It was all an elaborate hoax aimed at promoting their new album. Chuck D detailed everything on a recent appearance on Talib Kweli's 'People's Party' podcast.
While record labels and musicians seem to have found a model to earn without delaying many releases, the film industry seems to be of two minds. With one of those minds leading to a complete ban of Universal movies from AMC Theaters.
So, we get to do this stupid thing again, huh? Warner Media announced that it was temporarily pulling the classic 1939 film 'Gone With the Wind' from the streaming service HBO Max, and its ensuing freakout has been swift and immense. Although unjustified.
Two major cultural happenings, at least not related to COVID-19, have taken place in the first half of July 2020: 'Hamilton' debuted on Disney+, and a massive culture-wide debate has been had over "cancel culture." So naturally, the two have intersected.
Less than seven weeks to election day, we've reached the "attribute fake rally music to your opponent" phase of the 2020 presidential campaign.
The indictment accuses Netflix of violating Texas statutes, and was handed down on September 23 by a grand jury in Tyler County, Texas.
At its' core, 'Emily in Paris' is a superficial representation of Gen Xers that is so far-fetched from the reality they’re living in that it rightfully earns the contempt it's been receiving from critics and viewers alike.
During these sociopolitical times, it would seem like a ripe environment for Sacha Baron Cohen's brand of parody and shock humor. So why didn't 'Borat 2' leave as indelible of a mark as the first one?
The drama of Reddit/GameStop/stocks has barely been going on for a week and isn't even close to over, but ever since it started there have been frequent comparisons to movies and TV shows of the past.
The epic feud between Variety and actress Carey Mulligan has now passed its one-year anniversary, and it would be a shame if this were to go down as the main thing that's remembered about 'Promising Young Woman.'
Lil Nas X has found himself at the center of the latest great American culture war skirmish (in a 2021 full of them), but Madonna beat him to it by about 30 years and he certainly won't be the last in a seemingly never-ending cycle of outrage.
The annual Academy Awards were held last Sunday, and it was clearly a very different Oscars ceremony than usual ― leading to the worst ratings in the history of the broadcast. Here's what I think works and doesn't work about the annual proceedings.
Word got out that the original cast of 'Hamilton' was planning to hold a singalong via Zoom, but then, Friday came and went. What happened?
Houston Astro's star outfielder Alex Bregman just announced that he's firing his agent, at least in part, due to a recently announced documentary on their sign stealing scandal produced by LeBron James' media company.
There has been an unprecedented reckoning about policing in America, and its one that's begun to trickle down into popular culture. Now, it appears 'Paw Patrol' is facing the wrath of the cancel culture... or is it?
Daniel Ek gave advice to all musicians how they can survive the current low the music industry is experiencing, and many artists' reactions were quick and very negative.
Once in awhile, a story comes along that represents a confluence of just about everything bad going on in culture at the same time.
'Borat 2' has been in the cultural conversation a lot since it's release and that's drawn very mixed reactions from within the Kazakh diaspora based on their portrayal in Cohen's latest.
In these days of culture wars, it appears that the definition of the word "censorship" has been defined down considerably. With the latest example involving the removal of… a single Bob Dylan song from YouTube.
It's practically inevitable that Hollywood will jump at the chance to exploit the tragedy of the January 6 insurrection to make a blockbuster movie, and there's some impulses that I hope they avoid...
The week that the GameStop story was in the news streams skyrocketed for six different movies that deal with finance and Wall Street. With the biggest winner being 'The Big Short.'
The 2021 edition of the Golden Globes was a debacle in all sorts of ways, and while they correctly called out the Hollywood Foreign Press for one major issue, they completely ignored an equally large scandal surrounding the association.
In recent times, there's been a separate category of boycott that's become quite ubiquitous. It comes as part of the never-ending backlash against "wokeness," and while its been loud and numerous, it hasn't been very effective.
Florida rapper Kidd Wes claims that Gambino’s "This Is America" has ‘substantial similarities' to his song from 2016.