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It was a close race that looked deadlocked Sunday, but Monday morning brought good news for Hidden Figures: The film won the box office this weekend and is officially the no. 1 movie in the country. The story of the under-appreciated black women mathematicians who helped get the United States’ first men into space beat the absolute…
Apple Music isn’t the most perfect music streaming service, but I like it fine. What I cannot tolerate, however, is shelling out $9.99 each month to a company which does business with the offensively mediocre James Corden. So with a heavy heart, I must announce that I am cancelling my Apple Music subscription. I just…
This review includes major spoilers for “The Six Thatchers.” Sherlock is consistently inconsistent, veering between compelling drama (Sherlock’s death at the end of season 2) and self-indulgent nonsense (“The Abominable Bride“). The fourth season premiere, “The Six Thatchers,” is the first time it’s managed to be boring. Even at its worst, Sherlock usually maintains a palpable sense…
Philip Anschutz. Image via AP. This week, the 2017 Coachella line-up was released to a typical flurry of excitement. Along with headliners Kendrick Lamar and Radiohead, the big news was that the popular Indio, California festival was finally able to nab Beyoncé for an official spot—as the first woman headliner in ten years. Coachella is…
After years of trading physical dollars for digital dimes, the music industry is finally seeing a payoff. Subscriptions to streaming music services jumped about 50 percent in 2016, topping 92 million. For the first time since the heyday of CDs, revenue for the largest record labels is consistently rising. But things don’t look as bright…
The president-elect says that the 16-year-old’s album sales have ‘skyrocketed’ since her inauguration announcement. Have they? On Wednesday (Jan. 4), president-elect Donald Trump posted on Twitter that Jackie Evancho’s album sales have “skyrocketed” since the 16-year-old singer was announced to be performing the national anthem at his presidential inauguration later this month. “Some people just…
Image via Threshold Editions. Last week, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Threshold Editions, the conservative imprint of publishing giant Simon & Schuster, advanced Milo Yiannopoulos $250,000 for his forthcoming book, Dangerous, which will focus, broadly, on the topic of “free speech.” The news was met with sharp rebuke on social media, while headlines and articles…
Midway through the thoroughly engrossing revival of God of Vengeance, now playing at New York’s La MaMa Theatre though Jan. 22, brothel owner Yankl Tchaptchovitch stands downstage discussing plans for the future with his wife, Soreh, as their teenage daughter, Rivkele, sits behind them, zoning out. In a small but telling sign of how the…
This Is Us isn’t the only place to get your Mandy Moore fix—apparently, she is also starring in an off-off-off-off Broadway production inside the shower of some dude’s random Queens apartment. And who among us can say we wouldn’t want to wake up every morning, shuffle sleepily into the shower, and be greeted by the…
Believe it or not, we’ve somehow made it to the end of December—and it’s time to take those last vacation days, wrap up all those last-minute presents, and head home to friends and family. It’s all going down today: For the first time in nearly 40 years, Christmas Eve and the first night of Hanukkah will…