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Woody Harrelson responds after Matthew McConaughey claims they could be brothers
Woody Harrelson has addressed the rumour that he and his True Detective co-star Matthew McConaughey could be half-brothers. While appearing on Kelly Ripa’s SiriusXM podcast Let’s Talk off Camera with Kelly Ripa last week, McConaughey revealed that his mother had told them both that she “knew” Harrelson’s father during a time when she was separated from her husband. McConaughey, who was teasing the pair’s new Apple TV+ series Brother From Another Mother, also said that their families often mistake them for one another in photos. Advertisement Commenting on their possible relation for the first time, Harrelson discussed the rumour while appearing...
Pulp’s reunion tour will please “deep cut obsessives”, says drummer Nick Banks
Pulp‘s upcoming reunion shows will please “deep cut obsessives” of the band, drummer Nick Banks has teased. The Jarvis Cocker-fronted group are due to return to the stage next month (May 26) with an intimate comeback gig at Bridlington Spa. Further headline concerts are scheduled for Dublin (June 9), London (July 1), Scarborough (9) and Cardiff (12), as well as a homecoming two-night billing at Utilita Arena Sheffield (14, 15). Advertisement Additionally, Pulp will appear at numerous UK festivals this summer including Neighbourhood Weekender, Latitude and TRNSMT. The highly-anticipated dates will mark the band’s first live performances together since...
Royal Trux’s Neil Hagerty arrested for allegedly attacking police
Royal Trux guitarist Neil Hagerty has been arrested in Denver, Colorado for assaulting three police officers who were responding to a welfare check. According to The Denver Gazette, the incident happened after police were responding to a welfare check on the 600 block of North Pennsylvania Street. The responding officer was talking to the person who made the call when Hagerty reportedly came out of the building and attacked the officer, using his badge to create a six-inch laceration on the officer’s neck. UPDATE 🧵 1/3: At 12:30 a.m., today, a Denver Police officer responded to a call for a...
Meet xikers: K-pop super-rookies on the rise
The rookie groups in K-pop today are among some of the most exciting the scene has witnessed in recent years, but allow us to introduce you to the latest. Hailing from KQ Entertainment – only the second the agency has debuted since K-pop heavyweights ATEEZ – xikers have been quietly putting in the work to become the next great K-pop stars. Before their official debut in March, KQ Entertainment had teased the group last summer under the placeholder moniker of ‘KQ Fellaz 2’. Immediately, glimpses of the to-be group’s members – MINJAE, JUNMIN, SUMIN, JINSIK, HYUNWOO, JUNGHOON, SEEUN, HUNTER,...
‘Queenmaker’ is Netflix’s most-watched non-English series of the week
Netflix’s latest K-drama offering, the political series Queenmaker, has become the platform’s most-watched non-English series this week. READ MORE: ‘Queenmaker’ review: a majestically Machiavellian political drama This is according to data from Netflix’s official most-watched list, which tracks the platforms most popular content based on a metric it calls “hours viewed”. For the week of April 10 to 16, Queenmaker logged nearly 16million hours viewed. Notably, the figure only accounts for Queenmaker‘s first three days available on the streaming platform, having only premiered on April 13. Additionally, the K-drama series is also Netflix’s eighth most-watched series of the week overall....
‘The Glory’ actor Jung Sung-il reveals he initially wanted to play the villain
The Glory star Jung Sung-il has opened up about how he wanted to play a different character in the popular Netflix K-drama series. In the hit K-drama series, Jung plays Ha Do-yeong, the loving but cautious husband of antagonist Park Yeon-jin who finds himself caught up in an elaborate plan of revenge against his wife. However, the actor has since revealed that the character was not the role he initially wanted to portray. Speaking to South Korean news outlet JTBC, Jung said that he initially wanted to play the brash and violent character of Jeon Jae-joon. Advertisement “The perspective...
Aaron Carter’s cause of death revealed
Aaron Carter’s cause of death has been confirmed. In a new document shared by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner on Tuesday (April 18), it was revealed that Carter’s primary cause of death was drowning. Secondary causes of death listed were the effects of alprazolam, a generic form of Xanax, and inhaling difluoroethane, also known widely as huffing. The manner of Carter’s death has been listed as an accident. Aaron Carter was found unresponsive in a bathroom at his house in California in November last year. He was pronounced dead after paramedics reached the scene. Following Carter’s...
Benefits ‘Nails’ review: a Brexit Britain-baiting state of the nation
The centrefold of the vinyl of Benefits’ debut album ‘Nails’ comes with a poster of a modern re-imagining of Picasso’s ‘Guernica’. The original painting showed the mangled horror of the devastation of Nazi and Italian Fascist bombs on a small Basque country town. This time, the bombs are British – leaving refugees desperately clawing for asylum, trying to throw their children over the border as a fork-toothed Home Secretary keeps them at bay. It’s this black, white and grey reality that the Teesside noise punks trade in. Led by Kingsley Hall, formerly of late ‘00s indie upstarts The Chapman...
Erykah Badu announces 2023 North American tour with Yasiin Bey
Erykah Badu has announced details her upcoming ‘Unfollow Me’ North American, tour beginning this summer. Check out the dates and ticket information below. The 25-city-run tour will feature support from Yasiin Bey, also known as Mos Def, and according to Badu’s Instagram caption of the tour poster, “other extraordinary guests.” Shows are set to commence on June 11 in San Antonio, Texas. Other Stops include Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Chicago, Detroit, Seattle, Denver, Philadelphia, DC, Newark, Nashville, Dallas and more. Advertisement Tickets for all dates go on sale Thursday April 20 at 2.22pm local time. Check out the full...Recent Posts
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