LOS ANGELES – On Friday, Offset released his ambitious second solo album, “Set It Off.” In doing so, he also announced a new era. “My goal changed,” the Migos rapper told The Associated Press over Zoom. It’s been four years since Offset released his debut solo album, “Father of 4.” “’Father of 4′ was giving … Read more
NEW YORK – For movie theater owners around the country, the same-day release of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” this summer meant record box office sales and a gratifying sign that the public still craved entertainment on the big screen. But for some employees at the Alamo Drafthouse in Manhattan, “Barbenheimer” was the breaking point. “That really … Read more
Just like the residents of Halloween Town sing in “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” “This is Halloween!” It’s officially spooky season, and that means it’s time to watch some spooky movies. Luckily for us, there are endless amounts of Halloween movies, or Halloween-adjacent movies that are perfect to watch this time of year. From horror and … Read more
MINNEAPOLIS – A man charged with the museum heist of a pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in the “The Wizard of Oz” was expected to change his plea to guilty in court Friday, pulling back the curtain on a whodunnit mystery dating back 18 years. Terry Jon Martin, 76, was indicted in … Read more
MONTEVIDEO – A buyer from Argentina paid $42,120 for a manuscript of works, including seven unpublished stories, by legendary Argentine writer Julio Cortázar at an auction Thursday in the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo. The bundle of 60-year-old sheets bound together with metal fasteners bearing the inscription “Julio Cortázar. Historias de Cronopios y de Famas. Paris. 1952” … Read more
TORONTO, ONT – The filmmaker Raoul Peck was sitting in a Toronto hotel lobby talking to a reporter when Barry Jenkins beelined over to embrace him. The two know each other, though it had been years since they saw one another. They also share a mutual affection for James Baldwin. Peck made the incisive, incendiary … Read more
Halloween is right around the corner, and do you have a costume yet for this spooky time of the year? Sure, going as something that is spooky is the most on brand for Halloween, but I think it’s fun when people dress up with a clever costume, like a significant pop culture moment from the … Read more