The evolution of social media over the past two decades highlights a dramatic shift in its role and influence in our lives. It all began in earnest with the first at-scale app, MySpace, launched in 2003. This pioneering platform offered users a new way to connect with friends, share personal …

Oh, how the proverbial tables have turned: About a year ago, Rihanna was in GloRilla’s DMs asking the question she’s been more or less dodging since 2016: When’s the album coming out? On Instagram yesterday, GloRilla posted a bunch of photos from a recent party held in her honor. But …

Who wants to dance with the stars when you can cuddle up with a cat? Jason Mraz asked himself this question last year as he ascended the leaderboard week after week on the 32nd season of Dancing With the Stars, according to an interview he gave on Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s …

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Taylor Swift‘s collaborative partnership with Aaron Dessner has led some Swifties from the Eras tour straight to the National‘s concerts. The pair first began collaborating on 2020’s Folklore, which featured the band’s instrumentalist and producer on nearly a dozen songs. They most recently teamed up on selections from The Tortured …

It’s been nearly a week since Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance against Donald Trump. As public pressure mounts for the president to reconsider his run for office, the White House and Biden campaign are struggling to reassure the public that he remains fit for the demands of elected office. Biden …

Over the weekend, my phone blew up with texts from TV comedy writers who were in the middle of watching the latest season of The Bear. Some were enjoying the new episodes, others were frustrated by them, but not one person said this story of toxic workplaces, addiction and mental …

Hadi Matar, the man charged in the stabbing of Salman Rushdie two years ago, rejected a plea deal that would have shortened his sentence in a state prison on Tuesday. Matar’s lawyer, Nathaniel Barone, said he did not like part of the deal that would have opened him up to …

Nostalgia — it AIN’T what it used to be. Right around the halfway mark of Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, a.k.a. the fourth time out for Eddie Murphy‘s streetwise detective, our man Axel strides to the front desk of a posh L.A. hotel. He’s rockin’ his usual Detroit-plainclothes-chic uniform of …

The constant social (not to mention ecological) chaos wrought upon humanity by the automobile industry hit Niall Horan hard ahead of his show in Toronto last week. The musician found himself stuck in a traffic jam so brutal he decided to hop out of his car and walk to the …