Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor The dojos have mojo: “Cobra Kai” Season 5, the latest installment in the popular “Karate Kid” sequel TV series on Netflix, currently has a perfect 100% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes. All 10 episodes of the fifth season, which stars Ralph Macchio and William Zabka (reprising their roles from the original “Karate Kid” movies), were binge-released Sept. 9 on Netflix. As of Friday, “Cobra Kai” Season 5 registered a 100% Tomatometer score, based on Rotten Tomatoes’ aggregation of 37 reviews. Season 1 of “Cobra Kai” also has a 100% critics score on the site, while seasons 2 and 3 have a 90% critics score and S4 clocks in at 95%. By comparison, many other recent TV premieres have Tomatometer scores in the 80s. Those include Disney+’s “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law” (88%); Netflix’s “The Sandman” (87%); FX/Hulu’s “The Patient” (86%); HBO’s “House of the Dragon” (85%); and Prime Video’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” (84%).
Watch Eddie Vedder mark Joe Strummer’s 70th birthday with ‘Long Shadow’ cover
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Eddie Vedder has covered Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros’ track ‘Long Shadow’ to mark the late Clash musician’s 70th birthday – you can watch Vedder’s rendition below.‘Long Shadow’ was originally released in October 2003 on the album ‘Streetcore’, which was completed following Strummer’s death in December 2002.Vedder, who fronts Pearl Jam, has shared a campfire cover of ‘Long Shadow’ to mark Strummer’s 70th birthday yesterday (August 21).“I just think that what Joe did with the Mescaleros and those records, those songs and those words, it was a very communal sound,” Vedder said of Strummer and his band at the end of his performance.“I think when you have a communal sound, the listener feels like they can be part of that community.
I can only imagine that he facilitated thousands and thousands of connections.”A new box set celebrating Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros’ music is set to be released next month.‘Joe Strummer 002: The Mescaleros Years’ marks the first time that a comprehensive anthology of the band’s work has been released.Speaking about the project, Strummer’s widow Lucinda Tait, who serves as an executive producer on the box set, said: “There’s so much great music that Joe left us in his archive.“To focus on Joe’s work with The Mescaleros was the natural second step on ‘002’ because those songs he made with them just seemed to resonate so strongly and reinvigorated his connection with his audience at a level he hadn’t experienced since his days with The Clash.”
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William Earl Welcome to Variety’s Weekend Reads, a weekly collection of deep dives, long reads, analysis, reviews and commentary from Variety’s print and digital platforms. Curated by Variety.com editor William Earl, this is your guide to can’t-miss Variety content that is well worth your attention. Subscribe to Weekend Reads and other newsletters here. Today marks the 70th birthday of one of the most creative artists ever seen on television: Paul Reubens, whose Pee-wee Herman persona gave decades of kids the courage to foster their weird imaginations. In the late ’70s, Reubens developed the childlike character at the Groundlings. In 1981, he got his own HBO special based off of his stage show. Fueled by his increasing popularity on late show segments, Reubens made a splash in Variety via a 1984 concert review of Pee-Wee Herman playing the iconic Carnegie Hall.
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