Capital Radio, 8-19-24: Elvis Week and More
It’s a little maudlin to celebrate the anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley every year, instead of just on his January birthday. But that’s when the recently completed Elvis…
Monday: Biden Keynotes Democratic Convention
At an event where less than a month ago he was expected to be accepting the nomination, President Biden will instead give a kind of handoff speech on the opening…
Sunday TV: On HBO, ‘Chimp Crazy’ Indeed
From the director of “Lion King,” here’s a closer look at one of the eccentric characters who popped up in that series, exotic animal broker Tonia Haddix, in “Chimp Crazy”…
Saturday: Jerry Lewis Marathon, Not Telethon
A reminder that there will no Jerry Lewis Telethon on Labor Day (and there hasn’t been one in 10 years). To compensate, there’s a whole Jerry Lewis marathon on Turner…
Friday TV: Wahlberg Meets Berry in ‘The Union’
Mark Wahlberg plays a New Jersey construction worker recruited into the spy business by an ex-girlfriend, who happens to be played by Halle Berry, in the new film “The Union”…
Thursday TV: Awkafina, John Cena in ‘Jackpot!’
Awkwafina stars as the winner of a futuristic lotto who now has to avoid being killed in the comedy “Jackpot!” (Prime Video, streaming). John Cena and Simu Liu also star…
Wednesday TV: Vince Vaughn in ‘Bad Monkey’
It’s good to have Vince Vaughn back as a detective (albeit suspended) in a new series adaptation of Carl Hiaasen’s “Bad Monkey” (Apple TV+, streaming). He’s got the right slouchy…
Tuesday TV: Another Race Story from Boston
A city with a fraught racial history faces the issues anew when a Black woman who was bussed as a child to a hostile neighborhood, becomes Boston’s acting mayor ahead…
Capital Radio 8-12-24: The Tim Walz Playlist
We welcome Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as the Democratic vice presidential nominee with nine songs working the puns about his name, another handful employing his go-to GOP descriptor, weird; as…
Monday TV: Horrors of the Greek Life
Back to school means back to hazing at some sororities and fraternities, the dark side of which is collected in the new documentary series “Houses of Horror: Secrets of College…