On Monday morning, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted full approval to the first Covid-19 vaccine — a significant milestone in the ongoing fight to end the pandemic. Eight months after issuing Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, followed by millions of shots in arms across …
Read More »Neil Young Announces First Volume of Official 'Bootleg Series'
Neil Young is kicking off his long-awaited Bootleg Series by releasing his December 4th, 1970 show at New York’s Carnegie Hall. It will come out October 1st on double vinyl, CD, and High-Res Digital Audio. Young played solo acoustic shows at Carnegie Hall on December 4th and December 5th that …
Read More »Lorde Vibes Through a Quarter-Life Crisis on 'Solar Power'
Nothing moves up a quarter-life crisis quite like a global climate catastrophe and a pandemic, so Lorde’s is right on time. With Solar Power, she’s right in the thick of it: wearied by teenage fame and capitalism, worried about the state of the earth and grieving the loss of her …
Read More »'We Will Survive': Dead & Company Kick Off U.S. Tour With Resilience and Hits
One month ago, it appeared that the concert season — rearranged, stifled or outright canceled for more than a year — may have begun to return to what music fans have hoped for and expected: sweaty, unmasked mosh pits for some, cozy seats with obscenely large cupholders for others. Tours …
Read More »'CODA' Is Every Single Sundance Movie Rolled Into One
When someone says “it’s a Sundance movie,” you probably know what they mean: the sort of small, sometimes scrappy movies that helped turn Robert Redford’s film fest out in Utah into both a welcome alternative to big-studio tentpoles (now more than ever!) and a kingmaking institution. It’s a catch-all term, …
Read More »Import #CarGirl Culture Finds Its Fast Track on TikTok
As the violet Scion Nebula 86 slams across the finish line at Import Face-Off in Las Vegas this past March, the thundering of Japanese engines is overtaken by the sheer force of the crowd’s screams. The car comes to a stop, enveloped in a cloud of smoke. The driver gets …
Read More »Cuomo Accuser Comes Forward to Describe How the Governor Groped Her
Some of the most disturbing allegations from New York Attorney General Letitia James’ investigation into Andrew Cuomo‘s alleged sexual misconduct came from an anonymous assistant working for the governor, who detailed multiple occasions when she says Cuomo groped her. “Executive Assistant #1,” as she’s referred to in James’ report, identified …
Read More »Steve Martin, Selena Gomez, and Martin Short Track a Killer in 'Only Murders in the Building' Trailer
Steve Martin, Selena Gomez, and Martin Short investigate a strange killing in the new trailer for Only Murders in the Building, a new series premiering August 31st on Hulu. Set in a swanky apartment building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, the show stars Martin, Gomez, and Short as …
Read More »'Val' Review: A Kilmer For All Seasons
We have missed you, Val Kilmer. Oh, we still go back to his old movies, where he continues to fly ice-cold (no mistakes) in an F-14, keep all his Pacific Tech University dorm room’s filth in alphabetical order, trade machine-gun fire with the LAPD while rocking a trim gray suit, …
Read More »Watch Spike Lee Accidentally and Prematurely Reveal Cannes' Palme d'Or Winner
In what could be the biggest awards show slip-up since the Oscars’ Best Picture gaffe in 2017, Spike Lee accidentally and prematurely revealed the winner of the Cannes’ Palme d’Or at the onset the film festival’s closing ceremony Saturday, the Hollywood Reporter writes. Lee — in his role as this …
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