In Conversation: Erykah Badu

“I’m gathering ideas,” says Erykah Badu, talking over dinner at a vegan restaurant in midtown Manhattan. “I’m uploading.” Badu, in a baggy sweater, oversized eyeglasses, and giant fedora, is talking about why she hasn’t released an album of new material since 2010’s New Amerykah Part Two — and why she

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Joan Jett Loved Working With Michael J. Fox

Rock legend Joan Jett stopped by the Sundance Vulture Spot with her longtime collaborator Kenny Laguna to chat about their documentary Bad Reputation, which chronicles her incredible 40-year music career. She also reminisced about what it was like to act in the 1987 film Light of Day with actor Michael

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Darren Aronofsky Seen With a New Friend (Suki Waterhouse) and an Old One (a Scarf)

Darren Aronosky’s Mother! may have been shut out of the Oscar nominations, but at least he could take comfort in the companionship of a new friend, actress and model Suki Waterhouse, and old one, his scarf. Per the Daily Mail, Aronofsky was spotted at the Sundance Film Festival clad in

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Why Didn’t Wonder Woman Get Any Oscar Nominations?

It was a good day for blockbusters at the Academy Awards, as populist hits like Get Out, Dunkirk, and Logan all managed significant Oscar nominations. So why was Wonder Woman, a true summer phenomenon that made more money than any of those movies, unable to score a single Oscar nod?

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Dylan Farrow Slams Justin Timberlake for #TimesUp Hypocrisy

On Tuesday, “Supplies” singer Justin Timberlake had a question for Twitter: “Can someone please explain the saying, ‘You just want your cake and to eat it too.’ What else am I about to do with a cake??” Lucky for JT, Dylan Farrow popped in with a perfect answer. “The saying

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Laurie Metcalf on Her Lady Bird Oscar Nomination, and Seeing the Movie With Her Oldest Daughter

Laurie Metcalf loves Marion McPherson’s flaws. To many viewers, she’s the real main character of Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird, an every-mom who’s prickly, passive-aggressive, warm, and worn-out. “She’s not crazy, she’s just — she has a big heart,” Lady Bird (Saoirse Ronan) tells her ex-boyfriend Danny (Lucas Hedges), defending her

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Ann Curry Reveals Her Secret to Surviving All-Male Newsrooms: Profanity

It’s a man’s man’s man’s world, and there’s Ann Curry dropping F-bombs to get through it. After making Stephen Colbert blush by revealing her “baby crush” on him last night, the former Today host then told him something that might really make him clutch his pearls. Going over old war

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Black Music Is Still an Essential Part of Justin Timberlake’s Man of the Woods

Last Thursday, Justin Timberlake released “Supplies,” the second single and music video from his forthcoming album. The song itself is unremarkable — club-love lyrics and lazy, loping vocals over a generic trap beat. The video is more interesting, if only slightly — a trek through dystopia, with footholds in artifacts

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