With the California festival set to return this weekend, Kevin E G Perry looks back at some of its most memorable performances
Between in-game concerts, skins based on pop stars, and the addition of a rhythm game, Fortnite has been courting musicians and music lovers for years. I have to give props to Epic for specifically adding updates that spotlight pop queens like Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga, which has extended to full seasons for its Festival rhythm game bringing new skins, cosmetics, and songs based on specific artists. Starting tomorrow, April 23, it’s adding another pop girly to the line-up: Billie Eilish. The...
Actor Rainn Wilson and the cast of the TV show The Office star in a new AT&T ad. Here are more details about the ad and overall campaign.
The Office had a reunion Well, kind of. Rainn Wilson -- who plays Dwight -- enlisted some of his old castmates to help him sell a pillow for a new AT&T commercial. "For years, my voice has been putting people to sleep," Wilson says as Jenna Fischer, who played secretary Pam, films him walking through their pillow start-up company's office. The pillow has a speaker inside which plays Wilson's voice to help people sleep. "My mom, my wife, my therapist, so I decided to cash...
It was an eventful night in the desert on Friday, when both Shakira and Billie Eilish unexpectedly dropped by Coachella. Eilish was the surprise performer during headliner Lana Del Rey’s set, coming on stage to duet with Rey for a rendition of the latter’s signature song “Video Games.” The pair also sang together on Eilish’s “Ocean Eyes.” Eilish is coming off the major success of winning back-to-back Grammys and an Oscar, for her song “What Was I Made For?” off the soundtrack for the...
"Dammit, Jim!" will echo through eternity, it seems. While on vacation in Florence, Italy, Rainn Wilson found out the hard way he couldn't escape his fame -- or the pranks -- from his iconic turn as Dwight Schrute on the beloved sitcom The Office over ten years since it went off air. The infamous jello prank first made its appearance on the pilot episode of the series back in 2005 when Dwight's coworker (and tormentor) Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) put a Jell-O mold around his stapler....
Fact: There’s always room for Jell-O.
Rainn Wilson, Jenna Fischer, Brian Baumgartner and several other stars of
Exclusive: Rights groups denounce negotiations with Rapid Support Forces, accused of ethnic cleansing and war crimesInside South Sudan’s worsening refugee crisis – in picturesForeign Office officials are holding secret talks with the paramilitary group that has been waging a campaign of ethnic cleansing in Sudan for the past year.News that the British government and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are engaged in clandestine negotiations has prompted warnings that such talks risk legitimising the...
The IW engine in Call of Duty has been holding back the franchise for years, as new titles used to feel unique and bring innovation, but now Warzone is the primary focus, and Call of Duty 2024 may suffer because of that. Since Modern Warfare 2019's release, Call of Duty has been under the influence of the IW 8.0 engine developed by Infinity Ward, and it's becoming tiresome. Treyarch, Sledgehammer Games, and Infinity Ward previously developed Call of Duty titles with their own...
The former PM’s aides josh that it was good for his morale, and ours. Never mind his wifeHow have we managed without the expression “sunshine at sunset”? As in, when an older married man is granted sex with a much younger colleague and better still, keeps it quiet? So much so that his wife stays on to nurse him through Alzheimer’s disease?We owe this promising euphemism to the former Harold Wilson aide Bernard Donoughue, 89, who appeared on Radio 4’s Today programme last week. He was confirming...
Here's where to watch the Billy Joel '100th - Live at Madison Square Garden' concert special online without cable, plus how to stream on-demand free.