While pulling double duty as host and musical guest on Saturday Night Live this week, Lizzo debuted “Special,” the title track from her forthcoming album. In a bright pink dress, Lizzo belted out the slow-burning R&B track against a wall of twinkling LED lights. During the evening, she also delivered a …
Read More »The National Prep Intimate Live Performance Film, EP
The National will release a new concert film and EP of their performance at New York’s Beacon Theatre this past April. The National: I Am Easy To Find, Live From New York’s Beacon Theatre will air August 23rd via Amazon Prime Video. The show took place April 22nd as part …
Read More »'Broad City' Star Plans 'A League of Their Own' Series for Amazon
An A League of Their Own series is in the works at Amazon, with Broad City‘s Abbi Jacobson on board to co-write the television reboot. The comedy series will be a complete overhaul of the beloved 1992 baseball movie, meaning that the film’s central characters – played by Tom Hanks, …
Read More »Best Movies, TV to Stream in Feb.: 'Altered Carbon,' 'The Tick' Returns
As science has proven time and again, Valentine’s Day is a corporate invention designed to extract money from the public by exploiting our capacity for love. So what better way to rebel against that than holing up in your living room and watching TV until your eyeballs bleed? Netflix and …
Read More »The Reinvention of Jean-Claude Van Damme
Jean-Claude Van Damme – the kickboxing King of the Splits, the street-fighting inspiration for the game Mortal Kombat, the fabled flexing “Muscles From Brussels” – can get seriously silly. “I like to make voices with my kids,” he saysnonchalantly. “You see a cartoon and you do one.” Then Van Damme …
Read More »Black Widower: How One Man Allegedly Murdered Two Wives
This is an adapted chapter from Caleb Hannan’s new Kindle Single The Accidents; read the full story here. When Dave Weaver first sat down with the file he wasn’t impressed. His bosses told him to work the case the same way he worked every other case, which meant to go …
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