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Monsieur Spade shows its hand, The Curse delivers an unforgettable finale, and more from the week in TV
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It kind of goes without saying, but here we go anyway: Humphrey Bogart’s portrayal of Dashiell Hammett’s genre-defining private detective character Sam Spade in the 1941 noir classic The Maltese Falcon is one of the all-time great movie performances. Bogie’s brooding gumshoe is vulnerable and cynical at the same time,… Read more...
Will Mean Girls kick off a new era for the 'movie to musical to movie musical' pipeline?
Mean Girls, the movie-musical adaption that opens in theaters this weekend, feels like both an inevitable release and a bizarre confluence of trends that began long before its young cast was even born. We know that Hollywood will take any opportunity to expand an existing piece of intellectual property in a bid to… Read more...
Hear Marisa Abela's Amy Winehouse voice in new biopic trailer, judge some Oscars songs, and more from the week in film
Whether you know it or not, you’ve most likely heard a piece of music written by Kevin MacLeod. If you were watching the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday night, you’ve definitely heard it. During their presentation of the award for best actor in a comedy, Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig tried to play it straight, only to… Read more...
The week in entertainment news: How about those Golden Globes, huh?
Sometimes an awards show moment can change the course of history—at least, if you’re Taylor Swift. The mind immediately goes to the 2009 VMAs, an event that has haunted both Swift and Kanye West’s careers for more than a decade. Most recently, there was the cringeworthy Jo Koy quip about the cameras cutting less… Read more...
A documentary about the Idris Elba "Gold" documentary YouTube viewers can't escape from
Boing Boing,
YouTube bombarded viewers with ads for Gold: A Journey With Idris Elba, an hour-long propaganda piece produced by the World Gold Council and starring Idris Elba of Cyberpunk 2077 fame (and nothing else). As one might expect, it's an hour of fluff whitewashing the bloody history of African gold mining and downplaying the gold industry's role in propping up apartheid for the sake of profits, put together by people calling themselves the World Gold Council like a bunch of C-list Bond villains. — Read the rest The post A documentary about the Idris Elba "Gold" documentary YouTube viewers can't escape from appeared first on Boing Boing.
Lil Nas X drops first new music in a year, to howls of complaint from right-wing evangelists
If there's one modern artist who thrives on controversy, it's Lil Nas X. The rapper seems intent on pushing every boundary he can and shocking the sensibilities of… well, anyone older than 30 able to sputter "blasphemy!" (but certainly not Dolly Parton). — Read the rest The post Lil Nas X drops first new music in a year, to howls of complaint from right-wing evangelists appeared first on Boing Boing.
Hungry fox makes a bizarre noise that's a mixture of a squawk, a scream, and a meow
I can't stop watching this adorable hungry fox named Sophie begging for food. She's so dramatic, she should win an Oscar! She's not actually starving, she's very well fed and taken care of. I also had no idea that foxes (previously) could make sounds that are a bizarre mixture of a squawk, a scream, and a cat's meow. — Read the rest The post Hungry fox makes a bizarre noise that's a mixture of a squawk, a scream, and a meow appeared first on Boing Boing.