Month: March 2023

The power of a wide theatrical release was realized this weekend by streamer Amazon in its pivot back to the big screen with MGM/United Artists Releasing’s Creed III. It easily minted the best opening ever for the Seattle-based parent, as well as for the Rocky franchise, with $58.6M domestic, $100.4M worldwide. While Amazon has snapped
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Second-generation Syrian American Khadija Shaami lives to buck the expectations of others, especially her overbearing mother. She loves driving her huge, luxurious Mercedes-Benz G-wagon, has decked out her bedroom with Syrian flags and artwork and is the only Muslim girl who boxes at her gym. Leene Taher, a refugee from Syria, seems to embody all
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Phoebe Bridgers/SZA/Cardi B (Getty Images) News Watch Phoebe Bridgers and Cardi B Join SZA at MSG SZA brought her collaborators from “Ghost in the Machine” and “I Do” on stage at her concert in New York By Matthew Ismael Ruiz March 4, 2023 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter SZA brought Phoebe Bridgers and Cardi B on
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Few shows have been as relatable to our everyday experience as the American version of The Office when it debuted in 2005 on NBC. Over the years, characters were flanderized and toned down in keeping with network notes.  But not Jim. The prank-loving protagonist with a hole in his heart for the cute receptionist represented the ideal
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The ladies of Vanderpump Rules are rallying behind Ariana Madix following her breakup from co-star Tom Sandoval. Scheana Shay, Katie Maloney and Kristen Doute—Tom’s other ex—were photographed arriving at Ariana’s home March 3, the day the split was made public. In addition, Kristen, who arrived with flowers and a bottle of wine, shared a selfie video of herself
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Evil Dead and Don’t Breathe director Fede Alvarez will both write and direct a brand new Alien movie for Ridley Scott and 20th Century Studios, with Cailee Spaeny (The Craft: Legacy, Pacific Rim Uprising) set to lead the cast. Isabela Merced (Rosaline) has also joined the cast, we learned earlier this week, and The Hollywood Reporter brings us more casting news. David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Spike Fearn
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Glen “SPOT” Lockett, photo by Photobill/Bill Daniel News SST Records Producer Glen “SPOT” Lockett Dies at 72 He helped shape the sound of the legendary punk label by way of Black Flag, Minutemen, and Descendents By Nina Corcoran March 4, 2023 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter Glen Lockett, the in-house producer and engineer for legendary punk
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Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, the controversial first lady of 28th president Woodrow Wilson, had some impressive predecessors. There was women’s rights advocate Abigail Adams, wife of second president John Adams and mother of sixth president John Quincy Adams. During the War of 1812, Dolley Madison, wife of fourth president James Madison, rescued the nation’s treasured
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Evil Dead and Don’t Breathe director Fede Alvarez will both write and direct a brand new Alien movie for Ridley Scott and 20th Century Studios, with Cailee Spaeny (The Craft: Legacy, Pacific Rim Uprising) set to lead the cast. Isabela Merced (Rosaline) has also joined the cast, we learned earlier this week, and The Hollywood Reporter brings us more casting news. David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Spike Fearn
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Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images News Fennesz Announces New Album With Ozmotic, Shares Song: Listen “Floating Time” leads the album Senzatempo, which follows Christian Fennesz’s 2015 collaboration with the Turin duo, AirEffect By Jazz Monroe March 3, 2023 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter Fennesz has collaborated with the Turin duo Ozmotic on a new album, Senzatempo, as Stereogum
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Canadian author Kathy Stinson and illustrator Lauren Soloy’s A Tulip in Winter is a vibrant biography of folk artist Maud Lewis from two creators familiar with the Nova Scotian landscape that Lewis called home.  Although Lewis had a happy childhood, she was also “teased . . . for how she looked, her crooked walk, and
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