The 91st Academy Awards are finally upon us, and if you’re looking to stream the Oscars online, we’ve found a couple easy ways for you to watch the show for free. Netflix’s Roma leads the pack with 10 nominations, including a Best Picture nod, while Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s …
Read More »11-Year-Old Florida Student Arrested After Clashing With Teacher Over Pledge
An 11-year-old Florida student was arrested last week and charged with a misdemeanor after exchanging words with a teacher who took issue with the child’s refusal to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. The Lawton Chiles Middle Academy sixth-grader told substitute teacher, Ana Alvarez, that he would not stand because …
Read More »Bruno Ganz, Swiss Actor Who Portrayed Hitler in 'Downfall,' Dead at 77
Bruno Ganz, the renowned Swiss actor who portrayed Adolf Hitler in 2004’s Downfall and an angel in 1987’s Wings of Desire, died Friday at the age of 77. The actor died at his home in Zurich, his management confirmed to the BBC, who added that Ganz reportedly suffered from colon …
Read More »German Venue Defends Decision to Book R. Kelly Concert
A venue in Germany defended their decision to book R. Kelly for an April concert following the latest string of allegations against the singer, including those that surfaced in Surviving R. Kelly. Soon after the Lifetime docuseries aired, and RCA quietly parted ways with the singer, Kelly announced (and then …
Read More »Songwriter Mary Bragg on Capturing Vulnerability in New Songs 'Fight' and 'Fool'
The coincidence isn’t lost on Mary Bragg that her two new songs “Fight” and “Fool” are being released on Valentine’s Day. Both tracks, from the Nashville singer-songwriter’s upcoming album Violets as Camouflauge (out March 1st), deal with relationship struggles and the ways people respond as things are falling apart, or …
Read More »Eighties One-Hit Wonders Unite For Lost 80's Live Tour
If you’re a one-hit wonder, two-hit wonder or even three-hit wonder from the 1980s, the road can be a tough place in 2019. You can try to eke out a living playing clubs, fairs and remote casinos, but profits are slim once you pay for things like gas, food and …
Read More »Former Astronaut Mark Kelly Enters the 2020 Senate Race
One of the closest races of the 2018 midterms was the battle for the U.S. Senate seat in Arizona vacated by Jeff Flake. It took a recount to determine that Democrat Kyrsten Sinema edged out Republican Martha McSally, who ignored calls from the White House to accuse her opponent of …
Read More »Parkland: One Year Later
On Valentine’s Day 2018, a 19-year-old ex-student took an Uber to his old high school; he walked across the campus and into a three-story building, where he killed 17 people and injured 17 more. It was the sixth of 24 shootings in U.S. schools last year, but the incident at …
Read More »'True Detective' Recap: A Room With No View
Intense, frightening, revelatory: Without losing the melancholy tone and pointedly un-stylized writing that has characterized this season from the jump, True Detective hit a new high with this week’s episode, aptly titled “Hunters in the Dark.” It follows our suite of protagonists — retired cop Warren Hays, his old partner …
Read More »Watch 'Documentary Now!' Spoof 'Wild Wild Country' With 'Batsh-t Valley'
Ahead of its Season 3 premiere on February 20th, Documentary Now! has offered up its full-episode spoof of Netflix’s Wild Wild Country, dubbed Batshit Valley. Owen Wilson, as cult leader Father Ra-Shawbard, and Michael Keaton, as FBI agent Bill Doss, star in the two-part episode that mimics the look and …
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