HBO Max has released the official trailer for its long-awaited Friends reunion, which will air May 27th. The clip offers an extensive look at what the reunion will entail, starting with a bit of Friends trivia, with David Schwimmer asking the assembled cast who remembers the length of Rachel’s break-up …
Read More »George Strait to Perform at 2022 RodeoHouston
The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo will return in 2022 for its 90th anniversary with three weeks of entertainment. The event, also known as RodeoHouston, begins February 28th and runs through March 20th with a final-day performance from Country Music Hall of Fame member George Strait. This will mark Strait’s …
Read More »A Group of Senate Democrats Calls for Immediate Ceasefire in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
A group of Senate Democrats is calling for a ceasefire in the Middle East after a week of conflict between the Israeli military and Hamas that has left more than 200 people dead, including dozens of Palestinian women and children. But the lawmakers’ push for an immediate end to the …
Read More »Joel Greenberg Is Cooperating With the Feds, Which Probably Isn't Great News for Matt Gaetz
Joel Greenberg, consummate Florida Man and now-infamous running buddy of Rep. Matt Gaetz, pleaded guilty on Friday to 6 of the 33 federal charges he’s been slapped with since last summer. One of the charges to which he admitted in federal court is sex trafficking a minor, noting in the …
Read More »How Madison Calley — and Her Harp — Made History
Days before the 2021 Grammys, Madison Calley received some devastating news: The harpist was supposed to perform with rapper Roddy Ricch, but when Ricch decided to head in a different direction, Calley’s appearance was scratched. “I had already told my mom about the performance, and she was so proud of …
Read More »Trojan Records Sets 50th-Anniversary Reissue of 'The Trojan Story'
Trojan Records is set to reissue its legendary 1971 collection The Trojan Story — a three-LP set that helped introduce the world to artists like Jimmy Cliff, the Maytals, Desmond Dekker, and Lee “Scratch” Perry — for its 50th anniversary this June. Long out-of-print, the 50-song anthology — due out …
Read More »The Enemy Within
A nita Muldoon could sense that this might be her last chance to make it as a cop. She was riding shotgun in a Minneapolis squad car in the fall of 1993 when her training officer offered a blunt assessment of her standing. “You’re not trusted,” he told her. “And …
Read More »The Weeknd, BTS to Perform, Drake to Receive 'Artist of the Decade' Award at 2021 Billboard Music Awards
UPDATE (5/19): Several more performers have been added to the 2021 Billboard Music Awards lineup, including Bad Bunny and Karol G. They join other previously-announced performers Alicia Keys, DJ Khaled with H.E.R. and Migos, Duran Duran, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis with Sounds of Blackness, AJR , Glass Animals and …
Read More »'The Underground Railroad': Barry Jenkins' Gorgeous Journey Into American Darkness
Again and again throughout Barry Jenkins’ adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Underground Railroad, the Oscar-winning Moonlight director will pause the story to present a tableau of his huge cast of black characters. These shots are stunning in their composition, as if Jenkins and cinematographer James Laxton are …
Read More »'Jupiter's Legacy': The Never-ending Story of Imitation Superheroes
In the opening scene of Netflix’s new superhero drama Jupiter’s Legacy, three kids run around a backyard playing superhero — a familiar moment given a twist when we see that one of them has actual superpowers. Then the subject of their role-play, the iconic Utopian (Josh Duhamel), who happens to …
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