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Jon Batiste got one of the biggest breaks of his life this week and it has everything to do with Stephen Colbert's Late Show. With every late night show, their must come a band and the current educator and humanitarian from New Orleans will lead the new Late Show. While Batiste has worked with the likes of Stay Human, Prince Wynton Marsalis and Lenny Kravitz, this will be the most exposure he has ever gotten. He'll be taking the helm as bandleader in September 2015 once Colbert takes over for David Letterman. Read More »
Before Sami Zayn became the WWe star he is today, he donned a mask on the independents and called himself El Generico. El Generico won him the adulation of fans on the indies, but it wasn't until he became a member of NXT did the Zayn brand take off in a big way. His match with John Cena was one of the biggest debuts in years, but sadly a shoulder injury curtailed his rise to WWE stardom for now. It sucks that Zayn isn't on television right now, but we do have a timetable on his return and he won't be out as long as we imagined. According to Wrestling Inc. Zayn will be returning on October 7, 2015. Read More »
This week George R.R. Martin offered Entertainment Weekly his take on the violence against women in his Song of Ice and Fire books. In the interview Martin speaks about his series and not the HBO show. In the argument Martin says the patriarchal building blocks from the middle ages are the reason for this. Westeros and Essos are a reflection of those societies. Read More »
At one point Seinfeld was the biggest show in the world. Even in syndication it's still one of the most watched shows on television. It's because of this that when one of the cast talks about it, it makes headlines. This was the case when George Costanza actor Jason Alexander talked about why they killed off his wife Susan on the Howard Stern Show. According to Alexander, the main reason was because he had no chemistry with Susan's actor Heidi Swedberg. Read More »
The big news in the world of Dragon Ball is that the series will finally continue. This is the first time we've seen new episodes in the series since the mid-90's and the first addition to the story since Battle of the Gods in 2012. These are exciting times for fans and the one person who isn't all that thrilled is Dragon Ball's manga editor Kazuhiko Torishima. During an interview with Livedoor News, Torishima says it should've ended after the fight with Frieza. Read More »
Devon Still is more than just a tackle for the Bengals. Still is also a father - and a good father at that. In honor of two emotional milestones relating to his daughter's cancer battle, the tackle got two tattoos of Leah Still's face on his body. Read More »
Valve's PC gaming platform Steam has done something that not even Playstation 4 has and that is offering a worthwhile refund policy for online purchases. As we covered last week the Playstation online store is known to be stingy whenever someone asks for a refund. This week though Steam revamped their online policy and now players can return a game they bought and downloaded as long as the game is within the 14-day window and it hasn't been played for more than two hours. Read More »
When Aloha, a movie starring Bradley Cooper and Emma Stone, was announced it angered a few people. Native Hawaiins felt the film was both racist and disrespectful to their culture. With all the criticism director Cameron Crowe has avoided interviews but on his blog, TheUncool, he opened up about his Asian casting of Stone as the one-quarter Hawaiin Allison Ng. Read More »
Caitlyn Jenner has a new lease on life now that she has left behind her identity as Bruce Jenner. Every aspect of her life has gone under a transformation both mentally and physically. One thing that also won't be the same is Jenner's golf handicap. According to the U.S. Golf Association Caitlyn won't be able to use Bruce's handicap. A whole new persona now means a whole new handicap. Read More »
As of yesterday it was announced that Caitlyn Jenner will no longer be going as Bruce Jenner. The big news came when a photo spread by Vanity Fair showed off Jenner's new look and female transition. Since the announcement Twitter has compared her to the likes of American Horror Story star Jessica Lange. The latest comparison is that of Janice Dickinson. Some are even saying that Jenner, 65, looks better than Dickinson at 60. Read More »
The Sony PlayStation 4 has been one of the most dominant gaming consoles we've ever seen. Its graphics engine and uncanny ability to tell some of the greatest stories ever told in the history of gaming is a testament to just how powerful of a machine it is. But now it looks like the console will be getting that much better after it was leaked that Sony will release two new models with a 1TB hard drive. Unless we're talking about laptops, this is the first time a console has offered this much space. Read More »
The last time we saw Eddie Redmayne on the big screen he was a genius. Critics and audiences alike lauded him in his role as the tragically wheelchair-ridden Stephen Hawking in the Theory of Everything. Now, Redmayne finds himself in another iconic role albeit a more fictional one when he signed on to the Harry Potter series to be a part of its spinoff. A few weeks ago he was in talks for the lead role in this upcoming film titled the Fantastic Beasts, and, well, it looks like he has officially landed it. Read More »
Adrian Peterson looks like he'll be returning to the Minnesota Vikings after all. Peterson made the big announcement on Monday despite not getting the contract he desired in the off-season. Right now, Peterson walks into practice as the highest-paid back in all the NFL. There was speculation whether he would return after last season's allegations of child abuse. Read More »
