The Umbrella AcademySeason-Premiere Recap: Family Feud

The Umbrella Academy Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Its been nearly two years sinceThe Umbrella Academyended its second seasonon a cheeky cliffhanger. In this alternate future, the Umbrella Academy never existed. Instead, Reginald Hargreeves adopted a different gaggle of superpowered kids and called them Sparrow Academy. How do you pay off a cliffhanger like that? The season-three premiere has our answer: efficiently, if not elegantly....

June 22, 2022 · 2 min · 279 words · Pamela Salazar

Third Eye Blind and Taking Back Sunday Aren’t (Just) Here for Nostalgia

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Third Eye Blind andTaking Back Sundayshare a history with Jones Beach Theater. I understand this is the first time the two of you have talked. Adam Lazzara:There was one other very brief moment. We were in the Philippines or Singapore or somewhere. I was like, Hey, man, big fan. And that was that. Now were best friends thats all it took....

June 22, 2022 · 4 min · 836 words · Brian Pugh

Thor: Love and ThunderWas Also Going to Heavily Feature Kate Bush

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Theres obviously sort of a Nosferatu slight attitude. One wonders what Kate Bush song would best project a Nosferatu/god-killing aura. Maybe Cloudbusting, orthat oneabout a fetus absorbing nuclear fallout through the umbilical cord. HerFruitopia jinglesare where the real heat is, but would even Taika Waititi be that avant garde? Apparently the notion of the world going gaga for Kate Bush was too mad for the MCU....

June 22, 2022 · 1 min · 109 words · Amy Daniels

An Ode to theWendyMemes of ‘Hot Topics’

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Itwas also the meme mecca. The daytime gossip session pushed the boundaries of what people thought a talk show could be. Beef became personal (cc: Omarosa), and anyone and anything was fair dragging game. The internet BWWS (BeforeWendy Williams Show) was a less chaotic place. Therestoo muchcontent, but also never enough. Take, for example, thisimage, found after you search wendy shook meme on Google....

June 21, 2022 · 2 min · 216 words · Gordon Mccullough

Big Freedia and Beyoncé Declare a No-Trade Summer

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. This is a song for the club! She was later included in the clip for In My Feelings … but onlyafter she texted Drizzy. (For what its worth,Drakes new albumHonestly, Nevermindindicates that he has definitely released his trade.) The backstories here make Big Freedias heavily featured appearance and presence on a second Bey song even more special....

June 21, 2022 · 1 min · 74 words · Erica Tucker

Bradley Cooper Hates the Word ‘Nom’

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. The nine-time Oscar nominee gossiped about aStar Is Bornera encounter at an Oscars party thrown by agency CAA. (Cooper was up for three statues that cycle bringing his lifetime total to seven nominations. Its a fair question! (He was later nominated forJokerandNightmare Alley, two cinematic marvels.) You deserve the nom, … I was like, What?...

June 21, 2022 · 1 min · 124 words · Michelle Haynes

Hey, Marvel, Chris Evans ‘Would Love’ to Play the Human Torch Again

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. That would actually be an easier sell to me than coming back asCaptain America, he said. But Johnny Storm, I feel like he didnt really get his day. That was before Marvel really found its footing, he said. I mean, I dont exactly look the same anymore, he said. That was 15, almost 20 years ago....

June 21, 2022 · 1 min · 94 words · Jesus Brown

Irma VepRecap: Renew Wave

Irma Vep Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. To a large degree, thisIrma Vepis a savagely self-deprecating enterprise for its creator, Olivier Assayas. Hes still offering critical commentary, but he cant claim to be an outsider anymore. She says theyd invented this magical projection system and they had to generate content to keep people hooked. Industrial entertainment run by algorithms. When Edmond talks about stretching content being the opposite of art, Assayas is implicating himself a little....

June 21, 2022 · 2 min · 261 words · Susan Green

Joel Kim Booster Mocks (and Craves) Relatability

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. It is never easy to create something and unpack the awareness of creating that thing at the same time. The problem is that theyre opposing impulses. Fairly often, though, the magnets hold. In those moments,Psychosexualfeels buoyant and alive. The majority ofPsychosexualis designed to achieve all the things a comedians first major special needs to achieve....

June 21, 2022 · 2 min · 276 words · Daniel Ross

Lil Nas X Is Fashionably ‘Late to Da Party’

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. LATE TO DA PARTY THIS FRIDAY!pic.twitter.com/4fQcBzCEsd This post has been updated throughout. Related Tags:

June 21, 2022 · 1 min · 29 words · Robert Williams

Lorde’s Year on the Beach Was ‘Confounding and at Times Painful’

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Its been a year, andLorde isstillon that beach. (She played at a castle!) But, of course, Lorde being Lorde, she spun it all into some great learning experience. Great but can she leave the island yet? Related Tags:

June 21, 2022 · 1 min · 53 words · Marissa Mitchell

Love, VictorRecap: Breakups and Breakthroughs

Love, Victor Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Why do I always have to be Gay Victor? Why cant I just be Victor? Especially throughoutLove, Victors first two seasons, Victor had to fight to be Gay Victor. (In other words, for playing sports, I guess.) But Victors always struggled with homophobia and general weirdness from his coach and some of his basketball teammates....

June 21, 2022 · 2 min · 394 words · Heather Hendricks

Love, VictorRecap: Clueless Wrecking Ball

Love, Victor Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Last episodewas pretty sparse, but this time, weve got a bit of everything. Rahims long-awaited and highly deserved meet-cute! Victors determined to prove he isnt an agent of chaos. The last time Victor tried to be someones Simon, Rahim developed feelings for him. Evidently, Victor did not learn from that experience. As a last-ditch effort, Victor joins Isabel for a nighttime trip to church....

June 21, 2022 · 2 min · 322 words · Lisa Rose