We’ve been hearing about the upcoming Freddie Mercury biopic since 2010 and with Sasha Baron Cohen attached to star as the enigmatic, vivacious Mercury, there were plenty of reasons to be excited. But three years ago, Baron Cohen announced that he was no longer attached to the buzzworthy project, without much explanation. Yesterday, in a new…
With heaps of must-see series and films and countless ways to stream this content, we as a pop culture consuming society are watching more on our screens than ever before. Thanks to this Golden Age of Television, there’s a lot to digest, and for the most part, this is a good thing. From comedy powerhouses…
Blockbuster season is almost upon us and as always, it’s looking like a packed summer at the movies. Captain America: Civil War, X-Men: Apocalypse, Star Trek 3, Jason Bourne, and Suicide Squad are just a few of the movies on the docket to titillate geek boners worldwide. As rad as some of these movies are…
Season six of Portlandia has been a mixed bag, but hasn’t it always been that way? (No risk, no reward, I say!) Despite its hot-and-cold vibe, Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein’s show is like the resident weirdo of TV, following IFC’s “Always On, Slightly Off” tagline to a T. Even when the show delivers a…
We’re about halfway through Fuller House and as much as I hate myself for it, I don’t regret a goddamn thing, motherfuckers. As much as I want them to CUT-IT-OUT with all the throwback jokes and old catchphrases, there’s a microscopic part of my 6-year-old self inside who is eating it up while my eyes simultaneously roll…
When it was originally reported, Pop Pop Depression seemed like a new band or supergroup or something. Now that a few tracks have been released – including “Gardenia” and “Break Into Your Heart” – it’s clear that the project is actually Iggy Pop’s 17th solo effort. (Is anyone else surprised that dude has 17 solo…
When the Zoolander sequel opens, we find a young douchebag running down a dark alleyway. That douchebag is the movie’s first celebrity cameo – Justin Bieber – and he dies. Brutally, bloodily, satisfyingly. Someone in the Zoo-niverse is tracking and killing some of the world’s biggest pop stars, and they all die with a single…
In the mid-Seventies, David Bowie briefly lived in Los Angeles while recording his 1976 album Station to Station. Shortly after joining Beck for a pre-Grammys performance of “The Man Who Sold the World,” Dave Grohl and Pat Smear hit up some of Bowie’s famous LA haunts for Playboy, as the two drove around in a…
Next month, Pee-wee is BACK! Thanks to Netflix, the new movie will make its debut March 18 on the streaming service, seeing the return of Paul Rueben’s off-kilter Pee-wee Herman for the first time (in film) since 1988’s Big Top Pee-wee. In Pee-wee’s Big Holiday, a fateful meeting with a mysterious stranger inspires Pee-wee Herman to…
Bumming around on Spotify can certain lead to some golden nuggets of greatness – especially if you check out your Discover Weekly playlist from time to time. This track is one of those glorious tunes I found while Spotify-surfing and every time I play it, I want to turn it up to 11. “Soap” is…