E veryone in the band knew there was a problem, even if they didn’t know exactly how to fix it. It was 1978, and nearly a decade into their recording career, Kool & the Gang — the once-dominant jazz and funk group whose biggest hits propelled clubs all over the …

“Shannon lives way beyond her means,” says the aptly named Tamra Judge in the latest episode of Bravo’s Real Housewives of Orange County. “She throws money around as if she’s a multi-millionaire, and she’s not.” The women of RHOC are on a cast trip to London, where questions about money …

M ikey Madison has come bearing snacks. The Anora star and I are scheduled to meet in Woodbridge Park — a blip of a green space in Studio City, California, with picturesque benches, a sprawling playground, and plenty of trees. Toddlers wobble about the play area with their moms (or …

It’s one of the stranger footnotes in the annals of American true crime: In 1978, a decade into cross-country reign of terror and still a year away from finally being caught, serial killer Rodney Alcala was a contestant on The Dating Game. “Bachelor No. 3” managed to impress the episode’s …

The story that Stranger Things started in 2016 has reached its final chapter — and it’s an emotional one. In a recent interview at a live taping of the Happy Sad Confused podcast, David Harbour recalled the cast’s tearful table read of the final episode of the series, set to …

Donald Trump-backing Christian supremacists gathered en masse on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Yom Kippur on Oct. 12, to fast, atone, and receive messages about a holy revolution, national deliverance from LGBTQ “demons,” and “spiritual warfare” matched to a physical “ground game.” As one preacher put it: “You …

Minnesota superfan Aidan Jahane Gallivan was on the hunt. Her favorite artist Chappell Roan, a pop star on the precipice of superstardom, released a special edition vinyl of her 2023 album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess. Gallivan couldn’t wait to get her hands on the collector’s item. …

One of the most unusual songs Soundgarden recorded was “Head Down” — a deep cut on their biggest-selling album, 1994’s Superunknown — that tumbles slowly over six minutes, adding crusts of snaky guitar and ear-twisting vocal harmonies until it settles as a clatter of percussion. Bassist Ben Shepherd wrote the …

Donald Trump has long claimed no one has ever been more physically and mentally equipped to be president than him. In particular, Trump, who is now 78 years old, has bragged about his “stamina” — how he has it, and how his opponents don’t. In one example from just a …

Ringo Starr was always the most country of the Beatles, covering Buck Owens’ “Act Naturally” and professing his love of Kitty Wells, his favorite singer. Fifty-five years since he released the twangy country solo album Beaucoups of Blues in 1970, Starr will return to the genre with Look Up, a …