579 posts tagged ‘entertainment culture’
Our predictions for the 2024 Grammy Award nominations
AV Club,
Coming up with a list of nominations for the Grammy nominating committee is a herculean task, and the results are always a bit inscrutable. Distilling a year’s worth of music down into a list of ten songs or albums that deserve to get recognized due to artistic excellence, commercial performance or both is next to… Read more...
Brian Cox initially thought he was signing on for a James Bond movie instead of a reality show
He may not have achieved his dream of being a big-screen Bond villain just yet, but Brian Cox is certainly antagonizing at least the marketing department behind his new 007-themed reality show. Read more...
Timbaland Apologizes for Saying Britney Spears Should Have Been Muzzled
Jezebel,
Mere hours after a clip began to circulate in which once-visionary producer Timbaland suggested that his frequent collaborator Justin Timberlake should have “put a muzzle” on Britney Spears, Timbaland apologized on Tuesday night. Read more...
Cecilia Aldarondo Relived Her High School Traumas on Film So You Don't Have To
The premise is like something out of a romcom: In order to exorcize her high school demons, a Gen X/millennial cusp filmmaker sets out to recreate certain traumatic moments, at times filming at her actual alma mater. That roughly describes You Were My First Boyfriend, the latest from Cecilia Aldarondo (whose previous… Read more...
Newly Appointed Taylor Swift Expert Is a Guy Named Bryan
In September, the U.S. media company Gannett posted a full-time job listing for a Taylor Swift reporter. What ensued were a lot of takes about the validity of fangirl-dom, the dire state of media in general, and the sound of a thousand Swiftie TikTokers opening their laptop to bang out a cover letter. Today, Gannett… Read more...
1 Reality Show, 2 Gossipy Investigations, and More to Fill Your Weekend
The holidays are certainly in the air because Mariah Carey has been hit with a $20 million copyright infringement lawsuit for her legendary banger “All I Want for Christmas Is You.” The argument is quite the stretch—though crazier suits have won! Still, if you’ve had a long week, at least you didn’t spend these wild… Read more...
Count Your Days, Pardison Fontaine
On Friday, Megan Thee Stallion (Megan Pete) released her latest single, “Cobra”— the rapper’s first since she emancipated herself from 1501 Certified Entertainment and started her own independent label, Hot Girl Productions. Read more...
For What It's Worth, I’d Watch an HBO Series About This Fake Vegan Herbalist Trolling TV Critics
If you crave stories about espionage, moles, and infiltrating enemy territory, boy do I have a story you’re going to be underwhelmed by. But you’ll still probably get a little laugh. Read more...