Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan and Circle Jerks frontman Keith Morris marvel at the impact that the punk band D.O.A. had in the Eighties in a clip from the new documentary, Something Better Change. “D.O.A. was bigger than life,” McKagan says, heaping praise on the Canadian group fronted by Joey “Shithead” Keithley. “They were, … Read more
There’s been something sinister afoot in provincial France in recent years. Inbred eccentrics and bumbling detectives have populated the seaside villages of Bruno Dumont’s absurdist comedies. Seedy psychosexual drama has leached into the soil of Alain Guiraudie’s farmlands and forest towns, causing poisonous little love triangles to bloom like the wild mushrooms of his “Misericordia.” … Read more
At first glance, President Donald Trump’s fixation on the Kennedy Center is puzzling. The institution embodies nearly everything he disdains. Its patrons are largely residents of Washington, D.C., which backed Kamala Harris by 90% in the 2024 election. Its programs cater to elite cultural tastes rather than Andrew Lloyd Webber and UFC fights. And its … Read more
This past Sunday, Zac Brown delivered one of country music’s most beloved refrains: It’s not political, it’s patriotic. He also performed the national anthem. Brown sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the cage fights held on the South Lawn of the White House, standing honorably on an American flag-themed Monster Energy drink logo, beneath the glow … Read more
Now back on TV after nearly 40 years, Kurt Russell feels that a streaming show is a bigger risk than a movie because “there are a lot of eyeballs on it” and “when you do a streamer that’s no good it’s gonna be there for as long as you want it to be there.” Honored … Read more
Weeks later, out of curiosity, I requested the transcripts of everything Sensi was recording in my father’s home. Reading his personal conversations, I suddenly felt like a spy, with the device as my silent conspirator. I’d pushed for the thing in the first place, but now I felt uneasy about it. My father, meanwhile, didn’t … Read more
After several exasperating Zillow searches through Portland, Oregon’s increasingly expensive housing market, Gaby Colón and Daniel Quebral scrapped their plans for a traditional home and embraced the open road, buying a 315-square-foot home on wheels. “Rent is crazy right now, and housing prices are even worse,” Colón says. “We just wanted to get out of … Read more
Megahit documentary series franchise “Apocalypse,” broadcast in 165 countries and watched by over 100 million viewers, is set to return for a first new season whose first installment, “Apocalypse Civilizations: Rome,” is produced by Imagissime, a label of French powerhouse Mediawan, and made in partnership with Mediawan Kids and Family. Launched in 2009 with six-part … Read more
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Vice President JD Vance will appear on “The View” on Tuesday, June 16, joining Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin and Ana Navarro at the Hot Topics table. The … Read more
By chance, a few months before the 2019 Mississippi River flood, Wellenkamp learned about a new, little-known form of insurance that was quietly expanding in disaster-prone areas around the world—not a way to cover individual homes but a means to insure entire towns and ecosystems against calamities. It had started taking off in the farmlands … Read more