예, 2020 has been a gigantic dumpster fire on so many levels, but a spirit of gratitude may help pull us through just yet.
As we all struggle through the year that has been WTF (어느, for the purposes of being family-friendly, we will say stands for “Worse Than Failure”), let’s round up some of the reasons we can be thankful for pop culture:
Who can resist the cuteness that is Baby Yoda in “만달로 리안”?
Streaming, streaming, streaming: Because you can only walk the dog and “edit” your house but so many times (I’m really regretting donating that humidifier, but that’s for another time). 나는, for one, am beyond grateful for the multitude of streaming content.
There is literally something for everyone.
Don’t believe me?
Netflix has “The Speed Cubers,” billed as a documentary that “captures the extraordinary twists and turns in the journeys of Rubik’s Cube-solving champions Max Park and Feliks Zemdegs.”
A doc aimed at lovers of Rubik’s Cube is the very definition of “niche.”
을 더한, there are new streaming services like HBO Max (owned by CNN’s parent company) and NBC’s Peacock so you are in no danger of running out of shows anytime soon.
Not to mention new episodes of “만달로 리안” on Disney+, which leads us to the two cutest words in the world: 아기 요다.
Iconic rockers Gene Simmons (왼쪽) and Paul Stanley (권리) of Kiss are well known for over-the-top performances.
Music is still happening: Major concerts are on hold, but artists are still figuring out ways to connect with their audiences.
있습니다 drive-in concerts, Verzuz battles on Instagram Live — some of us treated the latest one featuring rappers Jeezy and Gucci Mane like a night out at the club — and virtual shows.
Here’s something to look forward to: Kiss has announced a virtual “Kiss 2020 Goodbye” concert, to be held on New Year’s Eve.
그래서, get ready to “Rock and Roll All Nite.”
Chadwick Boseman stars as ambitious trumpeter Levee in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.”
We still have more to anticipate: Entertainment is the gift that keeps on giving.
그만큼 “원더 우먼” sequel is due for release on Christmas Day, and in the upcoming awards season, we can count on plenty of talk about Chadwick Boseman’s final performance in 넷플릭스 “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.”
The industry is determined to keep on keeping on in taking our minds off of our woes.
감사합니다, 할리우드.
주말 동안
주목할 세 가지:
Taylor Swift shares the stories behind her latest album in “Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions.”
‘Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions’
Say what you will about Taylor Swift, but she is a heck of a songwriter.
And where there is a good song, there is most always a good story. Thanks to her new film on Disney+, we will get the stories behind her latest album, “Folklore.”
테일러 스위프트, Aaron Dessner (국가), Jack Antonoff (Bleachers) and Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) created the album and come together to perform all 17 songs and spill the tea.
“Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions” is currently streaming on Disney+.
HBO documentary “Crazy, Not Insane” takes a closer look at the pioneering work of psychiatrist Dorothy Otnow Lewis on what makes murderers tick.
‘Crazy, Not Insane’
As a true crime buff, I found the HBO documentary about psychiatrist Dorothy Otnow Lewis and her career-long study of murderers to be right up my alley.
Are people born evil or do they become that way? You will have to watch to see what Lewis believes based on her work.
Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang can help to get you in the holiday spirit.
‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’
It’s the Vince Guaraldi soundtrack that does it for me.
사실로, it just wouldn’t be the holidays without “A Charlie Brown Christmas.”
Apple TV+ acquired the rights to the beloved Peanuts holiday special and made a deal with PBS to stream it via its subscription service.
If you missed it on PBS and don’t have Apple TV+, PBS will reair the holiday special on December 13. 과, 예, I know it’s Thanksgiving — Apple TV+ has got you there too as “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” is free to watch via its app through Friday.
들을 두 가지:
Miley Cyrus performs onstage during the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019, in Newark, 뉴저지.
Miley Cyrus has been through some things these past few years — 여자 lost her home to the California wildfires, 그녀 marriage to actor Liam Hemsworth ended and more recently she fell off the sobriety bandwagon.
Through it all, she has kept making music. Her latest album, “Plastic Hearts,” drops Friday.
The Smashing Pumpkins releases its 11th studio album this Friday. Shown here is lead singer Billy Corgan.
How is it album number 11 already for The Smashing Pumpkins?
It seems like only yesterday that the band burst on the scene to warm our alternative-rock hearts.
Now the alt-rockers are back with “Cyr,” of which a review in Clash 유명한, “Billy Corgan’s attempt to make a fun and breezy record while fundamentally not understanding either of these concepts has resulted in a simply astronomical level of campness that I am fairly convinced he doesn’t even recognise, let alone understand.”
Count me in when “Cyr” drops Friday.
이야기 할 한 가지:
The Weeknd accepts the award for favorite soul/R&B album onstage for the 2020 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 22 로스 앤젤레스.
I’m all for artists finding creative ways to make a point. 위켄드, 하나, had plenty of people scratching their heads when he received the first award of the night on Sunday at the American Music Awards.
The singer took to the stage sporting a red suit jacket, black shirt, black trousers and a fully bandaged face to collect the trophy for favorite soul/R&B album for “After Hours.”
The mummy look had some confused and others concerned, given that he had on the same outfit but with a bloody face and nose bandage in March when he performed on “토요일 밤 라이브.”
그는 가졌다 explained to Esquire magazine that his hit single “눈부신 빛” is about “how you want to see someone at night, and you’re intoxicated, and you’re driving to this person and you’re just blinded by streetlights, but nothing could stop you from trying to go see that person, because you’re so lonely. I don’t want to ever promote drunk driving, but that’s what the dark undertone is.”
그래서, perhaps that was it? Here’s a tip, 그러나: If you are trying to make a statement and folks aren’t quite getting it, you haven’t really made a statement.
또한, so sorry the Grammys snubbed you, 경.
마실 것
Happy Thanksgiving from Pop Life Chronicles!
이번 연말 연시, be kind to yourself and others. These are scary times we are living in, and we are all trying to navigate it as best as we can.
If you are struggling to find something to be thankful for, grab hold of the fact that you are alive and well enough to be reading this newsletter.
당신, being here, 지금, is something that I am enormously grateful for.
중요한 최신 엔터테인먼트 소식을 보려면 다음 주 목요일에 여기로 돌아 오세요..
