Who is Dexter: New Blood for? I ask this not to sound snarky or incredulous about the idea of doing a sequel series to Dexter, the beloved, and then reviled, drama starring Michael C. Hall as a serial-killer vigilante who only targets other murderers. We live in the age of …
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After Drew Barrymore’s hilarious and touching Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction speech for the Go-Go’s, the band kept the excitement high at the ceremony with an exuberant, three-song set of some of their greatest hits. The entire band’s excitement about finally making it into the institution, after years …
Read More »The Truth About Snail Mail
“Oh my god, I’m so sorry,” says Lindsey Jordan, 22, as she emerges from the leafy steps of Manhattan’s Fort Tryon Park, half an hour late, and approaches the Cloisters. “I was coming back from therapy, and I was like, ‘Either I’m going to pee at my apartment or, potentially, …
Read More »How Denis Villeneuve Became the Master of the 'Dune'-iverse and Saved the Movies
O n an island in Venice, about a 20-minute boat ride from the mainland and several million light years away from the arid desert planet of Arrakis, there’s a small garden overlooking the water. It’s a green oasis located within a sprawling hotel complex that covers the entire area, complete …
Read More »'Rust' Assistant Director Admits He 'Should Have Checked' Gun Handed to Alec Baldwin, But Didn't
The assistant director who handed Alec Baldwin the loaded Colt revolver that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust last week purportedly told investigators “he should have checked” all the chambers of the deadly firearm carefully before declaring it a “cold gun” — but failed to do so. …
Read More »Marjorie Taylor Greene Uses Declaration of Independence to Defend Violent Capitol Riot
Republicans have long been trying to thread the needle of defending the Jan. 6 rally to protest the 2020 election results while trying to wash their hands of any culpability for the violent riot at the Capitol that followed. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) isn’t splitting hairs. During an appearance …
Read More »'The French Dispatch' Is the Most Wes Anderson-y Wes Anderson Movie of All Time
They’ll tell you that Wes Anderson’s new movie, The French Dispatch, is a love letter to The New Yorker magazine. The charge sticks. This is a man who fell in love with The New Yorker in the 11th grade; who once bought a bound set of forty years’ worth of …
Read More »'SNL': Watch Brandi Carlile's Gale-Force Debut
For her first-ever performance on Saturday Night Live, country singer Brandi Carlile launched right into her defiant heartland jam, “Broken Horses,” wearing a gleaming Elvis-inspired gold lamé suit. But for all the glam, the energy of the music was straight barroom rock and roll. Carlile wielded her burnished guitar like …
Read More »Trump's New Social Network Is Already Breaking the Terms of Its Software License
Truth Social, the so-called anti-Big Tech, pro-free speech social media platform launched by Donald Trump, has already gone dark. It’s not because of hackers, either. It’s because the former president’s company allegedly violated the terms of its software agreement. The Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) is calling out former President Trump’s …
Read More »Tom Petty Talks Working With Rick Rubin in Clip From 'Wildflowers' Documentary
Tom Petty and producer Rick Rubin talk about collaborating in a clip from Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free: The Making of Wildflowers, a documentary about the recording of the classic 1994 LP. After screening for one-night-only in theaters on October 20th — Petty’s birthday — the film will head …
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