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The metal band Metallica destroyed in 1988: “Can you please put ’em on after us?”
In 1988, Dokken asked to switch places with Metallica on the US Monsters of Rock tour because Metallica’s increasingly intense performances were making Dokken look comparatively weak. The episode illustrates Metallica’s rapid rise from a support act to a major live draw, while exposing the difficulty faced by more melodic hard-rock bands competing with thrash…
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Mets star Juan Soto exits in sixth inning against Dodgers with lingering calf injury
New York Mets outfielder Juan Soto left Friday’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the sixth inning because of a lingering calf injury. His departure adds to the Mets’ injury concerns and could affect the team if the problem requires further absence. The Mets were hosting the defending World Series champions, who had recently…
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‘Widow’s Bay’ Creator on Writing Season 2 After Buzzy Launch: “I Learned a Lot About What You Don’t Need”
Katie Dippold has begun writing the second series of Apple TV’s Widow’s Bay after its unexpectedly strong reception. The creator said the success, including substantial online discussion and 19 Emmy nominations, has raised the profile of the comedy-horror series as she prepares its next chapter. The writers’ room started this week and is expected to…
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The 1983 role Terence Stamp hated every second of: “I’d done it because I was broke”
Terence Stamp said he disliked every aspect of making the 1983 television series *Chessgame*, accepting the role only because he was struggling financially. The experience mattered because he feared high-profile television work could restrict his future film opportunities, yet it ultimately helped revive his screen career. Stamp said he hated television’s demanding workload and its…
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Spaceballs: The New One Creators on Making Mel Brooks’ Yogurt CGI and Paying Tribute to John Candy | Comic Con 2026
Spaceballs: The New One was presented to a packed Hall H audience at San Diego Comic-Con, marking Rick Moranis’s long-awaited return to the screen as Dark Helmet nearly 40 years after the original film. The sequel aims to parody both Star Wars and the wider culture of nostalgia, with Josh Gad saying there is now…
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5 ‘Game of Thrones’ References You May Have Missed in ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 3
The article identifies subtle links between House of the Dragon’s third season and Game of Thrones, arguing that they help make Westeros feel continuous without relying on major plot connections. – Alyn of Hull suggests using cats to control rats in the Red Keep after Aegon has rat-catchers executed. The article connects this to the…
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Russell Crowe’s 122-Minute Western Masterpiece Is Officially Netflix’s Newest Streaming Smash
James Mangold’s 2007 Western 3:10 to Yuma, starring Russell Crowe and Christian Bale, has become a new Netflix streaming hit nearly two decades after its cinema release. The resurgence highlights renewed audience interest in films aimed at older viewers, alongside the box-office success of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. The 122-minute film remade Delmer Daves’ well-regarded…
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“We were going for a completely different sound, and it didn’t work. We decided to make a clean album”: Ronnie Van Zant hated it. But this Lynyrd Skynyrd album is an unsung Southern Rock classic
Lynyrd Skynyrd’s 1976 album *Gimme Back My Bullets* is presented as an overlooked Southern rock record, despite Ronnie Van Zant’s own disappointment with its more polished sound. The singer believed the band’s attempt to make a “clean” album had made the material too refined, and the record did not equal the commercial performance of *Nuthin’…
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Was James Brown right about all the genres he claimed to have invented?
The article argues that James Brown’s claim to have invented disco, hip-hop and rap was exaggerated, but rooted in a real and exceptional influence. It presents him as a foundational figure whose funk records shaped later musical movements, while stressing that no genre can credibly be attributed to one artist alone. Brown’s funk and soul…