To celebrate the new year, Lucifer looks backward with a deeply satisfying episode that explores how our favorite devil’s time in L.A. began. We open on Lucifer strutting down the street in a white leisure suit, wings out. A startled human reminds him to tuck away his feathers, and then a comely young lass scoffs at his threads, which were the height of fashion during his last visit to Earth. Faster than you can say “what a sexy devil,” Lucifer’s upgraded his wardrobe and located a coterie of pretty young things, and the proceedings have reached an appropriately hedonistic level when grumpy ol’ Amenadiel shows up in his familiar sleeveless robe to drag Lucifer back to Hell. Read More...
Family is more than just a Fast & Furious meme: for Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, it's a lifestyle. On Thursday, girl-dad Ludacris made sure to put family first while receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Fast X actor celebrated his achievement with all four of his daughters — Chance, Cadence, Cai, and Karma — along with his wife, Eudoxie Bridges. Other ceremony attendees include Ludacris' Fast & Furious costars Vin Diesel and Tyrese Gibson, his End of the Road costar Queen Latifah and fellow rapper LL Cool J. Read More...
Welcome back to the Pop Culture Club, where every Thursday we get a movie, TV, or DVD assignment, and then meet back here the following week to discuss it. Last week I assigned the bad-seed thriller Orphan; at that point I hadn’t read any advance reviews, and little did I know that this movie is why the term “bats–t” was invented. Before we go any further, let me say that this post will have SPOILERS APLENTY: If you haven’t seen the movie yet, back away slowly. Read More...
