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Erin and Greg Whiteley are collaborating on a new show.Devin Keebler On Christmas Eve in 2006, Greg Whiteley, camera in hand, knocked on the door of Mitt Romney’s cabin in Park City. He wasn’t totally sure whether he’d be welcomed in or thrown out. That night Romney gathered with his family to discuss his potential run for president, and Whiteley knew he wanted to be there. “I remember thinking that sounds like a really great beginning to a film,” Whiteley tells me over lunch at a country club near his Laguna Beach, California, home. But Romney was not thrilled with...

Kirstie Alley passed away after a cancer battle at the age of 71. [Seriously OMG] Lainey on Prince William’s nothingburger “Super Bowl” mess. [LaineyGossip] George Clooney was feted at the Kennedy Center Honors. [Dlisted] Jodie Turner-Smith looked incredible in Saudi Arabia. [Tom & Lorenzo] I can’t believe AppleTV has paid for four seasons of Servant. [Pajiba] Jenna Ortega had Covid when she filmed that Wednesday dance scene!! [JustJared] Kate Winslet is in Avatar 2 & she wore leather pants. [GFY] Again, Elizabeth Debicki looked amazeballs last night. [RCFA] Honestly, I would love a McDonald’s gold card. [Buzzfeed] It’s about time...

Bob Dylan performing with George Harrison in 1971. APBob Dylan, sing-songwriter and Nobel laureate, has spent a career confounding expectations. What, then, should one expect of his new book, The Philosophy of Modern Song? Firstly, “modern song” should read “American modern song”, since almost all of the 66 songs discussed by Dylan are American. And by “modern”, we are talking mid-century, mostly from the 1940s to the 1960s. Stylistically and generically, the songs cover the Great American Songbook, folk, rock’n’roll, country, and so on. The Philosophy of Modern Song – Bob Dylan (Simon & Schuster, 2022) Folk Music: A Bob...

Warning: Mild spoilers through episode four of "Welcome to Chippendales." In addition to ripped-from-the headlines murder, scandal and lots of bulges and butts, "Welcome to Chippendales" includes a dramatization of a key player in the famous nightclub's story: the talent behind the male ...Continue reading

Warning: Mild spoilers through episode four of "Welcome to Chippendales." In addition to ripped-from-the headlines murder, scandal and lots of bulges and butts, "Welcome to Chippendales" includes a dramatization of a key player in the famous nightclub's story: the talent behind the male ...Continue reading