It's a good weekend to be a comic book fan. San Diego Comic-Con is in full effect, and major film franchises have been giving us great tastes of upcoming entries. This is exactly the case for the DC Extended Universe, which just released the first trailer for Wonder Woman starring Gal Gadot. Check out the Amazonian goodness below. The superhero movie genre is full of films that came close to […]
You know Tom Cruise can run fast, now watch him act (ridiculous) fast alongside James Corden. This bit, with A-listers acting out quick snippets from their careers, has become a "The Late Late Show" staple. Tom Hanks and Matt Damon have done it, and now you can watch Cruise work it for about nine minutes while promoting "Jack Reacher: Never Go Back." It's quite a marathon, but it's so good. […]
Bob Dylan's website takes down acknowledgment that he is a Nobel Prize winner Bob Dylan recently added Nobel Prize laureate to his list of accomplishments — but fans of the famously elusive singer-songwriter wouldn't know it by looking at his official website. BobDylan.com has quietly scrubbed the one mention of him as the "winner of the Nobel Prize in literature" in "the lyrics" section of the site following his […]
For the first time in his career, Garth Brooks has made his music available to stream online. The country star signed a deal with Amazon Music, Amazon’s newly launched on-demand streaming service. Available albums include The Ultimate Hits and Double Live, as well as his new single, “Baby, Let’s Lay Down and Dance.” According to Amazon, more of Brooks’ music, including his new album Gunslinger and his holiday album with […]
Tom Cruise returns in this sequel based on Lee Child's books about a wrong-righting former military police commander. If there had been any doubt, the tepid Jack Reacher: Never Go Back firmly establishes the adaptations of Lee Child's books about a wrong-righting former military police commander as Tom Cruise's B-unit action film series at Paramount compared with his ongoing luxury-brandMission: Impossible franchise. By-the-numbers plotting, seen-it-all-before action moves, banal locations and […]
When news broke that Bob Dylan had been awarded the Nobel Prize in literature, thousands of enthusiasts lined up to pay kudos and to thank the Swedish Academy for acknowledging his genius. So far, Dylan himself isn’t one of them. Nearly a week after the announcement, the artist, who just finished two consecutive weekends performing as part of the Desert Trip music festival, has yet to acknowledge the honor, Sara Danius, permanent secretary […]
The announcement of nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame‘s class of 2017 gives us another chance to evaluate the relative merits of these acts – but also the state of the institution itself. Is there a larger message to be learned from this year’s list? Does the Hall of Fame, even at this late date, still have the ability to surprise? Putting aside the annual gnashing of […]
Music lovers, get ready to rock the vote. The 2017 nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame have been announced, and this year's group has something for almost everyone. This year's first-time nominees are Bad Brains, Depeche Mode, Electric Light Orchestra, Jane's Addiction, Joan Baez, Journey, Pearl Jam, Steppenwolf and Tupac Shakur. They join past nominees who are back on the list: Chaka Khan, Chic, Janet Jackson, J. […]
Gerard Depardieu and Santiago Segura will star in “You Only Live Once,” a comedy actioner produced by Spain’s Bowfinger International Pictures and Buenos Aires-based MyS Producción. Argentine TV network Telefe, Cindy Teperman (“Almost Legends”) and Benteveo Producciones Audiovisuals co-produce along with DK Group, DirecTv, Quexito Films and A Contracorriente Films. The movie is currently shooting in Buenos Aires. Disney’s Buena Vista Intl. has taken all Latin American rights; Vicente Canales’ […]
