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The title hit is such a classic, it’s easy to overlook how weird and disturbing it sounded when it first hit MTV in time for Christmas 1998 — so flamboyantly artificial, so post-Mentos inhuman. Who was this? Was she Swedish or Swiss or Icelandic? Was she just Not of This Earth? You could tell the lyrics were written by somebody who’d barely met the English language — oh, that irritating ellipsis in the title. (I ignore the ellipsis whenever possible, because as Brit would say, it’s my prerogative.) But there was something otherworldly about it. TLC later claimed they turned down the song, but it would have been all wrong for TLC or any other certified grown-ups. Can you imagine a worldly-wise adult like T-Boz selling a teen-psycho line like “When I’m not with you, I lose my mind”? No way. Only Britney. … [Read more...] about How Britney Spears Changed Pop With ‘Baby One More Time’

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (Netflix, June 26nd)A spectacle of thunderous music, bizarre costumes, and strange stagecraft, the annual Eurovision Song Contest would seem to defy any attempt to send it up. Enter Will Ferrell, who serves as co-writer and stars as Lars Erickssong, one half of the Icelandic team. Rachel McAdams co-stars as his musical partner, Sigrit Ericksdottir; Pierce Brosnan, Dan Stevens, and Demi Lovato are also on board, and, we assume, are sporting equally silly character names. So far we’ve only seen a teaser featuring the duo’s song, “Volcano Man,” but its images of an armor-clad Ferrell playing a keyboard against the backdrop of dramatic Icelandic scenery make the film look pretty irresistible. … [Read more...] about Best Movies/TV to Stream in June: ‘Perry Mason,’ New Spike Lee, Serial-Killer True Crime

The rest of the band drops out so Frances Quinlan can sing unaccompanied about sorting through mixed feelings while listening to the radio and cruising weird videos on YouTube. (The one she ends up watching was recorded by someone’s dad at 4 a.m., the same time as Leonard Cohen wrote his letter.) It’s the quietest moment on 2015’s Painted Shut, and one of the most powerful. … [Read more...] about Music at Home: Lonely Nights

The final plaintiff, a 35-year-old Hungarian woman, says she met Weinstein at the Venice Film Festival in 2013. They arranged to have a business meeting at his hotel suite a few months later. During the meeting, the suit alleges, Weinstein “grabbed Plaintiff by the back of the head, pushing it down onto his penis, thereby forcing her to fellate him to completion.” Again, she was afraid to come forward for fear of career reprisal. … [Read more...] about Four More Women Come Forward Against Harvey Weinstein In New Lawsuit

The new two-part HBO documentary Elvis Presley: The Searcher (which premieres April 14th) aims to finally restore the King to his proper place in the rock pantheon as a creative pioneer on par with Chuck Berry, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan. Directed by Thom Zimny and produced by Jon Landau and Priscilla Presley, it tells Elvis’ life story through his music, utilizing a treasure trove of unseen video, photographs and new interviews with his friends, collaborators and fans, including Bruce Springsteen and, in one of his final interviews, Tom Petty. “I wanted to attack and shatter the shorthand version of Elvis Presley’s life story – that after the Army there was just bad films, bad recordings, bad tours and then his life was over,” says Zimny. “This was a man driven by music, even at his darkest times.” … [Read more...] about ‘Elvis Presley: The Searcher’ Pulls Back the Veil on the King