Kindergarten Cop, the 1990 PG-13 movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as a detective who goes undercover as a kindergarten school teacher to take down a drug kingpin, has been pulled from a Portland, Ore., drive-in festival after accusations the film “romanticizes over-policing.” Local publication Williamette Week reports that the NW Film Center had planned to kick
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Taika Waititi is back to set and back to sleeping. The Thor: Ragnarok director is known for a great many things. He makes incredible movies, is a wonderful storyteller, and naps all over his sets. This time? He’s also wearing a mask. Back on set! I’ve come to realise just how much I miss shooting.
Enough. Aeschylus, you’re fired! Thus far 2020 has been a roster of tragedy. The COVID-19 pandemic and its 150,000-plus American deaths. The killings of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd at the hands of white vigilantes and police. (The list of carnage goes on.) A plummeting GDP (the steepest three-month dip on record), a
Many guys, even those of us who are swimming pretty deep into the skincare deep end, haven’t bothered finding the best toner. Unlike a powerful serum or moisturizer, the results after a month aren’t super tangible. There are no flashy before/after pictures floating around skincare Reddit singing the praises of toner. But skipping toner is
Almost one month after writing U.S. President Donald Trump an open letter asking him to cease using his music at campaign rallies, legendary Canadian rocker Neil Young has filed a lawsuit against the Trump campaign for copyright infringement. On Tuesday, Young, who’s publicly mulled the idea of suing Trump on multiple occasions, filed the lawsuit
Later in the afternoon, the Trump campaign asked the commission to move up the first debate to the first week of September, continued its pitch for a fourth debate, and also proposed moderators who’d presumably be sympathetic to Trump, like Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo, conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, and New York Post columnist
“Angela!” “Samantha!” “Mona!” How long has it been since we last heard the dulcet tones of Tony Danza’s voice as housekeeper Tony Micelli on Who’s the Boss? It seems like we may not have to wait too much longer to hear it again, as a sequel of the beloved ’80s series is in the early
On the heels of Taylor and Beyoncé’s summer drops, Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion are arriving to salvage hot girl season. On Sunday night, Cardi rescued fans from their seasonal scaries by teasing new music. “I’ve got an announcement to make tomorrow,” she revealed in a mysterious Twitter video, which I’ve watched about 12
Half a dozen Top Chef contestants race through an empty Whole Foods store, wantonly sniffing produce with unmasked faces and grabbing jars with ungloved hands. Returning to cook in a crowded kitchen, they jostle each other and exchange sweaty hugs and high-fives. They’re prepping food for a restaurant crammed with patrons, who clink their glasses
As the Black Lives Matter movement continues through 2020, Hollywood has rushed to correct perceived wrongs in representation. These include a reckoning of voice actors in animation, specifically the use of white actors to voice characters of color. Animated series like Big Mouth and Central Park have already made adjustments, with the former seeing Jenny
Leading off of the crossroads between the bands Disturbed and Lincoln Park, California’s Zero Theorem forge a force to be reckoned with in the thriller “Swarm”. Piling on the sounds of gnawing emotions with machine-line precision, this song just doesn’t fall into place. It claws and fights it way to front-and-center. Reaching new heights, “Swarm”
“Break the glass in case of emergency / Open your arms to me” we’re told in the chorus of The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus’ new single “Brace Yourself,” the vocals somehow matching the intensity of the adjacent riff in all of its metallic glory. Alongside the hook, the verses continue with “Brace yourselves in case of
There isn’t much to the music video for King Falcon’s single “Shake! Shake! Shake!” other than swinging bodies and the unfiltered energy of the duo’s play, but with the heat the song’s harmonies produce around every turn, what more does one really need? King Falcon aren’t playing around with overly experimental concepts in “Shake! Shake!
“While we have held onto certain positions for a many years, we have also periodically made dispositions,” Frances Townsend, MacAndrews & Forbes’s vice chairman, general counsel, and chief administrative officer said in a statement. “Our world and economy are transforming and with it we are evolving our portfolio, to allow for new and compelling opportunities
“That’s why representation matters, man…I didn’t realize you could be black and gay and, like, fly and shit,” Sam Jay says in her new Netflix special ‘3 In The Morning,’ which is available today. Jay grew up not seeing herself in the world (“I’m from Boston, bro. We didn’t have Black dykes”) which is one
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Spoilers for season 2 of The Umbrella Academy ahead. “Did we actually… succeed at something?” Klaus Hargreeves (Robert Sheehan) asks in near-tearful disbelief in the final scene of The Umbrella Academy season 2, as he and his siblings hurtle back through time into what appears to be 2019. You can’t blame him for being incredulous—so
In their latest single, titled “Bleed Over Me,” poetic rock crew 308 Ghost Train deliver a stunningly brawny ballad that shows us a slightly different side of their sound than the one presented to us in their last couple of widely-released songs. Right from the jump, there’s something labored in the emotionality of both the
They’re back at it. The stars doing the old one-two (walking) on the step-and-repeat. In spite of the virus, small screen Brits are dressing up in the name of promoting one’s projects and accepting one’s awards. Well, sort of. Richard Ayoade hosted the BAFTA TV Awards in a closed studio on Friday; the production staff
On August 1st, Game of Thrones author and living embodiment of failure to meet deadlines George R.R. Martin virtually hosted the Hugo Awards, the most prestigious award in science fiction. Many people watching worldwide, including finalists and winners, were horrified by Martin’s hosting, in which he repeatedly mispronounced names, waxed rhapsodic about exalted figures from
What is your idea of perfect happiness? “Until we are all free, we are none of us free.” —Emma Lazarus. Perfect happiness exists only in my imagination at the moment. Which historical figure do you most identify with? I don’t see myself in those who have come before me, rather I understand and am grateful
Welcome to another edition of Grooming Gods. This week: Jaden Smith just obliterates the competition. Simon Porte Jacquemus This selfie angle is extremely high-risk, but Simon’s classic crewcut will make anyone look good. Kevin Love (and friend) Bandanas for all the best-groomed boys and girls! Jaden Smith From the pearls to the curls to the
Every four years, the summer political conventions serve as party pep rallies and media spectacles, with upwards of 15,000 journalists swarming the speeches and delegates. News organizations already planned on cutting back dramatically for this month’s scaled-down Democratic and Republican conventions because of the coronavirus—and they may not have access to the latter at all.
Taylor Zakhar Perez Instagram Joey King turned 21 years old this week, and it looks like she’s been celebrating with friends by splashing in a waterfall. Her Kissing Booth 2 co-star, Taylor Zakhar Perez posted photos of their time together. ” Recalculating route. Disclaimer, we all tested negative,” he wrote, referring to COVID-19. Among the
Wilford Brimley, who worked his way up from movie stunt rider to an indelible character actor who brought gruff charm, and sometimes menace, to a range of films that included “Cocoon,” “The Natural” and “The Firm,” has died. He was 85. Brimley’s manager Lynda Bensky said the actor died Saturday morning in a Utah hospital.
James Murdoch, the youngest son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, severed his last corporate link to the family business on Friday, resigning from the board of directors of News Corp. due to “disagreements over certain editorial content” and “certain other strategic decisions.” He had already left Fox Corp., the television and entertainment side of the
It’s August 1st, which means it’s time to celebrate one of our favorite nerd holidays, Spider-Man Day. On this day, the iconic web-slinger made his first appearance in Amazing Fantasy #15 in 1962. 58 years later, Spider-Man remains one of the most popular superheroes of all time. Did someone say #SpiderManDay?! 🕷️: https://t.co/9OtGLLjFD2 pic.twitter.com/nlR5quSGPE —
The extensive measures taken by the NBA to create a secure, coronavirus-free bubble in which to conclude its season have been well-documented and, so far, remarkably successful. But the process the league went through to build enough courts to host 22 teams, and make them safe, was in some ways just as complex a challenge.
NEW YORK — More than three years after the highly publicized Fyre Festival famously fizzled out in the Bahamas, merchandise and other “minor assets” are up for sale — courtesy of the U.S. Marshals Service. In a release Thursday, the U.S. Marshals announced that 126 items from the festival will be auctioned off, with proceeds
All of popular culture has gone topsy-turvy in 2020 due to the relentless coronavirus pandemic. Some things are impervious to change, however, and among them is the gifting suite. This sacred chamber, in which a nominated celebrity enters empty-handed and emerges with a swag bag of high-price gifts from brands eager for an endorsing photograph