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When journalist Brian Anderson acquired a crumbling speaker monitor from the Grateful Dead’s legendary 1974 Wall of Sound via a Sotheby’s auction, it wasn’t just memorabilia he was after. The former science editor at The Atlantic was seeking a portal, both physical and metaphorical, into Grateful Dead history. A way back to a moment when, as bassist Phil Lesh wrote in his 2005 memoir Searching for the Sound, “from the beginning every one of our moves was powered by deep waves in the group unconscious, these mighty currents were moving us in a singular direction toward a musical polar opposite.”

If that sounds a bit out there, that’s because it was. The Grateful Dead charted the musical and psychedelic terrain of the 1960s counterculture. By the early ’70s, they were searching for new ways to innovate and to forge a deeper communion with their audience.

The Wall of Sound...

The hit manga Mashle: Magic and Muscles will end in a few days.

According to Manga Mogura Re, the Harry Potter parody fantasy adventure manga Mashle will end in Weekly Shōnen Jump's upcoming Issue 31. The last chapter, Chapter 162, will release on Sunday, July 2. Volume 18, the final volume of the series, will release on Oct. 4.

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"Mashle" by Hajime Komoto will end monday in the upcoming Weekly Shounen Jump issue 31/2023. Vol.17 will be out July, 4 and Final Vol.18 and Fanbook will be out both October, 4. English release @VIZMedia French release @CRManga_FR pic.twitter.com/VEqwC1vrTI — Manga Mogura Re (@MangaMoguraRE) June 28, 2023 Magic vs. Mash's Mighty Muscles

Written and illustrated by Hajime Kōmoto, Mashle: Magic and Muscles premiered on Weekly Shōnen Jump in January 2020. Set in a world where a person's place in society is dictated by...

Expect an outrageous amount of scoring and not a whole lot of defense as the NBA’s best play in the 72nd All-Star Game at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City on Sunday, February 19, at 8:30/7:30c on TNT. For the first time, the All-Star Draft—in which captains Giannis Antetokounmpo and LeBron James select their teams from a pool of Eastern and Western Conference players—will take place directly before the game on Sunday at 7:30/6:30c on TNT. Eastern Conference Pool All-Star Starters Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks (Captain) Joel Embiid, Philadelphia 76ers Kyrie Irving, Dallas Mavericks (with Brooklyn Nets at time of All-Star selection) Donovan Mitchell, Cleveland Cavaliers Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics Western Conference Pool All-Star Starters LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers (Captain) Luka Doncic, Dallas Mavericks Lauri Markkanen, Utah Jazz Ja Morant, Memphis Grizzlies Nikola Jokic, Denver Nuggets Brian Anderson calls the All-Star Game play-by-play...

Fire Emblem fans have plenty of reasons to be excited about the recently-released Fire Emblem Engage. Not only is it the latest entry into the famous strategy franchise, but it’s really a return to form for Fire Emblem after the series experimented with a few different ideas. It also features a massive roster of characters voiced by some pretty notable actors.

Seriously, Engage’s voice cast is impressive. It’s one thing to boast a roster of named and notable characters quite so large, and it’s quite another to give most of those characters their own name and voice. While you may only recognize the names of a few Fire Emblem voice actors on paper, you’ll almost certainly recognize many of them the moment you hear them in-game.

So whether you can’t quite place why that name is so familiar, or you just want a little...

Last we saw the titular professor-turned-cat cafe owner (Mayim Bialik) in the Call Me Kat Season 2 finale, she was visiting Paris to contemplate what she wants out of love and life. And when she returns to the U.S. in the third season, it sounds like she’ll have a clearer vision of what that is: a man named Brian Anderson, played by Parker Young. Young will first appear in Episode 4, airing October 20, according to TVLine. Apparently, Kat returns “feeling refreshed and ready to ascertain what she wants from life… and whether her future includes a journey to motherhood.” The United States Of Al alum will play the new object of Kat’s affection during her quest to have a baby. The second season finale saw Kat’s previous love interest Max (Cheyenne Jackson) leave Louisville for a music career in Nashville. Bialik has been busy hosting Jeopardy! after previously...

Is Call Me Kat‘s titular café proprietor ready to have a litter of her own?

TVLine can exclusively reveal that Parker Young (United States of Al, Imposters) will guest-star in an upcoming episode of the Mayim Bialik comedy as Brian Anderson, a man that Kat becomes infatuated with on her mission to have a child.

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Yes, you read that right. Kat’s contemplating motherhood. “After...

Brian Anderson spent the 90s as a tabloid press photographer in Scotland. He’s also known for his street photography of Glasgow and portraits of notorious crime figures, but recently moved into film production with the documentary Kick Out the Jams: The Story of Xfm, about the celebrated radio station which dominated the indie portion of the frequency spectrum in the 90s. Here he talks us through his early pictures and relives some of the excitement of the Britpop era

• Kick Out the Jams: The Story of Xfm is released on 2 September on digital platforms, and has a screening plus Q&a on 31 August at Picturehouse Central, London.

FX’s “Fosse/Verdon” dominated the first round of Directors Guild of America TV nominations, landing three in the TV movie/limited series — for directors Jessica Yu, Minkie Spiro and Thomas Kail.

Yu, Spiro and Kail will face off against “Chernobyl” director Johan Renck, who won the Emmy for that HBO limited series in September. Also up for the award are “El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie” director Vince Gilligan and “When They See Us” director Ava DuVernay, both for Netflix projects.

But the big news Monday was the DGA’s decision to hold back on revealing nominations in other key categories, including drama and comedy. The org said nomination announcements for the Comedy Series, Dramatic Series and Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials categories will be announced on Friday, Jan. 10 “due to a re-vote related to a newly implemented electronic entry submissions process.”

Last week it was revealed that “Transparent” creator...

The Directors Guild unveiled nominations Monday in its limited series categories for the 72nd DGA Awards (see list below). But due to what it calls “a re-vote related to a newly implemented electronic entry submissions process,” the series noms aren’t out today.

But just last week, the guild announced that Jill Soloway — a DGA Award winner for her work on Transparent — has had the Amazon comedy’s chances of landing one final Directors Guild of America nomination forseries hampered by an internal DGA error. “We regret to inform you that the following entry was inadvertently omitted from the Comedy Series ballot: #165a. Transparent Musicale Finale, Jill Soloway,” the DGA wrote in an email to members, offering those who wish to recast their vote in this category to do so following a link.

The DGA said its nomination announcements for the Comedy Series, Dramatic Series and Variety/Talk/News/Sports...