David Bowie’s three-song set at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom didn’t draw a lot of attention back in November 2006. He played as part of Keep a Child Alive’s annual Black Ball fundraiser, along with Alicia Keys, Damian Marley and comedian Wanda Sykes, breaking out “Wild Is the Wind,” “Fantastic Voyage”…
With Nicki Minaj’s “Anaconda” leading the pack, the remix of Jennifer Lopez’s “Booty” is bringing up the ever-important rear of what historians may very well remember as the Summer of the Behind. While J.Lo initially released the track with a guest verse from Pitbull, the updated version of “Booty” features a new verse from Iggy… […]
At 77 years old, Merle Haggard is still the running kind — running from show to show at an age when most men might happily stick closer to home. The Country Music Hall of Famer, who plays Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium this week and is also doing press for a Buddy Holly…
“Game of Thrones” may have been shut out from the Emmy’s top awards this year (Julia Louis-Dreyfus being the exception), but HBO is still setting its sights on more cinematic programming. The premium cable network is teaming up with Paramount TV to turn Martin Scorsese’s “Shutter Island” into a television series. According to Deadline, they […]
First published in Publisher’s Weekly: This week, a haunting psychological mystery set at a school for troubled teens, “Against Football,” and the culinary imagination. Copyright (c) 2014 PWxyz, LLC, Publishers Weekly. Used by permission.
Actor and rapper Donald Glover will voice Miles Morales in Ultimate Spider-Man in the upcoming season of the Disney XD series. USA Today reports that Glover (Community) landed the role of Morales, who became Spider-Man in the Ultimate comics after that world’s Peter Parker died – something that will also be the case on the […]
Amazon’s surprise acquisition of Twitch yesterday came several months after Google (through YouTube) was reported to be the streaming site’s buyer. A VentureBeat report last month reaffirmed that Google would buy the site, which has obviously not ended up being the case. As it turns out, a deal between Google and Twitch could not be […]
Leave it to “Orange Is The New Black” actress and advocate Laverne Cox to turn a painful personal story into a poignant teachable moment. In this video from Keppler Speakers, Cox describes a moment in which two men harassed her on a New York City street — and an ugly combination of racism, misogyny and […]
Dead Rising and Resident Evil publisher Capcom is suing Ninja Gaiden and Dynasty Warriors company Koei Tecmo for patent infringement, according to a report from Japanese publication Sankei translated by Siliconera. The lawsuit charges Koei Tecmo with infringing on Capcom’s 2002 patent for a system that lets players unlock content from an older game in […]
Have mercy! A “Full House” reboot could be in the works, and most of the cast is onboard, reports TV Guide. Uncle Jesse, aka John Stamos, executive producer Bob Boyett and creator Jeff Franklin are all involved in bringing a new version of “Full House” to life with Warner Bros. TV. Additionally, original cast members […]
