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Revisiting the Controversy Surrounding Scarface

“This wasn’t the way it started,” Al Pacino chuckled, during the sold-out post-screening Q&A for the 35th anniversary screening of Scarface at the Tribeca Film Festival last night. “When Scarface first came out, it was extremely controversial, as you can imagine. But it stays in our lexicon, in a way. … More » Source: Ent […]

Kanye Will Never Really Log Off

Kanye West isn’t the first musician to return from a Twitter hiatus to promote a new album — witness Jay-Z, whose typically dormant account released, last summer, a burst of 13 tweets over 90 minutes listing rappers he liked as part of the rollout for 4:44. But no one posts … More » Source: Ent […]

How Internet Producers Took Over Mainstream Hip-Hop

On August 4, 2017, Chris Brown’s single “Pills & Automobiles” was certified platinum by the RIAA. This in itself is not remarkable, since the R&B singer has amassed more than 40 platinum plaques over the course of his career. But the single’s success was noteworthy for a different reason. For … More » Source: Ent […]

Grab Your Spray-Paint Cans and Celebrate American Vandal’s Peabody Award

Christa Carlyle must be thrilled. The Peabody Awards have announced the recipients of their 2018 entertainment honors, and among the nine honorees stands a comedic gem: American Vandal. That’s right, folks — a mockumentary chronicling the pursuit of phallic-related high-school justice will be standing amid the likes of The Handmaid’s … More » Source: Ent […]