The Punisher performer discussed her singular appreciation for The National in a new interview with Uncut. “My friends and I have this joke about The National,” Bridgers said. “Obviously they’re hugely popular, but we still feel this ownership over them.”
“‘No, but you don’t like them in the right way! Do you even understand how profound this band is?’” she continued. “Because they are profoundly f*cking amazing.”
The National drummer Charlie Forbes discussed the collaboration with Bridgers in an interview with NME in January. “We thought the song had an American edge to it, and thought it would sound nice with a woman’s voice,” he said. “By chance, [Bridgers] was recording in the same studio as us, and one day we did a trade where Josh went and did some tambourine on her new track, and she came in and did the vocal line on our track — which you can’t actually hear at all.”
First Two Pages Of Frankenstein is out 4/28 via 4AD. Find more information here.
Marco Rubio doesn’t self-own on Twitter nearly as frequently as one of his ex-presidential rivals, Ted “Cancun” Cruz, does, but the Florida lawmaker still has some classics under his belt. That includes the time that he tweeted a screencap that should have been left under wraps and when the China-obsessed senator also stepped in it over the Atlanta spa shootings. Marco has also gone on record to admit that he’s surprised at how Republicans can get elected, given their often marginalizing rhetoric, and that’s pretty much what Rubio posted while tweeting about the U.S. military.
For some brief background, Rubio recently appeared on Fox News, where he claimed that the whole world was laughing at the U.S. military under President Biden’s command.
Our enemies don’t fear us & our allies don’t trust us because Biden and the leftists are turning our country into a global laughingstock pic.twitter.com/vG6GIQ7TOi
Before that appearance, Rubio tweeted about what he feels is a reason to be embarrassed of troops: an active service member expressing joy over a brief respite from duties with an LGBTQ spoken-word/poetry night on a Navy ship.
As one can imagine, this tweet is not going over too well. People are stepping up to ask Rubio where his military experience is, and why he’s so upset that a few hours of downtime were spent in a way that doesn’t align with his views. After all, it’s not as though one can generally escape work while deployed on a ship in the middle of the ocean for months on end, and that’s the message coming from some who pushed back.
Oh, you don’t have one? You just sit in your cushy office and mock service members who were given a single good night off during months-long deployments?
Oh, you don’t have one? You just sit in your cushy office and mock service members who were given a single good night off during months-long deployments?
As well, some users wonder whether Rubio has “considered not being a d*ck to people serving our country,” and they’d like to know why he’s “mocking and insulting Americans brave enough to choose to wear a uniform and give years of their lives” to defend the U.S.
Hey have you considered not being a dick to people serving our country who have different interests than you? Is that an option?
Senator, why do you insist on mocking and insulting Americans brave enough to choose to wear a uniform and give years of their lives in military service to our country?
Wow. You sure know how to disrespect our sailors and the leadership that has devoted their lives to serving and protecting us. Your lack of support for our country is showing through clearly.
What kind of tool rips on our military by using a snippet of a video and pumps China in regards to a war with us? Tell ya what Marco, join China and suit up bub. Let us know how that works out for ya.
Additionally, it’s worth mentioning that Rubio appears to use his downtime to post daily proverbs on Twitter. So, everyone has hobbies, but clearly, Rubio doesn’t approve of all of them.
Meanwhile you’re still here posting your little proverbs on Twitter like that’s going to do anything, you worthless shitsack
Former child actor Drake Bell has been found safe in Florida after authorities were asking the public for tips on his whereabouts earlier on Thursday. The Drake & Josh star was considered to be “missing and endangered” on Thursday morning, when Daytona PD posted a missing persons report on their Facebook page.
The post revealed that the actor, born Jared Drake Bell, was traveling in a “2022 grey BMW” and his last known location was “potentially the area of Mainland High School on 4/12/2023 just before 9p.m.” While they didn’t provide any details about what happened, he was considered to be “missing and endangered.”
Daytona PD provided an update on their search, noting that Bell was found safe. “At this time, we can confirm law enforcement officials are in contact and Mr. Bell is safe,” the post read. No other details were given.
Bell has had a tumultuous history after growing up in the limelight. After receiving a four-day prison sentence in 2015 following a DUI, Bell had a falling out with co-star Josh Peck in 2017, though they appeared to have patched things up since then. The actor has since filed for bankruptcy and has been serving a two-year probation in July 2021 following a guilty plea over allegations of child endangerment after he allegedly exchanged inappropriate messages with a teenager via Instagram.
Last December, Bell was seen huffing balloons in his car while his young son was in the backseat, which sparked concern over his wellbeing.
It’s possible that fans won’t need to depend Styles’ One Direction t-shirt from 2012 to see him with Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, and Zayn Malik.
According to UK publications The Daily Mailand The Mirror, One Direction will appear together for James Corden’s final The Late Late Show scheduled to air on April 27.
“If the band were to appear on the show, it would be the first time in eight years that Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, and Zayn Malik were together as a five,” the Daily Mail relayed.
The Mirror added:
“The rumor mill went into overdrive when popular celebrity gossip outlet DeuxMoi claimed 1D were set to appear alongside Tom Cruise for Corden’s final show. And eagle-eyed fans were quick to fuel the speculation by pointing out that the boys appeared to have cleared their schedules for this to potentially happen. Harry Styles won’t resume his Love On Tour until May, meaning he’d have time to pop in for a chat with Corden.”
Corden exclusively shared with Entertainment Tonightearlier this month that his “last guest is going to be a huge pop star” and within his last run of episodes will be “a really big bit, with I think maybe the biggest movie star in the world.”
Convicted January 6 rioter Jenna Ryan has had no shortage of hot takes following her arrest for storming the Capitol following Donald Trump’s infamous “Stop The Steal” rally. The Texas real estate became the object of ridicule after bragging that she was too “blonde” and “white” to go to jail, which is exactly where she ended up. Although, in true influencer style, she hoped to turn her prison sentence into a weight loss retreat.
While Ryan has since expressed some regret for her actions on January 6, since her arrest, she’s also called herself a “martyr” and compared herself to a “Jew in Nazi Germany.” And now she’s back with a new excuse for her light treason: Boxed wine.
During a recent appearance on the Operation Chicago podcast, Ryan claimed that she didn’t want to participate in the Capitol riot, but everyone knows how hard it is to avoid an insurrection when you’ve got a belly full of cheap wine.
Ryan went to say that she already had experience protesting at capitol buildings since she once attended a lockdown protest at the “Capitol in Texas” alongside conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
“So, in my mind, it would be like that.”
She later said that her friends finally talked her into going.
“I slammed some wine, and then I go and do what I do best, which is — if I can create content, then it’s worth it for me to go down there.”
According to Ryan, the drinking started pretty early thanks to a nearby Wawa. She also claims the crowd she was with was much younger and more “gung ho,” so it was a bad combination all around. Boxed wine is sneaky like that.
Each week our staff of film and TV experts surveys the entertainment landscape to select the ten best new/newish shows available for you to stream at home. We put a lot of thought into our selections, and our debates on what to include and what not to include can sometimes get a little heated and feelings may get hurt, but so be it, this is an important service for you, our readers. With that said, here are our selections for this week.
The first season of Abbott Elementary was a feel-good network sitcom that caught a massive wave of popularity and won a bunch of Emmys in a time when feel-good network sitcoms are kind of not supposed to do that. Credit for this goes to creator and star Quinta Brunson, who realized that an underfunded inner-city public school was exactly the right place to show us people with good hearts working inside a system that can be cold. Kind of like Parks and Recreation but in Philadelphia. The second season is underway and does not appear to be missing a beat. This is basically a miracle, all around.
Jeremy Renner has been through a lot lately, to put things mildly, due to his horrific snowplow accident that will leave him rehabbing for quite some time. He is, however, making a miraculous recovery and feels well enough to promote this four-part series that reimagines how vehicles can be custom-built to serve individual communities. It’s all about giving back, and these days, the world can’t have enough of that.
10. (tie) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Prime)
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Yet another acclaimed show speeds toward its end. And while there are hundreds (have we hit thousands?) of options vying to fill the gap, there’s only one Midge Maisel, and in season 5 she’s inching closer to fulfilling her showbiz dreams, proclaiming that she wants “a big life” while breaking all the rules. Armed with guest stars (The Story Of Us‘ Milo Ventimiglia), an award-winning regular cast, and the show’s typical swirling patter, we’re sure we’ll enjoy the ride, but will Midge? As her father Abe cautions in the trailer, no one who’s ever accomplished anything has ever been happy, nodding to the sacrifices that come from a life of ambition and creativity. We’re eager to see Midge beat those odds, though.
Beef is about a road rage incident between two strangers, played by Steven Yeun and Ali Wong (it’s a Tuca and Bertie reunion!), that sparks a feud that unearths their darkest impulses. You will also have an impulse while watching Lee Sung Jin’s Netflix series: an impulse to binge the entire season in one day. Beef is getting a lot of Best TV Show of 2023 So Far buzz. Just don’t watch it on your phone while driving, OK? You don’t want to get into a Beef scenario in real life.
Awkwardness icon Dave Burd returns for the third season of Dave, taking Lil Dicky on the road for a star-studded cross-country adventure through the real America, spreading rhymes, sewing oats, and getting into trouble. The whole concept of the new season seems like a big swing that’s guaranteed to connect, taking Dave out of his more familiar setting while creating countless opportunities to have him go wild, free from the burdens of cutting a new album.
Okay, maybe this has happened to you. You’re sitting in a basement in the White House and the phone rings and BLAMMO you are suddenly sucked into a situation loaded with dead spies and international intrigue and a young girl whose life you are now sworn to protect. If that sounds familiar, maybe you will like The Night Agent! You might enjoy it anyway, even if none of that has ever happened to you, but it’s always nice to have a frame of reference when you’re starting a show.
Break out your biscuits and put on your custom-bedazzled Diamond Dogs silk bomber jackets because the best mustache on TV is back, baby. This might be the last season of Ted Lasso which is a bittersweet pill to swallow but it’s best not to dwell on all of the loose ends still in need of tying. Ted wouldn’t. Instead, let’s just enjoy these characters as long as we have them. And hope something awful (but not irreversible) and humiliating (but appropriately so) and devastating (but ultimately life-changing in a positive way) happens to Nate “not so great” Shelley.
The nice thing about The Mandalorian is that it delivers exactly what the people need and expect. Want to see — or at least, like, hear — Pedro Pascal do various space cowboy things with his lasers and ships? Done, no problem. Want to see little Baby Yoda — apologies, Grogu — make cute little faces and occasionally use the Force to defeat an enemy? Yup, that’s there, too. Want to see a slew of recognizable faces from season to season — Timothy Olyphant, Giancarlo Esposito, Carl Weathers, etc. — as well as a bunch of fun little callbacks to the Star Wars universe? Buddy, this show has you covered. There’s very little to complain about here on any major level. Sometimes that’s all you can ask for out of a big show like this. An adorable little green guy helps.
Everyone’s favorite hitman-turned-actor-but-still-sometimes-hitman is back for a final season. Things get… bleak. Still funny, borderline silly in parts, but also just very, very bleak. As it probably should be given… you know… the murders that Barry has committed. A lot of them. Thank God we have NoHo Hank and Henry Winkler in there to break it all up for us. This is one of our best shows, people. Let’s enjoy it while we can.
It’s time to go back to the wilderness, where this season doubles down on the darkness and refuses to apologize for it. The show still puts forth one of the most solid examples of dual timelines in TV history. Not only that, but all four sets of leads are firing on all cylinders this year. Sure, Juliette Lewis can pull off this type of role in her sleep, but we love to see her do it. Christina Ricci chews everything up, and Melanie Lynskey is finally getting her due. Oh, and don’t forget about those earworms. Get ready for the return of the Antler Queen, gang. Spooky.
Good news and bad news, ladies and gentlemen. The good: The cretins and weasels of Succession are back for a fourth season full of drama and dark comedy and more than a little delightful flailing by Cousin Greg. The bad: This is also the final season. So… you’re going to have to come to terms with that as things play out. It’s a lot to deal with, especially with the frenetic pace things have been and are shaking down. This is one of our best shows. It’s going to sting to say goodbye. But let’s all agree to enjoy the ride while we can.
Each week our staff of film and TV experts surveys the entertainment landscape to select the ten best new/newish movies available for you to stream at home. We put a lot of thought into our selections, and our debates on what to include and what not to include can sometimes get a little heated and feelings may get hurt, but so be it, this is an important service for you, our readers. With that said, here are our selections for this week.
Tár is a performance piece for Cate Blanchett, which is great because Cate Blanchett always deserves a place to do stuff like that. Here, she plays composer Lydia Tár, a kind of mad genius who is a few days away from a huge symphony performance and dealing with everything around her falling apart. It’s a psychological roller coaster and can be a heavy lift but if you want to see Cate Blanchett give it the full Cate Blanchett, buddy, Tár is the movie for you.
Lots going on here, all of it intriguing. We’ve got Julianne Moore and Sebastian Stan and John Lithgow all starring in what Apple describes as a twisty neo-noir thriller where a con artist takes on a slew of Manhattan billionaires. That’s probably enough to get you excited, at least a little. You could do a lot worse, that’s for sure. The world needs more Julianne Moore.
Idris Elba is back once again as John Luther, the now-disgraced London cop who finds himself in prison for reasons that tie directly into the thing where he is now disgraced. This time… ahh, screw it. Let’s go ahead and quote the official blurb on this one, if only because it’s a lot of fun to read: “Haunted by his failure to capture the cyber psychopath who now taunts him, Luther decides to break out of prison to finish the job by any means necessary.” Don’t you guys just hate it when that happens to you. Ugh, the worst.
Babylon bombed at the box office, but someday, it will find the audience it deserves. That day could be today if you watch it on Paramount Plus. Which you should. Damien Chazelle’s debauched chronicle of Hollywood’s transition from silent films to talkies is the rare three-hour movie that’s never boring. Babylon is full of glitz, glamor, cocaine, an S&M dungeon, and a pooping elephant. It’s also got Margot Robbie fighting a snake — what more could you want?
“It’s not cocky, it’s real,” says baseball legend Reggie Jackson in an archival clip during the trailer for his eponymous Amazon Prime documentary. The film promises to let Jackson tell his story, all the way from his youth in the segregated south to his time as a back page and on-field legend for the Yankees (where everyone quarreled with him even as he was establishing himself as the biggest star in sports and a pop culture juggernaut) onto his post-playing career and his role as an ambassador for the game. A lot of these authorized sports docs can feel one-sided or self-serving, but regardless of if Reggie follows that same path, we know one thing: at least it’ll be interesting.
Boston Strangler tells the true story of the, uh, Boston Strangler, which you probably guessed from the title. It’s all right there. Keira Knightley and Carrie Coon play a pair of journalists and amateur sleuths who put the pieces together and uncover one of the country’s most notorious cases of serial killing. Looking for a period piece about a couple people hunting a murder in 1960s Massachusetts? Well, here you go. That was easy.
Director Suzanne Hillinger talks with Adult entertainers and anti-porn crusaders in this documentary about the rise and near fall of PornHub. From a near economic apocalypse for those performers to questions about who is to blame for the rise of illegal and horrific content on the site, Hillinger works to lay out the details of this story with great care.
Make it the love child of Chucky and the Terminator, drop it on audiences inundated by stories of automation and AI, and then make it fabulous. M3GAN lived up to the hype, dancing into the hearts of horror fans as the emotional support doll from hell. Now, as she sets her sights on streaming, we’ve been given a new promise: more carnage with an unrated version that’s set to pull off more ears and carve up more yuppy scum. It’s all we could have ever wanted short of a sequel that once again pits M3GAN against avenging aunt (and reigning Queen of elevated horror) Allison Williams.
The trailer will give you international intrigue vibes, which might seem strange, considering the bare-bones concept of the video game, but as it turns out, this movie might not be serious enough for the dark themes that inhabit its walls. Taron Egerton plays the man who wishes to bring this game to living rooms everywhere, and weirdly enough, double-crossing begins to happen. The description promises “a Cold War–era thriller on steroids,” which is at least something that you don’t hear every day in 2023.
We’re never going back to the valley of existence between the fall of twisty mystery shows and movies (like Clue and Columbo) and the rise of a new class that’s inspired by those that came before (Knives Out, etc). We refuse. LFG Monk Movie! Keep pumping out Psychs and Poker Face seasons, Peacock! Let’s get Benoit Blanc and some muppets on a train, dammit! And yes, by all means, keep it going with these Murder Mystery romps that put Adam Sandler, Jennifer Anniston, and a fun supporting cast in breathtaking locales while navigating danger and trying to get to the bottom of a murder or, in this case, a kidnapping.
Cocaine Bear isn’t quite as non-stop as you might think from all the hype. It also occasionally feels the strain of trying to carry the story of a few too many characters, but there’s no denying that when it hits full speed, it’s unstoppable. The spectacle of some of the most intense, action-packed scenes and the outrageousness of the idea: “Hey, what happens when a bear becomes instantly addicted to and powered by cocaine?” are sure to win you over and paper over any possible flaws. You’ll laugh (at some really inappropriate and gruesome moments), you’ll cry (baby bear cubs!), you’ll be so glad you weren’t in the woods standing between the bear and her supply.
After leaving SNL last season, Pete Davidson is returning to Studio 8H in a different role: host.
Entertainment Weekly has confirmed that the actor-comedian will host the May 6th episode of the sketch series to promote his upcoming Peacock comedy, Bupkis. If you like “grounded storytelling with absurd elements from the unfiltered and completely original worldview for which Pete is well known,” then Bupkis is the show for you! It’s also a show for fans of Edie Falco and Joe Pesci, which is to say, everyone.
No musical guest for the May 6th episode has been announced.
Davidson recently opened up about how all the jokes about his dating life on SNLdidn’t make him feel great. “I’m not, like, flexing, you know what I mean? And these people that I’ve dated, I met them at work. I wasn’t in anyone’s DMs, no one was in mine. I worked at one of the five Hollywood epicenters of where you meet people and that’s how it happened,” he explained on the Real Ones With Jon Berthnal podcast. “Suddenly you’re in this zeitgeist and that has nothing to do with the work. And that’s a really shitty feeling.”
A less shitty feeling: looking at bunnies with Martha Stewart.
Lil Nas X celebrated his 24th birthday last Sunday, April 9, by posting a Playboy-inspired photo featuring him as “Batty Boy,” a Jamaican Patois slur weaponized against gay men. Even someone as confident and empowered as Lil Nas X has to repeatedly defend his sexuality against homophobic trolls. He’s keenly aware of the uphill battle his community faces.
It’s unsurprising, then, that he took a tweet about “Sun Goes Down” hitting No. 1 on the iTunes chart in Saudi Arabia as an opportunity to tweet a supportive message to his LGBTQ+ fans in the country, where queer people are criminalized (as summarized by Human Dignity Trust).
“to my gays [sic] fans from saudi arabia reading this, i hope this song is getting you through whatever you’re going through and i hope someday soon the laws against us change and you can be free in your own home,” Lil Nas X wrote.
to my gays fans from saudi arabia reading this, i hope this song is getting you through whatever you’re going through and i hope someday soon the laws against us change and you can be free in your own home. https://t.co/Cn7j2FMdM3
A song about repressing you’re sexuality out of fears of being attacked and ridiculed for it goes #1 in a country where it’s illegal to be gay…what a world we live inhttps://t.co/dP3gBJ7cWo
— Really Fxcking Tired Viking (@HeathenVikingr) April 12, 2023
“Sun Goes Down” is housed on Montero, Lil Nas X’s debut studio album from September 2021. The track chronicles suicidal ideation (“I don’t want a life / Send me a gun, and I’ll see the sun”) and a struggle to accept himself (“These gay thoughts would always haunt me / I prayed God would take it from me”). The first verse ends with Lil Nas X appreciative of the self-love he has now and recognizing that not everybody gets there: “I’m happy that it all worked out for me / I’ma make my fans so proud of me.”
The “Sun Goes Down” video from May 2021 encouraged viewers to donate to the non-profit What’s In The Mirror and promised Gilead COMPASS Initiative would match donations up to $25,000.
Metallica’s new album 72 Seasons finally arrives tomorrow (April 14). To celebrate, they’ve been doing a residency at Jimmy Kimmel Live! to discuss the album and give fiery performances. Last night, they decided to try something new.
In honor of their hit “Master Of Puppets,” which was unexpectedly revived last year after its usage in the viral Netflix series Stranger Things, they put on their own puppet show on the late-night television show. Each member controlled a different puppet of their own, using silly voices to make them communicate with one another to an audience of excited children.
About the resuscitation of the song for Stranger Things, James Hetfield recently joked to Kimmel, “Well, we wrote that song for Stranger Things in 1980-something.” He continued, “No one was against it for sure. Anything that’s gonna get us out there, especially older music… It still blows my mind that people like that song, first of all, and that the younger generation are embracing it.”
“It’s like a 9-minute heavy metal song from 1986,” added drummer Lars Ulrich, “that predates most of these people by 25-30 years. It’s just insane. Who would’ve thought, right?”
Watch the wholesome puppeteering above.
72 Seasons is out 4/14 via Blackened Recordings. Find more information here.
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