Warning: This post contains spoilers from the May 16 episode of Mare of Easttown. Well, that's one way to shock an audience. In Mare of Easttown's fifth episode, Colin (Evan Peters) and Mare (Kate Winslet) found themselves face-to-face with the man who's been kidnapping young girls in town. And when it became clear that the man knew he'd been found out, things escalated quickly. Before Colin could pull out his gun, the young detective was shot and killed instantly. Read More...
Goth goddess Amy Lee has to not only deal with constant turnover — she is now the band’s sole original member — but also shoulder the burden of being a woman in hard rock’s sea of Y chromosomes. On Evanescence, the band’s first album in five years, she still occasionally lapses into drama-club caterwauling, but when she uses baroque orchestral accoutrements to wage an air assault on her demons (as she does on the blistering ”Oceans”), she’s more than just the token girl in the pit. Read More...
In some ways, the 2023 San Diego Comic-Con was business as usual. Hordes of fans in cosplay descended upon the San Diego convention center this weekend, waiting in line for panels, shopping for exclusive merch, and geeking out over their favorite comic books. But there was one thing missing from the usual festivities: Due to the ongoing strikes by the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA, Comic-Con was decidedly quieter this year — and considerably less starry. Read More...
