Play video content 6/4/2020 @mikedesmondWBFO Martin Gugino, the elderly Buffalo protester who got knocked to the ground and bled out of his ears, is now suing the city over that ordeal. The 75-year-old man is suing the City of Buffalo, its mayor, several police officers and the Commissioner … alleging the curfew they imposed last summer amid BLM protests was arbitrarily enforced, and ended up landing him in the hospital with a cracked noggin. In his docs, Gugino says the 8 PM curfew they enforced at Niagara Square was draconian and frankly unconstitutional, infringing on his right to be there…
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Ascension, the first posthumous release from the late South Bronx rapper Fred the Godson, is here. Released today (February 22) on his birthday via R1CMG, the new album also coincides with the naming ceremony for Frederick ‘Fred the Godson’ Thomas Avenue in the South Bronx. The new LP follows 2020’s Payback, released a month before his death from COVID-19 in April 2020. He was 35 years old. Check out Ascension below.A veteran of XXL’s 2011 Freshman Class—alongside Kendrick Lamar, Mac Miller, Lil B, Meek Mill, Big K.R.I.T., and YG—Fred had released four albums in the last four years, including 2017’s…
Andra Day, the powerful singer and songwriter famous for “Rise Up,” is making her starring role debut in Lee Daniels’ The United States Vs. Billie Holiday. The United States Vs. Billie Holiday stars Andra Day as Billie Holiday, the legendary jazz singer. The FBI targeted Billie Holiday for using narcotics, but they ultimately wanted to stop her from singing her song, “Strange Fruit.”The United States Vs. Billie Holiday releases on Hulu this Friday, February 26, and now that reviews have started to drop we’re getting an impression of what critics are saying about Andra Day’s leading lady debut.
Out of all the new shows from 2020 to fall in love with, it seemed very likely Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist would fall into the sophomore slump. So far, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist Season 2 is confirming those fears. Mitch and Joan’s departures begin the trail of reasons for the slump, as this sophomore series can’t make up for their significant losses. The quirky premise of a woman possessing the ability to hear everyone’s innermost desire via song piqued enough interest to check out Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist. However, it didn’t seem like the show was living up to its title until the…
For an instant mood-booster, slip into something a little more glam While you’re likely très familiar with the little black dress (LBD), it probably doesn’t feel like that these days. Like most of the world, you’ve probably traded in your statement dresses and Insta-worthy lewks for sweatsuits and PJs. Look: It is what it is. BUT, fear not for your once-adventurous self—because there are still tons of ways to inject some fun into your everyday ’fits. Here are some celeb-inspired at-home lewks that you can recreate for remote date nights, Zoom birthday parties or random weeknight photoshoots. Go ahead and…
My partner and I are both book nerds–we met working at a bookstore–but we don’t have a lot of overlap in our reading. He tends towards science fiction and horror, and I read YA, literary fiction, and queer lit of all genres. When we do both read the same book, though, it’s always an interesting experience for me. I tend to immerse myself in books, absorbing the general emotions I get from the story, or the big ideas that it grapples with. I am a character-driven reader, while my partner is more plot-based. He can point out plot holes I…
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the fitting room. Inanimate objects becoming killing machines is nothing new within the horror genre, but we can be pretty certain that Slaxx represents the first time a pair of jeans has been behind the bloodshed. From the producers of Turbo Kid, director Elza Kaphert‘s horror-comedy is coming to Shudder on March 18, and they’ve unleashed the official trailer today. What happens when your pants decide to kill you? Find out below! In Slaxx: “A possessed pair of jeans is brought to life to punish the unscrupulous practices of a trendy clothing company. Shipped to…
Play video content CBS The lawyer who killed the son of New Jersey federal judge Esther Salas had his sights set on Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor next … according to Judge Salas. Roy Den Hollander is believed to have posed as a FedEx delivery worker in July when he ambushed the home of Salas’ family, fatally shooting her 20-year-old son and injuring her husband. At the time, Judge Salas was overseeing a case Hollander was arguing. But Salas just revealed, on “60 Minutes” … Hollander had more disturbing intentions. After Hollander was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound,…
If Sen. Ted Cruz swung by his crib at any point Sunday, he would’ve seen the brigade of standing musicians in sombreros … reminding him what he was missing in Mexico. Somebody hired a mariachi band to swing by Ted’s Houston home yesterday, where the fellas were cranking out Mexican tunes from the sidewalk, quite loudly — with a crowd of neighbors and spectators forming around them and enjoying the vibes. Who sent the mariachi band to @tedcruz’s house today?!?!? 😂😂😂#CancunCruz pic.twitter.com/5inOBRGwnA— Ryan Graney👩🏻🦰 (@RyanEGraney) February 22, 2021 @RyanEGraney Unclear if Ted was around to take in the show himself…
Chinese New Year movies continued to drive the global and international box office this weekend, after their astonishing Covid-era debuts last frame. Leaders last session, Detective Chinatown 3 and Hi Mom, both crossed the RMB 4B mark locally, with each at an estimated RMB 4.02B ($621M) cume through Sunday. This is after just 10 days of play for each film, and boosts both up the all-time charts The current Maoyan-estimated grosses put Hi, Mom and DC3 within striking distance of topping Avengers: Endgame’s RMB 4.24B ($629.1M) total in China. Hi, Mom, a time-travel comedy from comedian-turned-filmmaker Jia Ling that has…
It’s not a great sign when watching a new show just makes you think about other, better shows. That’s the case with Netflix’s Ginny & Georgia — premiering Wednesday, Feb. 24 on the streamer; I’ve seen five of the ten episodes — a mildly cute, kind of boring new dramedy that wears its pop-culture inspirations proudly on its sleeve. Maybe a little too proudly: It feels like a show created by an algorithm, or conjured up from a TV writer’s vision board. It borrows liberally from past shows, primarily Gilmore Girls and Dead to Me, but the influences don’t all blend…
Counting fans in Meghan Markle, Kate Middleton, and a few hundred thousand people on Instagram, Missoma’s appeal is hard to deny. The British jewelry brand is loved for making trend-forward, affordable pieces—and its empire’s reach is steadily growing. (November 2020, for instance, saw the brand introduce men’s chains that Connell Waldron would undoubtedly approve of.) Meghan, Duchess of Sussex wears Missoma’s open heart signet ring on a trip to Sussex. March 3, 2018. Getty/Samir Hussein Now, for the first time in Missoma’s 13-year history, the brand is tapping into fine jewelry. Called Missoma Fine, the brand’s foray into 14ct launched…
Announced today, a brand new Junji Ito collection is being released via Viz Media this coming Halloween season, titled Deserter: Junji Ito Story Collection. Viz previews the release, “An ever-increasing malice. A mind-numbing terror. The seeds of horror are sown in this collection of the renowned mangaka’s early works.” Deserter: Junji Ito Story Collection will be released sometime in the Fall. We assume the collection will include the short story A Deserter in the House, but Viz Media has yet to provide a full breakdown of the release. Stay tuned for more.
For many years, there was a call across social media for more YA books set in college. Teens like to read up in terms of age was part of the reason, but the other was that many adult YA readers wanted to slip into a story that was a little more mature than high school. New Adult, which never took off as more than contemporary romance with young main characters, didn’t fit the bill, and while there were calls for older YA main characters, a parallel call for younger YA main characters sought stories that were appropriate for older tween…
Charlotte, North Carolina rapper Mavi has released a new EP titled End of the Earth. It features five new songs that deal with themes of gun violence in Mavi’s hometown, the awkward stages of growth, success, and more. Check it out below.“End Of the earth is about humanity exhausting the home that doubles as its plaything, me unlearning desire and the longest walk ever,” Mavi says of his new EP in a press release. The record follows the young rapper and neuroscience student’s most recent full-length release Let the Sun Talk.Last year, Mavi and Masssai joined forces on the track…