The short film Trade Center chronicles the WTC’s legacy as a cruising haven for gay men in the 1970s. By Kyle Turner March 16, 2021 The World Trade Center in New York, July 1974.Jean-Erick Pasquier / Getty Images Like those of us old enough to remember it, director and programmer Adam Baran knows where he
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Mank leads the pack, Chloe Zhao and Emerald Fennell broke up the Best Director boys club, and Delroy Lindo was robbed. By Keith Phipps March 15, 2021 LaKeith Stanfield at the 2018 Academy Awards.Kelsey McNeal / Getty Images This was never going to be a typical batch of Oscar nominations. Nothing about 2020 was typical
The young director’s swooping, frenetic live performance shoots are changing the music video game. By Grant Rindner March 15, 2021 Courtesy of KAITO Pop quiz: Which sunglasses-clad artist has helped fill arenas and is known for their work with Drake, Lil Uzi Vert, 6LACK, and The Weeknd? Future might come to mind first, but 24-year-old
Beyoncé made history and Taylor Swift won album of the year but the actual awards were an afterthought in service of great performances. By Colin Groundwater March 15, 2021 LOS ANGELES – MARCH 14: Beyoncé wins the award for Best R&B Performance at THE 63rd ANNUAL GRAMMY® AWARDS, broadcast live from the STAPLES Center in
Everybody wants the jab, and soon everyone will be able to get it: the Biden administration has announced that the COVID vaccine will be available to every American adult by May 1. But for a few more weeks, actually getting it into your arm is trickier. In all but a few jurisdictions, the shots are
Tyler Perry, the mega-millionaire Madea player, playwright and philanthropist, apparently does much more than continuously crank out tv shows and movies for his loyal audience; he also quietly extends a helping hand to fellow celebrities. During Oprah’s bombshell interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle this week, it was revealed that when they fled the
Growing up in a dull suburb, I primarily occupied myself by fantasizing about every bored teenager’s favorite subject: becoming an adult and moving to the city. This was pre-streaming and pre-social media, so my ideal form of escapism involved going to the public library every week and renting movies. (I never said I was a
On October 2, 2018, Saudi Arabian dissident journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi walked into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, to obtain some paperwork for his upcoming wedding to his fiancee, Hatice Cengiz. He never came out alive. Turkish authorities soon revealed that they had audio and video evidence showing that Khashoggi had
Whether she’s listening to music or writing it, Julien Baker likes to go to difficult places. As a teenager in Tennessee, the singer-songwriter dove deep into the hardcore scene, thriving on the most abrasive sounds she could find. The music she makes today is far more beautiful, melodically speaking, than the punk and metal of
“I’m going to the police,” Rittenhouse answered over his shoulder, still fleeing. “Who’s shot? Who’s shot?” Grosskreutz yelled. Rittenhouse didn’t answer. Then Grosskreutz yelled, “Hey, stop him!” Grosskreutz pursued Rittenhouse, withdrawing the pistol tucked in the waistband of his shorts. Rittenhouse tripped. When Anthony Huber, a 26-year-old father figure to his girlfriend’s two children, smacked
Before making this album I was depressed and going through a lot of stuff. My life had changed so dramatically and I didn’t know how to take it. People were so positive around me, and then I was just abusing myself. Taking too many substances, drinking too much. Not appreciating the situation I was in.
Do you have a favorite memory from the set? A favorite memory from the set…hmm. Is it from the movie or backstage? Let’s say backstage. Ah, okay. Well, let’s see. Probably…all those fuzzy chicks! Did you get to hold them? Yes! Before the scene where I got to see the chicks, I got to touch
I consider myself a pretty big fan of Biggie, but until watching this film, I didn’t truly realize there was so much that I had no idea about. D-Roc, this is your best friend, so you know most of this. But Emmett, what is it like to be discovering all of this new information in
In other words, Meghan and Harry cannily hitched themselves to the Diana mythology at the moment when she was at her most vulnerable and poised for a comeback—just where season four of The Crown leaves off, when she decided that “the Firm,” as everyone now knows to call the Royal Family, thought she was “a
Actor Steven Yeun is one of the greats. If there was ever any doubt, it’s all gone now after his stunning turn in Minari, the emotional new film about a Korean-American family that moves to Arkansas. Yeun plays the father at the center of the story, and his moving performance has already garnered big buzz
“Oh, no,” said Steven Yeun, his register hushed, like he’d just been enlisted to steal the Declaration of Independence. Some of Yeun’s friends had told me, specifically, to ask the actor about his fondness for something called primal astrology. Primal astrology is a quasi-evolved version of its more popular zodiac cousin, with a little more
Last night, one of hip-hops most enduring duos added a new song to their oeuvre. Drake and Rick Ross have been appearing on songs together since 2009 and making one-on-one collabs since 2011, and they bring something special out of each other—all of these songs would be counted among their best by fans. As Drake
When did you first become aware of Mohamedou Ould Salahi’s story? When I read the script. I’d never heard of him before. I never read his book. When Kevin sent me the script, I was very happy, as an actor, to get this part. It’s a beautiful part with a lot of depth and big
You also have an important role in Judas and the Black Messiah. How did you end up in that? I was around during the development of the script. I was there when there were separate versions of the two main characters, William O’Neal and Fred Hampton. There was a Fred Hampton biopic that Will Berson
“Behold how good and how pleasant it is for us to join together in unity,” said Bunny Wailer, stepping onstage draped in ornate robes to greet the sold-out crowd inside Madison Square Garden at his first and only headlining gig there in 1986. Bunny was never a fan of international travel, referring to airplanes as