A Star Wars Story is more mild than wild, a pleasant way …
Read More »Margot Kidder: Lois Lane Gets Personal in 1981 Rolling Stone Cover Story
Margot Kidder came to Morocco looking for adventure. She hadn’t intended to get into trouble. But not unlike Lois Lane, the comic-book heroine she plays in the Superman movies, she’s prone to dive into things and winds up paying the price. You might say she lacks caution. Kidder was unaware …
Read More »See George Carlin Imitate New Yorkers in Rare Lost Routine
George Carlin lampoons the people he used to know in his New York City neighborhood, including Italians, Jews and the police, doing hilarious stereotypical impressions in a recently rediscovered clip of him performing in 1973. The clip comes from the rarely seen special, The Real George Carlin, that will be …
Read More »A War Is Brewing Between Billboard and YouTube Over Music Charts
FollowingBillboard’s decision last week to tweak the methodology of its music charts in favor of paid streaming services, YouTube, a free streaming service, is ramping up its own music charts. On Thursday, the company debuted “Trending,” a chart that refreshes multiple times a day with real-time data on music that …
Read More »It's Time for 'Experts' to Start Treating West Virginians Like Human Beings
If West Virginians were actually the mindless, toothless, hate-seething dipshits depicted in the endless succession of “This Is Trump County” exposés, the right-wing Republicans who tend to turn out for primary elections should logically be extra-mindless and dipshitty. That wasn’t the case on Tuesday, and now the former coal baron, …
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