Maroon 5 and SZA traipse through a hyper-stylized world in the new video for the band’s latest single, “What Lovers Do.” The Joseph Kahn-directed clip opens with two kids running through a vast plain and then straight up a gigantic tree trunk. However, the young boy loses his step and …
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Natalie Portman ventures into the mysterious Area X in the surreal first trailer for Annihilation, the big-screen adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer’s bestselling sci-fi novel. Written and directed by Ex Machina‘s Alex Garland, the film focuses on an all-female search party played by Portman, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson and Jennifer Jason …
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A musical adaptation of the film Pretty Woman is set to debut on Broadway in the fall of 2018. Samantha Barks will make her Broadway debut in the role of Vivian, originally helmed by Julia Roberts, while Steve Kazee will play Edward Lewis, the character first portrayed on screen by …
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Part art project, part woozy waking dream and partRepulsion for the edible-consuming crowd, Kate and Laura Mulleavy’s psychological thriller-cum-canabisized character study follows Theresa (Kirsten Dunst), a troubled young women working at a marijuana dispensary in Eureka, California. Our Sad-Eyed Lady of the Redwoods is known for an illicit, under-the-counter strain …
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Jay-Z reflected on the tragic death of his former collaborator,Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington, and the need to address mental health issues in a BBC Radio 1 interview. “Hopefully his death serves as a wake-up call,” Jay-Z said. “Mental health is a real thing. You never know what people are …
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Samantha Bee found constitutional enlightenment beneath the gleaming painted smile of the Insane Clown Posse on Full Frontal Wednesday. In a segment focused on recent free speech issues, Bee looked at the Juggalo March, which ICP held in protest of the FBI’s decision to label them “a loosely organized hybrid …
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Arcade Firereleased an ornate studio version of John Lennon‘s 1973 song “Mind Games” – a song they’ve covered onstage during their latest tour – as part of Spotify’s Singles series. Like the former Beatle’s original tune, the revamped “Mind Games” blends bitterness (“Keep on playing those mind games together/ Faith …
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Christian Lopez had just finished high school when his debut album Onward made him a standout in roots music circles. The album felt uncannily poised and wise beyond its years – an indie-folk throwback of worldly, self-written songs and old-soul vocals with tracks like “Morning Rise” and “The Man I …
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Foo Fighters played a secret gig in Stockholm, Sweden on the eve of the release of their new LP Concrete and Gold, and to close out the concert, Dave Grohl and company brought out the Hives‘ fiery frontman Pelle Almqvist to cover AC/DC‘s “Let There Be Rock.” Before bringing out …
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When Michelle Zauner, who records as Japanese Breakfast, set out to record her second proper full-length, she looked to the stars for inspiration. What becameSoft Sounds From Another Planet was originally a sci-fi concept record about falling in love with a robot and joining the Mars One project. “I was …
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