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This season, Ryan Murphy’s bloodshot gaze switches from witches, asylums, and freak shows to hospitality—or rather, the lack of it. American Horror Story ’s fifth iteration, premiering tonight on FX, takes place in and around the fictional Hotel Cortez , a rundown Art Deco pile in Los Angeles. It’s Murphy’s most ambitious season yet, with an entire two- story building created from scratch on a Hollywood soundstage, where his regular crew of rep players like Sarah Paulson and Denis O’Hare can act out the creator’s gory, surreal fantasies. This season, those include forests of hypodermic needles, a serial killer whose drill bit has been customized in ways that would make Freud blush , and the misguided belief that new series headliner Lady Gaga can act well enough to evoke anyone other than, well, Lady Gaga. But like so many of Murphy’s showy doses of slasher clichés, a hotel is an astute setting for a series like this. It co-opts our primal, but much tamped-down, anxiety about stayi...

Lead Steve Martin 's METEOR SHOWER on Broadway" src="https://newimages.bwwstatic.com/upload11/1664708/files/banner(1).jpg" width="400" style="float: left;" /> BroadwayWorld has just officially learned that Steve Martin's new play METEOR SHOWER will be coming to Broadway's Booth Theatre this fall starring Emmy and Peabody Award- winning comedian Amy Schumer , Tony- winner Laura Benanti , another Emmy and Peabody Award-winner Keegan-Michael Key, and Alan Tudyk. Previews begin Wednesday , November 1, 2017 at Broadway's Booth Theatre ( 222 West 45th Street ). Opening night is set for Wednesday, November 29. Schumer and Benanti's involvement in the show had been reported earlier this summer , Key is currently starring opposite Oscar Isaac in the Public Theatre 's HAMLET, and has reportedly enjoyed getting back to the stage following his years on the TV show KEY & PEELE. Key began his career in improv. Meteor Shower, which ...

Photo:  Mike Cicchetti/Flickr  All of musical greats make their way through the Big Apple at one point or another, making NYC one of the best locations for catching pop and rock shows. Whether you like the big names or go more for the rising talent of the music industry , be sure to snag tickets to these weekend New York City pop and rock shows compiled by City Guide. Total Yuppies, Comfy, Leg Days, Noods - Brooklyn Bazaar August 25, 2017 - Brooklyn TOTAL YUPPIES (rochester, NY) fuzzy n' loud emphatic indie rock . https://totalyuppies.bandcamp.com COMFY (philadelphia, PA) make-ya-feel-real rock n' roll. https://comfy.bandcamp.com LEG DAYS (brooklyn, NY) kicked-in-the- teeth melodic punk . https://legdays.bandcamp.com Noods (brooklyn, NY) bubbling fuzzy noodlepop https://noods.bandcamp.com/. $10 // no jerks Cult of Luna with Julie Christmas - Gramercy Theatre August 25, 2017 - New York Show Info: CULT OF LUNA Performing "Mariner" in its entirety. Featuring: Jul...

PUBLISHED: 09:30 16 August 2017 | UPDATED: 09:30 16 August 2017 Megan Aldous Elvis Presley as he presents sergeant's stripes during his career as a soldier in the US Army. Picture: EPA Archant It’s been 40 years since Elvis Presley passed away. We’ve pulled together 50 facts to celebrate The King and recall your favourite memories. [embedded content] 1. Elvis Presley ’s family tree can be traced back to Morning Dove White , a Cherokee on his mother’s side. 2. Elvis’ twin brother, Jessie Garon, was born at 4am on 8 January 1935 but was dead by the time Elvis was born. There is no evidence that Elvis used to talk to his dead twin. 3. Elvis Aaron Presley was born at 435am on 8 January 1935 at the family home, no more than a shack, in Tupelo, Mississippi. 4. In 1937, Elvis’ father, Vernon Elvis Presley , sold a hog to his landlord for $4. He was arrested for changing the cheque to $14 and was sent to the notorious penitentiary, Parchman Farm. 5. As a child, Elvis attended the Firs...