Month: January 2020

Elton John and longtime songwriting partner Bernie Taupin have won the award for Best Original Song at this year’s Golden Globes. Their Rocketman track “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again”—performed by John and lead actor Taron Egerton—beat out Beyoncé’s “Spirit” (The Lion King), “Into the Unknown” (Frozen II), Cynthia Erivo’s “Stand Up” (Harriet), and Taylor Swift’s
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Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP/Shutterstock Laura Dern gives good acceptance speech. After the beloved actress was awarded the trophy for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture at the 2020 Golden Globes on Sunday, Jan. 5 for her work in Noah Baumbach‘s Marriage Story, she took the stage at the Beverly Hilton
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The surviving members of Nirvana—Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, and Pat Smear—reunited for a brief five-song set at The Art of Elysium’s annual “Heaven is Rock and Roll” gala. Beck and St. Vincent’s Annie Clark stood in for late vocalist Kurt Cobain on lead guitar and vocals. Check out the whole performance below. The band played
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The passing of George A Romero was a loss that reverberated throughout the horror community. He had not only redefined the zombie as a credible horror monster but he also ushered in a new age of horror that showed that at the end of the film, nothing is always safe. Nothing is always fine and
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A woman wears a Make Britain Great Again hat at a Brexit Party rally. (Matthew Horwood/Getty Images) A Tory Brexiteer named Andy has made the brave decision to “come out as heterosexual” on social media and everyone is so very tired. Andy, whose Twitter handle is helpfully @AndyBrexiteer, decided to usher in the new decade
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James Charles defended his comment, but it didn’t do much to help. (James Charles/ Twitter) James Charles has been accused of making a “transphobic” joke about the trans military ban in the US, and a trans woman has claimed he then blocked her for calling him out. Amid panic over rumours of an impending World
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Director Nicolas Pesce’s The Grudge 2020 “sidequel” was released January 3, 2020, and, given the fact that reviews have been largely negative, will a sequel happen? While a unique, ambitious concept, Pesce’s take on The Grudge has been heavily critiqued as unnecessary, too violent, and has been said to not fit the overall vision for the franchise. Despite having
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Bon Iver and Minnesota dance company TU Dance have canceled their 2020 performances of Come Through following sexual harassment allegations against TU Dance’s co-founder Uri Sands, the Star Tribune reports. The shows were scheduled to take place in Houston, Nashville, and New Orleans. In a statement, the band wrote, “These decisions are never taken lightly
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The ending of the Naruto story delivers a late game-changing twist that alters the landscape of Masashi Kishimoto’s fiction world, but it didn’t quite have the desired effect. Naruto‘s closing sequence comprises of several major fights, firstly against Madara Uchiha, then against Kaguya Otsutsuki and then, finally, the fated battle between Naruto and Sasuke. Among the
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Felipe Espinal and Celina Brogan Here comes the Riverdale bride! Vanessa Morgan, who plays Toni Topaz on the hit CW show, married MLB star Michael Kopech on Saturday after more than two years of dating. The bride wore a dazzling, one-of-a-kind gown that glistened in the daylight as it was adorned with countless beads. The groom sported an
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