Category: Culture of Pop
This is Hardwood and Hollywood's section for all things having to do with pop culture - movies, TV, music, interviews with celebrities, both traditional and modern, and comic books. Keep your eyes on our words as we keep our fingers on the pulse of pop culture!
Culture of Pop
Cast of 'The Lion King' Sings 'Circle of Life' on the Subway
It's showtime, let's start the show! It's showtime New York! ... If you've lived in New York City even for five minutes, then you are probably no stranger to the various types of musical performances...
Culture of Pop
Listen Up: New Album from Spoon, 'They Want My Soul'
Britt Daniel and the boys of Spoon are back after a three-year hiatus with an excellent new album, They Want My Soul . During that time Daniel teamed up with Dan Boeckner (of Wold Parade)...
Culture of Pop
Let's Send Weird Al to the Super Bowl!
What's better than having Madonna, Pharrell, Lorde, and Iggy Azalea perform at the Super Bowl Halftime Show? Having the man who's parodied them all perform, that's what! There's an honest-to-goodness real petition on change.org (...
Culture of Pop
Disclosure and Sam Smith Perform 'Latch' on Jimmy Kimmel Live
In case you missed it (and hey, we get it, we like to get a decent night's sleep sometimes, too), here's Disclosure, featuring Sam Smith, performing what many people wish was our official "2014 Song...
Culture of Pop
Ricky Gervais Takes David Brent from 'The Office' Out 'On the Road'
Is he having a laugh? It would appear so! Yesterday BBC Films announced that a feature film, Life On The Road , is in the works to catch up with David Brent , more than...
Culture of Pop
Stevie Nicks' New Album '24 Karat Gold' Due in October
Stevie Nicks, the original Gold Dust Woman, is getting ready to release a new album! On October 7, 24 Karat Gold–Songs from the Vault , which contains 16 early songs that were written by Nicks...
Culture of Pop
Steven Soderbergh's 'The Knick' Premieres Friday on Cinemax
Director/writer/producer/Dean Pelton lookalike Steven Soderbergh's last foray into television, HBO's TV movie Behind the Candelabra , went well. Like, 11-Emmys-and-two-Golden Globes well. So it was both unsurprising and glee-inducing when he announced in May of...
Culture of Pop
13 Classic and Confounding Covers of Popular Songs
Yesterday's video of Bret Michaels serenading the new Nissan vans with Lionel Richie's "Endless Love" got us thinking about cover songs. Of course there are singers and artists who have made a name for themselves...
Culture of Pop
‘The Leftovers’ Episode 6: ‘Guest’
Hope is your weakness This week on The Leftovers we were treated to another single-character storyline. This time we get to live a few days in the life of Nora Durst as she navigates the...
Culture of Pop
Bret Michaels Is Endlessly in Love with Nissan
What has happened to Donald Trump's former Apprentice? Bret Michaels, lead singer of Poison and Celebrity Apprentice mastermind behind Snapple's Trop-A-Rocka Tea, sings about his love of Nissan trucks, using the classic Lionel Richie ballad...
