Jessica Chastain illustrated her words with actions Thursday on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon, engaging the late night host in an exercise in Hollywood inequality. The Molly’s Game actress prefaced the demonstration with a note that “female roles have been so underwritten, especially compared to male roles.” She and …
Read More »Brazilian Girls Prep First LP in 10 Years, 'Let's Make Love'
Brazilian Girls will release their first album in 10 years, Let’s Make Love, on April 13th via Six Degrees Records. The alternative-dance quartet teased the LP with lead single “Pirates,” a barrage of springy synthesizers and singer Sabina Sciubba’s staccato vocal lines. In a statement, Sciubba detailed the positive inspiration …
Read More »Quincy Jones Tapped for Michael Jackson, 'Man in the Mirror' Tribute Concert
Quincy Jones will appear at a special concert celebrating the 30th anniversary of Michael Jackson‘s hit song, “Man in the Mirror,” set to stream live on YouTube January 19th at 7 p.m. PST. The show will feature reinterpretations of “Man in the Mirror” from several artists, including the song’s co-writer …
Read More »George Clooney to Lead 'Catch-22' Series for Hulu
George Clooneywill direct and star in a six-part limited series based on Joseph Heller’s landmark novel Catch-22for Hulu, the streaming service announced Sunday. Clooney, who will play the role of Colonel Cathcart for the adaptation, will also executive produce the series about the book that gave birth to the paradoxical …
Read More »Watch Dua Lipa Dance Battle Herself in Kinetic 'IDGAF' Video
Dua Lipa dance-battles herself in the vibrant new “IDGAF” video. The clip embodies her dueling voices – the vulnerable romantic and the empowered independent spirit – that follow a breakup. Henry Scholfield, who helmed the video with Mosaert (Paul Van Haver and Luc Junior Tam), said the creative team aimed …
Read More »Tag Teams Have WWE's 'Smackdown Live' in a Headlock
When Smackdown Live was coined the “Land of Opportunity” in the summer of 2016, it became the preferred show for WWE fans looking for their favorite superstars getting more screen time, title matches and creative respect. A year and a half later, Smackdown is still the WWE’s most opportunistic show …
Read More »Watch Bobby Bare's Heart-Wrenching 'I Drink' Video
Country legend Bobby Bare is an artist well-regarded for his songwriting, but he also knows the value of recording songs from other sources, having scored a Top Ten hit in 1963 with the Mel Tillis-Danny Dill classic “Detroit City.” Last May, when Bare recorded Things Change, his first LP of …
Read More »Golden Globes 2018: Watch Oprah's Inspirational Call-to-Arms Speech
Oprah Winfrey, in her inspiring acceptance speech for the Cecil B. Demille Award at the 2018 Golden Globes, condemned a “culture broken by brutally powerful men” and predicted the dawning of a new era spurred on by the #MeToo movement. “I want all the girls watching here and now to …
Read More »'Nashville' Recap: Final Season Begins With Juliette's Quest, Gunnar's New Look
Nashville enters its sixth and final season with Juliette continuing her quest to find herself, Gunnar embracing the single life by testing the theory that blondes have more fun and Deacon brushing up on his presidential history. It’s after Christmas but just before the end of the year and Deacon, …
Read More »Protests Erupt Across Iran: What You Need to Know
It isn’t yet clear if the wave of protests that has swept across Iran since last Thursday is the start of a sustained popular drive for political change in that clergy-ruled theocracy, or if it’s merely a short-lived outburst that will be handily suppressed by the authorities. So far, nearly …
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