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Lena On LA

from AdWeek Lena Waithe on Why LA Was the Perfect Place to Make Her Dreams Come True The prolific writer, producer and actor’s first feature film is debuting next month By Lisa Lacy Lena Waithe says she moved to Los Angeles from Chicago in 2006 knowing she wanted to conquer it. And with 22 projects in […]

Dr. Psycho

from The Daily Star Psychopaths make the best doctors because they can switch off emotionally Psychopaths’ ruthless nature and emotional detachment are perfect attributes for medicine By Alex Brown Experts have revealed their ruthless nature and emotional detachment are the perfect attributes for medicine.  Leading cardiac surgeon professor Stephen Westaby claimed he developed his own […]

QUEEN & SLIM Soundtrack

from Variety ‘Queen & Slim’ Soundtrack Features Megan Thee Stallion, Lil Baby, Ms. Lauryn Hill, More by LATESHA HARRIS The soundtrack to the highly anticipated film “Queen & Slim” will be released by Motown on Nov. 15, it was announced today. The 17-song collection features new tracks from Ms. Lauryn Hill, Megan Thee Stallion, Lil Baby, Vince Staples featuring 6lack […]

Sam Taylor-Johnson Directs Michael Stipe’s First New Song Since REM

from STEREOGUM Michael Stipe – “Your Capricious Soul” Video by Peter Helman One brief song-snippet aside, Michael Stipe hasn’t released any music since his band R.E.M. broke up in 2011. That changes today. A few months ago, Stipe performed new solo songs called “Your Capricious Soul” and “Drive To The Ocean” during a surprise opening set for Patti Smith, […]

Grimy Punk Basquiat

from artnet Basquiat Designed an Album Cover for a Grimy Punk-Ska Band 35 Years Ago. Now, a Limited Edition of the Album Is Being Reissued Originals of the record regularly sell for thousands of dollars, though oddly almost no one knows the band. Basquiat’s 1984 design for the cover of The Off’s First Record. Jean-Michel Basquiat […]

The Corn Is The Key

from the New Yorker America’s First Taco Editor Says That Burritos Are Actually Tacos By Helen Rosner Twenty-two years ago, Texas Monthly, the venerable “national magazine of Texas,” published a ranking of the state’s fifty best barbecue joints. The magazine had named the state’s best barbecue before, but the Top Fifty was an extraordinary feat of carnivorousness—a giant […]

Wrinkles The Clown

from The Daily Beast by Nick Schager s your child misbehaving? Well, if you’re a demented mother and father interested in traumatizing your little one for years to come, you can follow in the footsteps of a shocking number of other American parents and dial 407-734-0254—the phone number for Wrinkles the Clown, a Naples, Florida, creep […]

FLW’s Man-cave

from The New York Post The tragic story of Guggenheim architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s secret love nest By Ron Hogan On Aug. 15, 1914, Frank Lloyd Wright was overseeing the final stages of construction at Midway Gardens, a massive entertainment complex on the South Side of Chicago. John, the second of his six children, was helping […]

No. Yes. Maybe. Dead or Alive, regardless.

from NBC We may be closing in on the discovery of alien life. Are we prepared? New robotic craft bound for Mars should give us our best shot at finding life on the Red Planet. By Seth Shostak In the next decade or so, it’s entirely possible that you’ll see a headline announcing that NASA has […]

QUEEN & SLIM Bonnie and Clyde meets Thelma and Louise

from THE SOURCE THE BLACK BONNIE & CLYDE: ‘QUEEN & SLIM’ PREMIERING THIS FALL BY SOURCESTAFF Are you ready for a modern-day Black Bonnie and Clyde? Lena Waithe, the Emmy-winning screenwriter, already has everyone on the edge of their seats for Queen & Slim as she explains to Complex. The film is “Bonnie & Clyde meets Thelma & […]