On Saturday night, just two days after Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney announced the Trump administration’s intent to host the upcoming G-7 summit at Trump’s resort in Miami, President Donald Trump announced on Twitter that the government would find another location to host the summit, possibly Camp David. Trump, …
Read More »Becky G Turns Femme Fatale in Long-Awaited Debut, 'Mala Santa'
Between collaborations with Daddy Yankee, Maluma and J Balvin, Mexican-American pop star Becky G has established herself as urbano’s favorite sidekick. But in the video for her steely reggaeton single, “Mala Santa,” she proved she can do bad all by herself. “Mala Santa” is the title track from her highly …
Read More »Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson Navigate a Devastating Divorce in 'Marriage Story' Trailer
Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson slowly rip off the bandage that is a brutal divorce in the new trailer for Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story. The film is set to arrive in select theaters and on Netflix December 6th. The new trailer opens similarly to the previously released his-and-hers previews, with …
Read More »'Jojo Rabbit' Review: A Hit-or-Miss Hitler Comedy With a Heart
It’s springtime for Hitler and life is beautiful. At least it is for Johannes “Jojo” Betzler, a 10-year-old German boy who’s been thoroughly indoctrinated by Hitler Youth. That is, until he discovers that his mother is hiding a Jewish girl at home and, boom, his world turns upside down. That’s …
Read More »Kim Gordon's Solo Debut 'No Home Record' Is Her Most Accessible, Immediate Work Since the Breakup of Sonic Youth
You know this sadly familiar scenario: Band with three distinctive singers and writers — and a steady, dependable drummer who seems to get along with them all — collapses, and what follows are individual projects with plenty of sterling moments instead of a group record that will never be. The …
Read More »'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' Tours the Country in Season 3 Trailer
In the new season 3 trailer for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Midge (Rachel Brosnahan) and her manager Susie (Alex Borstein) take their comedy act across the country, making tour stops in Chicago, Miami and more. Set to the show tune “Perfectly Marvelous” from Cabaret — recorded by Sutton Foster — the …
Read More »Latin Pop Boy Band CNCO Blows Up With 'Que Quiénes Somos'
Much like their English-language predecessors One Direction, CNCO were assembled from a hodge-podge of contestants on a televised singing competition — but instead of The X Factor, it was the first season of La Banda, the Spanish-language show helmed by Simon Cowell and Ricky Martin, which aired in 2015. Comprised …
Read More »Why Won't Elizabeth Warren Make a Plan to Decriminalize Sex Work?
Like most of the other major Democratic presidential candidates, Sen. Elizabeth Warren has been wary of taking a firm stance on sex work. On Thursday, however, Warren unveiled a comprehensive plan to protect LGBTQ+ rights. Under a section called “empowering LGBTQ+ workers,” Warren wrote, “I am also open to decriminalizing …
Read More »'Gemini Man' Review: The Will Smith Clone Film Is a High-Tech Downgrade for Ang Lee
If only Oscar-winning Taiwanese film master Ang Lee would get past his obsession with digital gimmicks and return to the soulful humanism he lavished on classics like Eat Drink Man Woman, The Ice Storm and Brokeback Mountain. Unfortunately, he has instead given us Gemini Man, a substandard action movie any …
Read More »Who's Who of Witnesses Called to Testify in the Impeachment Inquiry
The trio of committees leading the House’s impeachment inquiry has unleashed a torrent of requests for documents and depositions from a cast of characters in the poorly scripted political thriller in which we are living. Among them are a pair of shady Soviet-born South Florida businessmen, several frustrated career civil …
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