579 posts tagged ‘entertainment culture’
25-year-old viral "mystery" X-Files song gets a full release
AV Club,
A win for the humble internet detective tonight, as a 25-year-old musical TV mystery has now been solved—complete with a full release of the song in question. That’s “Staring At The Stars,” by Dan Marfisi and Glenn Jordan, a song previously available only to a very limited audience—i.e., people paying extra strong… Read more...
Is anybody in the market for a gently used Wile E. Coyote movie?
The saga of Warner Bros.’ abandoned, bedraggled, “left for tax write-off” animated/live-action hybrid feature, Coyote Vs. Acme, continues apace this week—because, just like its title character, you apparently can’t keep this movie down. Read more...
R.I.P. Ryan O'Neal, star of Barry Lyndon and Love Story
Ryan O’Neal has died. As first a TV star, and then an Oscar-nominated actor—for box office smash Love Story, in 1970—O’Neal had a celebrated run as a performer throughout the 1960s and ’70s, before both his public reputation and his career were tarnished by a mixture of diminishing returns, box office failures, and… Read more...
Olivia Wilde's making a movie described as "Bridesmaids at the North Pole"
Forcing us to contemplate, however briefly, the behavior of projectile vomiting and explosive diarrhea in sub-zero temperatures, Olivia Wilde is apparently working on a movie described as “Bridesmaids at the North Pole.” Specifically, Deadline reports that Booksmart and Don’t Worry Darling director Wilde will be… Read more...
Bradley Cooper immediately FaceTimed Emma Stone after watching Poor Things
Variety didn’t just get two Oscar-bait stars from off the street for the latest Actors on Actors conversation. Emma Stone and Bradley Cooper have history, having met on the set of 2008’s The Rocker. So when Bradley Cooper saw Poor Things and was completely “blown away” by it, “I called you and luckily you answered…… Read more...
It's Nicki Minaj's city, we're all just living in it
Get in losers, we’re going to Gag City—whether you like it (or get it) or not. If you’ve been on the internet at all in the past few days, you’ve probably seen post after post after post featuring an AI generated pink metropolis, complete with celebrity ambassadors, major brands, and even its own stringent immigration… Read more...
Ginuwine finally weighs in on infamous encounter with Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears
In October, many of us were haunted by Michelle Williams’ multi-layered line delivery as the audiobook narrator of Britney Spears’ memoir, The Woman In Me. In one notable clip, Williams, from Spears’ perspective, did an impression of Justin Timberlake parroting African American Vernacular English when the couple… Read more...
The Doors' 30 most essential songs, ranked
Jim Morrison would’ve turned 80 years old on December 8, 2023, a feat that may seem like an impossibility from our modern perspective when he’s been a dead legend for far longer than he was a living star. Morrison spent roughly five years in the glare of the spotlight: his band, the Doors, released their debut album… Read more...