Andrew Wallenstein

Nick Cave has been singing about mortality for decades, and he's really good at it. Whether the narratives are biblical or pulpy, the victims innocents or death row convicts, the circumstances comprehensible or cruelly random, Cave's songs are on intimate terms with the infinite ways a life can be extinguished. And yet, "Skeleton Tree", his latest album with his estimable band, the Bad Seeds, is a relatively concise song cycle shadowed by death that feels different than all the rest. <a href="http://bancodeprofissionais.com/entertainment/music/kot/sc-music-nick-cave-skeleton-tree-ent-0916-20160916-column.html" target="_blank">Read the full review.</a>

‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ creator Stephen Hillenburg reveals ALS diagnosis

December 17, 2018 at 11:13 p.m.

Stephen Hillenburg, creator of the long-running hit Nickelodeon series "SpongeBob SquarePants," has revealed that he has been diagnosed with the neurodegenerative disease ALS. The 55-year-old animator shared a statement with...

Richard Plepler, CEO of HBO, talks about HBO Now for Apple TV during an Apple event in San Francisco.

HBO CEO criticizes Comcast for snubbing streaming service

April 5, 2019 at 10:59 a.m.

Richard Plepler has a message for Brian Roberts: Don't turn your back on his streaming service. The HBO CEO called out his Comcast counterpart and multiple other leading U.S. pay-TV...

Hulk Hogan puts a choke hold on NBA star Karl Malone during a 1998 pay–per–view wrestling match in San Diego.

Gawker porn star story, Hulk Hogan sex tape suit reveals brand at war with self

June 15, 2018 at 5:20 p.m.

The battle for the soul of Gawker is underway. Presuming the publication has one, that is. On one side is the management team that decided to pull down an article...

Katie Stanton to Replace Exiting Twitter Media Chief Chloe Sladden (Exclusive)

August 25, 2021 at 6:15 a.m.

Less than a month after the departure of Twitter Media chief Chloe Sladden, the social media giant has found her replacement. Katie Jacobs Stanton, previously vice president of international market...

Vidcon: YouTube Gives Its Creators a Preview of New Features

August 25, 2021 at 6:06 a.m.

YouTube CEO Anne Wojcicki introduced a slew of innovations to creators assembled at Vidcon on Thursday in Anaheim, with the goal of aimed at helping them make more money off...

Hollywood Research Firm MPG Closes, Leaving Questions as Its CEO Launches New Shop (Exclusive)

August 25, 2021 at 6:02 a.m.

Hollywood market research firm Worldwide Motion Picture Group abruptly shuts its doors just days before its CEO and his longtime lieutenants announced a new venture Tuesday, leaving conflicting accounts of...

Amazon, Warner Home Video Near Settlement of DVD Dispute

August 25, 2021 at 6:01 a.m.

Amazon and Warner Home Video are close to a deal that would end a standoff that resulted in the Internet retailer preventing consumers from making pre-orders on DVDs of hit...

How Chelsea Handler Changes Our Understanding of Netflix

August 25, 2021 at 6:01 a.m.

Netflix's hiring of Chelsea Handler marks the most audacious move the TV industry has seen since "House of Cards" set the benchmark for audacity last year by becoming the first...

Linking Seth Rogen, Judd Apatow to UCSB Shootings Is Absurd (Opinion)

August 25, 2021 at 5:19 a.m.

In a development as sadly inevitable as the UCSB mass murder itself, the finger-pointing over who is to blame for the tragedy took a very misguided turn Sunday. Ann Hornaday...

Netflix Reveals Six Countries in 2014 European Expansion Plans

August 25, 2021 at 5:10 a.m.

Netflix is coming to Germany, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Austria and Switzerland later this year, the company revealed late Tuesday. The streaming service announced earlier this year plans to branch out...

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