Posts Tagged ‘The Guardian’

Arts Morning Roundup: Will Jeff Bridges Let Us Down Again?

Morning, y'all! Last night, I discovered the trailer for the new Jeff Bridges movie Crazy Heart. As far as trailers go, this one looks promising. Bridges, playing an alcoholic country star, has the Bocephus thing nailed down tight; Maggie Gyllenhaal, as the reporter who helps Bridges turn his life around, looks smart and womanly; christ, [...]

Arts Morning Roundup: The Problem With TV Remakes…

Is that they all suck, apparently. Morning, y'all! Re TV: You got Chris Klimek and Glen Weldon gracefully dropping huge turds on the new Prisoner, and here's Bill O'Reilly meh-meh-mehing about how the script writers for the alien invasion show V are taking "potshots" at the Obama Administration. Incidentally, Klimek and Weldon are criticizing [...]

Maura Johnston Leaves Idolator

Maura Johnston announced today that she's leaving Idolator, the pop music blog she's edited for over three years.
"Just wanted to let you know that today is my last day as editor of Idolator. The site will continue on, and I will continue to write about music, but we’ve decided to part ways," Johnston wrote on [...]

Arts Morning Roundup: RIP Jerry Fuchs

Morning, y'all! 1.) Jerry Fuchs, drummer in many, many bands, fell down a goddamn elevator shaft yesterday and died. His amazing drumming will be missed. 2.) Anybody watch the season finale of Mad Men? I have yet to watch a single episode of that show, but I hear last night was a doozie! Feel free [...]