If you’ve paid even passing attention to end of the year lists/Academy Award prognostications, you’ve heard much about The Artist. It won a Best Picture prize at the Golden Globes and is guaranteed to be one of the 5-10 Oscar …
“If I was on that plane with my kids, it wouldn’t have went down like it did. There would have been a lot of blood in that first-class cabin.”
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The Morning After: Icepickin’ and Grinnin’
FX’s Justified, coming off a second season that was one of the best things on TV in 2011, returned last night with an episode that included new nemeses, an icepick-wielding adversary and some old-fashioned Western shootistry. If …
On Set with Celebrity Photographer Jack Robinson
A new book from Trafalgar Square Publishing showcases 150 photographs, originally published in Vogue magazine, of cultural icons such as Joni Mitchell, Andy Warhol and Jack Nicholson. Between the years of 1958 and 1972, Robinson …
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Glee Watch: Wedding Bell Curve
I got to watching Glee late last night, and before I fired up the Tivo, asked my Twitter feed its verdict on the episode. “The best in a while,” came the answer. Also: “The worst in a while.” This being Glee, not only did the …
How Many of Jay-Z’s Songs Contain the Word ‘Bitch’?
Jay-Z has only been a father for a week and already he’s feeling protective of his child. The rapper has reportedly written a poem about his newborn daughter Blue Ivy Carter, in which he laments the derogatory term “bitch” …
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Late Show Fires Comedy Booker, Revives the Are-Women-Funny Debate (Sigh)
Deep within a pretty fascinating New York Times profile last week of Eddie Brill, the comedy booker for Late Show with David Letterman, gave his explanation why the show booked only one female standup in 2011: “‘There are a lot …
George Lucas Wants to Retire and Make Art Films. Sure He Does
“I’m retiring. I’m moving away from the business, from the company, from all this kind of stuff.” So says George Lucas in a New York Times Magazine profile timed to the Friday release of his new film Red Tails. Apparently, George …
Tickets to New Batman Movie Go On Sale Six Months in Advance—And Sell Out
The Big Pink: Britain’s Overstuffed Pop Act
This post is in partnership with Consequence of Sound, an online music publication devoted to the ever growing and always thriving worldwide music scene.
With a pair of garishly overblown indie-pop anthems (“Velvet” and …
Watch a 19 or 20-Year Old Kanye West Rap
In the first 2:20 of this video (apparently uploaded in 2010, though it was passed around a ton this weekend), Yeezy freestyles on a Chicago stage alongside his one-time partner Phenom.
Eight years later, he would release his …
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In Previews: NBC Is Going to Make Damn Sure You Sample Smash
When a major Broadway musical gets ready to launch, its producers will often take it on the road and show it in previews before it officially launches. NBC has taken a similar approach with it’s musical-about-a-musical (that may …
