Taylor Swift has once again made history on the charts. The Tortured Poets Department landed at Number One on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated May 4). It’s her 14th album to top the charts, setting a tying record with Jay-Z for the most Number Ones among solo artists; the …
Read More »Kristi Noem Doubles Down on Story About Killing Her Dog From Memoir: 'I Decided What I Did'
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) is proof that a hit dog will holler even when a dead dog can’t. After public backlash ensued from her recounting of killing her 14-month-old hunting dog, Cricket — whom she called “untrainable” and explicitly said she hated — Noem doubled down Sunday, saying …
Read More »Rihanna Again Teases New Album 'R9': 'It's Gonna Be Amazing'
Rihanna once again teased her long-awaited new album — dubbed R9 by fans — during a red carpet appearance for her Fenty makeup Saturday. Asked about the follow-up to 2016’s Anti, Rihanna told Extra, “It’s gonna be amazing. It has to be — that is the only reason it’s not …
Read More »Lindsey Graham Shrugs Off 'Catch-and-Kill' Scheme to Help Trump Win Election
Despite being the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) seems unconcerned with the legal troubles facing presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump. Graham appeared on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday morning, where he was asked by host Dana Bash about the various developments …
Read More »Nicole Kidman Becomes First Australian to Earn AFI Life Achievement Award
Nicole Kidman received the American Film Institute Life Achievement Award Saturday at a gala in Los Angeles, where she became the first-ever Australian to earn the honor. Kidman co-stars like Meryl Streep, Reese Witherspoon, Naomi Watts, and Morgan Freeman — who spoofed Kidman’s iconic AMC ad at the ceremony — …
Read More »Kathleen Hanna Recalls Falling in Love With a Beastie Boy in 'Rebel Girl' Book Excerpt
Kathleen Hanna first met Beastie Boys‘ Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz on a 1995 Australian festival called Summersault where her band, Bikini Kill, and the Beasties shared a bill. As soon as she saw him, she decided he was “the sexiest boy in the world,” as she wrote in her upcoming memoir, …
Read More »Stopping Gun Violence Means Building a Social Safety Net — and Community
This commentary was written by Trevon Bosley, the co-chair of March For Our Lives. My voice is hoarse in saying it, but it bears repeating. America is faced with an unprecedented epidemic, coupled with unparalleled hypocrisy. Gun violence is the issue of our time. There have been more than 120 …
Read More »Post Malone Teams With Brad Paisley, Dwight Yoakam for Country Pivot at Stagecoach
Posty Goes Country, the long-awaited pivot from Post Malone, officially kicked off as the musician took the stage at Stagecoach 2024. The California country music festival welcomed the pop hitmaker on Saturday night for a set full of surprise covers. Post Malone had a bevy of guests on tap, including …
Read More »Miranda Lambert Surprises Stagecoach 2024 With Reba McEntire, Debuts New Song 'Wranglers'
When a fireworks finale erupted at the end of Miranda Lambert’s performance of “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)” on Saturday night and the country star disappeared offstage, it seemed as if her Stagecoach headlining set was all but over. But Lambert, who just a few minutes earlier had …
Read More »White House Correspondents' Dinner Snubs Slain Journalists in Gaza
Protesters attempted to shame journalists and politicos heading to the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner on Saturday into skipping the event in solidarity with the many journalists who have lost their lives in Gaza since Israel began its war on the territory. For some attendees, the protests on the way …
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