HBO chief: Sorry, fans, no 'Game of Thrones' do-over
Thursday, 1 August 2019, 10:10
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
The clamour from "Game of Thrones" fans for a do-over of the drama's final season has been in vain. HBO programming chief Casey Bloys said Wednesday there was no serious consideration to remaking...
Gimme, gimme more BANKS, an artist on the rise
Thursday, 1 August 2019, 10:09
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
You could call BANKS' first single in a few years steamy — but you'd be off-base. "Gimme" is absolutely erotic, an explicit, hyper-racy club song — maybe a sex club song? — that...
The newcomers behind 'The Last Black Man in San Francisco'
Thursday, 1 August 2019, 10:06
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
It's an unusually chilly and overcast Sunday in Los Angeles when the San Francisco filmmaking team and longtime friends Jimmie Fails and Joe Talbot meet for a rooftop brunch a few days after their...
'Evergreen' is a textured, emotionally charged tale
Thursday, 1 August 2019, 10:03
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
"Evergreen," by Howard Owen (Permanent Press) When Willie Black was 15 months old, his father, Artie Lee, was killed in an apparent automobile accident. That's all Willie — police reporter...
Jerry Seinfeld learns from comedy's best on Netflix series
Wednesday, 31 July 2019, 08:13
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
Jerry Seinfeld would rather cruise in classic cars and sip coffee with comedy's best than reboot his uber-successful "Seinfeld" television series. "No, and do what? Make it worse?" Seinfeld said...
Kane Brown dedicates song 'Homesick' to military families
Wednesday, 31 July 2019, 08:08
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
Country singer Kane Brown says his new single "Homesick" may have been written about his experience traveling on the road and being away from his loved ones, but military families have connected to...
Scorsese on Dylan, Netflix and beating back the blockbuster
Wednesday, 31 July 2019, 08:03
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
A recent multiplex marquee is haunting Martin Scorsese. Twelve screens and 11 of them were showing one movie: "Avengers: Endgame." "Now, that's not fair," Scorsese says. "We have to fight back at...
Barron's 'Black Mountain' stars his ex-mob enforcer
Wednesday, 31 July 2019, 08:01
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
"Black Mountain," by Laird Barron (Putnam) Like a lyricist, Laird Barron excels at manipulating the tones and cadence of language. Like a Gothic novelist, the mood he creates is often...