Bitch

After a cold open poking fun at Congress’ bonkers antisemitism hearing and Adam Driver delivering a piano-driven serenade during his monologue that took shots at Tesla Cybertruck buyers, Saturday Night Live musical guest Olivia Rodrigo flexed her own piano (and vocal) skills with a twinkling-the-ivories rendition of her hit single “vampire.” The Rolling Stone cover star exhibited her delicate-yet-powerful vocals during the slow-burning piano-serenade version of the tune: “I used to think I was smart/But…

On August 5, 2003, the Fox network premiered The O.C., a teen drama set against the lush backdrop of Newport Beach, California, about the chaos that ensues when wealthy lawyer Sandy Cohen (Peter Gallagher) takes Ryan Atwood (Ben McKenzie), a kid from the wrong side of the tracks, to live with his family in their huge McMansion. The show was an instant sensation, making stars out of McKenzie, Mischa Barton (as fragile Newport princess Marissa Cooper), Adam Brody (as Sandy’s nerdy son Seth), and Rachel Bilson (as Seth’s…

BIA is officially “That Bitch.” On Friday, the Massachusetts artist released her latest single—a drill empowerment song produced by Timbaland. After a three-week lull, she’s coming back strong as she gears up for a slew of releases she says are “definitely experimental.”The cover art for “I’m That Bitch” is directly inspired by Missy Elliott’s 1999 album Da Real World, which saw the iconic rapper rocking a white button-up with a black tie and black corset on top. BIA’s version brings that same boss babe attitude; styled…

Actor-writer-director Bill Posley (best known for his scripts for Cobra Kai) is clearly having a bit of fun with this cheap and (presumably intentionally) cheesy horror romp. An opening framing device has a purring Tony Todd introducing the story in the style of hosts like Alfred Hitchcock or, more recently, Guillermo del Toro, evoking the “’hood horror stories of old” like Blacula (1972), Bones (2001) and Candyman (1992) to set the stage for some Afrocentric scares. This film, he boasts, is the story of the first black…