Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro ended his presidential campaign on Thursday morning. The Texas Democrat announced the decision on Twitter. Castro, the only Latino who ran for president in 2020 — the year that Hispanics will become the largest racial and ethnic minority in the electorate — …
Read More »Donald Glover Tapped as 'Creative Consultant' for Andrew Yang's Campaign
Donald Glover has been named a “creative consultant” for Andrew Yang‘s Democratic presidential primary campaign, the Hill reports. The pair teamed to launch a one-time pop-up store in Downtown Los Angeles on Thursday ahead of the Democratic primary debate at Loyola Marymount University that evening. “At the pop-up store in …
Read More »Gary Clark Jr., Alice Cooper to Play MusiCares Tribute to Aerosmith
UPDATE (1/22): Melissa Etheridge, Nuno Bettencourt, Jessie J and Kesha have been added to the previously announced MusicCares Person of the Year Tribute lineup. *** The Recording Academy has announced its performer lineup for the 2020 MusiCares Person of the Year Tribute. This year, for its 30th tribute show, the …
Read More »'Queen & Slim': Meet the Bonnie and Clyde of 2019
Racial justice and the outrage at its absence courses through the visual and emotional powerhouse that is Queen and Slim. There’s also the exhilaration that comes from watching talents new to movies seize their moment with a passion that pins you to your seat. Director Melina Matsoukas — and artist …
Read More »'Mr. Inbetween' Got Off the Fence in Season Two
In its first season, the title of FX’s Mr. Inbetween suggested several things. The first was the niche its main character, Ray Shoesmith (played by the show’s creator, Scott Ryan), has carved out for himself providing violent, often lethal, solutions to other people’s problems. The second was the show’s careful …
Read More »The Breakdown: Violent Femmes' 'Blister in the Sun'
Everyone remembers the scene in My So Called Life where Angela celebrates getting over Jordan Catalano by dancing to the Violent Femmes‘ “Blister in the Sun” in her bedroom, or when the song was prominently featured in Gross Pointe Blank. (The band even made a new video for the film …
Read More »Netflix Shares First Look of Christian Serratos as Selena in New Series
Netflix has shared its first teaser of Christian Serratos (The Walking Dead)as Tejano pop star Selena Quintanilla in its upcoming series,Selena: The Series – Part 1. The show will premiere on the platform in 2020. The clip features close-ups of Serratos’ manicured hands flipping through theSelena script as she practices …
Read More »'End of the F***ing World' Season Two: A Perfect Ending Undone
“It was a fitting end. A doomed love story. A perfect tragedy.” This is a character in Season Two of The End of the F***ing World describing the dark comedy’s first season. Across eight compact episodes, that season followed mismatched would-be lovers James (Alex Lawther) and Alyssa (Jessica Barden) — …
Read More »JBL Fest 2019: Run-DMC, Khalid, Shaquille O'Neal and More
JBL Fest returned to Las Vegas for three days, from October 9th – 11th, for a star-studded experience on the Las Vegas Strip. The third annual festival included performances by RUN-DMC, Bebe Rexha, Mabel, and event headliner Khalid alongside celebrity hosts Shaquille O’Neal and Priyanka Chopra Jonas. See our highlights …
Read More »Hear Lee 'Scratch' Perry Recruit Brian Eno for 'Here Come the Warm Dreads'
Two of music’s most adventurous producers — Brian Eno and Lee “Scratch” Perry — collide on “Here Come the Warm Dreads,” a new track off the dub legend’s upcoming LP Heavy Rain. In the five-minute near-instrumental — a play on Eno’s own 1974 LP Here Come the Warm Jets — …
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