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When Is Jordan Peele’s Nope Available to Stream?
Jordan Peele’s Nope wowed audiences with its mind-bending take on the sci-fi and creature horror genres, not to mention its memorable cast of characters and intense visuals. With a strong opening weekend of $71 million, Peele’s third venture into horror has reaffirmed his status as a creative and influential modern-day horror director — and if you haven’t already caught it in theaters, you’ll soon be able to catch it on your personal devices. Here are the details on how to stream Nope. Can I Watch Nope Online? The simple answer is yes, Nope is currently available to watch now via VOD services: The film is available for purchase and rental on Apple TV, Amazon Prime, Google Play, Youtube, VUDU, RedBox, and other services. Currently, the price for rentals is at $5.99 compared to the VOD purch...
ABC Announces The Prank Panel with Johnny Knoxville, Eric André, and Gabourey Sidibe
ABC has announced The Prank Panel, a new candid camera series anchored by the “Pranxperts” Johnny Knoxville, Eric André, and Gabourey Sidibe. The Prank Panel is expected in 2023, and will see the Pranxperts fielding pitches from everyday people and then acting as mentors for these practical jokes. “Every year, millions of pranks go un-pulled because wannabe pranksters don’t have the know-how — or the resources — to pull them off,” André says in a trailer. Knoxville adds, “Eric, Gabby, and I will serve as an esteemed panel of experts and we’ll listen to pitches from prank dreamers across the globe.” Advertisement Related Video According to Deadline, the show will feature a mix of real people and celebrity guests, and will offer a behind-the-scenes look at how practi...
Lupita Nyong’o Cast in A Quiet Place Spinoff A Quiet Place: Day One
Lupita Nyong’o is leaving Wakanda for somewhere much, much quieter: the Black Panther actress has been cast in A Quiet Place: Day One, a spinoff of John Krasinski’s 2018 directorial debut A Quiet Place. Though A Quiet Place: Day One is based on an idea by Krasinski — in which protagonists must fend off extraterrestrials with hypersensitive hearing — this seems to be a standalone movie rather than a continuation of the storyline that starred Krasinski and Emily Blunt. Michael Sarnoski will instead be taking the director’s seat in the follow-up to his 2021 breakout Pig. He took over when the original director attached to the project, Jeff Nichols, departed back in October 2021. While the third film in the Quiet Place franchise has yet to make its storyline heard, we ...
Rina Sawayama Performs Monstrously Good “Frankenstein” on Seth Meyers: Watch
What better way to celebrate Halloween than by watching Rina Sawayama tear through “Frankenstein” on Late Night With Seth Meyers? The 32-year-old pop sensation appeared in a Bride of Frankenstein-inspired hairdo, with a high top and vivid white streaks along the sides. She and her backup dancers performed in fog up to their knees, with choreography inspired by Boris Karloff and “Monster Mash.” Relive the monstrously good set below. “Frankenstein” appears on Sawayama’s latest album, Hold the Girl, which also features tracks like “Catch Me in the Air,” “Phantom,” and Song of the Week “This Hell.” Advertisement Related Video Throughout November, the artist will take her album on the road with a run of shows throughout the United States. Tickets to that tour are on sa...
Samia Hopes You’re Not “Mad at Me” on New Song Featuring Papa Mbye: Stream
Samia is back with new Honey single “Mad at Me,” a synthpop song featuring Papa Mbye that goes out to all the people-pleasing girls with anxiety. Listen to the number below. Samia wrote “Mad at Me” alongside Rostam Batmanglij. In a statement, she explains, “The lyrics for ‘Mad At Me’ came from a poem I’d written about imagining what it’d be like to stop caring about what anyone was thinking. I was cosplaying a position that I haven’t experienced — which is of literally any confidence in my point of view.” In the music video, she and a group of friends “tried to embody that character — a bunch of girls having a good time in spite of it all. It is a big lie.” “Mad at Me” is the second single from Samia’s second album Honey, due out January 27th via Grand Jury. Caleb...
Metallica’s James Hetfield Dressed Up as Stranger Things’ Eddie Munson for Halloween
The love affair between Metallica and Stranger Things continued this Halloween, as the legendary metal band’s frontman, James Hetfield, dressed up as the popular Netflix series’ character Eddie Munson. Metallica shared a pic of Hetfield as Munson on their Instagram, with the singer-guitarist wearing the breakout character’s trademark denim vest over leather jacket along with a “Hellfire Club” T-shirt. Hetfield also sported a curly-mullet wig to match Munson’s hairdo. “Eddie Munson says Happy Halloween,” read the caption, with Hetfield throwing up the metal horns. The mutual admiration began when Munson (played by actor Joseph Quinn) shredded Metallica’s “Master of Puppets” in a key scene in the fourth season of Stranger Things. Metallica returned the favor when they duetted with Munson’s s...
5 Takeaways From the Meet Me in the Bathroom Documentary
It feels strange to think that we’re 20 years removed from one of the most vibrant music scenes in New York City’s history — but in Meet Me in the Bathroom, the documentary adapted from Lizzy Goodman’s 2017 oral history, all it takes is one look at Julian Casablancas‘ 19-year-old face to realize how much things have changed. At the premiere event in New York City for Meet Me in the Bathroom on Sunday night (October 30th), hundreds of indie lovers packed into Webster Hall to relish in the nostalgia of the city’s undeniable musical output at the dawn of the millennium. From start to finish, the Meet Me in the Bathroom adaptation, directed by Shut Up and Play The Hits filmmakers Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern, is certainly the time capsule it promises to be, and it’s filled w...
The Story Behind Danny Elfman and Oingo Boingo’s Halloween Classic “Dead Man’s Party”
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | YouTube | RSS Over the last 40 years, true renaissance man Danny Elfman has delivered it all through various incarnations. As performer, frontman, composer, conductor, and visualizer, he is the consummate multi-dimensional artists. Always unconventional, always out of place — and always slightly dangerous because of it — the Grammy- and Emmy-winning innovator and his body of work are undeniably genius — and also all a bit mad. Advertisement The frenetic and haunted mind of so many mediums, Elfman was meant for the Halloween season. For this special spooky season edition of The Story Behind the Song, Elfman — Jack Skel...
Alphaville’s Marian Gold on Eternally Yours, Space Exploration, and Shakespeare
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Alphaville’s Marian Gold joins Kyle Meredith to chat about the band’s new symphonic album, Eternally Yours. Advertisement Related Video The frontman discusses how the classical radio of his youth led him to synthesizers in the ’80s, and reveals the process of turning their pop songs into dreamy, orchestrated pieces. Gold later dives into his lifelong love of space exploration, how drugs influence literature and music, and writing “Around the Universe” about his father, who was a pilot in WWII. He also talks about leaning on Shakespeare’s sonnets for inspiration in regards to the title track, which h...
Jack White Covers “Van Lear Rose” in Tribute to Loretta Lynn: Watch
Loretta Lynn passed away earlier this month at the age of 90, and Jack White, who produced and played guitar on her 2004 comeback album Van Lear Rose, covered the title track during CMT’s October 30th tribute concert, “A Celebration of the Life and Music of Loretta Lynn.” Via Stereogum, Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium hosted the concert as well as country legends like Alan Jackson, Wynonna Judd, George Strait, and Tanya Tucker. White was a late addition to the setlist, and he gave a fiery performance on behalf of the woman he recently called “the greatest female singer-songwriter of the 20th century.” “Van Lear Rose” is a showcase Lynn’s lyrical dextertity, starting off like a juicy small-town story before taking a personal turn at the end. Check out White’s cover of ...
Bruce Springsteen Played Guitar for Clarence Clemons in the Hospital as He Passed Away
Bruce Springsteen made his debut appearance on The Howard Stern Show on Monday, where he sat down for a lengthy two-and-a-half-hour career-spanning conversation about his life and music. Springsteen also performed solo acoustic renditions of several songs, including “Rosalita,” “Blinded By the Light,” and “Tougher Than the Rest,” as well as a cover of Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are A-Changin’.” At one point in the interview, Springsteen revealed that he played guitar in the hospital for Clarence Clemons as his longtime friend and bandmate passed away in June 2011. “I had a feeling he could hear me because he could squeeze your hand,” Springsteen recalled. “I took the hunch and brought the guitar and strummed ‘Land of Hope and Dreams.’” Despite turning 73 years old last month, Spring...
Ryan Murphy: Glee’s Mr. Schue Was a Meth Addict in Original Script
What if Glee was a little more Breaking Bad? It turns out that the creators of the musical teen drama series originally conceived of the show with some darker undertones: As Ryan Murphy recalls, Mr. Schue was first written as a meth addict in the “NC-17” version of the script. Murphy spoke candidly about the early stages of making Glee on the new Glee-themed iHeart Radio podcast And That’s What You REALLY Missed (via Insider): “Mr. Schue, I believe, was a crystal meth addict in Ian [Brennan]’s script,” Murphy said of the character, a high school Spanish teacher who also directs the school’s show choir. “The NC-17 version of show choir with a weird protagonist who was unraveling.” But as if Mr. Schue being a meth addict wasn’t surprising enough, Murphy also revealed the unlikely s...
