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New RIAA Rules Mean Jay-z Will Probably Go Platinum on Day One
44 minutes ago
Jay-z's Magna Carta Holy Grail ad features a lot of lofty talk about writing new rules for the digital age and the "wild wild West" of the Internet. But it wasn't just hot air — Hova and Samsung's tactics actually got the Recording Industry Association of America to tweak its system. While it used to take 30 days for albums to be officially certified platinum or gold ("to take into account potential returns of physical product — CDs, cassettes, vinyl, etc. that could be shipped to brick and mortar retailers and returned"), now an album's digital sales can earn it a shiny certification on day one. Physical sales will still take 30 days to be factored in. The RIAA opines that the old way "no longer makes sense," and that Jay-z's gambit is "a novel and creative marketing move and it has rightly stimulated a healthy conversation about the sale's »
- Zach Dionne
Listen to Arrested Development's 'Getaway' As Much as You Want
1 hour ago
The insipid refrain of "Getaway" colonized your brain a little more than a month ago, when Arrested Development returned and Gob Bluth found himself on the fringe of an entourage lead by a Justin Bieber doppelganger known as Mark Cherry. (Not Marc Cherry. No.) The flippy-haired pop star's claim to fame is the oh-so-ring-toneable jam now available in an almost minute-long version. Play it at your Fourth of July barbecue, perhaps. »
- Zach Dionne
Judge Dismisses Sexual Abuse Charges Against Elmo Puppeteer Kevin Clash
2 hours ago
Sesame Street's former Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash will not be charged in any of the three sexual abuse lawsuits leveled at him; a New York judge ruled that the statute of limitations on the accusations has run out. (Also, recall that one accuser quickly recanted, with lawyers deeming the tie between the plaintiff and Clash a consensual relationship between adults.) Clash's lawyer says the Emmy winner is happy to put "these spurious claims behind him, so that Kevin can go about the business of reclaiming his personal life and his professional standing." »
- Zach Dionne
Rihanna and Jennifer Lawrence Hang Out in Paris
5 hours ago
If there are two famous people near each other, Fame dictates that they must meet. Therefore, because Jennifer Lawrence and Rihanna are both in Paris at the same time, it's only fitting that they ended up together (and on someone's Instagram account). Rihanna's picture dictates that the two merely "bumped into" each other, but something about how both girls enjoy the same type of leisurely activity implies that this might not be the last time they hang out. Croissants and blunts next time? »
- Lindsey Weber
Helen Mirren Cast As Discerning French Chef
6 hours ago
Helen Mirren has been cast in the upcoming chef-stravanganza The Hundred-Foot Journey. According to Variety, Mirren will be joined by 90210's Manish Dayal in the Lasse Hallström–directed film. The movie, based on the novel of the same name, is about an Indian family who opens a restaurant in the French Alps — right across from a fancy-schmancy French establishment. The family's son (Dayal) turns out to be a super food prodigy, which rankles Madame Mallory (Mirren), owner of said competition; she of course becomes his mentor, and everyone enjoys both delicious food and even more delicious life lessons. »
- Margaret Lyons
Will Melissa McCarthy Be the Next Will Ferrell or the Next Jack Black?
6 hours ago
The Heat grossed an impressive $40 million this weekend, putting it on track to be Melissa McCarthy's second hit comedy in the last six months. Sure, some of that had to do with co-lead Sandra Bullock, a genuine movie star. But Bullock was the straight woman; it was McCarthy who had to bear most of the comedic burden. This was also the case in Identity Thief, which got middling reviews yet did incredibly well, grossing $135 million domestically on the back of McCarthy's appeal. On a weekend when the fourth-place debut of Channing Tatum's White House Down dampened Hollywood's hopes that they had a new action star who could ensure surefire hits, McCarthy has emerged as comedy's new sure thing ... at least for now. But how long can it last? She's at a point where the decisions she makes over the next few years could either position her as »
- Jesse David Fox,Josh Wolk
Inside Llewyn Davis Trailer: A Bro and His Beard, Cat, and Ukulele
7 hours ago
The newest trailer for Joel and Ethan Coen’s Inside Llewyn Davis comes after the film was runner-up for the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival this past May. Besides giving a closer look at each of the leads' motivations and Justin Timberlake's beard, the newest trailer ups the comedy a bit. Apparently, the film isn't exclusively about a failing folk musician who uses his pet cat for warmth. There's also a deaf accountant and John Goodman as an incredulous jazz musician who says "ukulele" funny. The film premieres on December 6, just in time for it to be nominated for all the Oscars. »
- Jesse David Fox
All of Stephen King’s TV Work, Ranked
8 hours ago
Last Monday, 13.5 million people watched the first episode of Under the Dome, making CBS’s thirteen-episode miniseries based on Stephen King’s 2009 novel the highest-rated scripted summer debut in six years. Of course, King’s output has been big business ever since the first television adaptation of one of his works aired in 1979, and each successive decade has even put its own spin on the author’s output — anthology series one-offs in the eighties, multi-part movies and miniseries of the nineties, and remakes and made-for-tv stories of the aughts. Dome also presented Vulture with the perfect opportunity to follow up on last spring’s ranking of all 62 Stephen King books; to come up with this definitive second countdown, we spent countless hours watching and rewatching the many episodes, shows, movies, and miniseries produced from his novels and stories, as well as a few things he wrote directly for the small »
- Gilbert Cruz
Ride Along Trailer: Kevin Hart and Ice Cube Are Cops, Not Buddies (Yet)
8 hours ago
It seems like everybody is buddy-cop-ing these days. Next up are Kevin Hart and Ice Cube. Hart plays a school security guard turned cop who wants to marry Cube's sister. Cube says he'll only acquiesce if Hart goes on the titular ride along. On January 17, 2014, we’ll find out if they become friends or kill each other? Considering that a sequel to Ride Along is already in the works, we expect the former. Well, unless, they're planning on doing the first ever zombie buddy cop movie. ("You have the right to re—brainnnnnsssssssss silent.") »
- Jesse David Fox
Does Ray Donovan’s Paula Malcomson Have the New Worst Boston Accent?
9 hours ago
Ah, the dreaded Boston accent. There's the good. There's the bad. There's also the not-sure-if-that's-good-or-that's-just-how–Mark Wahlberg–actually-talks. Now with Showtime's newest drama, Ray Donovan, a new contender has stepped up to the (Bawston Red Sawks) plate. Paula Malcomson, playing Donovan's wife, Abby, has immediately emerged as one of this year's worst, complaining about her husband's absence and tragically pronouncing "Jersey Shore" like an actual spring break reveller doing a drunken impression of Ben Affleck.In comparison, box-office winnner The Heat features an entire family full of Boston natives — including Melissa McCarthy. They don't have fantastic Boston accents, but mixing up "narc" and "knock" does seems to be problem some Bostonians might have. »
- Lindsey Weber
Craig Robinson’s NBC Sitcom Pilot Is Still Alive
9 hours ago
This weekend, we learned that John Mulaney's sitcom pilot was not yet dead, as Fox was going to give it a shot. Well, that wasn't the only hotly anticipated NBC comedy pilot to get a second life: NBC has extended the cast options for the untitled Craig Robinson pilot. Executive produced by Greg Daniels and written by former Office writer Owen Ellickson, the show focuses on Robinson as a talented musician who becomes a middle school music teacher. Like the Krysten Ritter– and Alfred Molina–starring pilot Assistance, NBC has asked Ellickson and Daniels for three additional scripts. Good luck, guys. »
- Jesse David Fox
Here Is What Kanye Got for Father’s Day, According to Kanye
9 hours ago
As you are surely aware, Kanye West celebrated his first Father's Day this year, and to help celebrate, North West's mother, Kim Kardashian, invited Apple founder Steve Wozniak to the hospital room where their daughter had been recently born. As good girlfriends do, she also gave her boyfriend two Apple mice with the signatures of Woz and Steve Jobs scrawled on the tops — no doubt feeding Kanye's obsession with the late tech illuminary. (From his legendary New York Times interview: "I am undoubtedly, you know, Steve of Internet, downtown, fashion, culture. Period." We're still wondering how the newest West got away with not being named after an Os X.) »
- Lindsey Weber
Rick Rubin Did Not Actually Work on Magna Carta Holy Grail
10 hours ago
According to Xxl, he's only in the commercials because Jay-z invited him to listen. As for what Rubin thinks of Magna Carta Holy Grail: "I liked what I heard, but it was a little difficult — after just coming from the Kanye sessions — to listen to Jay’s album, because they’re so different. I was in a very alternative and progressive headspace, and Jay’s record is a more traditional hip-hop record.” That is probably why he stayed on the couch. Too different to stand up. »
- Amanda Dobbins
Anna Camp on Returning to True Blood, Set Injuries, and Sarah Newlin’s Big Hair
10 hours ago
Steve Newlin was so happy to see his ex-wife, Sarah, walk through the door on last night's episode of True Blood, thinking she was there to save him, but Anna Camp's return to the show isn't as an angel of mercy. After her Fellowship of the Sun crusader/husband divorced her and turned vampire, Sarah Newlin became a best-selling author (Sundressed: The Sarah Newlin Story), which was referred to in the True Blood comics, and almost became a plot point in season five, when the show originally asked Camp to come back "just for a little TV spot talking about the book." (See the script for that here.) This time around, the part is much meatier, as Sarah promises to become a major adversary for the vampires in the coming battle. Camp chatted with Vulture about Sarah's danger heels, the song she blasts in her trailer before going on set, »
- Jennifer Vineyard
NBC Will Air Sequel to The Bible Miniseries
10 hours ago
NBC will air Mark Burnett's follow-up to the megapopular miniseries The Bible. The network announced today that it will broadcast A.D.: Beyond the Bible, which will cover the political unrest in Judea after Jesus' crucifixion. (For those a little rusty on their catechism, the Christian Bible does not in fact end with Jesus' resurrection. There's a lot of stuff after that. Give the Pauline Epistles a spinoff!) The Bible — the show, not the Bible — was a ratings bonanza for the History Channel, so it's not too shocking that the flailing NBC might want a piece of the sweet, sweet Jesus pie, but one wonders how the stories of the Herodian dynasty will pair with, oh, Celebrity Apprentice. »
- Margaret Lyons
Watch Aubrey Plaza’s Backdoor Conversation in This Exclusive Clip From The To-Do List
11 hours ago
We're just going to throw four of your favorite names at you: Aubrey Plaza. Connie Britton. Rachel Bilson. Clark Gregg. (You're interested already, and you don't even know what the point of all this is!) What if we told you that all four of these favorite people got together to discuss sex, and that we had an exclusive clip of it? And that this was the very first clip from the new comedy The To-Do List, starring Plaza as a high schooler who's determined to work through a list of sexual goals by summer's end? It's okay if you already pressed play before finishing this paragraph; just keep in mind that the movie is out July 26. Enjoy! »
- Kyle Buchanan
The Killing Recap: In the Closet
11 hours ago
At this point, I’m thinking that even the most diehard of fans have to admit that this is one weird show. Not because of the misty atmospherics but because no matter how important a clue that turns up is, the investigation doesn’t seem to progress. Did you ever see that 30 Rock episode where Liz’s brother, Mitch, thinks he’s permanently 17 years old and living in 1985? And everyone else helps him to believe it because they’re afraid of his suddenly finding out that he is 40? Linden is beginning to remind me a bit of that. Like maybe three years ago she failed her detective test and it sent her to the madhouse and so now everyone she knows just helps keep the fantasy alive of her being this awesome cop.This week she and Holder discovered two living witnesses to the crimes they are investigating. One was »
- Starlee Kine
Escape Plan Trailer: No Future-Jail Can Hold Stallone and Schwarzenegger
12 hours ago
Twenty years ago or so, the idea of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone teaming up for a movie would've been a big deal. Now it might not carry the same cultural cachet, but there is something cool about the idea of two of the biggest action stars ever working together to escape a futuristic jail. Stallone plays a professional jailbreak artist who gets wrongfully imprisoned and works with cellmate Schwarzenegger to get out. Opening October 18, the dream of the nineties is alive in Escape Plan. »
- Jesse David Fox
‘I’m Out’ Video: Ciara and Nicki Minaj Do Scream
12 hours ago
Last night, in addition to performing at the Bet Awards, Ciara and Nicki Minaj released the video for "I'm Out," and if you enjoy Michael and Janet Jackson's "Scream" video, the hand jive, goldfish bowls, or Nicki and Ciara "tsk tsk-ing" the camera, then you should press play immediately.(Alternately, you can just wait for the Gif board of Nicki and Ciara's "don't fuck with me" faces. Coolest attitudes.) Ciara, unexpectedly, is two for two on videos this year. »
- Amanda Dobbins
Big Brother Contestants Insanely Racist
13 hours ago
Every year, Big Brother contestants say and do deplorable and outrageous things that air on the 24/7 feed but never make it to CBS's edited broadcast. This year, that includes rank racism, misogyny, and homophobia. For example, in this clip, contestants Aaryn, GinaMarie, and Kaitlin sit around and suggest that Helen, who is Asian, "go make some rice," that "everyone loves the queers," and that Candice's "blackness" is coming out.GinaMarie, eager to be even more terrible, also casually uses the N-word and repeats the rice line. Oh, and Spencer has praised Hitler's oratorical skills and Nazi medical experiments, and likes to call women "cunts." There's plenty more where those came from, compiled by Zap2It, Bb forum Jokers Updates, and Reality Blurred. This isn't the first time Bb cast members have used hate speech, though these racist conversations have yet to make it to air. ("We really don’t want »
- Margaret Lyons
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