Hedwig and the Angry Inch lyricist Stephen Trask was itching to collaborate when a friend gave him some pivotal advice: “Reach out to someone whose work you admire.” An avid fan of teen TV shows Riverdale and The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Trask dropped a line to series developer and …
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As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread throughout the United States, disrupting industries and changing the way Americans work and interact with one another, the entertainment industry has found new ways to keep shows running while still practicing social distancing and self-isolation. This week, as part of the “Rolling Stone …
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A review of “JMM,” this week’s Better Call Saul, coming up just as soon as lightning bolts shoot from my fingertips… “But, do you want to be a ‘Friend of the Cartel’?” -Kim The letters that form the title of “JMM” are expanded three different ways in the episode. First, …
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UPDATE: Law & Order: Organized Crime, the new spin-off featuring the return of Christopher Meloni as detective Elliot Stabler, will premiere on NBC this fall. Per a press release from NBC, the show will focus on Stabler’s return to the NYPD after “a devastating personal loss” and follow his “journey …
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Stephen Colbert encouraged people to face the coronavirus pandemic together “by staying as far apart as possible” on the latest installment of his homemade version of The Late Show Wednesday. After recording monologues in his bathtub and by his backyard firepit, Colbert posted up on his porch for “The Light …
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On March 4th, Rolling Stone hosted its second annual Women Shaping the Future event, celebrating, raising, and honoring the influential female voices in culture. The event was the first to take place at the new Edge venue in Hudson Yards, which overlooks New York City. Actress and comedian Retta currently …
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Autumn (Sidney Flanigan) is 17 and anxious. She needs an abortion. But in her hometown in rural Pennsylvania — where we first meet her singing a he-done-her-wrong cover of the Exciters’ “He Got the Power” in a high school talent show — the clinic demands that a minor have parental …
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The last time Universal tried to reinvent its classic monster series, it came up with 2017’s The Mummy, starring Tom Cruise, who probably wished his face was covered in bandages to disguise his participation. But hold off on the doomsaying regarding the studio’s “Dark Universe” reboot. Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible …
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A review of “The Jimmy Jab Games II,” this week’s episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, coming up just as soon as my brains are made of brains… Brooklyn Nine-Nine has developed several annual traditions over time, including the Halloween heist (even if it doesn’t always take place on Halloween), Jake’s misadventures …
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You have to play the long game, if you want to survive as a writer. The publication of High Fidelity, in 1995, was just the first step in an ambitious 25-year plan: a successful American edition, even though I set the book in London (check); a much-loved Hollywood movie (check); …
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