archiveJuly 2023

The 1975 have called off the remainder of their Asian tour following the band’s performance that resulted in the cancellation of a Malaysian music festival. Matty Healy and company were scheduled to play at Jakarta, Indonesia’s We the Fest on Sunday as well as in Taipei, Taiwan on Tuesday, but...

In 2019, indie horror filmmaker Larry Fessenden reimagined Frankenstein with a contemporary lens in Depraved. His follow-up, Blackout, takes his exploration of classic movie monsters further with a unique take on the Wolf Man. Alcoholism and lycanthropy afflict an artist in Blackout, the title’s dual meaning apparent, but Fessenden takes it a step further by exploring the...

Jaime Herndon finished her MFA in nonfiction writing at Columbia, after leaving a life of psychosocial oncology and maternal-child health work. She is a writer, editor, and book reviewer who drinks way too much coffee. She is a new-ish mom, so the coffee comes in extra handy. Twitter: @IvyTarHeelJaime View All...

Another Bachelor baby has arrived!Raven Gates and Adam Gottschalk, who starred together on Bachelor in Paradise, have welcomed their second child.  "All went well," Raven, 32, wrote on her Instagram Stories July 23, on a video showing her husband holding their new baby. The couple's newborn was delivered via C-section, as was...

J. Robert Oppenheimer is the tortured genius at the center of Christopher Nolan’s latest film, but the people in his orbit also come into focus. One of them is his wife, Katherine, who remained by his side through his time directing the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos and the brutal...

The robots have come for the Man in Black. An AI-generated recording of Johnny Cash singing Aqua's 1997 hit "Barbie Girl" in the style of "Folsom Prison Blues" sprung up on YouTube on Thursday and racked up over 500,000 views in four days.YouTube channel There I Ruined It garnered a...

T hroughout history, many experts have studied the dichotomy that seems to exist between fear and love. It’s easy to think about that when examining Juanes’ career: First, there was the innocence and passion of the Colombian star’s Ekhymosis era and his first years as a solo artist. Then came...

WB Games and NetherRealm dropped a bunch of news for Mortal Kombat 1 at Comic-Con. Not only did they reveal Li Mei, Tanya, and Baraka as the latest playable characters joining the game’s main roster, but they also confirmed what we already knew in regards to the first Kombat Pack...

If you thought Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer was nuts, just wait until you hear what went into making it.After all, Cillian Murphy was looking to be explosive while transforming into J. Robert Oppenheimer, a.k.a. the father of the atomic bomb.  "Oppenheimer had a very distinct physicality and silhouette, which I wanted to get right," the 47-year-old told...

In March 2023, Dua Lipa was seen with French director Romain Gavras, the Daily Mail reported at the time, and they were even seen holding hands after leaving the Saint Laurent Paris Fashion Week show. A pic showed Gavras following the pop star as she exited in one of the...

Jason Aldean addressed "cancel culture" and the controversy surrounding his new song and video during a concert on Friday night (July 21), thanking his fans for rallying "like I've never seen before."Aldean performed at Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Friday, less than a week CMT dropped his new...

YNW Melly Trial Prosecutors are expected to retry Jamell Demons on two counts of first-degree murder in Oct. 2018 slaying of two rappers The double murder trial of rapper YNW Melly was declared a mistrial Saturday after jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict after two days of deliberations. The...

A second season of “Interview with the Vampire” is on the way, and AMC teased the upcoming second season with a sneak peek clip unveiled today at SDCC. The teaser below begins with Daniel Molloy (Eric Bogosian) asking vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac (Jacob Anderson) to resume where they...

R. Nassor is interested in myth, performance, and pop culture. After embarking on a double major in English and Psychology and a Dance minor at GWU, she graduated with a BA in 2019. She soon began to work in Washington D.C. experiencing the life of a DMV young professional. She...