0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 1/20/2015
Apparently, five Academy Award nominations can change a guy’s mind. Or at the very least, that might settle a hothead down. Just over two weeks ago, former Olympic wrestler Mark Schultz exploded on Twitter over how he was portrayed in the movie Foxcatcher, pointing most of his outrage toward director Bennett Miller. What particularly angered […]
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“Weird Al” Yankovic won’t be performing at halftime of this year’s Super Bowl, despite a petition calling for the NFL to book him. Maybe he never really wanted to anyway. We’ll probably never know. However, if there was any disappointment, “Weird Al” is going to console himself with a massive (82 shows!) world tour. Beginning […]
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Filmmaker Werner Herzog is an international treasure. He’s a fascinating director who has made movies about men who live among grizzlies (Grizzly Man) and harrowing depictions of prisoners of war (Rescue Dawn). Modern audiences might be more familiar with Herzog for playing The Zec in Jack Reacher or voicing the documentary filmmaker in Penguins of […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 1/19/2015
The TV series Constantine is presumably on shaky ground at NBC, stopping production on the show at 13 episodes, rather than extending its first season to the 22 episodes that network programs typically get. (Ratings for the show’s return after its winter hiatus weren’t promising, further endangering its chances for a second season.) Constantine‘s first […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 1/16/2015
Sleater-Kinney is releasing their first new album in nine years on Tuesday (Jan. 20), titled No Cities to Love. The video for the title track features a bunch of the band’s famous friends, which is a great way to attract attention for a new song even if new material from Sleater-Kinney warrants enough interest on […]
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Will Foxcatcher benefit from good timing? The movie goes into wide national release Friday (Jan. 16), one day after earning five Academy Award nominations, including a Best Director nod for Bennett Miller, a Best Actor nomination for Steve Carell and a Best Supporting Actor bid for Mark Ruffalo. Just as those nominations might pique moviegoers’ […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 1/15/2015
Nominations for the 87th annual Academy Awards were announced Thursday morning. The nominees for all 24 categories were named on ABC during Good Morning America. Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel each earned nine nods, the most among this year’s nominees. You can read the complete list of Oscar nominees here. Here are the nominations […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 1/13/2015
The sixth season of Community is happening. And it will premiere on Yahoo Screen March 17 with two episodes. Subsequent shows will be posted on Yahoo (we can’t really say they’ll “air,” since we’re not talking about TV, right?) every Tuesday. The season will consist of 13 episodes. Here is the announcement from the cast, courtesy […]
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Marvel Studios (and Disney) dropped the new trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron during Monday night’s college football championship game. You’ve probably already seen it — if not on TV, then likely online multiple times afterwards. But the second full-length preview for the film is packed with enough visual goodies, and piques enough curiosity, to […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 1/12/2015
“I’m number one on your speed dial, right next to your weed dealer.” After tantalizing us with 10-second teasers and bits of news such as the show’s premiere date, AMC has finally released a full, extended trailer for its Breaking Bad spinoff, Better Call Saul, beginning with the memorable line above. The show is a […]
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As George Costanza once learned, it’s best to leave on a high note. From the outset of the 2015 Golden Globes, hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler reminded us that this would be their last turn emceeing Hollywood’s other, less prestigious, but far more fun awards show. “We are so happy to be hosting the 72nd […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 1/7/2015
It has to be difficult for a band to come up with an original or creative idea for a music video these days. Maybe what the Afghan Whigs did in their video for “The Lottery” (from Do to the Beast, their first album in 16 years) isn’t original or creative. But I haven’t seen anything […]
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Jimmy Fallon doesn’t often distinguish himself as an interviewer with guests on The Tonight Show (or previously on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon). However, his interviews can bring some entertainment value when he’s clearly a fan of his guest’s work or there’s a funny story to tell. Fallon may never have a better interview, in […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 1/6/2015
Marvel has been ramping up anticipation for the first trailer of its Ant-Man movie, first posting “ant-sized” and “human-sized” 17-second teasers of the preview, followed by a poster for the film in which the hero is the size of the insect he’s named after. These teasers were timed to roll out shortly before the full […]
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The 2015 lineup for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival held in Indio, Calif. was announced on Tuesday. As usual, the two weekends of dates are packed with big-time musical acts. AC/DC, Jack White and Drake headline each segment of the festival, which is divided among Friday, Saturday and Sunday during the weekends of […]
