The 2024 Global Citizen Festival took place Saturday in New York’s Central Park, and in addition to performances by Post Malone, Jelly Roll, Doja Cat, and Blackpink’s Lisa, the concert featured a surprise acoustic set by Ed Sheeran and Coldplay’s Chris Martin. The duo played four songs together, switching between …
Read More »Inside the $621 Million Legal Battle for the 'Soul of the Internet'
I n the old chapel of a former Christian Science church in San Francisco, late-afternoon sun pours orange through the windows, and several giant servers are hard at work. The tall, black towers fill two large alcoves, and their cooling fans emit a serene, industrial hum as blue lights blink. …
Read More »'SNL': Watch Jelly Roll Perform 'Liar' and Unreleased Song 'Winning Streak'
Country singer and rapper Jelly Roll debuted on Saturday Night Live with performances of “Liar” and “Winning Streak,” both from his forthcoming 10th studio album, Beautifully Broken, which is set for release Oct. 11. The Tennessee native is coming off nominations for the CMA Awards’ Entertainer of the Year and …
Read More »'SNL': Mark Robinson Fails Miserably Playing The $100,000 Pyramid
North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson (Kenan Thompson) competed on The $100,000 Pyramid against Saturday Night Live host Jean Smart, with the actress playing a woman married to a chimpanzee. The scandal-plagued Republican gubernatorial candidate had no shortage of incorrect answers to prompts given by rapper Bad Bunny (Marcello Hernandez). …
Read More »'SNL' Weekend Update Tackles Trump Assassination Attempt, P Diddy & Eric Adams Indictments
SNL‘s Weekend Update addressed the assassination attempt of Donald Trump in July, as well as the more recent indictments of New York City Mayor Eric Adams and rapper Sean Combs. Co-anchor Colin Jost first called attention to how Trump earlier in the day delivered his latest smear against Vice President …
Read More »'SNL' Cold Open: Kamala Dances While Trump Longs For Old Biden
Saturday Night Live‘s 50th season premiered with show alum Maya Rudolph reprising her role as “fun aunt” Kamala Harris, this time holding a jovial campaign rally while Donald Trump and JD Vance try not to bore attendees at theirs. Rudolph, whose portrayal of Harris was announced in July, first played …
Read More »Frances Bean Cobain and Riley Hawk Welcome Baby Boy
Frances Bean Cobain and Riley Hawk have announced the arrival of their baby boy, Ronin Walker Cobain Hawk. He was born on Sept. 17. Cobain shared three black-and-white photos via Instagram on Saturday: the first snapshot features a swaddled Ronin. In the second photograph, Ronin is seen grasping his mother’s …
Read More »Eric Church, 'Devastated' by North Carolina Flooding, Postpones SiriusXM Concert
When Eric Church recorded his last album, 2021’s Heart & Soul, he decamped for the mountains of his native North Carolina and created a makeshift studio in a shuttered restaurant. Over the weekend, he watched that very region being decimated by flooding from Hurricane Helene, essentially cutting off the mountain …
Read More »Trump Calls Harris 'Mentally Disabled' in Latest Anti-Migrant Rally Rant
Donald Trump is more than doubling down on spreading unhinged lies about the United States being “occupied” by migrants, apparently — as he claimed in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, on Saturday — in “hundreds of towns” throughout the Midwest. Trump continued to push the idea that if he doesn’t win …
Read More »Netflix's Motion to Dismiss 'Baby Reindeer' Lawsuit Denied by Judge
Netflix’s motion to have the Baby Reindeer lawsuit dismissed was rejected Friday by the judge overseeing the case between Fiona Harvey — the alleged inspiration behind Martha in the hit series — and the streaming service. In June, Harvey sued Netflix for then-$50 million, claiming “defamation, intentional infliction of emotional …
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