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— Cher (@cher) August 8, 2018

-Cher posted the above 40 second clip to her twitter today.

-It's a cover of ABBA's "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"

-No concrete release date yet, but album is likely due out this September.


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What does it feel like to walk through a dead mall? It’s a complicated blend of nostalgia, sorrow and magnificence. There’s no greater reminder of your own mortality than to see your childhood literally crumbling to the ground. Yet in the case of Sunrise Mall in Corpus Christi, TX, it’s hard to wallow in the loss of a magical era when tropical plants are green and thriving, and reflective surfaces are shining with sunlight.

Sunrise Mall is the very mall where the 1985 classic The Legend of Billie Jean was filmed. Raise your hand if you remember Billie Jean’s backpack filled with marbles in the infamous chase scene?! As Dan Bell notes in his Dead Mall series tour of Sunrise Mall, “There are many, many films that have been shot in malls. The difference between those films and The Legend of Billie Jean, and specifically the mall locations, is either the malls are gone or they’ve been renovated to a point where it’s not even recognizable…This may be the only mall from the ’80s where they shot a film where it looks exactly the same.”

Do yourself a favor and check out Dan Bell’s tour of the mall… he juxtaposes his shots of specific locations with the same locations as they appear in the 1985 film. You won’t believe how little this mall has changed! Since Bell’s tour, there have been a couple of big changes. For one thing, the iconic fountain is no longer running (scroll down for images of this amazing water feature).

Another change: the upstairs is basically closed off (and stifling from the minimal air conditioning in this mall). I managed to get past some signage and snap a shot or two of storefronts, but there are floor-to-ceiling barricades upstairs that make it impossible to get a thorough tour of the mall.

So what was it like walking into this space after wanting to see it for so long? The first thing to hit me when heading through the entrance closest to the parking garage was a wave of cigarette smoke (an employee who’d been smoking out front had recently re-entered the mall). This definitely contributed to the retro feel! The corridors are as sparse as you’d expect from a dead mall, but the main area, with its abundance of greenery and glass, is unbelievably bright and welcoming. In other words, after a few footsteps, I was totally transported back in time to the glory days of this mall. It’s not hard to imagine Sunrise Mall at its most popular.

From the arched skylight windows and wooden railings to the bold angles and curved tile pattern, ’80s flourishes abound in this spectacular space. The mall opened in February of 1981, and its late ’70s/early ’80s roots definitely show. The stone and tile work alone are modern marvels.

And then there’s the fountain…the one Helen Slater runs across in that iconic Legend of Billie Jean chase scene. Many if not all of the fountain plants are now faux, but there’s something about the tile and the remnants of blue paint (not an original feature) that make this fountain seem alive on some level. It’s begging for a starring role in an ’80s fashion shoot!

Moving past the unforgettable main atrium, Sunrise Mall has a LOT more to offer ’80s design enthusiasts. In his tour, Dan Bell points to the amazing chairs and tables that haven’t changed since the ’80s. These are the chairs that were on my patio when I was a kid. I’d completely forgotten about them until I spotted them during my visit:

Other standout ’80s features to fixate on include slanted wood paneling, Deco details and brass trim. There’s also an abundance of geometric windows. Here are more photos to enjoy…

For those of us who spent weekends in the ’80s and ’90s basically living at the mall, the dead mall experience takes on an added weight. Times change and trends change. Columns crumble and chain stores close their metal security grilles one last time. But that doesn’t make walking through a deteriorating past any less bizarre.

A 2015 Washington Post piece by Emily Badger titled “Why no one likes indoor malls anymore” notes that the new city center-style outdoor malls represent a revitalization of the old urban downtowns. There’s a true community center feel. There are refreshing benefits to this format. Badger writes, “The mall that’s dying is, in fact, a specific kind of mall: It’s enclosed, with an anonymous, windowless exterior, wrapped in yards of parking, located off a highway interchange. It’s the kind of place where you easily lose track of time and all connection to the outside world, where you could once go to experience air conditioning if you didn’t have it at home.”

There’s nothing in this article that I don’t agree with, and this interpretation of evolving mall culture is shared by many. It’s nice to have a city center-style downtown feel when you’re stuck in the suburbs. I just wish I could have my cake and eat it too…the rise of the outdoor shopping center AND the revitalization of indoor malls.

To someone who was a kid in the ’80s, the loss of a childhood mall is substantial. There was something magical in going someplace where the outside world faded away. And losing track of time was absolutely blissful. Indoor malls were totally fabricated, but when the design was THAT good and each storefront (and the beautifully designed products inside) represented a brand’s bold vision, the experience was unreal…in the best possible way. To see that glorious vision barricaded and forgotten can be heartbreaking.

But there’s also something undeniably significant about walking through a dead mall, like you’re witnessing an important piece of history in this demise. Sometimes all you can do is visit these locations before they crumble any more, camera in hand, reimagining the space at the height of its impact on shoppers with what memories are left from childhood.

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Kid Fury to Develop HBO Comedy Series With Lena Waithe Producing (EXCLUSIVE) https://t.co/FM2VWIy1Ek

— Variety (@Variety) July 30, 2018

Kid Fury is set to write and co-produce the show which is centered around a sarcastic gay black man navigating adulthood in NYC and dealing with undiagnosed clinical depression. It's described as a surreal dark comedy.

So far, there's no title or release date.

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this is amazing! he's come so fucking far. i feel like we're about to get a gay, NYC version of Atlanta and i'm here for it.

“I´m wearing flea market and second-hand clothes except for Air Max 97 sneakers and Gosha tee. Usually, I wear more colors and less black. At the moment I´m inspired by irc-galleria, shittityyli, and small towns. I keep my wardrobe compact and try to do my best to avoid unnecessary consuming.”

8 June 2018, Sideways Festival

“I'm wearing a shirt from Polar Skate Co., Levi`s 501 jeans, a jacket from H&M, and Nike Air Max 95 shoes. My style is inspired by Tokyo street style, individual clothing pieces, and makeup looks. My style philosophy is to dress the way you feel at that moment and don´t try too hard. My current favorites are straight leg pants, statement shoes, and oversized jackets.”

8 June 2018, Sideways Festival

Last month, the Long Island dance-pop experimentalists Mr Twin Sister came back with "Jaipur," their first new song in years. We still don't know if it was a one-off or the beginning of a larger project, but today, they've shared another new single. More »

Why did the cool toys only come out AFTER I entered middle age?!?! Logo reports that the most exciting project to be unveiled at this year’s Comic-Con is the trailer for NOTHING. It’s toys! Picture it, San Diego, 2018 – Dorothy, Sophia, Blanche, Rose. The Golden Girls are now action figures! You (and I guess your kids, but they’ll have no idea what to do with elderly female action figures, so probably just them to you) can now own the four sassiest ladies in Dade County. And they are expensive. But c’mon, to actually have them in your home is priceless! (They better come with a plastic cheesecake.)

The new Golden Girls set is already available for pre-order for $114.99, and it will hit store shelves in the first quarter of next year.

Will there be an “out on the lanai” playset?

The figures are “highly articulated” so you can imagine and act out all of those sexy Blanche scenes that they couldn’t show on NBC in the 80’s. There’s no Mel Bushman figure yet, so you might have to settle for pairing her with G.I. Joe.

Official #goldengirls pics from the new #neca 8 inch action figure line. #sdcc

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The tracklist for the highly anticipated new Ariana Grande album 'Sweetener' was posted on the album's Instagram account today. It features all the hit singles, and new tracks like "Borderline", "Get Well Soon", and "Pete".

The album is out everywhere August 17th.

Ariana Grande has unveiled the tracklist for her highly anticipated fourth studio album — "Sweetener.”

The album is set for an August 17th release. pic.twitter.com/lOYqUe5hhS

— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) July 19, 2018

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Average movie ticket price jumps to record high of $9.38 in second quarter https://t.co/gBortBW6bp

— Variety (@Variety) July 18, 2018

• Average ticket prices in North America rose to $9.38 in the second quarter of 2018, which is a 43 cent increase from this time last year, when the average was $8.95.


• Cities like LA and NYC routinely top $10, but these figures include all markets.


• The domestic box office is coming off of a record quarter, with sequels like Avengers: Infinity War and Deadpool 2 making truckloads of money.

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How much is a movie ticket at your favorite theater? Does the price of a ticket dictate how much you go to the movies?

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The magnificent Jeff Goldblum statue in London! 

Yes, that pug is pregnant now. Pray for those pug’s down-low parts, because in (insert however many months it takes for a statue/canine fetus to fully bake) a giant metal statue with a puppy pug face is going to come out of there.

When I first read this morning that a 25-foot-long almost-shirtless Jeff Goldblum statue caused erections by getting erected in front of Tower Bridge in London, I tried to remember if I read about England suffering from a drought. Because the only reason I could think of for a 25-foot-long almost-shirtless Jeff Goldblum statue is to cure a drought by summoning a million coochie geysers. But CNET says that the statue of JG sensually lounging as Dr. Ian Malcolm, his Jurassic Park character, is some marketing shit for the 25th anniversary of the movie. CNET delivered the details of the statue, but they failed at delivering the details we care about, like how long that bulge is.

The giant statue of Goldblum stands at over 9.8 feet (3 meters) high and nearly 23 feet (7 meters) long, and weighs in at 331 lbs (150 kilograms). The impressive statue took over six weeks and 250 painstaking hours to make.

And here’s another glorious image of the glorious Jeff Goldblum statue, and from this angle he sort of looks like my uncle. Just put a Corona in his hand and put a front yard TV in front of him, and he would be my uncle. Just think of how much tongue gunk that nipple is going to get covered with from people climbing up to lick it? A new disease is going to sprout up thanks to that inviting Goldblum nip knob:

It’s both a little scary and sexy. If you stare into its eyes, you don’t know whether your whole body is going to turn to stone or just your peen or clit.

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The co-stars of that movie we have no intention of ever seeing came out to celebrate its premiere, darlings. Since we’re not going to buy a ticket, the least we could do is offer our opinions on their outfits, wouldn’t you say?

 

Carla Gugino

Normally we might find the butt-ruffle a bit unnecessary, but given the type of movie this is, not to mention how relatively plain the rest of the dress is, we find ourselves not minding it too much. It just needs to be reduced in size by about a third. It’s the sandals that truly bug. The color and style are completely wrong.

Pablo Schreiber in Etro

Big kudos to him for choosing an unconventional suit. It’s a shame the fit is off in the shoulders and chest. It’s giving him ladyhips.

 

 

Neve Campbell in Barney Cheng

Not to be total bitches about it or anything, but she doesn’t get the chance to walk that many big-budget premiere red carpets, so we can appreciate why she’d want to glam it tf up. Personally, we think there are fresher ways to do a glittering Hollywood look than this. The style comes off a bit aging to our eyes. And we can’t say we love the mismatched metallics or the abundance of design elements. A little editing is called for.
 

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Mr. Jackson. We are impressed.

 

 

We have decided to take this as a fashion-based wish for a Happy PRIDE, for which we are very grateful.

We’re joking, because we don’t actually know if there’s a rainbow message being sent here. All we know is that this suit is RIDICULOUSLY fabulous and that there’s a .001% of the population who can wear it and look crazy-hot instead of a little silly. This suit found its wearer – and vice versa. What a stunningly photogenic look; what an admirably bold choice. He’s even getting away with all the undone buttons, although we wish someone had pulled up on the shirt collar a little so it could stand up. That most minor of nitpicks is the only negative thought we have. He looks gorgeous.

 

 

 

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Will Ferrell will star in a new comedy for Netflix about the Eurovision Song Contest. The film, called Eurovision, will be co-written by Ferrell and Andrew Steele, as Deadline reports. More »

Along with her fellow ex-Mousketeers Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera proved to be one of the most durable hit-makers of the Y2K-era teen-pop explosion. Long after most of their peers found alternate careers in show business or disappeared from pop culture entirely, these artists kept sending singles to the top 10. Spears survived … More »

A 19 year-old girl got her head stuck in a tailpipe after getting too drunk this past weekend at the Winstock Country Music Festival in Minnesota. There isn’t really a subtle way to introduce that. I imagine the conversation that led to this insane scene went something like this: "Wow that's a huge tailpipe. I … More »

We're celebrating the LGBT movies that broke serious ground, opened hearts, and pushed cinema forward Happy #Pride2018 https://t.co/ki8JHcoDL4

— Rotten Tomatoes (@RottenTomatoes) June 10, 2018

Every website/publication/person with a Twitter has a list of favorite LGBT films, and Rotten Tomatoes is no exception. Not sure how they arranged their choices - they aren't ordered by freshness scores - but here are some of their picks!




#142 Set it Off (63% Fresh)

Plot Summary: After being fired from her job as a bank teller, Frankie (Vivica A. Fox) begins working at a janitorial service with her friends Tisean (Kimberly Elise), a single mother; Cleo (Queen Latifah), a boisterous lesbian; and Stony (Jada Pinkett), who is dealing with the recent death of her brother. The women are struggling with their finances, so they decide to start robbing banks. At first the group is successful, but they soon attract the attention of an obsessive detective (John C. McGinley).

Critics Consensus: It may not boast an original plot, but Set It Off is a satisfying, socially conscious heist film thanks largely to fine performances from its leads.



#104 Gia (92% Fresh)

Plot Summary: Gia Carangi (Angelina Jolie) travels to New York City with dreams of becoming a fashion model. Within minutes of arriving, she meets Wilhelmina Cooper (Faye Dunaway), a wise and high-powered agent who takes Gia under her wing. With Cooper's help and her own natural instincts, Gia quickly shoots to the top of the modeling world. When Cooper dies of lung cancer, however, Gia turns to drugs -- and both she and her career begin to spiral out of control.



#69 Other People (87% Fresh)

Plot Summary: A struggling comedy writer in New York City (Jesse Plemons) returns home to Sacramento to care for his dying mother (Molly Shannon) in this affecting family drama from Saturday Night Live writer Chris Kelly, marking his directorial debut.

Critics Consensus: Other People resists easy melodrama, rewarding viewers with a smart, subtle look at family dynamics with a talented cast and a finely calibrated blend of funny and serious moments.



#37 Pariah (94% Fresh)

Plot Summary: Teenage Alike (Adepero Oduye) lives in Brooklyn's Fort Greene neighborhood with her parents (Charles Parnell, Kim Wayans) and younger sister (Sahra Mellesse). A lesbian, Alike quietly embraces her identity and is looking for her first lover, but she wonders how much she can truly confide in her family, especially with her parents' marriage already strained. When Alike's mother presses her to befriend a colleague's daughter (Aasha Davis), Alike finds the gal to be a pleasant companion.

Critics Consensus: Pulsing with authenticity and led by a stirring lead performance from Adepero Oduye, Pariah is a powerful coming out/coming-of-age film that signals the arrival of a fresh new talent in writer/director Dee Rees.



#5 God's Own Country (99% Fresh)

Plot Summary: A young farmer numbs his frustrations with drinking and casual sex until a Romanian migrant worker sets him on a new path.

Critics Consensus: A quiet, moving rumination on loneliness and newfound intimacy, God's Own Country marks an outstanding directorial debut for Francis Lee.

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Oh thank GOD. Sorry to be melodramatic about it, but her recent foray into romanticism in her red carpetry did not give us the gay tingles. She looked fine in it, but that’s because she can look fine in a fairly wide range of styles. The lady can work almost anything when she puts her mind to it. But the really bold, slightly hard-edged realm of style? That’s hers to rule.

 

 

Nice to see you back on the throne, queen.

This is stunning. We can’t imagine we won’t consider it among the more memorable looks of the year. There’s not a thing we’d change about the styling here. From the matchy bag to the bold makeup to the slicked-back hair, it’s all working to give us a push-pull of elements that blend to make a uniquely gorgeous whole.

 

 

 

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Styled by Karla Welch | Hair by Chris McMillan | Makeup by Adam Breuchaud

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Today's Prince's birthday; if he hadn't so shockingly died a couple of years ago, he'd be 60 now. And not coincidentally, today's the day that Prince's estate has announced the previously-teased release of the never-before-heard live album Piano & A Microphone '83, which is coming out this fall. The nine-song, 35-minute album is a … More »

Netflix is taking a page from NBC's playbook. After two TV movies based on Dolly Parton songs on the broadcast network, the streaming giant has picked up an eight-episode scripted anthology with the same premise. The untitled Parton anthology will see each episode based on a song by the country music icon. Parton will serve … More »

“I’m wearing some Monki pieces, thrifted pajama pants, shoes unbranded and the bag is from Italy. Illustrations, other people, everyday life and interesting clothes, in general, inspire my style. My current favorites are a Korean brand called Neon Moon, light blue, my hair color, and a designer called Ana Ljubincović.”

23 May 2018, Koe18

”Everything I’m wearing is from UFF, I just repainted the shoes and ripped the sleeves of the blazer. At the moment I like vintage Comme des Garçons, oversized blazers, and gender-free dressing.”

23 May 2018, Koe18