If one were to broadly characterize each "Star Trek" show into a small handful of themes, one might say that the original "Star Trek" from 1966 is about bravery and balance. The characters are presented as bold — if not clumsy — frontiersman, frequently relying on their instincts and their brash confidence to escape difficult situations. Captain Kirk (William Shatner) often employs clever military tactics to outwit enemies. At the same time, he relies on the advice from his cold, emotionless first officer Spock (Leonard Nimoy) just as much as he relies on the passionate, angered responses of his very human medical officer Dr. McCoy (DeForest Kelley).
In contrast, "Star Trek: The Next Generation" is about the power of intellect, the importance of management skills, and the eternal solution of diplomacy. Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) often asks for input from his entire senior staff, stands somewhat aloof, and celebrates ancient literature. Only occasionally...
In contrast, "Star Trek: The Next Generation" is about the power of intellect, the importance of management skills, and the eternal solution of diplomacy. Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) often asks for input from his entire senior staff, stands somewhat aloof, and celebrates ancient literature. Only occasionally...
- 11/6/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Paul McCartney and George Harrison became lifelong friends while attending the same school in Liverpool. Both struggled to pay attention in school, as their primary interest was music. However, Paul McCartney said he had one professor who introduced him to an author that made him fall in love with literature.
Paul McCartney had a great literature teacher who showed him Chaucer Paul McCartney | J.Tregidgo/WireImage
Going to school in the 1950s was a much different environment than it is now. Corporal punishment was still legal in schools in the U.K., so teachers had some harsh methods of discipline for their students. In an interview on This Cultural Life podcast, McCartney said school was tough back then because teachers were allowed to “whack” you.
“[I was] a bit of a skiver really, but [only] until you had to knuckle down,” he said. “Teachers were pretty brutal in those days, you know. They were allowed to whack you,...
Paul McCartney had a great literature teacher who showed him Chaucer Paul McCartney | J.Tregidgo/WireImage
Going to school in the 1950s was a much different environment than it is now. Corporal punishment was still legal in schools in the U.K., so teachers had some harsh methods of discipline for their students. In an interview on This Cultural Life podcast, McCartney said school was tough back then because teachers were allowed to “whack” you.
“[I was] a bit of a skiver really, but [only] until you had to knuckle down,” he said. “Teachers were pretty brutal in those days, you know. They were allowed to whack you,...
- 6/7/2023
- by Ross Tanenbaum
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
While people may not know every word to The Beatles’ “Let It Be”, many know the opening line. “When I find myself in times of trouble/ Mother Mary comes to me.” However, “Mother Mary” was almost a different name, as Paul McCartney was deciding between multiple options for “Let It Be”.
Paul McCartney almost used ‘Brother Malcolm’ in ‘Let It Be’ Paul McCartney | Peter Wafzig/Getty Images
“Let It Be” is one of The Beatles’ biggest hits and one of the best songs Paul McCartney wrote for the band. Many know its opening line, but there might be more to the story behind the lyric referring to “Mother Mary”. Mal Evans, one of the band’s personal assistants, shared a story about the song while on a 1975 TV special hosted by David Frost.
“Paul was meditating one day, and I came to him in a vision, and I was just...
Paul McCartney almost used ‘Brother Malcolm’ in ‘Let It Be’ Paul McCartney | Peter Wafzig/Getty Images
“Let It Be” is one of The Beatles’ biggest hits and one of the best songs Paul McCartney wrote for the band. Many know its opening line, but there might be more to the story behind the lyric referring to “Mother Mary”. Mal Evans, one of the band’s personal assistants, shared a story about the song while on a 1975 TV special hosted by David Frost.
“Paul was meditating one day, and I came to him in a vision, and I was just...
- 5/14/2023
- by Ross Tanenbaum
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Slasher: Ripper follows a mysterious serial killer in 19th-century Toronto amidst other violent acts committed by the people of the city. But “Widow,” as the killer is dubbed by Enid Jenkins, the town’s journalist, isn’t killing random people; everything relates to a particular event that took place 12 years ago. Young Detective Kenneth is right on target in his search for the Widow, but his boss isn’t keen on finding out who is after his city because he may have been involved in the crime that went down 12 years ago. Slasher is definitely for pure indulgence, as every episode ends or begins with a grisly death that the viewer looks forward to; sometimes, it almost feels like an overacted play.
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What Happens In Episode 3 Of ‘Slasher’ Season 5?
The episode begins with the good Doctor Melanda telling Superintendent Isaac about the benefits of cocaine (which can only...
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What Happens In Episode 3 Of ‘Slasher’ Season 5?
The episode begins with the good Doctor Melanda telling Superintendent Isaac about the benefits of cocaine (which can only...
- 4/29/2023
- by Ruchika Bhat
- Film Fugitives
In episode 1 of “Slasher: Ripper,” we saw that a woman in a black veil was going around killing men who might have been involved in a murder 12 years earlier. She is ruthless in her killings and has left a subtle note in the first one of her murders to warn the perpetrators of the said murders. A detective named Kenneth is slowly but surely getting on the “widow’s” trail (as she is dubbed by the local journalist). On the other hand, the Botticelli household has a new sister in town, but she is being treated as an intruder and punished for sins she did not commit by her elder sisters. A man named Basil Garvey looks to be at the center of it all, with many enemies. Will this power-hungry man face his enemies soon?
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What Happens In Episode 2 Of ‘Slasher’ Season 5?
Back in the day, a...
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What Happens In Episode 2 Of ‘Slasher’ Season 5?
Back in the day, a...
- 4/7/2023
- by Ruchika Bhat
- Film Fugitives
Shudder original “Slasher” is back for a 5th season, and this time it takes us back in time and to Toronto. A new Ripper is in town, and this one is here for revenge. The horror-thriller slasher-based anthology brings blood and gore to the richness of the 19th century in the form of a killer who is ruthless but brings justice. Gory, bloody, and absolutely gut-wrenching—do you think you can stomach this show?
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What Happens In Episode 1 Of ‘Slasher’ Season 5?
A perverted rich man named Alistair Simcoe is out on the streets of Toronto looking for a lady to torture. As he’s about to take a sex worker named Daisy home, Horatio, her friend, and another man on the street save her from being scathed by Alistair. Disappointed but unhinged, Alistair makes his way back home. Horatio explains to Daisy that the man she just met...
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What Happens In Episode 1 Of ‘Slasher’ Season 5?
A perverted rich man named Alistair Simcoe is out on the streets of Toronto looking for a lady to torture. As he’s about to take a sex worker named Daisy home, Horatio, her friend, and another man on the street save her from being scathed by Alistair. Disappointed but unhinged, Alistair makes his way back home. Horatio explains to Daisy that the man she just met...
- 4/7/2023
- by Ruchika Bhat
- Film Fugitives
Paul McCartney’s education in Liverpool included a great deal of literature. One author who influenced the young songwriter was William Shakespeare, whose poetry and rhyming style impacted McCartney’s songwriting. For a few Beatles songs, McCartney went back to his Shakespeare education and used the author as an inspiration.
Here are 3 Beatles songs influenced by Shakespeare ‘I Saw Her Standing There’ Paul McCartney and John Lennon | Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images
McCartney’s English teacher, Alan Durband, introduced him to several of his literary favorites, including Chaucer and Shakespeare. He read a lot of Shakespeare, some of which would unintentionally make its way into his songwriting. In The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, McCartney said Shakespeare may have influenced The Beatles’ “I Saw Her Standing There.”
The song was a collaborative effort between John Lennon and McCartney, but Paul came up with the line “beyond compare.” He isn’t...
Here are 3 Beatles songs influenced by Shakespeare ‘I Saw Her Standing There’ Paul McCartney and John Lennon | Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images
McCartney’s English teacher, Alan Durband, introduced him to several of his literary favorites, including Chaucer and Shakespeare. He read a lot of Shakespeare, some of which would unintentionally make its way into his songwriting. In The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, McCartney said Shakespeare may have influenced The Beatles’ “I Saw Her Standing There.”
The song was a collaborative effort between John Lennon and McCartney, but Paul came up with the line “beyond compare.” He isn’t...
- 3/15/2023
- by Ross Tanenbaum
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
On March 6, 1970, The Beatles released “Let It Be” as a single. It was the group’s final single before Paul McCartney announced his departure. Here’s what Paul had to say about the hit in his book The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present.
The Beatles | Freddie Reed/Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix via Getty Images Many things inspired Paul McCartney when he wrote The Beatles’ ‘Let It Be’
In The Lyrics, Paul said that the context in which he wrote The Beatles’ “Let It Be” was “one of stress.” It was a difficult and tense time for The Beatles, who were heading toward breaking up. Suddenly, there was a lot of change, and no one wanted to work together.
John Lennon constantly wanted to be with Yoko Ono. George Harrison wanted to move to India and live like a yogi. Paul wanted to get back to the group’s roots, hoping it’d save them from breaking up.
The Beatles | Freddie Reed/Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix via Getty Images Many things inspired Paul McCartney when he wrote The Beatles’ ‘Let It Be’
In The Lyrics, Paul said that the context in which he wrote The Beatles’ “Let It Be” was “one of stress.” It was a difficult and tense time for The Beatles, who were heading toward breaking up. Suddenly, there was a lot of change, and no one wanted to work together.
John Lennon constantly wanted to be with Yoko Ono. George Harrison wanted to move to India and live like a yogi. Paul wanted to get back to the group’s roots, hoping it’d save them from breaking up.
- 3/7/2023
- by Hannah Wigandt
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
There are many songs that Paul McCartney based on things he read in literature. His parents instilled a love of knowledge and learning in him when he was a kid, and his English teacher at school fostered that love. Paul developed an admiration for writers like Lewis Carroll and Shakespeare. However, many authors and writers’ work ended up in Paul’s songs.
Paul McCartney and his family | Ron Galella/Getty Images 5. ‘The End’
In The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul spoke many times about his literary heroes, which included Dylan Thomas, Oscar Wilde, Allen Ginsberg, French symbolist writer Alfred Jarry, Eugene O’Neill, and Henrik Ibsen. However, a couple of his songs wouldn’t have shaped up the same way without the influence of Shakespeare.
Paul wrote that he’s “fascinated by the couplet as a form in poetry,” particularly how Shakespeare used the couplet to close out a scene or an entire play.
Paul McCartney and his family | Ron Galella/Getty Images 5. ‘The End’
In The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul spoke many times about his literary heroes, which included Dylan Thomas, Oscar Wilde, Allen Ginsberg, French symbolist writer Alfred Jarry, Eugene O’Neill, and Henrik Ibsen. However, a couple of his songs wouldn’t have shaped up the same way without the influence of Shakespeare.
Paul wrote that he’s “fascinated by the couplet as a form in poetry,” particularly how Shakespeare used the couplet to close out a scene or an entire play.
- 3/5/2023
- by Hannah Wigandt
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
[This story contains spoilers for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania]
From Ulysses to Macbeth, Corey Stoll has been doing Shakespearean work for the entirety of his acting career, and despite the outlandish exterior, his MCU return as Modok in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania doesn’t fall far from the tree. In Ant-Man (2015), Paul Rudd’s Scott Lang banished Stoll’s villain, Darren Cross/Yellowjacket, to the Quantum Realm, where Kang the Conqueror (Jonathan Majors), as of the threequel, transformed him into Modok, a Mechanized Organism Designed Only for Killing.
At the end of Quantumania, Cassie Lang (Kathryn Newton) delivered a personal appeal to whatever was left of Darren inside Modok, which inspired him to turn on Kang in favor of the Lang, Pym and van Dyne family. As a result, Darren/Modok met their end in one of the film’s most amusing scenes, and for Stoll, the scene takes inspiration from one of Shakespeare’s most famous works.
From Ulysses to Macbeth, Corey Stoll has been doing Shakespearean work for the entirety of his acting career, and despite the outlandish exterior, his MCU return as Modok in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania doesn’t fall far from the tree. In Ant-Man (2015), Paul Rudd’s Scott Lang banished Stoll’s villain, Darren Cross/Yellowjacket, to the Quantum Realm, where Kang the Conqueror (Jonathan Majors), as of the threequel, transformed him into Modok, a Mechanized Organism Designed Only for Killing.
At the end of Quantumania, Cassie Lang (Kathryn Newton) delivered a personal appeal to whatever was left of Darren inside Modok, which inspired him to turn on Kang in favor of the Lang, Pym and van Dyne family. As a result, Darren/Modok met their end in one of the film’s most amusing scenes, and for Stoll, the scene takes inspiration from one of Shakespeare’s most famous works.
- 2/27/2023
- by Brian Davids
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"Don't call it a comeback, I've been here for years." It's an LL Cool J lyric but it applies to one Geoffrey Rush, renowned Australian stage and screen actor. One of the few people who have earned an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy, and a Tony Award, Rush's resume is extensive and varied.
Following an early career on the stage with the Queensland Theater Company, Rush gained universal acclaim in a breakthrough performance in 1996 with "Shine," snagging that Best Actor Oscar. Roles of great gravitas would further cement his fame, like that of sneaky spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham in Shekhar Kapur's 1998 drama "Elizabeth" and the militant Javert in Bille August's 1998 film adaptation of "Les Miserables." Rush has also kept critics on their toes with oddball roles like that of Stephen Price (a fantastic nod to Vincent Price) in the 1999 remake of "The House on Haunted Hill." The kiddies...
Following an early career on the stage with the Queensland Theater Company, Rush gained universal acclaim in a breakthrough performance in 1996 with "Shine," snagging that Best Actor Oscar. Roles of great gravitas would further cement his fame, like that of sneaky spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham in Shekhar Kapur's 1998 drama "Elizabeth" and the militant Javert in Bille August's 1998 film adaptation of "Les Miserables." Rush has also kept critics on their toes with oddball roles like that of Stephen Price (a fantastic nod to Vincent Price) in the 1999 remake of "The House on Haunted Hill." The kiddies...
- 11/25/2022
- by Anya Stanley
- Slash Film
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