Palm RoyaleFinale Recap: Is That All There Is?

Palm Royale Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Technically, Maxine and Evelyn are co-hosting, but Norma looms. Despite her scheming, its clear that this makes him feel for her. Furious at watching her supposed family steal her fortune, she proposes a plan to Robert … literally. This is the only thing that will protect us both, she says. In fact, I think the whole series should have been marketed as such....

May 8, 2024 · 2 min · 401 words · Gabriela Moore

Pixies, Cloud Nothings, and More Indie Musicians Honor Steve Albini

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Few figures had as far of a reach in independent music asSteve Albini, who died at 61. Many admired Albinis staunch independence in the music industry. Cloud Nothings Dylan Baldi called Albini a genuine, singular, principled person in a tweet. Below, more tributes to Albini. Meeting Steve Albini and working with him changed the course of my life....

May 8, 2024 · 3 min · 451 words · William Guzman

SurvivorRecap: The Final Several

Survivor Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Nobody likes being left out whether thats from a coveted Applebees Bourbon Burger or a coordinated blindside. If its any consolation, Charlie assures her he had nothing to do with excluding her. A phenomenal display of playing both sides, Charlie. Im half expecting her to say shes going to go to Disneyland. But despite reveling in her success, shes not unaware that itll surely come with consequences....

May 8, 2024 · 2 min · 294 words · Michael Benson

Tell Your Friends That John Sugar Is an Alien

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Yep, John Sugar is an alien. But answering them does not seem like an urgent goal forSugar. If it were, surely wed have known John Sugar was an alien right from the start. Yes,Sugarhas been hinting at something going on with this guy from the beginning. He has a handler, and from the start its not entirely clear what shes handling....

May 8, 2024 · 2 min · 254 words · Erin Morales

The ContestantTurns Away From Reality

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Much ofThe Contestantplays out as a chilling meditation on the grotesque dynamics of reality television and celebrity. The stunt in question was part ofSusunu! Denpa Shonen, a popular turn-of-the-millennium Japanese reality show that specialized in dropping unwitting participants in extreme situations. Its excruciating to watch Nasubi endure the numerous indignities of the challenge. He eats dog food....

May 8, 2024 · 2 min · 392 words · Darius Perez

The Europeans Are Having Their Sing-Off Again

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. The hills are alive with the sound of bassy Eurotrash, Slavic rap, and gaudy operatic pop. It could only mean one thing: Eurovision is back. Everyones favorite European singing competition kicked off May 7, with the finale coming up on May 11. And if theres ever been a year to watch, this might be it....

May 8, 2024 · 2 min · 331 words · Kathleen Hamilton

The Idea of YouIs a Brutal Watch, Actually

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Whats there to be so sad about inThe Idea of You, exactly? It could happen to anyone, no doubt, it just doesnt. But it could!And wouldnt that be grand?you might think to yourself. ButThe Idea of Youseems to disagree. In fact, it might make youalmost cryevery time you hang out with each other. Once Hayess band August Moon () starts their performance, however, were off to the teary-eyed races....

May 8, 2024 · 1 min · 86 words · Bethany Miller

Where CanVanderpump RulesGo From Here?

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. TheVanderpump Rulesseason 11 finaleended on a mournful, almost in memoriam feel. Where does the cast ofVanderpump Rulesgo from here? Ariana wasnt feeling it, and neither were viewers particularly. But you know who always makes Tom Sandoval seem less monstrous, at least in comparison? Reuniting the boys ofVPRwould be huge, because theyve learned nothing and grown very little....

May 8, 2024 · 2 min · 222 words · Timothy White

Why Can’t Music Biopics Be Good?

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. This piece was originally published on May 18. We have updated it to includeA Complete Unknown. (Movies aboutBruce SpringsteenandLinda Ronstadtare in the works.) Daniel Radcliffe gamely mocks extreme actor transformations while pulling off a totally committed impression. Still, it occasionally plays like aWalk Hardcover band. 12.A Complete Unknown(2024) 12. 11.Rocketman(2019) 11. Unfortunately, those moments are too few and far between for the movie to fully congeal....

May 8, 2024 · 2 min · 274 words · Kenneth Fisher

How Should Documentaries Use AI?

Oh, you like podcasts? Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. ), theresa Google Pixel 8 phonecommercial in particular that never fails to bum me out. The spot emphasizes the phones AI-powered editing tool that lets users manipulate pictures in all sorts of convincing ways. The push is well timed. You mightve noticed some hubbub around filmmaking and generative AI of late....

May 7, 2024 · 3 min · 589 words · Tiffany Conrad

I Got My Ticket toStereophonic’s ‘Masquerade’

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. (Translation: No $250 rear-mezzanine ticket purchase is required to click.) This, however, is the completed version with a longer runtime. I wanted Masquerade to feel transcendent. Yes, theyre all playing the instruments, singing, swaggering around in nice paisley shirts. No wonderthey broke the recordfor Tony nominations. Related Tags:

May 7, 2024 · 1 min · 63 words · Stephen Hicks

What Are We to Do With All This Nastiness?

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. It took three months for Nas to one-up Jay-Zs Takeover, releasing Ether on his frenemys 2001 birthday. Morale & the Big Stepperss Mother I Sober, a song aboutKendricks motherfacing trauma. His plan of attack involved volatile insinuations about the self-professedMr. The success of Kendricks campaign is partly owed to exhaustion with Drakes combativeness and cultural saturation....

May 7, 2024 · 2 min · 217 words · Charles Hill

What IfThe Fall Guy’s Diva Action Star Is Based on a Real Person?

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. (All in the spirit of gossipy fun, dont sue us.) Theyre the ones getting busy. To me, its like a farce. But I think that detail more closely aligns with another actor on this list. Theres also the fact that Tom Ryder is named, well, Tom. Eh, probably not. There cant be, right, not when Leitchs big break was co-directing that Keanu-starring picture?...

May 7, 2024 · 1 min · 187 words · Heidi Freeman