Dylan Sprouse will return to television for the new series, The Sex Lives of College Girls. On Wednesday (December 16), Variety announced that Dylan will star in Mindy Continue Reading
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The 20 Best R&B/Soul Albums of 2020
20. Monophonics – It’s Only Us [Colemine] The Bay Area’s indelible psychedelic soul, live-show phenomenon, Monophonics have just released their third full-length, It’s Only Us. Continue Reading
10 Christmas Albums You Won't Hear at the Mall
In the waning days of the Grinch-y year of 2020, we’re all hunkering down and barely holding up. Holiday rituals that once brought comfort and Continue Reading
Why Kat Von D Covered Up Her Tattoos
Kat Von D covered up her past in an extreme way. On Sunday (December 14), the 38-year-old tattoo artist and entrepreneur shared a photo of Continue Reading
Taylor Swift Shoots Down ‘Woodvale’ Album Rumors: ‘I’m So Tired’
Sorry Swifties—the Woodvale album fan theories were wrong. On Monday (December 14), Taylor Swift appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to debunk heavy fan speculation that Continue Reading
Cody Simpson Qualifies For the 2021 Australian Olympic Trials
Pop singer Cody Simpson may be going to the Olympics! The 23-year-old artist revealed on Sunday (December 13) that he has achieved a lifelong goal Continue Reading
The Best Books of 2020: Fiction
How many times, how many ways, could we tell the force and effect of the cultural-political winds throughout the years not by simply reading the Continue Reading
Darren Jessee Marches to His Own Beat on Dynamic New Solo Record
In a different era, Darren Jessee’s career would seem perfectly normal. As things stand, it’s something of an anomaly. He’s best known as the drummer Continue Reading
Eggshells Share Moody Second LP Single “Expectations”
Ahead of their forthcoming album, Seattle-based experimental pop outfit Eggshells (Peter & Benjamin Verdoes and Sera Han) shares the second single titled Expectations. It’s a moody Continue Reading
Britney Spears and the Backstreet Boys Team Up for the Collaboration of Our ’90s Pop Icon Dreams: Listen to ‘Matches’
Britney Spears has officially made our '90s pop music dreams come true with a new collaboration with the Backstreet Boys! Early Friday morning (December 11), Continue Reading
Every Year Tom Cruise Sends Holiday Coconut Cakes to His Celebrity Friends Like They’re in a Weird Cake Cult
Tom Cruise is extremely well-known by the general public for his iconic film roles in Mission: Impossible, Risky Business and Top Gun among others, but among his famous Continue Reading
Ellen DeGeneres Tests Positive for COVID-19
Ellen DeGeneres revealed that she tested positive for COVID-19. On Thursday (December 10), the daytime talk show host revealed her positive test result via social Continue Reading
Memoir 'Kiss Myself Goodbye' Dims the Brightest Subject
Sometimes, a book aims such a blow to the guts I have to put it down and come back to it after a few deep Continue Reading
Neil Gaiman's Faustian Bargain with William Shakespeare
The first time we meet the character of William Shakespeare in Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman series, he is striking a deal with Morpheus, the eponymous Continue Reading
The 60 Best Albums of 2020
60. Thin Lear – Wooden Cave [EggHunt Records] Queens-based singer-songwriter Matt Longo, who records under the moniker Thin Lear, may only be in his mid-30s, Continue Reading
Viggo Mortensen's 'Falling' Binds Art and Life
I recall a creative writing class one autumn evening in 2012, and the tutor offering the advice not to be overly adventurous, instead to tell Continue Reading
New Orleans Bluesman Alabama Slim Teases New Album with "Rock Me Baby" (premiere)
The Parlor, the latest release from New Orleans bluesman, Alabama Slim and arrives 29 January 2021. The project is a joint effort between Cornelius Chapel Continue Reading
Giddy and Buzzy 'The Prom' Compresses 'Glee' into a Single Film
Sometimes a filmmaker can match their material almost too well. Bob Martin and Chad Beguelin’s 2018 Broadway musical The Prom is a high-energy comedy about Continue Reading
Exploring the Sci-fi Worlds of Ishirō Honda in 3 Films
Ishirō Honda Honda is perhaps best remembered for co-writing and directing the original Godzilla (1954) for the Japanese film studio Toho. However, he went on Continue Reading
Bong Joon-ho's 'Parasite' and the Geometry of Suffering
There is a moment in director Bong Joon-ho’s celebrated film Parasite (2019), a pivotal moment in my estimation, that brings to mind verses 5:43-45 from Continue Reading