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Some critics are calling Netflix’s ‘Obliterated’ the “worst show of the year”
Netflix miniseries Obliterated is living up to its name when it comes to the reviews, with some labelling it the “worst show of 2023”. The action-comedy-drama, which was created by Cobra Kai’s Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg and Josh Heald, follows a special ops team who celebrate after neutralising a nuclear bomb, only to find out that they have not succeeded. All eight episodes of the show premiered on the streaming service on November 30, and several reviews have taken the time to criticise several aspects of it. Advertisement The Obliterated cast and crew on the red carpet. CREDIT:...
Michael Stipe offers update on his debut solo album: “I have a deadline now”
Michael Stipe has revealed that he is still working on his debut album, despite a number of delays in his creative process over the past 12 months. In a new interview with New York Times, the former R.E.M. frontman reassured fans that his previously announced solo album is still in the works, but that personal circumstances including family emergencies, house moves and a bout of Covid have slowed the process. He also described the effect of his “terrible” writer’s block, but added that after meeting with his mother, he now feels pressure to deliver. “I have a deadline now,”...
SZA was “frustrated” at the time that Rihanna used ‘Consideration’ on ‘ANTI’
SZA has revealed that she once had to allow her song ‘Consideration’ to be used on Rihanna’s 2016 album ‘ANTI’, and she was not happy about it. The song had been recorded, ready to be included on SZA’s 2017 debut album ‘Ctrl’, but days before the music video was released, she heard that Rihanna’s team had entered negotiations for the song to be included on ‘ANTI’ instead. “It was like the centrepiece to my album at the time,” SZA said this week in an interview with Variety. “And for her, it was just, like, part of her album. And...
Lil Wayne: It’s “so depressing” that André 3000 said he’s “too old to rap”
Lil Wayne has said that hearing André 3000 say he had nothing to rap about in his 40s was “so depressing”. Last month, in an interview with GQ, the former OutKast rapper explained why his new album ‘New Blue Sun’ contains no bars. “Sometimes it feels inauthentic for me to rap because I don’t have anything to talk about in that way,” he said. “I’m 48 years old. And not to say that age is a thing that dictates what you rap about, but in a way it does.” Advertisement “And things that happen in my life, like,...
Julianna Margulies issues apology for offending Black and queer communities
Julianna Margulies has apologised for her various insensitive claims about Black and queer support of Palestine. The ‘Good Wife’ actress faced severe backlash after saying that “the entire Black community” may have been “brainwashed to hate Jews”. Margulies also claimed that Black and queer communities were not supportive enough of Israel following the October 7 attacks: “It’s those people that will be the first people beheaded and their heads played with…like a soccer ball.” She also went on to say: “There was a film being shown by this Black lesbian club on Columbia’s campus, and...
The Pogues’ ‘Fairytale of New York’ re-enters Top 40 following Shane MacGowan’s death
The Pogues‘ Christmas hit ‘Fairytale of New York’ has re-entered the Top 40 following the news of frontman Shane MacGowan‘s death. READ MORE: Shane MacGowan, 1957-2023: an uncompromising, chaotic one of a kind On November 30, it was announced that MacGowan passed away peacefully surrounded by his family and friends. Since the news, fans have begun rallying to get the song to Number One. MacGowan’s wife Victoria Mary Clarke has now joined the campaign, saying she was “very much in favour” of the track topping the charts. “It would be nice, wouldn’t it?” she said. “It should be the Christmas number...
Christopher Nolan says Zack Snyder’s ‘Watchmen’ was “ahead of its time”
Christopher Nolan has said that he considers Zack Snyder’s Watchmen to be a film that was “ahead of its time”. Watchmen was released in 2009, based on the DC Comics limited series of the same name by Alan Moore. It was set in an alternate, dystopian version of 1985, following a group of retired superheroes as they investigate the murder of one of their own. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Nolan said: “I’ve always believed Watchmen was ahead of its time. The idea of a superhero team, which it so brilliantly subverts, wasn’t yet a thing in movies.” Advertisement...
Shane MacGowan’s sister on how ‘Fairytale of New York’ “captured what Christmas was like”
Shane MacGowan’s sister Siobhan has said that ‘Fairytale of New York’ “captured what Christmas was like for a lot of people”. Siobhan MacGowan was speaking about the song to Hot Press Magazine, where she said, “I thought it was absolutely amazing. What a song: the orchestration, the pathos, the beauty, the anger.” Yesterday (November 30), the frontman of The Pogues died aged 65, as was confirmed in a joint statement by his wife, Victoria Mary Clarke, his sister and his father. Advertisement The statement read: “It is with the deepest sorrow and heaviest of hearts that we...
DaBaby says losing $200million over homophobic rant was “a blessing in disguise”
DaBaby has said that losing $200million (£160,780,000) after a homophobic rant he made in 2021 was “a blessing in disguise”. Back in February 2021, DaBaby got on stage and made homophobic comments and misleading statements about HIV/AIDS. “If you didn’t show up today with HIV/AIDS, or any of them deadly sexually transmitted diseases that’ll make you die in two to three week,” he told the crowd at Rolling Loud. “Fellas, if you ain’t suck a n****a dick in the parking lot, put your cell phone lights in the air. Keep it fucking real.” Advertisement He also brought Tory Lanez...Recent Posts
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