Anya Taylor-Joy is an orphan chess prodigy in The Queen’s Gambit, out October 23rd on Netflix. Based on the 1983 novel by Walter Tevis, the trailer features Taylor-Joy as Beth Harmon, who grows up in a Kentucky orphanage in the late Fifties. She soon discovers a talent for chess, in …
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In Rolling Stone‘s series At Work, we go behind the curtain with decision-makers across the fast-changing music business — exploring a range of responsibilities, burgeoning ideas, advice for industry newcomers, and more. Read earlier interviews here. In a given week, Julie Miles can be working with a hundred different voices, …
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At the center of Residue, writer-director Merawi Gerima’s debut feature, there’s a crisis born out of a familiar ritual: coming home. Jay (Obinna Nwachukwu) is a D.C. native who’s just returned home from college in Los Angeles. The experience is immediately rendered strange, right in front of his own doorstep. …
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UPDATE 10/1/2020: Run the Jewels have rescheduled theHoly Calamavote show to October 17th at midnight ET/PT, due to a health scare on the show’s crew that temporarily halted production. The duo have also announced a slate of special guests, including Mavis Staples, Zack de la Rocha, and Josh Homme, as …
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A package addressed to President Donald Trump containing the poison ricin was intercepted by federal authorities earlier this week, according to several reports on Saturday. Both the AP and CNN say the letter was intercepted at an offsite government facility where White House mail is sorted and screened. The FBI, …
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Ozzy Osbourne is marking the 40th anniversary of his solo debut, Blizzard of Ozz, with a new video for the record’s breakthrough single, “Crazy Train.” The clip features a lighthearted cartoon performance of the singer, tasseled jacket and all, and his band rocking out to the clip, with cameos by …
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U2 will relaunch their YouTube page Friday to mark the 20th anniversary of their 2000 LP All You Can’t Leave Behind, with the band rereleasing “Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of” as a remastered 4K video to mark the occasion. The remastering of the “Stuck” video is …
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Jim Carrey will play Joe Biden on the 46th season of Saturday Night Live, which is set to premiere October 3rd. Carrey will likely appear opposite Alec Baldwin, who will return as President Donald Trump, and former cast-member Maya Rudolph, who will play Biden’s VP pick, Kamala Harris. SNL creator …
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Madonna is set to direct her own biopic, Variety reports. The popstar is also co-writing the film with Academy Award-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody (Madonna has been posting photos and videos of their writing sessions on social media for the past few months). The as-yet-untitled film will be produced under the …
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Throughout his presidency, Trump has made it abundantly clear what is most important to him: money and how he is perceived. And during his final recorded phone call with Bob Woodward, true to form, the president reaffirmed that notion. Trump expressed concern about how he’d be portrayed in the journalist’s …
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