Christmas has come a bit early for fans of the late pop star George Michael. Universal Music Group and Island Records just unveiled a previously unreleased song from the singer’s final studio sessions before his death in December 2016. “This Is How (We Want You To Get High)” plays during the finale of Last Christmas, the upcoming Emma Thompson-penned romantic comedy inspired by Michael’s Wham hit of the same name, and it represents his first original material to be released in seven years. Read More...
"Do you think there's ever been another movie like Heathers?" Winona Ryder asks in her tiny, forever-a-kid voice, and then listens quietly. She's genuinely curious. Your brain races through the obvious choices. Mean Girls, Clueless, Jawbreaker—teen-girl comedies with a drop of caustic in their lip gloss. But in 25 years, no high school movie has ever come close to the bloodthirsty wit and sweet-faced nihilism of Heathers, the 1989 satire about an Ohio high school where suicide becomes a scrunchie-level fad. Read More...
In 1996, six young upstarts on a hit sitcom demanded a hefty raise — $100,000 per episode, more than double their salary. The actors weren’t stupid: Their network was raking in big ad bucks, and the studio was guaranteed hundreds of millions in reruns. Figuring the show wouldn’t work without them, they threatened to walk. The TV industry reared up in alarm; newspapers debated the actors’ audacity; network execs threw up their hands in where-will-it-end disbelief. Read More...
