Breaking up is hard to do, doubly so on TV. The upcoming season of “You’re the Worst” finds Jimmy (Chris Geere) and Gretchen (Aya Cash) in the aftermath of their conscious decoupling, which in a new trailer takes the form of sad karaoke. Watch below.
Read More‘You’re the Worst’ Season 4 Clip: Jimmy and Gretchen Try to Get Lucky, and Not With Each Other — Watch
Both halves of the former couple sing Soft Cell’s “Tainted Love” in the new preview, albeit under very different circumstances: Gretchen is the center of attention in a packed club, while Jimmy is a nuisance to everyone else in the Western-themed bar he finds himself in. They both add forlorn commentary to the lyrics, though: “I gave you all a boy could give you — like accommodation, back rubs, sex,” complains Jimmy; Gretchen, meanwhile, lets everyone know that she’s in between places...
Read More‘You’re the Worst’ Season 4 Clip: Jimmy and Gretchen Try to Get Lucky, and Not With Each Other — Watch
Both halves of the former couple sing Soft Cell’s “Tainted Love” in the new preview, albeit under very different circumstances: Gretchen is the center of attention in a packed club, while Jimmy is a nuisance to everyone else in the Western-themed bar he finds himself in. They both add forlorn commentary to the lyrics, though: “I gave you all a boy could give you — like accommodation, back rubs, sex,” complains Jimmy; Gretchen, meanwhile, lets everyone know that she’s in between places...
- 7/30/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
For the first time ever, the 2017 Primetime Emmys will hand out an award for Outstanding Music Supervision, acknowledging the creative contributions made by the music supervisors on TV series. It’s an award that’s long overdue; music supervision is an often misunderstood art form thought to be as simple as pulling songs off an iPod. “There’s so much work that goes into it that you don’t see on the screen,” says Amanda Krieg Thomas,...
- 6/23/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
The following is excerpted from a chapter in film critic Adam Nayman’s new book “Ben Wheatley: Confusion and Carnage,” which is now available.
“Nobody fucks with you like [Ben] Wheatley,” wrote Cinema Scope’s Robert Koehler in a dispatch filed from Cannes in 2012, the year that “Sightseers” premiered in the Director’s Fortnight and shifted the critical perception of its director to a global figure. If Cannes is historically the proving ground for auteur directors, then the presence of “Sightseers” on the Croisette suggested that Wheatley was emerging from his niche as a UK genre specialist. For Koehler, “Sightseers” was one of the titles at Cannes that seemed “eager to play outside boundaries within which most of the other films were all too willing to contain themselves.”
Trying to break away from the everyday—or, put another way, the search for transcendence—is the secret theme of “Sightseers,” a film that,...
“Nobody fucks with you like [Ben] Wheatley,” wrote Cinema Scope’s Robert Koehler in a dispatch filed from Cannes in 2012, the year that “Sightseers” premiered in the Director’s Fortnight and shifted the critical perception of its director to a global figure. If Cannes is historically the proving ground for auteur directors, then the presence of “Sightseers” on the Croisette suggested that Wheatley was emerging from his niche as a UK genre specialist. For Koehler, “Sightseers” was one of the titles at Cannes that seemed “eager to play outside boundaries within which most of the other films were all too willing to contain themselves.”
Trying to break away from the everyday—or, put another way, the search for transcendence—is the secret theme of “Sightseers,” a film that,...
- 6/14/2017
- by Adam Nayman
- Indiewire
"Every girl in my phone hates me," Aziz Ansari laments in the excellent new season of Master of None. "Or I hate them." The sad part: His life only gets more miserable when he turns off his phone and faces the world. In Ansari's Netflix cringe-core comedy, he dissects modern romance as Dev, a thirtysomething semi-employed actor and passionate foodie living in New York, asking himself the same questions over and over. Where is true love? Where is the best taco in town? Will the kitchen at the tapas bar...
- 5/11/2017
- Rollingstone.com
A review of tonight's The Americans coming up just as soon as I like you better as a blonde... "We're in trouble." -Elizabeth Pastor Tim barely appears in the episode named after him, turning up dead in one of Elizabeth's nightmares. But the Gordian knot that Paige tied around her parents when she told Tim their secret hangs over the entire episode. Now that they know that Pastor Tim knows, there is no good solution. Kill him, and Paige will figure out they were responsible, and at best hate her parents forever, at worst turn them into the authorities. Don't tell him, and there's a man floating out there who can't be trusted to maintain Paige's confidence, meaning that their lives could blow up at any moment. Like the Glanders sample that Philip just can't seem to get rid of — even after murdering an airport security guard to the sounds...
- 3/24/2016
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
There are a lot of good movies about alcoholism, that doesn’t make them easy to watch, by no means. The very idea of making a movie, an entertainment, about addiction, of any kind, if it’s done with any amount of honesty, can make for a grueling experience to watch.
Just from memory you have The Lost Weekend, Leaving Las Vegas, Shakes the Clown, Everything Must Go and the more recent Blue Jasmine with a pill popping, wine swilling woman in deep denial at its center.
I’m sure there are many more, all of these are worthwhile films. To this list you can definitely add Glassland, an independent movie from Ireland. What irony that a movie about alcoholism, and a good one at that, would come from Ireland. I’m Irish myself, and Ireland, much like countries such as Australia, Scotland, Japan and…the United States for that matter,...
Just from memory you have The Lost Weekend, Leaving Las Vegas, Shakes the Clown, Everything Must Go and the more recent Blue Jasmine with a pill popping, wine swilling woman in deep denial at its center.
I’m sure there are many more, all of these are worthwhile films. To this list you can definitely add Glassland, an independent movie from Ireland. What irony that a movie about alcoholism, and a good one at that, would come from Ireland. I’m Irish myself, and Ireland, much like countries such as Australia, Scotland, Japan and…the United States for that matter,...
- 2/27/2016
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Taking the glass half-full approach nets the biggest return in entertainment for Irish drama Glassland, despite the fact that the aggressively downcast little film tries to send viewers into a solemn haze at every turn. Focusing on the out-of-control addiction issues suffocating a small family of two, Glassland‘s scant but scathing 90-minute runtime is impossible to survive unmarked.
It’s an oppressive subject matter, but the movie never feels fully equipped to deal with it in any sort of novel way; Glassland decides to take the path most traveled by addiction-centric narratives and edges out ever-so-slightly on top through sheer force of will. Writer/director Gerard Barrett’s script has just enough moments of levity and positivity to grasp onto, thanks to his serious treatment of the issue and his characters, that while Glassland may not approach the level of indelibility won by similarly themed dramas, it at least...
It’s an oppressive subject matter, but the movie never feels fully equipped to deal with it in any sort of novel way; Glassland decides to take the path most traveled by addiction-centric narratives and edges out ever-so-slightly on top through sheer force of will. Writer/director Gerard Barrett’s script has just enough moments of levity and positivity to grasp onto, thanks to his serious treatment of the issue and his characters, that while Glassland may not approach the level of indelibility won by similarly themed dramas, it at least...
- 2/13/2016
- by Mitchel Broussard
- We Got This Covered
“That was weird. And kind of amazing,” sighs Wicked City‘s Betty Beaumontaine (Erika Christensen), moments after a sexual encounter remarkable for its unspoken agreement that she pretend to be a corpse.
RelatedWicked City Star Erika Christensen on Playing a Sociopath: Parenthood Fans ‘Needed to Be Warned’
Like Betty before she fully succumbs to the twisted charms of Ed Westwick’s Kent, you too might experience intermittent misgivings about the one-hour pilot of ABC’s latest crime drama (premiering Tuesday, 10/9c) — albeit for very different reasons. While Kent’s twisted script threatens to push Christensen’s secretly sadistic nurse...
RelatedWicked City Star Erika Christensen on Playing a Sociopath: Parenthood Fans ‘Needed to Be Warned’
Like Betty before she fully succumbs to the twisted charms of Ed Westwick’s Kent, you too might experience intermittent misgivings about the one-hour pilot of ABC’s latest crime drama (premiering Tuesday, 10/9c) — albeit for very different reasons. While Kent’s twisted script threatens to push Christensen’s secretly sadistic nurse...
- 10/25/2015
- TVLine.com
Miss the days of decadence and danger on the Sunset Strip with a Soft Cell, Billy Idol and Joan Jett soundtrack blasting out of cruising cars? Well, whether you were actually in L.A. back in the summer of 1982, Wicked City wants to take you there – for better or bloody worse. Debuting on Tuesday, October 27 in the tough 10 Pm slot on ABC, the anthology crime series is, as my video review above says, engaging and full of good instincts. Created by Steven Baigelman with Amy…...
- 10/20/2015
- Deadline TV
Meet this year's Big Brother contestants – including a Calvin Klein model, an aspiring politician, an "eccentric rich kid" and a former X Factor hopeful.
For the first time in the reality show's 16-year history, show bosses have revealed the first photos and brief snippets of information about the cast before they enter the house for Big Brother: Timebomb on Tuesday evening (May 12).
Find out more about this year's housemates – in alphabetical order – below, as they prepare for a summer under the watchful eye of Big Brother and audiences on Channel 5:
Aaron Frew, 24
Personal shopper Aaron has modelled for Calvin Klein, appearing opposite stars including Lara Stone and Pixie Geldof. A qualified beauty therapist, Aaron, who's from Northampton, is a huge fan of The Little Mermaid.
Adjoa Mensah, 22
Law student Adjoa - based in Manchester - is a pastor's daughter, and identifies as a devout Christian. Adjoa's first language is Dutch,...
For the first time in the reality show's 16-year history, show bosses have revealed the first photos and brief snippets of information about the cast before they enter the house for Big Brother: Timebomb on Tuesday evening (May 12).
Find out more about this year's housemates – in alphabetical order – below, as they prepare for a summer under the watchful eye of Big Brother and audiences on Channel 5:
Aaron Frew, 24
Personal shopper Aaron has modelled for Calvin Klein, appearing opposite stars including Lara Stone and Pixie Geldof. A qualified beauty therapist, Aaron, who's from Northampton, is a huge fan of The Little Mermaid.
Adjoa Mensah, 22
Law student Adjoa - based in Manchester - is a pastor's daughter, and identifies as a devout Christian. Adjoa's first language is Dutch,...
- 5/9/2015
- Digital Spy
The Musketeers: BBC One, 9pm
Tonight, Porthos (Howard Charles) finally learns the truth about his parentage, in this episode guest-starring Game of Thrones actor Liam Cunningham.
As he learns more secrets about his past, the burly Musketeer begins to question his allegiances - can d'Artagnan and company save their friend from the dangerous route he seems to be headed down?
Boy George and Culture Club: Karma to Calamity: BBC Four, 9pm
A look back at the history of the '80s pop group, charting their rise to fame, break-up and reunion in 2014 at Boy George's London home to write new material.
Check out TOTP2: '80s special straight after at 10pm for vintage performances from Culture Club, Soft Cell, Madness and more.
The Blacklist: Sky Living, 9pm
The adrenaline-fuelled Us thriller series continues its second season tonight, with episode 10, 'Luther Braxton: Conclusion'.
Ron Perlman stars...
Tonight, Porthos (Howard Charles) finally learns the truth about his parentage, in this episode guest-starring Game of Thrones actor Liam Cunningham.
As he learns more secrets about his past, the burly Musketeer begins to question his allegiances - can d'Artagnan and company save their friend from the dangerous route he seems to be headed down?
Boy George and Culture Club: Karma to Calamity: BBC Four, 9pm
A look back at the history of the '80s pop group, charting their rise to fame, break-up and reunion in 2014 at Boy George's London home to write new material.
Check out TOTP2: '80s special straight after at 10pm for vintage performances from Culture Club, Soft Cell, Madness and more.
The Blacklist: Sky Living, 9pm
The adrenaline-fuelled Us thriller series continues its second season tonight, with episode 10, 'Luther Braxton: Conclusion'.
Ron Perlman stars...
- 3/6/2015
- Digital Spy
Rihanna‘s reign won’t let up. Since she hit the scene in 2008, she’s had 13 No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100—tying her with Michael Jackson for the third most No. 1 songs on the chart. And she’s achieved all this before her 27th birthday, which just so happens to be today, Feb. 20. Related: Kanye West Is Executive Producing Rihanna’s New Album While we anxiously await the release of RiRi’s next album—her eighth, oh so cleverly titled, R8—to drop, we decided to take stock of her entire career so far. From Barbadian dancehall queen to a good girl gone bad to a Beatle‘s new bestie, we’re ranking every single song she’s ever put her stamp on. All 131 of Rihanna’s tracks—every single solo track, collaboration and guest feature on an Eminem song that’s out there. So, from worst to best,...
- 2/20/2015
- by Shannon Carlin - Radio.com
- Hitfix
Is it okay to approach a celebrity out in public? And how obligated should one feel to keep multitaskers up to speed as to what's happening on screen? Dalton Ross, EW editor-at-large and resident pop-culture referee, weighs in. I've seen celebs in stores. I just smile and nod, maybe say hello. I don't want to bother them. Is it ever okay to begin a convo? —Sue (@Soozey42) Your instincts are generally spot-on, Sue. Here's the thing about actors: They like attention. By the nature of their profession, they got into the business to be noticed and have accolades thrown their way.
- 11/3/2014
- by Dalton Ross
- EW.com - PopWatch
Scott Heppell/AP/Press Association Images
The term ‘one-hit wonder’ is often attributed to the music industry and a performer whose success is derived from a single, signature track that completely consumes any future work and deprives it of the chance to proposer.
Think Chesney Hawkes’ appropriately titled ‘The One and Only’, Soft Cell with their synth pop classic “Tainted Love” and even Vanilla Ice’s immortal ‘Ice Ice Baby’. They are just a few examples of the artists and songs that have hit the mainstream popularity spotlight and subsequently plateau for the remainder of their career.
A similar phenomenon exists in football that we like to call the one-season wonder. Players who set the world alight for a single campaign before dropping back through the portal into obscurity never to be seen or heard from again.
Here at Newcastle United we’ve experienced our fair share of Cheney Hawkes...
The term ‘one-hit wonder’ is often attributed to the music industry and a performer whose success is derived from a single, signature track that completely consumes any future work and deprives it of the chance to proposer.
Think Chesney Hawkes’ appropriately titled ‘The One and Only’, Soft Cell with their synth pop classic “Tainted Love” and even Vanilla Ice’s immortal ‘Ice Ice Baby’. They are just a few examples of the artists and songs that have hit the mainstream popularity spotlight and subsequently plateau for the remainder of their career.
A similar phenomenon exists in football that we like to call the one-season wonder. Players who set the world alight for a single campaign before dropping back through the portal into obscurity never to be seen or heard from again.
Here at Newcastle United we’ve experienced our fair share of Cheney Hawkes...
- 5/26/2014
- by Jak Penny
- Obsessed with Film
To celebrate the upcoming release of the Now That’s What I Call Running 2014! CD on Monday 10th March, we’re giving 3 lucky WhatCulture.com readers the opportunity to win a copy of the compilation album.
After success with Now Running in 2012, Now That’s What I Call Music has is back with Now Running 2014, just as lent begins and people start to think a little bit more about shedding the pounds they’ve picked up over the Christmas period (and failed to shift with that underused brand new gym membership).
Need some motivation for your early morning run? From warm up through to warm down, three CDs of high energy music to accompany your workout. Now Running 2014 is the only album you will need to get you going. The Perfect album to tackle any park or road with including hits from Ke$ha, Pink, Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding.
To enter the competition,...
After success with Now Running in 2012, Now That’s What I Call Music has is back with Now Running 2014, just as lent begins and people start to think a little bit more about shedding the pounds they’ve picked up over the Christmas period (and failed to shift with that underused brand new gym membership).
Need some motivation for your early morning run? From warm up through to warm down, three CDs of high energy music to accompany your workout. Now Running 2014 is the only album you will need to get you going. The Perfect album to tackle any park or road with including hits from Ke$ha, Pink, Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding.
To enter the competition,...
- 3/6/2014
- by Simon Gallagher
- Obsessed with Film
Denise Van Outen has blamed "unfair" criticism for ruining her chance of a comedy career.
The presenter said that she is still waiting for her comedy break after an unsuccessful stint in the TV show Babes in the Wood.
"My 1998 sitcom Babes in the Wood only ran till 1999 after it was panned," she said, according to The Sun.
"Critics said I couldn't act as I was a Big Breakfast host but some of it was funny."
However, the presenter - rumoured to be joining the Loose Women panel - added that she is still hopeful of starring in a future sitcom.
She said: "I'd really like to do a sort of Birds of a Feather-type thing."
Van Outen recently revealed details of a self-penned play she is set to star in.
Titled A Girl I Used to Know, the musical comedy stars Van Outen as Stephanie Canworth, a successful...
The presenter said that she is still waiting for her comedy break after an unsuccessful stint in the TV show Babes in the Wood.
"My 1998 sitcom Babes in the Wood only ran till 1999 after it was panned," she said, according to The Sun.
"Critics said I couldn't act as I was a Big Breakfast host but some of it was funny."
However, the presenter - rumoured to be joining the Loose Women panel - added that she is still hopeful of starring in a future sitcom.
She said: "I'd really like to do a sort of Birds of a Feather-type thing."
Van Outen recently revealed details of a self-penned play she is set to star in.
Titled A Girl I Used to Know, the musical comedy stars Van Outen as Stephanie Canworth, a successful...
- 12/30/2013
- Digital Spy
In 2011, Ben Wheatley wowed horror fans with Kill List, establishing himself as a young director worth keeping an eye on. With Sightseers, which kicked off this year’s Milwaukee Film Festival’s excellent Cinema Hooligante program, he has elevated his movies to must-see status. It is remarkably assured, shockingly violent, and bracingly funny.
Chris (Steve Oram) and Tina (Alice Lowe), together for about three months, are set to embark on a meticulously planned holiday. Pulling a caravan, the plan is to mix camping with visits to historical sites and tourist attractions.
The tone is set almost immediately. Tina’s domineering mother doesn’t want her to go. Still angry with her daughter over an incident that resulted in the death of her beloved dog, she replies “so were you” when Tina insists that it was an accident right as Soft Cell’s “Tainted Love” begins to play. It’s clear...
Chris (Steve Oram) and Tina (Alice Lowe), together for about three months, are set to embark on a meticulously planned holiday. Pulling a caravan, the plan is to mix camping with visits to historical sites and tourist attractions.
The tone is set almost immediately. Tina’s domineering mother doesn’t want her to go. Still angry with her daughter over an incident that resulted in the death of her beloved dog, she replies “so were you” when Tina insists that it was an accident right as Soft Cell’s “Tainted Love” begins to play. It’s clear...
- 10/3/2013
- shocktillyoudrop.com
History has shown us that not every musical hit is unique to the artist. Take Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You." When that catchy tune fell into the hands of the late Whitney Houston, the powerful ballad became an instant success, but many of the people caught humming the melody had no idea a blonde bombshell was the mastermind behind the hit.
Houston's rendition is just one a number of cover songs that eventually became more famous than the originals. We've compiled a list of some of these beloved gems below; let us know which ones surprised you in the comments.
1. "Nothing Compares 2 U" by Sinead O'Connor (original by Prince/The Family)
O'Connor's breathy song was actually written by "Purple Rain" genius Prince for one of his side projects, The Family. But the Irish songstress was the one whose tears actually brought it to the general public.
2. "All...
Houston's rendition is just one a number of cover songs that eventually became more famous than the originals. We've compiled a list of some of these beloved gems below; let us know which ones surprised you in the comments.
1. "Nothing Compares 2 U" by Sinead O'Connor (original by Prince/The Family)
O'Connor's breathy song was actually written by "Purple Rain" genius Prince for one of his side projects, The Family. But the Irish songstress was the one whose tears actually brought it to the general public.
2. "All...
- 4/22/2013
- by Katherine Brooks
- Huffington Post
The Place Beyond the Pines is a sprawling film from co-writer/director Derek Cianfrance about the connections between fathers and their sons, with drastic life decisions rippling through generations. The ambitious movie stars Ryan Gosling as circus performer-turned-bank robber, Bradley Cooper as a man of justice, Eva Mendes as a disturbed mother, Ray Liotta as a corrupt cop, and Dane DeHaan as the ultimate product of all of these characters’ decisions.
Cianfrance previously directed Gosling in Blue Valentine, the 2010 aching relationship drama starring Gosling and Michelle Williams. For her performance in the film, Williams was nominated for an Oscar.
I sat down with Cianfrance to discuss his film, why shooting is living but editing is death, how his failed first film was a blessing, his uncanny facial resemblance to Gosling, and more.
The Place Beyond the Pines opens in Chicago on April 5.
Something striking about your films is the concept of maturity within your characters,...
Cianfrance previously directed Gosling in Blue Valentine, the 2010 aching relationship drama starring Gosling and Michelle Williams. For her performance in the film, Williams was nominated for an Oscar.
I sat down with Cianfrance to discuss his film, why shooting is living but editing is death, how his failed first film was a blessing, his uncanny facial resemblance to Gosling, and more.
The Place Beyond the Pines opens in Chicago on April 5.
Something striking about your films is the concept of maturity within your characters,...
- 4/3/2013
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
Two films about young gay life reveal how the boxes we put ourselves in haven't gone away – they've just got smaller
'Are you a heterosexual?" the filmmaker asks. "Ooh no!" comes the reply, "I've got three kids and a husband!" The scene is a market in London's East End in the early 80s, the film Framed Youth: The Revenge of the Teenage Perverts.
The Greater London Council-funded documentary, a snapshot of young gay life, was screened again at this year's Lesbian and Gay film festival in London. It captures a very different era. The lo-fi VHS production, a soundtrack of Eurythmics and Soft Cell, the flimsy grasp of sexuality in, of all places, Dalston. Jimmy Somerville and Richard Coles make before-they-were-famous appearances. True, the unchanging signposts of the gay experience are there too: the gradual realisation that you are different, the coming out, and the finally finding people with whom you can be yourself.
'Are you a heterosexual?" the filmmaker asks. "Ooh no!" comes the reply, "I've got three kids and a husband!" The scene is a market in London's East End in the early 80s, the film Framed Youth: The Revenge of the Teenage Perverts.
The Greater London Council-funded documentary, a snapshot of young gay life, was screened again at this year's Lesbian and Gay film festival in London. It captures a very different era. The lo-fi VHS production, a soundtrack of Eurythmics and Soft Cell, the flimsy grasp of sexuality in, of all places, Dalston. Jimmy Somerville and Richard Coles make before-they-were-famous appearances. True, the unchanging signposts of the gay experience are there too: the gradual realisation that you are different, the coming out, and the finally finding people with whom you can be yourself.
- 3/22/2013
- by David Shariatmadari
- The Guardian - Film News
The penultimate episode of The Big Reunion airs this evening on ITV2 (March 21), and we're already unsure as to how we will cope when 5ive, B*Witched, 911 and co are no longer entertaining us with their dark tales of '90s pop excess.
Abz from 5ive has become a hilarious must-watch figure of fun and the heartbreaking split between B*Witched's Lindsay and 911's Lee has been a weirdly emotional watch. The whole thing has had us digging out our old Live & Kicking magazines and wondering whatever happened to Let Loose.
The show's proved a hit for ITV2, so they're going to need to bring it back in some form in 2014. Digital Spy has five suggestions for Big Reunion spinoffs.
The Big Britpop Reunion
Robbie Williams's worst nightmare - a Britpop Big Reunion special. Bring back the bands who made the Good Mixer the place to be (or avoid...
Abz from 5ive has become a hilarious must-watch figure of fun and the heartbreaking split between B*Witched's Lindsay and 911's Lee has been a weirdly emotional watch. The whole thing has had us digging out our old Live & Kicking magazines and wondering whatever happened to Let Loose.
The show's proved a hit for ITV2, so they're going to need to bring it back in some form in 2014. Digital Spy has five suggestions for Big Reunion spinoffs.
The Big Britpop Reunion
Robbie Williams's worst nightmare - a Britpop Big Reunion special. Bring back the bands who made the Good Mixer the place to be (or avoid...
- 3/21/2013
- Digital Spy
Well… It's here. After years of delays (production was completed in early 2011), which were blamed on everything from MGM's long-standing financial trouble to a late-in-the-game 3D conversion, "Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters" is finally upon us. Starring Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton as the grown-up versions of the classic fairytale characters, who have dedicated their lives to ridding the world of broomstick-riding witches, the movie attempts to mix the unstable genres of action, horror and comedy (kind of like "The Mummy" movies, except with considerably more exploding heads). So, what of "Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters?" Is it much ado about nothing? A future cult classic that will be instantly misdiagnosed? Or is this seriously one of the worst things ever forged by the cinematic gods? Read on to find out. And, as Hansel advises in the movie, stay far, far away from the candy. Pro: It's Got an Okay Title Sequence The title sequence is pretty.
- 1/25/2013
- by Drew Taylor
- Moviefone
Industrial band Throbbing Gristle has announced the completion of its long-awaited tribute to Nico’s Desertshore. The record will be released November 26, two years after the death of band member Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson, who conceived the idea for the project in 2006. Bandmates Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti decided to finish work on the album after Christopherson’s death. The group has released two trailers for the double album Desertshore/Final Report, one including vocals by Antony Hegarty, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Blixa Bargeld, Soft Cell's Marc Almond, and Sasha Grey. 'Desertshore / The Final Report' teaser 1 from ...
- 9/20/2012
- avclub.com
One of the more distinct voices in genre filmmaking emerging out of the U.K. is Ben Wheatley. The director first made ripples with "Down Terrace," but caused a major sensation last year with his stomach-churning "Kill List." So what did he do for an encore? He headed to Cannes this past spring to unveil "Sightseers," another nasty piece of work, albeit one with a comic edge to help it go down a bit more smoothly. Starring Alice Lowe and Steve Oram and executive produced by Edgar Wright, the premise is straightfoward enough, following a young couple on holiday who take their murderous impulses out on anyone who slights them. But as the solid first trailer reveals, there is a lot more texture going on, with a delightful dark streak that is nicely underscored by the choice of "Tainted Love" by Soft Cell to power the advert. Our man in...
- 8/28/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
The above scene at the Creative Capital retreat this weekend brought back a lot of memories. The arts funding organization’s semi-annual retreat was held at Williams College in Williamstown Massachusetts, and on the final evening the outdoor barbecue got drizzled out. So, it was moved indoors, and afterwards the cafeteria space became a party space, where artist grantees and consultants danced to Soft Cell’s “Tainted Love.” A level up, Cinemad’s Mike Plante set up his microphones and recorded a podcast. The ’80s music, the party, and radio — it was like one of my own evenings in college, where I’d wander from Wollman Auditorium upstairs to Wkcr to do my radio show at Columbia. And yeah, there may have been a whiskey bottle involved as well.
Here’s Plante:
In this accidental ode to Drunk History, Cinemad sits down at the Creative Capital retreat with filmmakers Cam Archer...
Here’s Plante:
In this accidental ode to Drunk History, Cinemad sits down at the Creative Capital retreat with filmmakers Cam Archer...
- 7/31/2012
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Not many films are set at music festivals. D.A. Pennebaker’s documentary, “Monterey Pop” is vital, we’ll grant you, and other rock docs that expose something fundamental about the artists they’re profiling (“Don’t Look Back,” “Gimme Shelter”) remain compelling portraits of some of the most important artists of the twentieth-century. But, much like stand-up comedy or running for high office, fictional recreations of what compels a human being to get up onstage in front of thousands of people and expose themselves to the public at large, are far and few between.
With this in mind we turn to “You Instead,” which is director David Mackenzie’s seventh feature film, not that you’d known it from anything on display here. It has all the manufactured, forcible ‘fun’ of a T-Mobile flash-mob advert although it attempts to weave a spontaneous star-cross’d romance out of a happenstance meeting...
With this in mind we turn to “You Instead,” which is director David Mackenzie’s seventh feature film, not that you’d known it from anything on display here. It has all the manufactured, forcible ‘fun’ of a T-Mobile flash-mob advert although it attempts to weave a spontaneous star-cross’d romance out of a happenstance meeting...
- 5/7/2012
- by Sam Price
- The Playlist
'It was a vision, a dream carried out,' RedFoo says of song's popularity.
By Jocelyn Vena
Lmfao
Photo: MTV News
It's been a good summer for party anthems thanks to jams from Lady Gaga, Britney Spears and Pitbull, to name a few. But only Lmfao were committed enough to name their summer jam "Party Rock Anthem." The funky track launched onto the scene back in January, but really didn't pick up steam until the weather started to turn balmy, and now it's basically everywhere.
Written by Lmfao duo SkyBlu and RedFoo (along with Jamahl Listenbee, Peter Schroeder) and featuring production work from RedFoo and GoonRock (who is also on the track, along with British singer Lauren Bennett), the lead single off of Sorry For Party Rocking is a synthed-out ode to having a good time. Adding to its party credentials, the song samples Soft Cell's "Tainted Love" and Eric Prydz's "Call on Me.
By Jocelyn Vena
Lmfao
Photo: MTV News
It's been a good summer for party anthems thanks to jams from Lady Gaga, Britney Spears and Pitbull, to name a few. But only Lmfao were committed enough to name their summer jam "Party Rock Anthem." The funky track launched onto the scene back in January, but really didn't pick up steam until the weather started to turn balmy, and now it's basically everywhere.
Written by Lmfao duo SkyBlu and RedFoo (along with Jamahl Listenbee, Peter Schroeder) and featuring production work from RedFoo and GoonRock (who is also on the track, along with British singer Lauren Bennett), the lead single off of Sorry For Party Rocking is a synthed-out ode to having a good time. Adding to its party credentials, the song samples Soft Cell's "Tainted Love" and Eric Prydz's "Call on Me.
- 9/2/2011
- MTV Music News
“Remember…you let us in.” There are eleven teaser videos and one thirty-second trailer for FX’s American Horror Story, and aside from a creepy whispered-over-toy-piano version of Soft Cell’s “Tainted Love,” that line is all we get for details. People the world-over are asking: what Is this show going to be? Let’s dissect what we have and try to make sense out of what has become one of this fall’s most buzzed about, and surely most bizarre, shows…
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- 8/23/2011
- by justin@fangoria.com (FANGORIA Staff)
- Fangoria
“Remember…you let us in.” There are eleven teaser videos and one thirty-second trailer for FX’s American Horror Story, and aside from a creepy whispered-over-toy-piano version of Soft Cell’s “Tainted Love,” that line is all we get for details. People the world-over are asking: what Is this show going to be? Let’s dissect what we have and try to make sense out of what has become one of this fall’s most buzzed about, and surely most bizarre, shows…
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- 8/23/2011
- by justin@fangoria.com (FANGORIA Staff)
- Fangoria
Comedy has been a mainstay of the fringe for years. But now serious plays are attracting a broader range of stars
Film stars have developed a habit of venturing on to the West End stage to hone their acting skills in front of a live crowd. But now an unprecedented number of big names in showbusiness are to take the challenge one step further by facing Edinburgh fringe audiences in a series of intimate, temporary venues. The city's pavements may still be lined with student hopefuls during the annual festival, but suddenly there are familiar A-list faces vying for attention too.
This summer the world's largest fringe arts event, which opened in earnest in the Scottish capital this weekend, will boast performances from the Los Angeles-based British film star Julian Sands in a solo show directed by John Malkovich, and from the television and film actor Art Malik, who will...
Film stars have developed a habit of venturing on to the West End stage to hone their acting skills in front of a live crowd. But now an unprecedented number of big names in showbusiness are to take the challenge one step further by facing Edinburgh fringe audiences in a series of intimate, temporary venues. The city's pavements may still be lined with student hopefuls during the annual festival, but suddenly there are familiar A-list faces vying for attention too.
This summer the world's largest fringe arts event, which opened in earnest in the Scottish capital this weekend, will boast performances from the Los Angeles-based British film star Julian Sands in a solo show directed by John Malkovich, and from the television and film actor Art Malik, who will...
- 8/6/2011
- by Vanessa Thorpe
- The Guardian - Film News
Chris Clor Imelda May
To mark the honor of sharing a bill with rockabilly pioneer Wanda Jackson, Irish singer Imelda May asked a friend to make her a white, fringed dress identical to the kind that the 73-year-old icon shimmies inside on stage. The younger singer says, “I asked Wanda if I could be her mini me for a day.”
Ms. May is carving out her own identity in a genre whose history is studded with charismatic men–Elvis Presley,...
To mark the honor of sharing a bill with rockabilly pioneer Wanda Jackson, Irish singer Imelda May asked a friend to make her a white, fringed dress identical to the kind that the 73-year-old icon shimmies inside on stage. The younger singer says, “I asked Wanda if I could be her mini me for a day.”
Ms. May is carving out her own identity in a genre whose history is studded with charismatic men–Elvis Presley,...
- 7/18/2011
- by John Jurgensen
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
First dates – we've all been there. The sweaty palms. The uncertainty. The paranoia. Get the first date right, and you feel like you're on top of the world. Get it wrong, and it makes you feel like the entire population of couples are laughing in your face.
So spare a thought for the poor old Doctor, as he prepares to take Rose on their first date – well, Rose says as much in New Earth, but oddly, it's not really a date that he should remember with fondness, given that he makes screw-up after screw-up in The End Of The World. Consider the following rules:
The only sort of girl who would fall for this bravado would be the type that gatecrashes every Top Gear filming session or has a shrine to afro-headed goon Clarkson. The Doctor, however, is keen to show off his amazing time/space machine, furiously working the pump (yes,...
So spare a thought for the poor old Doctor, as he prepares to take Rose on their first date – well, Rose says as much in New Earth, but oddly, it's not really a date that he should remember with fondness, given that he makes screw-up after screw-up in The End Of The World. Consider the following rules:
The only sort of girl who would fall for this bravado would be the type that gatecrashes every Top Gear filming session or has a shrine to afro-headed goon Clarkson. The Doctor, however, is keen to show off his amazing time/space machine, furiously working the pump (yes,...
- 4/21/2011
- Shadowlocked
The problem with too many synth-pop revivalists is that they approach the genre as little more than a cold corpse to reanimate. But Wesley Eisold, the man behind Cold Cave, clearly sees his own synth-pop as part of a still-vital continuum. By that token, Cold Cave’s sophomore album, Cherish The Light Years, absolutely teems. From the blurry, breathtaking opener, “The Great Pan Is Dead,” to the whiplash goth of “Burning Sage,” the album extends every pixilated hook and keystroke hit by Soft Cell, New Order, early Simple Minds, and Black Celebration-era Depeche Mode. Eisold’s previous experience, as ...
- 4/5/2011
- avclub.com
There’s a sudden appetite for Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” to become a transmedia spectacle. Filmmaker Danny Boyle is currently directing an adaptation of the classic Victorian novel for the National Theatre (with Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller alternating roles as Frankenstein and his Creature), which was also broadcast to selected cinemas around the world. And last night, BBC3 delivered the horror-musical Frankenstein’s Wedding (a modern spin on Shelley’s masterpiece), which went out live to the nation from Leeds’ Kirkstall Abbey, where 12,000 people had gathered to be part of the performance.
There was ambition to Frankenstein’s Wedding, that much is definitely true, but this live 80-minute spectacle was a mostly laborious and underwhelming flop. A great idea, but the execution didn’t fulfill its promise. Opening on Kirkstall Abbey (after a weird intro from DJ Reggie Yates) the live audience were playing the wedding guests for...
There was ambition to Frankenstein’s Wedding, that much is definitely true, but this live 80-minute spectacle was a mostly laborious and underwhelming flop. A great idea, but the execution didn’t fulfill its promise. Opening on Kirkstall Abbey (after a weird intro from DJ Reggie Yates) the live audience were playing the wedding guests for...
- 3/20/2011
- by Dan Owen
- Obsessed with Film
The suicide of Marie Caro raises troubling questions about this killer
How terrible that Marie Caro has committed suicide out of "guilt". She was the mother of Isabelle Caro, the French anorexic model, who posed naked, bones jutting, skin stretched, eyes sunken pools of horror, for the 2007 "No Anorexia" campaign. At her worst, Isabelle weighed 3st 13lbs and ate two squares of chocolate and four or five cornflakes a day. She died last November, aged 28, after being admitted to a French hospital suffering from dehydration.
Marie is said to have taken her own life, consumed with guilt. Isabelle's stepfather says this was because it was his wife who insisted that her daughter go into the hospital. (In a case still pending, the Caro family believes the hospital failed Isabelle.) Aside from this, you wonder if, for Marie, guilt had become a way of life, the default guilt that's the lot of almost every mother,...
How terrible that Marie Caro has committed suicide out of "guilt". She was the mother of Isabelle Caro, the French anorexic model, who posed naked, bones jutting, skin stretched, eyes sunken pools of horror, for the 2007 "No Anorexia" campaign. At her worst, Isabelle weighed 3st 13lbs and ate two squares of chocolate and four or five cornflakes a day. She died last November, aged 28, after being admitted to a French hospital suffering from dehydration.
Marie is said to have taken her own life, consumed with guilt. Isabelle's stepfather says this was because it was his wife who insisted that her daughter go into the hospital. (In a case still pending, the Caro family believes the hospital failed Isabelle.) Aside from this, you wonder if, for Marie, guilt had become a way of life, the default guilt that's the lot of almost every mother,...
- 1/23/2011
- by Barbara Ellen
- The Guardian - Film News
The I’m A Celebrity campmates were challenged to sing for their supper last night, as they attempted to win stars for dinner.
Alison informed the camp that they must take it in turns to sing along to well known music tracks. To each win one star, which would mean one meal for camp, they would have to ensure that sing in tune. If they are successful one of the twelve bottles would shatter releasing a star.
With the pressure on the musician’s of the camp, Shaun had his head in his hands whilst Stacey declared, “it’s so embarrassing what if I fail?”
An “embarrassed” Shaun said afterwards that he had a “really good time” and won a fan in Britt who thought he was really good. But the campmates were all impressed with Stacey whose rendition of Lily Allen’s The Fear won rave reviews. Shaun commented...
Alison informed the camp that they must take it in turns to sing along to well known music tracks. To each win one star, which would mean one meal for camp, they would have to ensure that sing in tune. If they are successful one of the twelve bottles would shatter releasing a star.
With the pressure on the musician’s of the camp, Shaun had his head in his hands whilst Stacey declared, “it’s so embarrassing what if I fail?”
An “embarrassed” Shaun said afterwards that he had a “really good time” and won a fan in Britt who thought he was really good. But the campmates were all impressed with Stacey whose rendition of Lily Allen’s The Fear won rave reviews. Shaun commented...
- 11/26/2010
- by Lisa McGarry
- Unreality
With Kick-Ass all set to arrive on DVD and Blu-ray, we take a timely second look at what is arguably one of the year’s greatest comic book adaptations…
Sometimes missing a film's theatrical release isn't such a bad thing. Freed from the weight of expectation, the rave reviews and the hype, you're free to enjoy a film for what it really is. At least, this is my excuse for having missed the mighty Kick-Ass the first time around.
In a year that has seen a colossal glut of highly capable heroes take to the screen, it's refreshing to see a movie that runs so counter to the Hollywood and comic book myth of the indestructible, caped protagonist.
In Kick-Ass, superheroes are, in several instances, exactly as you might expect them to be in real life: well meaning, but ultimately deluded vigilantes whose reach constantly exceeds their grasp.
Dave Lizewski...
Sometimes missing a film's theatrical release isn't such a bad thing. Freed from the weight of expectation, the rave reviews and the hype, you're free to enjoy a film for what it really is. At least, this is my excuse for having missed the mighty Kick-Ass the first time around.
In a year that has seen a colossal glut of highly capable heroes take to the screen, it's refreshing to see a movie that runs so counter to the Hollywood and comic book myth of the indestructible, caped protagonist.
In Kick-Ass, superheroes are, in several instances, exactly as you might expect them to be in real life: well meaning, but ultimately deluded vigilantes whose reach constantly exceeds their grasp.
Dave Lizewski...
- 9/2/2010
- Den of Geek
With one movie out in September and another in production, plus the success of Amy Winehouse, Duffy and Janelle Monáe, northern soul is the sound that never dies. Paolo Hewitt explores the roots of Britain's most enduring subculture
Multimedia Alert! You can listen to many of the artists mentioned in Paolo's piece and trace the evolution of the northern soul sound from Brother Ray to Janelle Monáe by opening The Guide's cool, if highly subjective, Spotify playlist
Last June, the 62-year-old American singer Nolan Porter flew into Britain to perform sell-out shows in Warwick and Oldham. Fans who revere Porter's two massive northern soul anthems, If I Could Only Be Sure and Keep On Keeping On, afforded the singer a rapturous welcome. Backed by Birmingham soul outfit the Stone Foundation, Porter was so taken aback by the response, he vowed to return to Britain as quickly as possible.
Next month a new British film,...
Multimedia Alert! You can listen to many of the artists mentioned in Paolo's piece and trace the evolution of the northern soul sound from Brother Ray to Janelle Monáe by opening The Guide's cool, if highly subjective, Spotify playlist
Last June, the 62-year-old American singer Nolan Porter flew into Britain to perform sell-out shows in Warwick and Oldham. Fans who revere Porter's two massive northern soul anthems, If I Could Only Be Sure and Keep On Keeping On, afforded the singer a rapturous welcome. Backed by Birmingham soul outfit the Stone Foundation, Porter was so taken aback by the response, he vowed to return to Britain as quickly as possible.
Next month a new British film,...
- 8/20/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
Mark Kermode picks film and TV's most enduring bloodsuckers
Max Schreck, Nosferatu (1922)
An unacknowledged adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula (which was banned in Britain after copyright complaints from the author's litigious widow), Fw Murnau's silent gem still startles and amazes; the sight of the vampire's shadowy hand grasping at the heart of his victim ranks among cinema's most enduring images. So convincing was Max Schreck's unearthly performance that the modern movie Shadow of the Vampire would playfully suggest that he was the real deal; a genuine vampire hiding his identity in plain sight beneath the cover of movie magic.
Federico Luppi, Cronos (1993)
Debunking that most enduring vampire cliche, Guillermo del Toro's chilling masterpiece manages utterly to desexualise its antihero's bloodlust with extraordinary results. Having availed himself of the weirdly mechanical "Cronos" device, Federico Luppi's Jesus Gris staves off death with the occasional snifter of spilled claret. A...
Max Schreck, Nosferatu (1922)
An unacknowledged adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula (which was banned in Britain after copyright complaints from the author's litigious widow), Fw Murnau's silent gem still startles and amazes; the sight of the vampire's shadowy hand grasping at the heart of his victim ranks among cinema's most enduring images. So convincing was Max Schreck's unearthly performance that the modern movie Shadow of the Vampire would playfully suggest that he was the real deal; a genuine vampire hiding his identity in plain sight beneath the cover of movie magic.
Federico Luppi, Cronos (1993)
Debunking that most enduring vampire cliche, Guillermo del Toro's chilling masterpiece manages utterly to desexualise its antihero's bloodlust with extraordinary results. Having availed himself of the weirdly mechanical "Cronos" device, Federico Luppi's Jesus Gris staves off death with the occasional snifter of spilled claret. A...
- 7/10/2010
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
This week! Do people have a right to be obnoxiously gay in public? What famous divas also have singing sisters? What popular songs are really gay duets? More!
Have a question about gay male entertainment or need life advice? Contact me here (and be sure and include your city and state and/or country!)
Q: I am curious about duets by mainstream artists with other men, specifically love songs, and more specifically overtly gay ones — or at least those that could be interpreted as such. I think back to RuPaul and Elton John’s remake of “Don’t Go Breakin’ My Heart” on his Duets album and how excited I was, novelty notwithstanding, that it was a duet between two men. I love the hell out of Robbie Williams because of his “Swing While You’re Winning” tribute album, because it has a straight-up gay duet with Rupert Everett and...
Have a question about gay male entertainment or need life advice? Contact me here (and be sure and include your city and state and/or country!)
Q: I am curious about duets by mainstream artists with other men, specifically love songs, and more specifically overtly gay ones — or at least those that could be interpreted as such. I think back to RuPaul and Elton John’s remake of “Don’t Go Breakin’ My Heart” on his Duets album and how excited I was, novelty notwithstanding, that it was a duet between two men. I love the hell out of Robbie Williams because of his “Swing While You’re Winning” tribute album, because it has a straight-up gay duet with Rupert Everett and...
- 6/1/2010
- by Brent Hartinger
- The Backlot
The Power Rankings!
Hurrah! Matthew Mitcham is no longer the only gay in the (Olympic) village. Plus the gays run away with the Tony noms and an L.A. Latin band is our honorary gay of the week.
Character Rank (Last Week) Show (Network) Comments
Gay Tony Nominees
1 (N/A)
Broadway
(New York) The 'mos did us proud as always! Congrats to Bill T. Jones, Robin de Jesus, Levi Kreis, Sean Hayes, John Logan, Geoffrey Nauffts, Andrew Lippa, La Cage and A Little Night Music.
Blake Skjellerup
2 (N/A)
Olympics
(New Zealand) Move over Matthew Mitcham! There is a new gay Olympic competitor in town. Everyone say hi to Kiwi speed skater Blake!
Dr. Reid Oliver
3 (7)
As the World Turns
(CBS) So Dr. Reid knows how to handle enraged gay guys, huh? Hmm... Omg, I can't believe what he did to Noah! I Hate you, Dr. Reid! You are terrible!
Hurrah! Matthew Mitcham is no longer the only gay in the (Olympic) village. Plus the gays run away with the Tony noms and an L.A. Latin band is our honorary gay of the week.
Character Rank (Last Week) Show (Network) Comments
Gay Tony Nominees
1 (N/A)
Broadway
(New York) The 'mos did us proud as always! Congrats to Bill T. Jones, Robin de Jesus, Levi Kreis, Sean Hayes, John Logan, Geoffrey Nauffts, Andrew Lippa, La Cage and A Little Night Music.
Blake Skjellerup
2 (N/A)
Olympics
(New Zealand) Move over Matthew Mitcham! There is a new gay Olympic competitor in town. Everyone say hi to Kiwi speed skater Blake!
Dr. Reid Oliver
3 (7)
As the World Turns
(CBS) So Dr. Reid knows how to handle enraged gay guys, huh? Hmm... Omg, I can't believe what he did to Noah! I Hate you, Dr. Reid! You are terrible!
- 5/7/2010
- by michael
- The Backlot
(Director, writer, and filmmaker Floyd Mutrux, above.)
By Terry Keefe
It was the 1960s and a foursome took over the popular music charts in America, but they didn’t wear mop-tops. Right before the British Invasion, the girl group known as the Shirelles soared with hits such as “Dedicated to the One I Love,” “Soldier Boy,” “Will You Still Me Tomorrow,” and “Baby It’s You,” amongst many others. The Shirelles were discovered by Florence Greenberg, an ambitious and very prescient New Jersey housewife who founded Scepter Records, and consequently changed the face of popular music forever. In her business life, Greenberg was a woman who dove right into the middle of a male-dominated record industry and created one of the most successful independent labels of the time, and on the personal side, she left her first marriage for a union with African-American songwriter Luther Dixon. The story of Greenberg,...
By Terry Keefe
It was the 1960s and a foursome took over the popular music charts in America, but they didn’t wear mop-tops. Right before the British Invasion, the girl group known as the Shirelles soared with hits such as “Dedicated to the One I Love,” “Soldier Boy,” “Will You Still Me Tomorrow,” and “Baby It’s You,” amongst many others. The Shirelles were discovered by Florence Greenberg, an ambitious and very prescient New Jersey housewife who founded Scepter Records, and consequently changed the face of popular music forever. In her business life, Greenberg was a woman who dove right into the middle of a male-dominated record industry and created one of the most successful independent labels of the time, and on the personal side, she left her first marriage for a union with African-American songwriter Luther Dixon. The story of Greenberg,...
- 12/3/2009
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
Patrick Wolf has announced that ex-Soft Cell star Mark Almond and former Atari Teenage Riot frontman Alec Empire will be his special guests at an upcoming live show. The singers will perform at Wolf's one-off concert at the London Palladium on November 15. Wolf said: "It is a total honour that I am able to duet with the legendary singer-songwriter, Marc Almond. To me, he is one of the most genius brave and passionate renaissance artists of the last three decades, a total inspiration. "We will be doing two songs together, but time will tell what they may be. Hopefully one from each of our own songbooks." He (more)...
- 9/23/2009
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
I can barely express my feelings over how clever and quite good this Youtube clip is - it mixes the Doctor Who theme tune with Soft Cell's Tainted Love while telling the story of a Dalek falling in love with an Earth girl. Got that? Here's the credits: Music by Magnus 'Doctor Hoover' Box Featuring the voice of Danny 'the Dalek' Farrent of the Buzzcocks Edited by Jessie and Julian Doyle Breaches copyright in several ways, but compelling viewing...
- 4/26/2009
- by Christian Cawley info@kasterborous.com
- Kasterborous.com
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Question: I had just finished watching Run Fatboy Run, and I was raving to my friend about how beautiful and talented I think Thandie Newton is. My friend said that Thandie is bisexual...is this true? Is she definitely bisexual?
— Lindsey, New Orleans, Louisiana
Thandie Newton
Answer: Since it's really up to the individual in question to officially label their sexual orientation, I think it's safer to say that she's "potentially" bisexual.
Actress Thandie Newton (W., Crash) is married to director Ol Parker, who made many new lesbian friends when he wrote and directed the romantic comedy Imagine Me & You (2005), starring Piper Perabo and Lena Headey.
Question: I had just finished watching Run Fatboy Run, and I was raving to my friend about how beautiful and talented I think Thandie Newton is. My friend said that Thandie is bisexual...is this true? Is she definitely bisexual?
— Lindsey, New Orleans, Louisiana
Thandie Newton
Answer: Since it's really up to the individual in question to officially label their sexual orientation, I think it's safer to say that she's "potentially" bisexual.
Actress Thandie Newton (W., Crash) is married to director Ol Parker, who made many new lesbian friends when he wrote and directed the romantic comedy Imagine Me & You (2005), starring Piper Perabo and Lena Headey.
- 1/27/2009
- by karman
- AfterEllen.com
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