Vertigo Films has announced they are lining up a horror dream team for new TV series “The Last Days of Jack Sparks,” based on Jason Arnopp’s terrifying, genre-bending novel of the same name. Screenwriter Gaby Hull (Two Weeks to Live, We Hunt Together) is adapting the book and UK horror master Rob Savage (Host, Dashcam) will direct. The plot follows titular pop culture journalist, Jack Sparks, a supernatural sceptic who is making a documentary about the occult. No stranger to controversy, Sparks laughs in the face of the devil by mocking an exorcism he witnesses, putting in motion a series…
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If last year’s Bésame Mucho lineup was a Latino mom’s cleaning playlist, this year’s festival is that plus a Latino dad’s go-to songs on his way to work. On Tuesday, Bésame Mucho announced the lineup — including headliners Maná, Los Bukis, and Gloria Trevi — for its second consecutive festival. Hosted at Dodger Stadium on Dec. 2, the massive festival is set to return with a stellar list of performers, including Alejandro Fernández, Pepe Aguilar, Natalia Lafourcade, Reik, Camila, and Belinda. It also features a number of returning acts from last year’s celebration. “Historic event,” wrote Aguilar on Instagram sharing…
You might be a sci-fi connoisseur, but can you identify science fiction books from the descriptions of people who truly hated them? See if you can guess the sci-fi book based on its 1-star reviews below! Bad reviews can be a bit of a sticking point for authors, and understandably so. No one likes to hear unmitigated criticism, no matter how thick-skinned they may be. Besides, reviews are not for authors. Reviews are for readers, librarians, teachers, and booksellers; they are not — and should not be — direct lines of feedback from the reviewer to the author. That hasn’t…
Yes, there was another photo error spotted in the Harry Potter reunion special after it aired—but to be completely fair, this mix-up is quite understandable since it involved identical twins.Oliver Phelps, who played George Weasley in the beloved film franchise, confirmed that the HBO Max special mistakenly identified him as his twin brother, James Phelps. “I guess after all those pranks over the years somebody decided to get their revenge,” he wrote on Instagram next to a screenshot of the mistake. But there were no hard feelings, as he added, “It was fantastic to be part of the HP reunion. Hope you all enjoyed…
Burberry Fall 2023. PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF LAUNCHMETRICS.COM/SPOTLIGHT Just as fashion can offer a stark reflection of reality, it can also provide aspirational escapism. This week, designers brought a mix. By Natalie Michie Date February 21, 2023 Facebook Twitter It’s almost impossible to witness fashion these days without being confronted by the state of the world. Each new trend is seemingly born out of our desire to grapple with cultural events, from the ongoing war in Ukraine and the natural disasters in Turkey and Syria to the uneasiness accompanying a looming recession. As such, throughout London Fashion Week Fall 2023, viral…
Kenny Rogers’ staggeringly ornate former mansion in Atlanta is back on the market, and the listing offers the buyer the chance to “return one of Buckhead’s finest estates to its full glory!”Rogers’ 6-bedroom, 12.5-bathroom, 15,409-square-foot estate in the high-dollar Buckhead area of Atlanta is currently listed for $4,243,300, and the listing pictures show a breathtaking property, although it looks like the once-grand landscaping and the interior of the home have not been kept up especially well in recent years.The bones of the estate still have the palatial feel that characterized all of Rogers’ homes, entering into a massive foyer with a…
Aptly named for the acidic smell of deteriorating film, Vinegar Syndrome made an auspicious debut in 2013 with its inaugural release, The Lost Films of Herschell Gordon Lewis. In the decade since, they have unearthed, restored, and distributed hundreds of cult, exploitation, horror, action, and adult films. Popping in a new Vinegar Syndrome disc is a bit like cinematic Russian roulette. It’s always interesting, but you never know if you’re going to get an obscure masterpiece, a campy B-movie, a so-bad-it’s-good slice of fun, or a dud. The unknown is half the fun, and discovering those diamonds in the rough…
There are two dials at Gorillaz HQ which determine 1) how many guests will be on an album, and 2) how elaborate its broader cartoon lore will be. 2018’s The Now Now, positioned as a solo album by Damon Albarn’s “2-D” alter ego, had minimal guests and only the slightest bit of extra-textual hijinks. On the other hand, 2020’s wildly overstuffed Song Machine project, in which every track was accompanied by at least one guest and a new cartoon detailing the band’s ongoing dystopian adventures, turned both dials to 11. Every track was a single, bursting with setpieces and pivots;…
Heather Rae El Moussa is opening up about her son’s health. Nearly three weeks after she and husband Tarek El Moussa welcomed their first child together—a baby boy named Tristan—the Selling Sunset star shared insight on her breastfeeding journey, explaining that their newborn son had a few medical conditions that were detected in the very early stages.”Tristan had tongue tie, cheek tie, lip tie and jaundice which were all caught very early on thanks to my incredible lactation specialist and @tonguetietribe, they’re literally baby fairies,” she wrote in a Feb. 20 Instagram post. “I’m so lucky to have found them for…
Twenty-three years ago, on Feb. 21, 2000, a then-little-known trio called Rascal Flatts launched their country music career with their debut single, “Prayin’ for Daylight.” The band has gone on to be a massively popular mainstay within the genre, with a storied, two-decade career under their belts.Before Rascal Flatts recorded “Prayin’ for Daylight,” however, they didn’t yet have a record deal — or even a name for their group. In a feature in the Tennesseean, songwriters Steve Bogard and Rick Giles — who co-penned the song — remember that at the time, “they were calling this unnamed group the first country boy band.”Giles and Bogard initially…
This week brings the larger-than-life horror comedy Cocaine Bear, from director Elizabeth Banks (Charlie’s Angels) and arriving exclusively in movie theaters on February 24, 2023. The movie, written by Jimmy Warden, “finds an oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists, and teens converging in a Georgia forest where a 500-pound apex predator has ingested a staggering amount of cocaine and gone on a coke-fueled rampage for more blow … and blood.” The raucous feature is stacked with an all-star cast, including Keri Russell, Ray Liotta, Alden Ehrenreich, O’Shea Jackson, and Jesse Tyler Ferguson. Cocaine Bear also happens to be based on a true story. No, seriously. Almost forty…
Courts & Crime Nikolas tells Rolling Stone she plans on re-filing her case against the Rhye singer Rhye lead singer Michael Milosh’s malicious prosecution case against his ex-wife Alexa Nikolas was stricken from court earlier in February following an anti-SLAPP motion from Nikolas’s attorneys, documents reviewed by Rolling Stone confirm. The decision comes nearly six months after the singer first sued Nikolas’s lawyers over claims that that they knowingly filed a “frivolous” lawsuit against him that “lacked any legal basis” regarding allegations of sexual misconduct against him. Nikolas, an actor best known for her role in Nickelodeon series Zoey 101,…
The New York Times has a history of opining on the side of the oppressor. This is not my opinion, nor is it based on feelings, but is a fact. In 1922, they published their first article about Adolph Hitler, in which they fawned over his “uncanny control over audiences” and claimed that his antisemitism was “not so violent or genuine as it sounded.” It was not their last article that failed to identify the danger he posed. In 1986 they published an opinion essay by William F. Buckley suggesting that every person who is HIV+ should be forcibly tattooed…
Chief Stew Fraser Olender, Alissa’s manager and close friend aboard the St. David, gave his own take on Sandy’s ruling.”Yes there was attitude, but equally she was great at her job, so I am worried that we’ve got a charter in a matter of hours,” he said in a confessional. “But I feel like Captain Sandy had given me a second chance here. Let’s use this opportunity to turn this whole thing around.” In her confessional, Alissa stated she felt like a ”scapegoat,” adding, “I’m the only person to have the balls to speak up and defend our team besides Fraser. It’s…