Month: September 2021

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Venice: Affecting and exquisitely acted, Hagai Levi's update of Ingmar Bergman's seismic 1973 miniseries finds its own path, albeit one in parallel to many well-traveled routes. In 2021, television introduced a new chapter of an old story: a five-part limited series that follows a married couple who, after seeing their long-time friends descend into hateful bickering during a double date, start experiencing setbacks within their once-healthy partnership. Tracking the pair through their ensuing fights, separation, and possible reunion, the intimate saga reveals how personal and professional growth, as well as societal pressures tied to monogamy, can impact two people in love. That was “Master of None” Season 3, which debuted in May of this year and was subtitled “Moments in Love” —...

During a guest mix on SiriusXM’s Sound 42 last night, Drake broadcast an unreleased Kanye West track, “Life of the Party”—a reputed Donda outtake that takes aim at Drake in lyrics addressing rising tensions between the pair. The airing of the track, which appears unauthorized by Kanye, follows an escalating rivalry that began with Drake’s guest appearance on Trippie Redd’s “Betrayal” last month. Kanye had recently previewed “Life of the Party,” a sprawling epic featuring a rare André 3000 verse, at a Donda event in Las Vegas. The version Drake played, however, was studio quality. It is unclear how he acquired the track, and his representatives did not immediately respond to comment. Pitchfork has also emailed Kanye’s team and SiriusXM. “I put Virgil and Drake on the same text, and it was...

Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian cannot keep their hands off each other. The couple have not been shy about their romance since they started dating earlier this year and it appears things are becoming even more serious for the pair as they recently traveled together overseas for luxurious trips to Venice and Paris. Just last month, it was revealed that Barker traveled on his first plane since surviving a deadly 2008 crash, thanks to the help of Kardashian.  Both have been posting loved-up photos from their getaway, but a new post on Barker's Instagram on Friday left fans believing he plans to marry the reality star. "Forever isn't long enough," Barker captioned a series of photos of the pair locked in a steamy make out session in front of the illuminated Eiffel Tower at night. K...

The streaming era has seen an explosion of content devoted to revisiting, and collectively reliving, sensational scandals that became national news events, from the O J. Simpson trial to the Menendez brothers. The best of these productions, like HBO’s recent Allen v. Farrow, raise questions about the biases of the justice system and the media regarding the workings of power and gender. They also provide more nuanced portraits of the protagonists, especially women who became tabloid caricatures — routinely slut-shamed or framed as scorned lovers or femmes fatales. The Clinton era would seem perfect for this kind of reconsideration as well. When Bill Clinton was impeached for perjury in 1998 after lying under oath about his affair with his intern Monica Lewinsky, it became a s...