Certain great voices have the power to be both reassuringly familiar and to transport you somewhere dreamy. British Trinidadian R&B pop legend Billy Ocean definitely possesses that quality; at Ocean’s packed Royal Albert Hall date, it seemed apt that we heard him before we saw him – his unmistakably warm, rich voice flowed from the wings, prompting delighted cheers for the opening number: 1980 groove Are You Ready.
— “Women Make Film”: Fourteen weeks of movies centered on a 14-hour documentary and featuring showings of some 100 films from 44 counties, “Women Make Film” is an appropriately mammoth TV event. On Tuesday at 8 p.m. EDT, TCM will debut Mark Cousins’ personal and impassioned journey through the cinema of female filmmakers, with narrators including Tilda Swinton, Jane Fonda, Thandie Newton and Debra Winger. Along with it, the network every Tuesday through early December will air films by the li
Frank Ocean’s Blonde enters the Billboard 200 at #1 this week, displacing the Suicide Squad soundtrack. The album sold 232K copies in traditional album sales, which is the third-biggest one-week sales total so far this year. It’s topped only by Drake’s Views (852K) and Beyoncé’s Lemonade (485K). But both of those artists had long strings of #1 albums behind them. Ocean’s sales tally is the greatest for an artist who hadn’t had a previous #1 album since the Weeknd’s Beauty Behind the Madness star
Things are a little different this week: Justin's on his way to Honduras (true story!) and Ludwig is at a South African gaming expo (no, seriously) so Chris is joined by Joystiq's own Griffin McElroy and Dave Hinkle for what's sure to be remembered as the Most Important Joystiq Podcast Ever. Why? Because we talk about major flaws affecting every major gaming platform, Billy Ocean, Blast Corps, and getting served.
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