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Danny Boyle Brings Anarchy to TV
London in the late 1970s was trash. Literally. Every street was lined with bags of refuse. Flies buzzed around moldy garbage that often sat for weeks at a time. The haulers were on strike. Prime Minister James Callaghan ignored the trade unions’ demands for higher pay. When pressed by the media over the widespread strikes, Callaghan remarked, “I don’t think that other people in the world would share the view that there is mounting chaos.” What a dolt. Meanwhile, around the city, in the abandoned warehouses and the seedy pubs, a noise was amplifying. At first it sounded like a simple eclectic hum. A single frequency crawling out into the world, learning to feed itself. And it did. This noise evolved into something we call a C major chord. Growing, the noise slithered its way to an A minor c...
Pat Sajak Defends ‘Wheel Of Fortune’ Players Who Goofed On Solving “Another Feather In Your Cap” Riddle
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Christopher Willard / Getty Wheel Of Fortune made its debut in 1975 with its current host taking on the duties dating back to 1981 and owns the distinction of being the longest-running game show host of all time. Sajak took to Twitter to defend some contestants who had trouble solving what many observers at home assumed was a solvable riddle, but the veteran hosts shared his views that it’s easy to be great at the game from the comforts of one’s couch. On Wednesday (March 2), Sajak, 75, took up arms for contestants Laura Machado, Christopher Coleman, and Thomas Lipscomb, who all had trouble figuring out the riddle, as noted in the video below from a reported former Wheel of Fortune champion and current enthusiast, WheelRob10. Sajak, who has seen his...
Jenny Slate Leaves Big Mouth so a Black Actor Can Voice Her Character Instead
Netflix’s animated series Big Mouth is experiencing a new growth spurt. After spending three seasons voicing the role of Missy, a biracial tween, Jenny Slate has stepped down from the role so that a Black voice actor can have it instead. Slate revealed her decision earlier today in a lengthy statement posted to Instagram. In the post, she explains that she initially believed it was “permissible” to voice Missy in the Emmy-nominated series because the character’s mother is Jewish and white, which Slate herself is in real life. “But Missy is also Black, and Black characters on an animated show should be played by Black people,” her statement reads. Slate then acknowledges that she was “engaging in an act of erasure of Black people” and that both her receiving the role and her decision to acc...
The Weeknd Guests on American Dad, Performs New Song “I’m a Virgin”: Watch
Throughout his entire discography, The Weeknd dishes on his salacious, sex-fueled nights and his luxe life of fancy cars and mansions. For his latest project, however, the Canadian R&B singer is looking to change that narrative, if for just 30 minutes. Abel Tesfaye co-wrote and starred in the newest episode of Seth MacFarlane’s American Dad. Titled “A Starboy is Born” (referencing his Starboy album from 2016), it sees the artist show his true colors — and it’s a stark contrast from the rich playboy we’ve all come to know. Kidnapped by Roger the Alien, The Weeknd settles into the Smith family household surprisingly quickly, reveling in homemade lasagna, mundane house chores, and suburban pleasantries. “I miss being around boring people like this family,” he says at the dinner table. The...
