If wishing could make it so, Underwater would be Alien on the ocean floor. Instead, this brazen carbon copy of Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-fi landmark is just all wet. Shot three years ago, this soggy horrorshow gives credence to the belief that January is the month Hollywood uses to bury …
Read More »Best TV/Streaming to See in Jan.: 'Star Trek: Picard,' 'New Pope,' 'Good Place' Goodbye
The rush of the holidays is now behind us, the weather sucks, and the news is getting scarier by the day. There’s really only one sane response: stay in and watch more television. Continuing its never-ending flood of content, Netflix has already released Messiah and Spinning Out, series designed to …
Read More »Jordan Peele's 'Hunters' Releases New Trailer With Al Pacino
Amazon has released a new full-length trailer for Jordan Peele’s Hunters, a new original series starring Al Pacino and Logan Lerman that follows a group of Nazi hunters in Seventies New York City. The series will premiere February 21st on Amazon Prime. While attending his grandmother’s funeral, Jonah Heidelbaum (Lerman) …
Read More »Debbie Harry on Life in Blondie and Beyond
Blondie‘s Debbie Harry and Chris Stein recently dropped by SiriusXM’s studio for a freewheeling, career-spanning interview on our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast, with host Brian Hiatt. They touched on their early days (Harry briefly sang in a wispy folk-rock band), New York in the Seventies, the band’s key influences …
Read More »Roddy Ricch Is a Star, But Has No One to Celebrate With
Roddy Ricch’s emerald-and-acorn-colored eyes keep darting to the door. Seated in an all-white dressing room in New York, the Southern California rapper, 21, has the distinct look on his face of someone who doesn’t trust anyone in his immediate vicinity. He’s a quiet, perceptive presence; there’s a low hum radiating …
Read More »Baby Yoda: An Evolutionary Psychologist Breaks Down His Scientific Cuteness
Baby Yoda has been awakening the hearts (and biological clocks) of the Internet since his recent premiere in The Mandalorian, thenew Star Wars show on Disney+. With his massive eyes and tiny Jedi cloak, the mini Yoda — who is a member of Yoda’s species and not Yoda himself — …
Read More »'His Dark Materials' Recap: Mother Superior
The show is called His Dark Materials. But who are we kidding? It’s all about her. HBO‘s latest fantasy epic struck gold when it cast Ruth Wilson as its villain, Mrs. Coulter. In lesser hands, the sinister head of the General Oblation Board and leader of its “gobblers” would be …
Read More »Useful Idiots: Shahid Buttar on Defeating Pelosi and Impeaching Trump
In the latest episode of our Useful Idiotspodcast, hostsMatt Taibbi and Katie Halper talk with Shahid Buttar, the San Francisco attorney and grassroots-organizer campaigning to unseat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Buttar’s campaign speaks to a growing schism within the Democratic party between left-wing voices and more traditional party members. On …
Read More »2020 Next Women of Country: Hailey Whitters, Madison Kozak Among New Class
As part of its ongoing campaign to shine a light on up-and-coming female artists, CMT has assembled the 2020 roster of the Next Women of Country. The 11 names run the gamut from independent artists to those with recent record label deals. Hailey Whitters, Abbey Cone, Renee Blair, and Tiera …
Read More »Watch Little Steven Perform 'Freeze Frame' With Peter Wolf
Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul wrapped up their 2019 Summer of Sorcery tour at New York’s Beacon Theater on Wednesday night, playing a set that mixed Southside Johnny classics like “Trapped Again” with Little Steven solo tunes like “I Am a Patriot” and even a cover of Bruce …
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