Jimmy Cliff, reggae giant and star of the landmark film ‘The Harder They Come,’ dies at 81. From [@AssociatedPress]( ): "Cliff was a native Jamaican with a spirited tenor and a gift for catchphrases and topical lyrics who joined Kingston’s emerging music scene in his teens and helped lead a movement in the 1960s that included such future stars as Bob Marley, Toots Hibbert and Peter Tosh." #JimmyCliff #Music #Reggae
Donald Glover, aka Childish Gambino, reveals he had a stroke in 2024, which forced the cancelation of his New World tour. Read more from [@THR]( ): #Culture #Entertainment #Music #ChildishGambino #DonaldGlover
“Otherworldly beauty” probably isn’t what comes to mind when thinking of American factories. And yet such a description is appropriate for the images photographer Christopher Payne snapped from inside the walls. Witness it for yourself in this feature from [@Smithsonianmag]( ): https://flip.it/pcNYZ5 #Culture #Art #America #Photography
Radiohead, for all its success, can sometimes fall off the music world’s radar. Not old enough to be nostalgic like classic rock, not new enough to be top of mind. And yet, the band is one of rock’s greatest. One reason Thom York & Co. continue to resonate with their fans so intensely is that their music makes feeling alienated not so alienating. Read more from The Independent: #Culture #Entertainment #Music #RockMusic #Radiohead
“Rental Family,” director Hikari’s moving comedy about an American expat (Brendan Fraser) in Japan who takes a job where he plays roles not on a stage or a screen but in people’s lives. Philip, the expat, portrays a fish-out-of-water finding his way through a culture he doesn’t really understand. The story also represents Hikari’s own experience of being born in Japan and spending her teenage years in Utah. Read more from [@IndieWire]( ): #Culture #Movies #Film #Entertainment #RentalFamily #Hikari #BrendanFraser
Dawn Little Sky, one of the first Native American artists to illustrate for Walt Disney Studios, died at the end of last month at the age of 95. Little Sky also appeared in TV shows such as Gunsmoke and Rawhide and in movies such as "Journey Through Rosebud," alongside her actor husband Eddie. She retired from the entertainment industry in the 1970s, becoming director of the Eagle Butte Cultural Center and teaching art and culture. In 2005, she was given South Dakota's Indian Living Treasure Award for her traditional dancing. Here's more from [@ew]( ). #Indigenous #Culture #Disney #NativeAmerican #Art #Artists #DawnLittleSky #RIP #InMemoriam
An issue of "Superman #1," purchased for 10c in 1939, has become the most expensive comic ever sold, fetching $9.12M at an auction in Dallas. Here's more from [@CNN]( ). https://flip.it/mqIrwm #Comics #Superman #DCComics #Memorabilia #Culture #PopCulture
Without "X-Files," we might have missed out on "Breaking Bad," "Pluribus," "24" and "The Man in the High Castle." @theringer@flipboard.com analyzes what the staff of some of the greatest television shows in U.S. history did next. #Television #TV #XFiles #BreakingBad #TheSopranos #TheWire #Roseanne
Eminem is suing an Australian beach brand, saying its name creates a "false association" with him. Swim Shady sells beach umbrellas, bags, towels and shorts. Eminem trademarked the name "Slim Shady" in the U.S. in 1999 when he released "The Slim Shady LP," but did not do that until Jan. 2025 in Australia (the Swim Shady business launched in Dec. 2024). Here's more from [@Independent]( ). https://flip.it/JGwYqu #Eminem #SlimShady #SwimShady #Law #USLaw #Australia #AustralianLaw
"Wake Up Dead Man," the third in the Benoit Blanc series, hits theaters on Nov. 26. [@IndieWire]( )'s Mike Ryan talked to director Rian Johnson about why this is a darker movie than its predecessors, his casting "white whale," and if he'd ever bring back an actor from a previous movie in the series. "Edward Norton kept joking how he’s going to come out with a big moustache." And since people seemed to enjoy our poll on the work of Edgar Wright, here's another: Which of these do you think is the best Rian Johnson movie? #Movies #Cinema #KnivesOut #RianJohnson