When writer-director Tom McLoughlin grabbed the wheel of the Friday the 13th franchise, he took it in a completely new direction. Five sequels in — and particularly following the polarizing reception to 1985’s Friday the 13th: A New Beginning — he knew the slasher series needed a fresh take. Something that could recalibrate the Jason
Month: August 2021
News Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter to Score New Ballet Mythologies The collaboration with Opéra National de Bordeaux and Ballet Preljocaj premieres in 2022 By Noah Yoo July 31, 2021 Facebook Twitter Thomas Bangalter photo by Pierre Suu/GC Images Facebook Twitter Thomas Bangalter’s first post-Daft Punk project is a new ballet titled Mythologies. A co-production between
Annihilation (2018) (Amazon Rental) As the last item on this list, we take a look into the sci-fi world once again. In Annihilation, Natalie Portman portrays Lena, a scientist who leads a group of explorers into “The shimmer,” a mysterious quarantined zone that is filled with mutated plants and animals that were caused by an
Translated by Mike Mitchell — Basel is an icy city during the winter, situated in a corner of Switzerland just spitting distance from both France and Germany. It’s a different Switzerland to the ski slopes, Swiss watches and secretive banks; Basel is a snowbound city with a conservative populace, who view recent immigrants from the
President Joe Biden has nominated out lesbian rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum to serve on the US Commission on International Religious Freedom. Kleinbaum is the chief rabbi of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (CBST), an LGBT+ synagogue in New York which counts Sex and the City‘s Cynthia Nixon among its many thousands of members. She’ll bring crucial LGBT+ representation
Kyrie Irving is absolutely eviscerating his newest Nike signature sneaker … calling the kicks “trash” and claiming he has nothing to do with the upcoming release. The Brooklyn Nets superstar — who signed with Nike in 2011 — reportedly makes over $10 million a year as a Swoosh athlete … and has dropped seven super-popular
Former Vine star and all-around influencer Hayes Grier is facing serious charges out of North Carolina — including claims that he beat the hell out of a guy, and stole his phone. The social media star — who’s still doing his thing online after Vine collapsed years ago — was arrested and booked into jail
Back in September 2020, the Death on the Nile actress confirmed she was pregnant after debuting her baby bump for the U.K. digital magazine MAKE. Although the new mom didn’t share any details about her little one, she did briefly open up about her and Kit’s intimate downtime at their Tudor manor in East Anglia. “What a glorious thing
American Horror Stories conjures inspired scares with a murderous Santa, but falls flat with its vile cast of social media-obsessed Grinches. “We’re not just gonna sit here, Barry. We’re gonna record it.” I love Killer Santas. There’s something absolutely twisted about the perversion of this symbol of purity and childhood innocence, whether it’s through the
Play video content Real Time with Bill Maher/HBO Bill Maher is back with a vengeance … and he’s making a case that cancel culture and cultural appropriation are destroying America. Bill’s back from a month-long hiatus and he zeroed in on the honchos at the Olympics who were 86’d for decades-old infractions. He then targeted
Play video content 42 Dugg has responded to a now-viral video of him kissing and licking his son’s neck — and he’s firing back with nothing but homophobia. The rapper addressed a clip he posted late this week in which he’s seen being affectionate with his young son — who just turned 3 — aboard
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck continued their “2021 We’re Super in Love” tour Saturday, as they packed on the PDA along the Mediterranean. Ben and J Lo were all over each other again, as they smooched it up on a dock in Naples, Italy. They’ve been on a multi-million dollar superyacht all week, meandering along
CauseImEd. (Twitch) “I’m not much interested in… physical stuff,” says Parvati. Ed’s face slowly widens into a grin as the realisation hits him. He points at the flag behind him. This is what asexual representation looks like. “When I figured out that [Parvati] was [ace], it was like getting a surprise birthday party for me,”