ROBIN Beck was the striking rockstar with the chords of steel, whose hit song First Time was the soundtrack to the 1989 Coco-Cola commercial. Now aged 69 and some 36 years on from her breakout […]
Imagine, if you will, that you decide to take a break from your heathen lifestyle and visit an art museum. You pass through different wings, and most of them make sense. Your ego is growing […]
Roll the phrase around your tongue with me: Starmetal sword. Starmetal sword. The lost secret to Damascus steel could totally have been meteorites! Attila the Hun had a sword like this, right? Or Excalibur was […]
A tornado-ish storm ripped through Houston this week, and the sequel to the 1996 movie Twister comes out this summer. You should therefore start reviewing your tornado preparedness right now, before it’s too late. You probably […]
Long before Horton heard a Who or a Grinch pilfered Christmas, Theodor Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss, found himself with a literary hit on his hands. After making a few bucks illustrating bug-spray ads and submitting cartoons to magazines, […]
Spoiler warnings have become a polite way to signal to the internet that you’re about to discuss some aspect of a movie they might prefer not to know before seeing the film. People online have […]
Few figures have had as profound of an impact on underground rock as Mr. Steve Albini. Both as a performer and a recording engineer (and producer, though he was less fond of that specific title), […]
The news is out: Peter Jackson and his Lord of the Rings collaborators will executive produce a new movie set in Middle-earth, with Andy Serkis directing and reprising his role as Gollum, and the working […]
You can solve all your problems if you just get your hands on some gold. Yes — gold! Sweet, sweet gold. With enough gold, you can get the law off your back. You can buy […]
Bette Midler Says She Regrets Not Suing Lindsay Lohan For Leaving “Bette” Show. (Photo Credit – Wikipedia) During a recent appearance on David Duchovny’s Fail Better podcast, Legendary actress Bette Midler opened up about her […]
via Jose James Acclaimed international jazz artist Jose James has a composure about him that one might compare to James Bond. The Minneapolis native claims he was one of the least talented artists in his […]
As the streaming wars continue, a new bundle has entered the fray: On Wednesday, May 8th, Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery announced plans to team up for a combined package of services including Max, Disney+, […]
People consider some food exotic, and their grandkids go on to consider it mundane. Go watch some TV show from the 1990s, and you’ll see a cappuccino was an absurd drink demanded by yuppies, while […]
Getty Image HBO surely fretted over whether Game of Thrones‘ bonkers series finale had soured the audience to Westeros-related TV programming. Yet House of the Dragon launched as an instant juggernaut and is preparing for […]
Let’s journey back to 1989 and 1990. Back then, the Game Boy was billed as the first handheld gaming system, Cheers was a top-rated sitcom and violently choking your son was an acceptable form of child-rearing. This […]
iStockphoto If you enjoy a good conspiracy theory then today is your lucky day as there are some people out there trying to convince others that the Earth has two suns. That’s right. It appears […]
Barbra Streisand doesn’t always have great luck with the internet, it seems. 20 years ago, it was the Streisand effect — now, it’s her weird Ozempic comment on Melissa McCarthy’s Instagram, which she’s since walked-back […]
If you have a time machine, you’re gonna go to the past at some point. Since the very beginning, Doctor Who has made adventures in Earth’s history one of its staples. Like literally from the […]
Today, it would be incredibly hard to argue that anything other than the Mona Lisa is the most famous work of art in the world. It’s on a tier of its own, as indicated by […]
Hollister is the name of a 150-year-old city in California. It’s also the name of a clothing brand, owned by Abercrombie & Fitch. Hollister Co.’s branding says the company was founded in the City of […]