{"id":3269,"date":"2018-04-08T17:05:26","date_gmt":"2018-04-08T17:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commarts.pleather.us\/2018\/04\/08\/empire-records-ethan-embry-reveals-the-sad-poignant-reason-why-rex-manning-day-is-april-8\/"},"modified":"2018-04-08T17:05:26","modified_gmt":"2018-04-08T17:05:26","slug":"empire-records-ethan-embry-reveals-the-sad-poignant-reason-why-rex-manning-day-is-april-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/2018\/04\/08\/empire-records-ethan-embry-reveals-the-sad-poignant-reason-why-rex-manning-day-is-april-8\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Empire Records\u2019: Ethan Embry Reveals the Sad, Poignant Reason Why Rex Manning Day Is April 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s April 8, which holds special significance for fans of &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/empire-records\/\" id=\"auto-tag_empire-records\">Empire Records<\/a>&#8221;: Today is Rex Manning Day. That exciting anniversary, which comes\u00a0shortly after the news that the 1995 cult classic is being revived as a Broadway musical, is being celebrated online with the usual barrage of gifs and memes; courtesy of one of the film&#8217;s stars, it&#8217;s also being marked with some sad, poignant trivia.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link read-more\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Read More:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2018\/04\/snl-chadwick-boseman-black-jeopardy-black-panther-1201950199\/\" title=\"\u2018SNL\u2019: Chadwick Boseman Brings T\u2019Challa to \u2018Black Jeopardy,\u2019 and It\u2019s Glorious \u2014 Watch\">\u2018SNL\u2019: Chadwick Boseman Brings T\u2019Challa to \u2018Black Jeopardy,\u2019 and It\u2019s Glorious \u2014 Watch<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;The reason we picked April 8th as the day to have the powdered\/coifed Rex Manning visit Empire is because Kurt was found on the 8th of April, the day the music of the 90s lost its mascot,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/ethan-embry\/\" id=\"auto-tag_ethan-embry\">Ethan Embry<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmbryEthan\/status\/982994280229711872\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">tweeted<\/a>.\u00a0He&#8217;s referring to the fact that Nirvana frontman <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/kurt-cobain\/\" id=\"auto-tag_kurt-cobain\">Kurt Cobain<\/a> was found dead on April 8, 1994, less than a year and a half before &#8220;Empire Records&#8221; was released.<\/p>\n<p>Set in the eponymous record store (remember those?), the film was a critical and commercial failure upon release. Its reputation has grown over the years, largely thanks to children of the &#8217;90s claiming it as a vital part of their youth.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link read-more\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Read More:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2018\/04\/snl-alec-baldwin-donald-trump-donnie-darko-mad-max-fury-road-1201950178\/\" title=\"\u2018SNL\u2019: Alec Baldwin Returns as Donald Trump to Rant About \u2018Donnie Darko\u2019 and \u2018Mad Max: Fury Road\u2019 \u2014 Watch\">\u2018SNL\u2019: Alec Baldwin Returns as Donald Trump to Rant About \u2018Donnie Darko\u2019 and \u2018Mad Max: Fury Road\u2019 \u2014 Watch<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;We musn&#8217;t dwell. No, not today. We can&#8217;t! Not on Rex Manning Day!&#8221; Embry&#8217;s character says at one point. Let us all take that lesson to heart on this most sacred of days.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The reason we picked April 8th as the day to have the powdered\/coifed Rex Manning visit Empire is because Kurt was found on the 8th of April, the day the music of the 90s lost its mascot.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RexManningDay?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">#RexManningDay<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ethan Embry (@EmbryEthan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmbryEthan\/status\/982994280229711872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">April 8, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link sign-up\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Sign Up:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/indiewire.com\/email\" title=\"Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.\">Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>Source: IndieWire film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s April 8, which holds special significance for fans of &#8220;Empire Records&#8221;: Today is Rex Manning Day. 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