Netflix have officially cut ties with Kevin Spacey and will write him out of the upcoming House of Cards season. The decision comes on the heels of multiple accusations against the actor.
Netflix Severs Ties With Kevin Spacey
Fall Out Boy’s ‘Mania’ Track Listing?
Fall Out Boy have shared a link to ismaniadoneyet.com, which seems to show the track listing for the new album.
Further Reading: ‘Thor: Ragnarok’
Did you see and love Thor: Ragnarok this weekend? Did seeing a genuinely good Thor solo film make you hungry for more from the house that Jack Kirby built? Members of our comic book thread have put together some accessible recommendations for new readers to check out.
Nightmare of You to Play Shows Next Year
Nightmare of You have announced they’ll be playing some shows next year.
CMA Awards Apologize for Their Media Guidelines
The CMA Awards have rescinded their media guidelines that asked press not to focus on politics, guns, or the recent Las Vegas shooting. After backlash from artists like Brad Paisley, Ryan Adams, and Maren Morris, they issued the following statement:
CMA apologizes for the recently distributed restrictions in the CMA Awards media guidelines, which have since been lifted. The sentiment was not to infringe and was created with the best of intentions to honor and celebrate Country Music.
Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino on Explosion of Sexual Assault Allegations in Hollywood
Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast, writing for Billboard:
Thanks to my band, Best Coast, I am a girl with a guitar, but I am also a girl with a voice.
A powerful one that I am not afraid to use.
I am sick and tired of sitting around and seeing my peers shake their heads and say “me too.” And while I know it’s so important to share our stories of assault and harassment so that the rest of the world feels less alone I am utterly heartbroken that we have to keep discussing this. How does this keep happening? When do we finally say “enough is enough” and hold these men accountable for their evil actions? When will a firing or a stint in rehab not be the solution to this problem? When will this problem no longer be a problem?
‘Twilight Zone’ Reboot From Jordan Peele in the Works
CBS Corp. CEO Leslie Moonves on Thursday announced during the company’s earnings call that CBS All Access is readying a new take on the iconic sci-fi anthology. It’s unclear at the moment if it’s a straight-to-series order or just development.
The Rod Serling-created series ran for five seasons on CBS from 1959-1964. Producers CBS Television Studios retained the rights to the cult classic and will executive produce the new take. Sources say the show hails from Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw banner, with Marco Ramirez (Netflix Marvel dramas The Defenders and Daredevil, Sons of Anarchy) is set to pen the script and serve as showrunner. CBS All Access declined comment on Peele and Ramirez’s involvement as official details have not yet been revealed beyond Moonves’ initial announcement.
Crystal Castles’ Ethan Kath Sues Alice Glass
TMZ is reporting that Ethan Kath has sued former Crystal Castles’ bandmate Alice Glass:
Ethan Kath, a member of the band Crystal Castles, has filed a defamation lawsuit against a former member who claimed he raped her.
Ethan had dated Alice Glass — then a member of the duo — but they broke up and Glass went on the attack. She claimed he stole royalties from her, and then she started making rumblings he was physically and sexually abusive. According to the defamation lawsuit, Ethan’s fired off a cease and desist letter and she backed down.
A Rogue Twitter Employee Shut Down Donald Trump’s Account
Casey Newton, writing for The Verge:
President Donald Trump’s Twitter account, @realdonaldtrump, disappeared from the site for around 11 beautiful minutes shortly before 7PM ET. It was not initially clear what happened to the account, and Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
In a series of tweets issued by Twitter’s Government and Elections team, the company first blamed “human error,” then attributed the move on a rogue employee who used their last day on the job to boot the president off the service.
It was one of the best 11 minute stretches of 2017.
Lonely Benson Launch New Album Pre-Order
Lonely Benson have launched a Kickstarter for their new album:
Just watching the news these days is enough to give anyone a nervous breakdown, let alone what personal issues someone might be dealing with. That’s why I’ve set out to create music that helps people chill. […] With this new approach to my music I started working with a good friend and producer Will Pugh. We began recording and intentionally stayed away from abrasive sounds like crash cymbals and distorted guitars. We focused in on sounds that were soft and round, to give it that pleasant vibe.
Inside The Great Poop Emoji Feud
Charlie Warzel, writing for BuzzFeed:
And meanwhile, over at the Unicode Consortium, there is a contentious debate over a scowling pile of shit.
Digital shit, of course.
According to public consortium documents, Unicode, the technical organization in charge of selecting and overseeing emojis, is embroiled in a fierce debate over a series of proposed emojis, including, but not limited to, “Frowning Pile Of Poo” and “Sliced Bagel.” The heated discussions are the latest in a long-simmering dispute over the future of the 24-year-old organization, which has been — somewhat unexpectedly — tasked with governing what some see as the first digital universal language.
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Condé Nast to Cease ‘Teen Vogue’ in Print, Cut 80 Jobs and Lower Mag Frequencies
Alexandra Steigrad, writing for WWD:
The New York-based publisher, which has instilled a hiring freeze, will slash about 80 jobs, equal to a decrease of about 2.5 percent of its 3,000-person workforce. Budgets across departments are also expected to get a haircut, with the worst-performing divisions and magazines getting cuts of up to 20 percent.
As part of that mandate, Condé is reducing the frequencies of most of its titles and will shutter Teen Vogue in print. Monthly titles Vanity Fair, Vogue, Wired and The New Yorker, which publishes weekly, will not see any frequency changes. Brides, which runs six times a year, will also continue at that publishing pace.
Sorority Noise and Shortly Added to Triple Crown Anniversary Show
Sorority Noise and Shortly have been added to Triple Crown Records’ 20th anniversary show at Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg on December 8th. Tickets are now on sale.
Pete Wentz Talks Upcoming Tour
Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy sat down with Diffuser to talk about the band’s upcoming tour and album:
Honestly, it was mostly an attitude adjustment. Patrick and I realized we were making a record for neither of us. He thought I loved the songs and I thought he loved the songs. But when we actually talked about them, we realized neither of us loved them. I think Fall Out Boy is unmoored from who we were 10 years ago. We came from a scene and a place, but we’re not tethered to that scene or place anymore. The beauty of that is that we can put out any record right now. But the one record we couldn’t put out is a mediocre Fall Out Boy record. There’s just no point in that. So we just need to put some more work into the songs.
After 91 Years, New York Will Let Its People Boogie
A nearly century-old law that turned New York bars into no-dancing zones, prevented singers like Billie Holiday and Ray Charles from performing and drew protest from Frank Sinatra, is finally set to be struck down.
The Cabaret Law was created during Prohibition to patrol speakeasies, and while its restrictions on musicians came and went, the ban on social dancing has remained — leaving generations of club owners flicking the lights or playing “Eleanor Rigby” to still the crowd, lest they be fined or padlocked by the police in midnight raids. It is an odd and archaic regulation in a city that thinks of itself as a night life capital, but one that has resisted multiple attempts at repeal.
Kevin Bacon wins again.