Anna Calvi has announced Hunter, the artist’s first album since 2013’s One Breath. Below, watch the William Kennedy-directed video for new song “Don’t Beat The Girl Out Of My Boy,” which Calvi says in a press release is “about being free to identify yourself in whichever way you please.” The record’s out August 31 via Domino, backed by a European tour. More
It should be so easy to root for “Hotel Artemis.” An original, star-studded, somewhat sci-fi crime thriller in a summer movie season that’s already bloated with sterile franchise junk, Drew Pearce’s directorial debut is exactly the kind of mid-budget divertissement that cinema needs to survive. In theory, at least. More
He spent Saturday coming off the bench in the 14th inning in Atlanta to deliver a pinch-hit single and then score the game-winning run from first base. He spent Monday donning a Capitals jersey, helmet, gloves and stick along with Ryan Zimmerman and getting the crowd at Capital One Arena fired up for Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final.
And Max Scherzer loved every minute of it. In case you haven’t figured it out by now, he does everything full-tilt, giving nothing less than his full effort no matter the activity. More
Shawn Mendes has a lot to celebrate right about now. The 19-year-old is currently sitting at the top spot on the Billboard 200 with his self-titled, third album. Moving 182,000 equivalent album units, he is enjoying his largest opening week of all time and his third time atop the chart. More
NEW YORK — Emotions ran high at the 2018 CFDA Awards, which awarded Calvin Klein designer Raf Simons Monday night’s most prestigious award while recognizing Ralph Lauren, Naomi Campbell and other fashion names as industry icons. More
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Expectations for Scott Frost at Nebraska
Nebraska landed a terrific high school football player from an outstanding football family on Monday in Littleton (Col.) Valor Christian four-star standout Luke McCaffrey. More
Rock remixes may not be as popular as they used to be, but don’t tell U2—their Joshua Tree reissue featured remixes for each song on the album, and they’ve been steadily pushing out remixes for their latest record Songs of Experience, with a Kygo remix of “You’re the Best Thing About Me” leading the charge. Three remixes for current… More
Is there a poetic meaning to box-office grosses? That sounds like a silly question, but I’m serious. Is there a value and a karma to the numbers beyond the obvious value, which is that movies need to make money, preferably a lot of it? (They’re too expensive to exist otherwise.) Blockbusters cost a fortune, both to create and to market, and if they don’t make that fortune back there’s a problem. If a franchise film isn’t successful — if it falls on its face — that may suggest the franchise is in trouble, that going forward it will have to fight to hold onto the popularity it once achieved with a snap of its fingers. More
