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Film Review: DC League of Super-Pets
Taking classic DC super pet characters and giving them a Secret Life of Pets style treatment.
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Taking classic DC super pet characters and giving them a Secret Life of Pets style treatment.
Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week talks about Morrissey.
For then 15-year-old Travis McCoy, high school gym class was nothing more than an excuse to chat about music with buddy Matt McGinley. McCoy, who was an aspiring rapper, was the frontman for a local band, and McGinley played drums for another in their native Geneva, N.Y. The summer after sophomore year, McGinley’s band landed a party gig, and McCoy, who happened to be at the same gathering, stepped to the mic and began to rhyme along with it. Thus Gym Class Heroes was born and went on to release three independent albums before signing to Fall Out Boy principal… Read more »
After nearly a year of reading scripts, Justin Timberlake has finally decided on his first feature-film role, and it’s not Jimmy Olsen. While rumors had the pop star taking on the role of the superhero’s pal in the upcoming “Superman” flick, that film still has no director or star, leaving Timberlake free to pursue another part. Timberlake has signed on for his big-screen acting debut in the crime drama “Edison,” in which he’ll play Joshua Pollack, “a fresh-out-of-college kid with a counterculture bent” who gets his start by interning at a big-city newspaper, writer/director David Burke said. The character is… Read more »
Bennett Zier has a fine idea for a new radio format. His eyes light up as he tells you about it. “We play Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Bobby Darin,” he says. “The great thing about it is what we call it. You ready?” He pauses. “Vegas Radio! Is that great or what?” Zier can imagine the whole scene – the deejays, the jingles, the ironic retro-swinger patter. It’s his music, the kind he plays in his car. He’s in love with this idea, and with his natural salesman’s charm, he’s making you love it, too. So why doesn’t… Read more »
A possible deal between major record labels and Internet media software firm RealNetworks Inc. to offer online music subscriptions could breathe new life into delivering entertainment over the Web, a goal held up by bitter fighting over copyright issues. Seattle-based Real, which makes the popular RealPlayer software for playing audio and video on a personal computer, was reported by the Wall Street Journal to be in talks with three record companies to license their music for use in a subscription service. Citing people familiar with the talks, the paper said AOL Time Warner Inc.’s Warner Music Group, Bertelsmann AG’s BMG… Read more »
On the heels of the release of “Orlando In Love” last week, their first new single off the highly anticipated album For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)—slated for a March 21 release, Japanese Breakfast has unveiled the track’s official music video. Frontwoman Michelle Zauner (formerly of the emo outfit Little Big League) shares, “‘Orlando in Love’ is made up of a hodgepodge of odd references. The title comes from an epic poem by Matteo Maria Boiardo called Orlando Innamorato, which ends abruptly at 68.5 cantos because Italy was invaded by French troops, and that’s as far as he got before… Read more »
Japanese Breakfast, led by Michelle Zauner (formerly of the emo outfit Little Big League), has officially unveiled their fourth album, For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women), alongside the captivating lead single, “Orlando In Love.” Slated to arrive on March 21 via Dead Oceans, this 10-track project marks the band’s first proper studio album and will feature a surprise guest spot from Jeff Bridges on the track “Men In Bars.” Listen to “Orlando In Love” below. In addition to the new single, the group has announced their 2025 tour plans, which include back-to-back weekend performances at Coachella in April and dates… Read more »
As is the nature of the content cycle, we’ve laughed, we’ve cried, and now we’re waiting for what comes next. This month we say a heavy-hearted goodbye to a lot of horror and action titles across Netflix. Among the most devastating losses are Jumanji, La La Land, The Terminal, and Sausage Party. So don’t miss your chance to watch them one last time before November 1. As we bid these titles farewell, we also get a fresh new array of titles coming to the streaming behemoth across the month. Here’s everything leaving Netflix this November. Leaving November 1st – 8th:… Read more »
The Word Alive is making their mark in the gaming industry. Following the release of their 2023 LP Hard Reset, the metalcore outfit is back to breathe new life into their track “Rise,” which first appeared at League Of Legends World Championship 2018 (also referred to simply as “Worlds.”) The OG track features The Glitch Mob and Mako. The brand-new “Rise (Redux)” now offers the same powerful melodies and motivational vocals with more of their signature alternative flare. Check out the new track below. “Back in 2018, I received an email asking if I had any interest in working with… Read more »
