On this day in 1974, the world lost “Mama” Cass Elliot, a member of the Mamas and the Papas and a pivotal figure in the Sixties California rock scene. She was found dead at the infamous 1 Curzon Place, a London apartment that Harry Nilsson had rented out to the …
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Since he made a dynamite screen debut at 14 in Billy Elliot as a boy from a harsh British mining town who finds himself through the unlikely route of ballet, Jamie Bell has been crushing it as an actor in projects as diverse as Undertow, The Adventures of Tintin, Snowpiercer …
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Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker origin story, a Mr. Rogers biopic starring Tom Hanks and more will premiere at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, which kicks off September 5th. The lineup, as TIFF Artistic Director Cameron Bailey and Executive Director Joana Vicente announced on Tuesday, will include 16 gala selections and …
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The Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Homeland Security is calling for “immediate” action to address “dangerous overcrowding and prolonged detention of children and adults” at Border Patrol facilities in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas. The report includes disturbing photographs of conditions one senior manager at …
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Pink has shared the new music video for her single “Can We Pretend” featuring Cash Cash from her latest album Hurts 2B Human. In the animated video, Pink stars as an astronaut exploring space. While on her expedition, she misses her husband and kids while looking at photos of them. …
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Gender bias gets knocked backwards on its ass in this rousing doc named after the first ship crewed by an all-female team in the Whitbread Round the World Race. The year was 1989, when male chauvinists were dripping with disbelief that these “girls” could survive a nine-month yacht race, much …
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“Mom. Dad. I know you don’t want to talk about this, but I do. I might get married to a man, like you so clearly want. And I might not. Because this is not a phase, and I need you to understand that. I’m bisexual.” That’s Rosa Diaz (Stephanie Beatriz), …
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The National Rifle Association has suspended its longtime head of political operations, Chris Cox, after filing a lawsuit in New York Supreme Court that fingers Cox as a participant in the failed April coup attempt against the gun lobby’s CEO, Wayne LaPierre. Cox is a towering figure in the gun …
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Amazon Studios has shared the new teaser trailer for the Transparent series finale. Following the death of the show’s central character Moira Pfefferman (brought on by actor Jeffrey Tambor’s firing from the show following a series of sexual harassment allegations), the Pfefferman clan are brought together for one last musical …
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Pixies have announced their first album in three years,Beneath the Eyrie, out September 13th. The band also shared the spooky lead single, “On Graveyard Hill,” with an animated visual. Per a press release, Pixies’ eighth studio album will feature 12 songs dealing with “witches, Daniel Boone, misfits” and other haunted …
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