579 posts tagged ‘entertainment culture’
Twilight turns 15: Revisiting the mania, sparkly vampires and all
AV Club,
Picture this: you’re in an exceedingly blue-tinted forest in Forks, Washington, with the sexy new object of your affections. You’re obsessed with him, but you’re starting to have some doubts. “How old are you?” you ask him. “15,” he answers. “How long have you been 15?” “Since November 21, 2008,” he responds. Read more...
The Rolling Stones set 2024 tour dates
The good news for Rolling Stones fans is these guys are never going to stop touring so long as they remain capable of taking the stage. That’s how we get Mick Jagger, 80, Keith Richards, 79, and Ronnie Wood, 76, embarking on “Stones Tour ’24 Hackney Diamonds,” a 16-date North American tour to promote their new album… Read more...
Napoleon review: Ridley Scott delivers a dynamite biopic
Outside of military colleges, where his strategic acumen is still lauded, many present-day folks might only have a loose sense of Napoleon Bonaparte, with a bicorne hat and hand tucked in his jacket, as a man of short stature and shorter temper. Director Ridley Scott’s Napoleon sweeps aside this caricature, craftily… Read more...
The Best Gifts for the Musician Who Has Everything (When Money Is No Object)
Gizmodo,
If the musicians in your life are anything like me, they’ve plunged headfirst into significant debt in their relentless pursuit of the gear to fuel their artistic aspirations. Read more...
The 25 most iconic movie company logos, from A24 to Pixar to TriStar
A good studio logo says something about the movie you’re about to see. Sometimes it’s as literal as “this movie is based on a Marvel comic book,” sometimes it’s a testament to a studio’s place in film history, and sometimes it’s—at the risk of sounding very cool—a total vibe that gives you a sense of what to expect… Read more...
20 Underrated Fantasy Books to Gift the Readers in Your Life
As the holidays near, it can be a challenge to buy gifts for the most voracious book readers in your life—but 2023 has seen a ton of excellent fantasy books hit shelves, to the point that it’s been hard to keep up with all the greatest new material. Here’s 20 of our favorite underrated choices that will make the… Read more...
Adam Sandler says Roseanne Barr was originally to sing “The Chanukah Song”
Adam Sandler’s iconic Saturday Night Live musical number “The Chanukah Song” is nearly 30 years old, but he just dropped a surprising reveal about the song in a chat with Access Hollywood about his new movie Leo. The song was written for an episode hosted by Roseanne Barr in December of 1994, and Sandler told Access… Read more...
Robert Eggers says that Nosferatu star Bill Skarsgård looks more like a vampire than a real vampire
Bill Skarsgård is making a real name for himself in the world of horror, also a face and eyes and just a generally creepy vibe, but it sounds like he might be taking those Pennywise skills to a whole new level in Robert Eggers’ highly anticipated remake of Nosferatu. Speaking with Empire for the magazine’s big 2024… Read more...