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Update (8/23): The Residents have canceled their Dog Stab! 50th-Anniversary Tour due to continued concerns about the spread of Covid-19 cases from the Delta variant. While the bulk of shows will be axed, the band will keep three gigs in California: September 15th at the Regent Theater in Los Angeles, September 17th at the Castro in San Francisco, and September 18th at the Rio Theater in Santa Cruz.

In a statement, the Residents said: “What is real? Disappointment is real. And the Covid pandemic ravaging our culture is real. The Residents are real,...

The Residents will debut a special new performance, Duck Stab! Alive!, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the long-running alternative variety/music show, Night Flight. The performance will air June 5th on the Night Flight Plus app.

Duck Stab! Alive! is described in a release as a “contemporary ‘live-in-the-studio’ re-imagining” of the Residents’ 1978 album, Duck Stab! The performance was directed by video artist John Sanborn, who has regularly collaborated with the Residents since the Nineties.

Along with showing Duck Stab! Alive! the 40th-anniversary Night Flight special will include a marathon...

Last weekend, avant-garde rock collective the Residents staged their 1988 concept album, God in Three Persons, live for the first time at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

The performance found the band teaming with visual artist John Sanborn and director Travis Chamberlain, and now videos from the show have surfaced online (via Brooklyn Vegan).

God in Three Persons, as the Residents’ website details, tells the story of a slick talent manager named Mr. X who discovers a pair of Siamese twins with special healing powers and takes...

Fierce, committed and above all, tough — these are the words that collaborators use to describe producer Robin O’Hara, a longtime fixture of the New York independent film scene, who died suddenly last week after complications from cancer treatment.

When O’Hara’s business and life partner Scott Macaulay of Forensic Films posted the sad news on Facebook last Wednesday, hundreds of prominent filmmakers, former crewmembers, and friends from across the independent film world offered an outpouring of condolences, remembrances, and testimonies about O’Hara’s importance in nurturing their art and their careers.

As “Saving Face” director Alice Wu wrote, “She was brilliant and mercurial and hilarious and terrifying. She gave no fucks — unless she did give a fuck — and then she gave everything. Anyone who has been lucky enough to be in her orbit never lets go. She pushed us all … and we became better people.”

Echoing Wu,...

The Ann Arbor Film Festival celebrates its epic 53rd annual edition on March 24-29 with a colossal selection of experimental short films and features.

Feature film highlights include the documentary Speculation Nation by regular collaborators Bill Brown and Sabine Gruffat, which examines the recent Spanish housing crisis; a new ethnographic doc by Ben Russell, Greetings to the Ancestors, which plunges deep into the culture of South Africa; and Jenni Olson’s grand California study The Royal Road.

Short film highlights include the much anticipated new film by Jennifer Reeder, Blood Below the Skin, a narrative following a week in the dramatic and romantic lives of three teenage girls; a new music video by Mike Olenick called Beautiful Things with music by The Wet Things; new animations by Don Hertzfeldt, World of Tomorrow, and Lewis Klahr, Mars Garden; plus new experimental work by Vanessa Renwick, Peggy Ahwesh and Zachary Epcar.

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Review Billy Grifter 22 May 2013 - 06:01

Billy wishes a horde of zombies would show up in Revolution to shake things up a bit. Here's his review of Clue...

This review contains spoilers.

1.18 Clue

I know that regular readers of my reviews are going to wonder what recreational drugs I'd been taking before I watched Clue, but astoundingly this was the first watchable story in what seems like forever.

The clue to what we got was in the title, because this was an old-style whodunit, where lots of likely candidates were presented as being behind sabotaging Miles' attempt to intercept Bass at the tower. And the more outrageous the finger pointing, the more confident I became that the person responsible wasn't one that was remotely suspicious or guilty looking.

But before I get entirely carried away, the preamble where Nora was tortured provided the same lack of logical thinking that has pervaded the show so far.

Revolution presented its own dark take on the 1985 comedy Clue in last night’s episode, also called “Clue.” No multiple endings in this whodunnit, but there were multiple red herrings as Miles and co. tried to figure out who was offing their men on the mission to the Tower.

Who killed the Commander Ramsey and helicopter’s pilot? They’re refueling in the middle of nowhere, so it’s doubtful any local Plains Nation folk did it. Evidence at various moments points to John Sanborn (he did mysteriously escape the militia with a questionable sudden change of heart), Jason Neville...

Got a scoop request? An anonymous tip you’re dying to share? Just want to say hello? Send any/all of the above to askausiello@tvline.com

Question: Any more Smash scoop other than what was revealed in your preview story about the first two episodes? —Jc

Ausiello: Did you hear about the Will & Grace reunion that wasn’t? Because although Sean Hayes will be guest-starring on Smash, it turns out he doesn’t share a single scene with former NBC sitcom castmate Debra Messing. Was new Smash boss Josh Safran worried that putting the two together would be too on the nose?...

So long, innocent Emma: Jayma Mays is on her way to FX!

According to TVLine, the "Glee" actress has booked a multi-episode arc on "The League." Few details are known about her character.

In addition to "Glee," Mays' other TV appearances include "Heroes" and "Ugly Betty."

In other casting news...

Leland Orser and Patrick St. Esprit are headed to "Revolution." "Taken" actor Orser will play a weapon-loving scientist named John Sanborn, while "Sons Of Anarchy" actor Esprit will play rebel leader Wayne Ramsey. [EW]

Felicia Day is "Supernatural"-bound. Day is headed back for episode 11 of the CW series as the geeky Charlie Bradbury. [TVLine]

Adam Gregory is headed back to "90210." Gregory is taking another spin around Beverly Hills as bad boy Ty Collins. In Gregory's episode, we'll find out how things would have turned out for Ty if Annie (Shenae Grimes) hadn't moved to town. [TV Guide]

Andrew Dunbar is stopping by "Arrow.

Taken star Leland Orser has signed up for a role on Revolution. The actor - who plays Sam in the Liam Neeson action franchise - will appear in an upcoming episode of the NBC sci-fi drama as a scientist. His character John Sanborn is described as "tense" and loves to build weapons, according to Entertainment Weekly. Patrick St Esprit - known for his roles on Sons of Anarchy and The Chicago Code - will also join the show as Wayne Ramsey, who helps lead the rebel resistance (more)...

Actors from Taken and Sons of Anarchy are joining NBC’s Revolution.

First up is Leland Orser. He’s best known from the Taken franchise, and was a regular on ER and appeared as memorably panicked characters in Seven and Alien Resurrection. Orser will play a John Sanborn, a tense scientist who loves to build weapons.

Next is Patrick St. Esprit, who was the lumberyard owner/ex-mayoral candidate on Sons and was on The Chicago Code. He’s going to play Wayne Ramsey, a tough leader in the rebel resistance against Gen. Monroe.

Both parts are possible-recurring guest star slots on the fall breakout drama,...