Best TV Shows of 2021

Manori Ravindran International EditorWhile it feels like eons since “Parasite” director Bong Joon-ho, in accepting his Golden Globe in January 2020, encouraged American audiences to “overcome the one-inch tall barrier of subtitles,” the strides made in the last two years have only underlined the filmmaker’s message: film and television is well and truly international now, so get on board.

Variety TV critic Caroline Framke chose Netflix’s “High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America” as her favorite — while Peter Jackson’s “The Beatles: Get Back” was hailed as one of the best rock documentaries ever.Documentaries frequently blur categories between film and TV so it should come as no surprise that there’s overlap within the non-fiction realm as well.

System Of A Down and Korn have announced a pair of new US headline shows for 2022.The two new concerts in San Diego and Phoenix come alongside rescheduled dates for the bands’ long-awaited shows in Los Angeles.Originally planned for May last year, the LA gigs have been postponed due to the pandemic three times, most recently when Serj Tankian tested positive for COVID on the day the first show was set to take place.The two shows at LA’s Banc Of California stadium, which see them supported by

It’s been a tradition for years now and it continues in 2021—former President of the United States, Barack Obama, has released his top films of the year. And as with previous years, it’s a healthy mix of high-profile gems and things that may have fallen under the radar that he clearly wants to put some extra shine on.

MasterChef reboot – nobody knows where he came from or why they chose him for that, because he often treats gourmet food as if it’s someone he’s shouting at through a car window – and now he’s sort of a national treasure, I guess. He lost a significant amount of weight and now he poses topless a lot on Instagram.

Jack White has announced two London shows as part of his 2022 world tour – find all the details below.The former White Stripes frontman announced two new albums – ‘Fear Of The Dawn’ (out April 8) and ‘Entering Heaven Alive’ (July 22) – last month, having returned with the single ‘Taking Me Back’ in October.Today (December 10) White confirmed an extensive run of headline shows in support of the double record release, dubbed ‘The Supply Chain Issue Tour’.He’ll begin with a string of North American

The African American Film Critics Association said Wednesday that it has selected Netflix’s Western The Harder They Fall as its film of the year. It leads a Top 10 list that also includes King Richard, Respect, The Tragedy of Macbeth, Passing, Belfast, Who We Are, House of Gucci, The Power of the Dog and West Side Story.

BIBI has dropped a seductive new music video for her English-language single ‘The Weekend’.Earlier today (December 6), the musician unveiled the tantalising new video via the YouTube channel of Asian-American label 88rising.

Respect director Liesl Tommy was joined by writer Tracey Scott Wilson, cinematographer Kramer Morgenthau and production designer Ina Mayhew at Deadline’s Contenders: New York award-season event Saturday to discuss their movie about legendary singer Aretha Franklin.

Adele‘s new album ’30’ has opened at the top of the US charts, with 839,000 equivalent album units sold, according to MRC Data.This marks the biggest opening sales of 2021, landing ahead of Drake’s ‘Certified Lover Boy‘, which opened with 613,000 units in September.The US figures comprise 692,000 album sales (487,000 physical albums and 205,000 digital albums), as well as 141,000 SEA units (based on 185.4 million streams) and 6,000 TEA (track equivalent albums).

The 2021 American Music Awards were full of electric performances, stunning looks, and appearances from Hollywood’s biggest names. Here are some of our favorite tweets celebrating the best moments from the night!This was the best night of my life and I wasn’t even there.

Adele‘s new album ’30’ has become the biggest selling album in the US in 2021 after just three days.More than 500,000 copies of the singer’s fourth studio effort were sold between November 19-21, according to Billboard. She’s already sold more than Taylor Swift’s 2020 album ‘Evermore’, which had shifted 462,000 copies as of last week.Adele also beat Swift to the biggest sales week of 2021, beating ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’, which sold 369,000 copies in its debut week.In a three-star review of