Tom Hanks stopped byThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert to talk about his new Western film,News of the World. But given that he’s, well, Tom Hanks, the conversation turned pretty free-wheeling, and the veteran actor was able to recount a few of his classic Hollywood anecdotes. “There was a time …
Read More »Questlove's 'Black Woodstock' Doc to Premiere at Sundance Film Festival
Questlove’s film about the Harlem Cultural Festival, plus docs on Rita Moreno and the band Sparks, are among the music-related projects set to screen at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. The 2021 fest will take place digitally, January 28th through February 3rd, with passes and tickets going on sale on …
Read More »'Willow' Cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto Didn't Know Taylor Swift Had a New Album, Either
When award-winning cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto started working on the video for “Willow” with Taylor Swift in November, he didn’t know that it was a part of her new surprise album, Evermore. “I thought maybe it was a video for the previous album,” he tellsRolling Stone. “I didn’t even know what …
Read More »'SNL': See Questlove Slap Pete Davidson in 'Rap Roundtable' Sketch
Pete Davidson and Saturday Night Live host Timothée Chalamet played a hip-hop duo that drew the ire of Questlove in the show’s “Rap Roundtable” sketch. In the sketch, Davidson and Chalamet play Guaplord and $mokecheddathaassgetta, young rappers invited to a hip-hop panel alongside Queen Latifah (Punkie Johnson) and the Roots …
Read More »Hear Steve Earle's Rollicking Version of Justin Townes Earle's 'Champagne Corolla'
Last month, Steve Earle released his take on “Harlem River Blues,” the first taste of J.T., his upcoming tribute album to his son Justin Townes Earle, who died in August. Now, he’s following it up with “Champagne Corolla,” the lead track to JTE’s penultimate album, 2017’s Kids in the Street, …
Read More »Ellen DeGeneres Tests Positive for Covid-19, Pauses Show Until 2021
Ellen DeGeneres revealed Thursday that she has tested positive for the coronavirus. While DeGeneres is “feeling fine” following the diagnosis, production on her daytime show has been suspended until January 2021, Variety reports. “Hi everyone, I want to let you all know that I tested positive for Covid-19. Fortunately, I’m …
Read More »A TikTok Stripper Got 1.9 Million Followers With Her Wild Stories. But Are They True?
If you spend a lot of time on TikTok, then you’ve probably come across ItsImperial on your For You page. An 18-year-old with high cheekbones, a septum piercing, and intense, dark eyebrows, Imperial has racked up an impressive 1.9 million followers in less than a year, typically posting at least …
Read More »Patterson Hood: Why the Georgia Senate Runoff Is So Crucial
For the past five years, Patterson Hood has lived in Portland, Oregon, more than 2,600 miles away from his former hometown of Athens, Georgia. But Hood moved to Georgia from his home state of Alabama in the mid-Nineties. And during his two-plus decades living in Athens, the Drive-By Truckers frontman …
Read More »Trump's EPA Refuses to Set Higher Air Quality Standards That Could Save Lives
As Americans across the country die from the coronavirus, the Trump Administration will choose not to raise air quality standards, even though scientific research suggests a link between air pollution and Covid-19 deaths, the New York Times reported. Instead, according to the Times, EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler will likely announce …
Read More »'Nomadland' Review: To Roam, With Love
Imagine a place on the map so tied to its industries that when the work disappears, so does the place. This shouldn’t be so hard to imagine; it is, in so many ways, the story of America’s once-towering industrial cities. It could also describe the places beyond the gutted downtowns …
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