Month: May 2020

As we reported late last month, the Mat-Su School District in Alaska voted to remove five classic books from curriculum and classroom use:  Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. All were pulled due to their
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This week’s Weekly Ticket Film Spotlight is sponsored by ‘The High Note’ available on FandangoNOW May 29th. https://www.fandangonow.com/details/movie/the-high-note-2020/MMVF0C2579844EF06F5DCD86C6F47FB5533D?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc Check out newly announced release dates, which movies are coming to home video this week, and recommendations from your host Khail Anonymous and ‘The High Note’ star Tracee Ellis Ross in this new episode of ‘Weekly Ticket’!
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EXCLUSIVE: It’s all very quiet on the international box office front, but this past weekend saw some decent increases in various markets. Cinemas are still just sputtering back to operations around the world, notably in parts of Europe and Asia. Germany remains the key major driving admissions — and largely from drive-ins, though Vue International’s
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UPDATE: John Krasinski has shared some insight into his decision to sell the rights to Some Good News, his web series that became an instant hit during the coronavirus pandemic.  Appearing on Rainn Wilson‘s Instagram Live series “Hey There, Human,” Krasinski explained why the project isn’t “sustainable” given his many other commitments. Per Collider, the actor shared, “…in the first
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Black Dresses, the Toronto-based noise-pop duo of Devi McCallion and Ada Rook, have announced plans to break up. In a statement shared with Pitchfork, the duo explained that the decision stems from fans’ “extended harassment” of McCallion over the past two years. Read it in full below. The group’s statement doesn’t outline specific events that
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IPIC Theaters announced today that they’ll start reopening their luxury dine-in chain in its Texas locations, starting with their Fairview and Houston sites on June 4 followed by Austin on June 11. IPIC will play catalog movies upon reopening “at a special ticket price.” No dates listed yet for IPIC California locations in Pasadena and
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These celebs were fired for a reason! For this list, we’re looking at celebrities who were reportedly kicked off reality shows, not invited back, or forced their own shows to cancel. Our countdown includes Farrah Abraham, Chad Johnson, Josh Duggar, June Shannon, and more! Did YOUR favorite reality star make the list? Let us know
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As France awaits official updates that are expected to come later this week with regard to the re-opening of restaurants and perhaps fewer restrictions on travel, Culture Minister Franck Riester reiterated today that cinemas are eyeing a July 1 re-start. Speaking to France Info, Riester said the government is mulling dates to re-open cultural venues
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Jason Kempin/Getty Images / Presley Ann/Getty Images for boohoo.com It’s never official until it’s official! When Caelynn Miller-Keyes didn’t receive a final rose from Colton Underwood during her experience on The Bachelor, many fans thought she would be a front-runner in becoming ABC’s next Bachelorette. But as Bachelor Nation knows, producers ultimately went with Hannah
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Just a quick note to all you Book Riot readers out there that we’re taking the day off for Memorial Day. Hope you all have an excellent, bookish Monday, and we’ll be back tomorrow with our regularly scheduled programming. In the meantime, here are recommendations for books about military service and a history of the
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Check out the official The Outpost Trailer starring Scott Eastwood and Orlando Bloom! Let us know what you think in the comments below. â–º Visit Fandango: https://www.fandango.com?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc Want to be notified of all the latest movie trailers? Subscribe to the channel and click the bell icon to stay up to date. US Release Date: July
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Rachel Lindsay broke down the conversation she had with Hannah Brown on Monday’s episode of Nick Viall‘s podcast The Viall Files.  As Bachelor Nation will recall, Brown came under fire earlier this month after she posted an Instagram Live video of herself singing the words to DaBaby‘s song “Rockstar,” including the N-word. At first, Brown insisted she
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JPEGMAFIA has shared another new song. His new track, “CUTIE PIE!,” follows recent exclamation point entries “BALD!,” “Covered in Money!,” and “BODYGUARD!” Peggy directed his new “CUTIE PIE!” video, which looks to have been shot in the desert. Watch below. JPEGMAFIA released All My Heroes Are Cornballs last year. Read Pitchfork’s Rising interview “Get to
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