Overexaggeration is what makes professional wrestling the big-stage, fist-fight fantasy that it is, but for Andre the Giant – one of the niche business’ greatest legends – the allure was in reality. Jason Hehir’s HBO documentary Andre the Giant, which premiered on HBO on Tuesday night, explores the real-life mystique, …
Read More »Stormy Daniels' Lawyer Says Michael Cohen 'Has Been Set Up to Take the Fall'
The Stormy Daniels affair just turned into a Category 5 hurricane. The FBI has raided the office of President Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen, according to the New York Times.Vanity Fairreports that a team of feds also searched the Park Avenue hotel where Cohen has been staying. The agents reportedly …
Read More »Megadeth Plot Extras-Packed 'Killing Is My Business' Reissue
Megadeth are marking their 35th anniversary with an extras-packed, deluxe reissue of their 1985 debut, newly dubbed Killing Is My Business … and Business Is Good: The Final Kill. The remastered album, due June 8th, features a new mix that includes some alternate takes, as well as live recordings and …
Read More »Travers on 'Lean On Pete': This Boy-Meets-Horse Drama's a Heartbreaker
It’s a movie about a boy, a horse and the setbacks that befall them – so you can be forgiven for walking into Lean On Pete and immediately thinking you’ve just landed right smack dab in the middle of Tearjerker Central. Don’t worry: British writer-director Andrew Haigh (Weekend, 45 Years) …
Read More »Travers on 'Blockers': Femcentric Raunch-Com Flips the Script and Scores
It’s a sex farce about three high school girls who make a pact to lose their virginity on prom night – until their parents decide to cock-block them, that is. On paper, Blockers sounds bloody awful, like the spawn of Mean Girls and Superbad that nobody wanted. “Well, bite me!” …
Read More »Meek Mill: Judge Denies Request to Reconsider Prison Sentence
UPDATE:Philadelphia district attorney Larry Krasner filed a motion to the state Supreme Court backing Meek Mill‘s request to be released from prison on bail, Billboard reports. This reiterates a motion the prosecutors filed last month, which stated they were “unopposed” to Meek Mill’s bail request. According to Billboard, the new …
Read More »Watch Tinashe Dance Alone in New 'Faded Love' Video
InTinashe‘salluring new video for “Faded Love,” the singer dances inside an empty warehouse decorated with gauzy curtains and broken mirrors.While the choreography and costume are plenty sultry alone, the tightly-composed vertical frame adds another level of intensity to the clip. “Faded Love” follows Tinashe‘s previously released single, “No Drama,” which …
Read More »Inside Congress' Battle for Prison Reform Under Trump
What a difference a year makes. While in 2017 efforts to overhaul the nation’s criminal justice system seemed to fizzle out completely on Capitol Hill, this year it seems to be gaining momentum – and that’s in part because of the president himself. “As America regains its strength, this opportunity …
Read More »Kanye West Settles Lawsuit Against Saint Pablo Tour Insurers
Kanye West has settled his lawsuit against insurer Lloyd’s of London. Howard King, the attorney representing West’s touring company in the suit, confirmed in a statement to Rolling Stone that “the dispute has been amicably resolved.” The rapper alleged the insurer withheld paying claims from the portion of West’s canceled …
Read More »Pearls Before Swine Band Mastermind Tom Rapp Dead at 70
Tom Rapp, the leader of the beloved psych rock outfit Pearls Before Swine and a longtime civil rights lawyer, died in hospice at his home in Melbourne, Florida. He was 70. A representative for the record label Drag City, reissued Pearls Before Swine’s debutOne Nation Undergroundlast year, confirmed the musician’s …
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