Yasiin Bey Announces Retirement, Final Album“I’m retiring from the music recording industry as it is currently assembled today, and also from Hollywood, effective immediately.”
Theater Review: A Free Man of ColorIt’s a dazzling mess. But like all great, mad manifestos, there are sweet rewards for those willing to take the plunge.
New York Legends Crowd Rock the BellsBiz Markie, Nas, Raekwon, Ghostface, Method Man, the ghost of ODB, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Pharoahe Monch, Busta Rhymes, A Tribe Called Quest…
Ian McShane About to Go BiblicalNBC options the story of King David from God, Nick has its own high-school musical, and Mos Def plays Chuck Berry.
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Bootleggers Create Sweded Version of ‘Be Kind Rewind’A group of surrealist bootleggers have shot their own low-budget version of Be Kind Rewind — likely by sneaking a camcorder into a theater — and made it for sale on Canal Street.
Okay, Okay, Peter Jackson Has Excellent Taste in ActorsRyan Gosling Joins Lovely Bones: Ryan Gosling will play the murdered girl’s father in Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones, joining the already-cast Rachel Weisz. We’re throwing up our hands; Jackson seems determined to make a really good movie and damn the box-office consequences. God bless him.