Benny Safdie talks about his split from brother and partner-in-film Josh — and reveals he doesn’t know if and when the Uncut Gems duo will reunite — in a new interview. Since the release of the Safdies’ Adam Sandler-starring hit in 2019, the brothers have collaborated to produce docuseries like …
Read More »Jackson Mahomes: Sexual Battery Charges Dropped After Alleged Victim Refuses to Testify
Prosecutors dropped three sexual battery charges against Jackson Mahomes — TikTok influencer and brother of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes — after the woman he allegedly forcibly kissed declined to testify. According to The Associated Press, the charges were dropped Wednesday, Jan. 3, after Johnson County Assistant DA Megan …
Read More »Luis R. Conriquez Wants to 'Push Mexican Culture Forward' With New Album
Luis R Conriquez’s new album has a corrido pa‘ todos. On Thursday, the música Mexicana star released his LP Corridos Bélicos, Vol. IV featuring stars from the present and future of the genre. “I have been working on this project for a long time and I’m happy that the world …
Read More »Lil Nas X's Concert Doc Will Live Long on HBO
If you missed Lil Nas X‘s Long Live Montero tour in 2022 or 2023, or if you just want to relive it, you’ll get a chance to see it on HBO later this month. The concert documentary Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero — which previously premiered at last year’s …
Read More »'Lisa Frankenstein' Trailer Gives Classic Monster Movie a Dark Comedy Twist
The story of Frankenstein’s monster serves as inspiration for an Eighties-set teen comedy/slasher film in the new trailer for Lisa Frankenstein. Written by Juno scribe Diablo Cody and directed by Zelda Williams (Robin Williams’ daughter, making her feature-length directorial debut), the “coming-of-rage” story focuses on the necrophilic infatuation Kathryn Newton’s …
Read More »Trump Raked in Millions From China During Presidency: Report
A new report released by House Oversight Democrats revealed $7.8 million in payments from foreign governments to former President Donald Trump’s businesses and properties during the years he was in office. The bulk of the payments, to the tune of $5.6 million, came from China. “We know about only some …
Read More »Mary Kay Letourneau's Husband 'Offended' by 'May December'
Vili Fualaau, who married his sixth-grade teacher, Mary Kay Letourneau, says he’s upset by filmmaker Todd Haynes’ new film, May December, which drew inspiration from Fualaau and Letourneau’s story. The movie, which stars Julianne Moore as the Letourneau-esque Gracie and Charles Melton as her young husband, Joe Yoo, depicts the …
Read More »Revealed: Roger Stone's Secret Call With Proud Boys Leader in Lead-Up to Jan. 6
Back in September, Enrique Tarrio, the former chairman of the Proud Boys, was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison on “seditious conspiracy” charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, raid of the U.S. Capitol. According to the Justice Department, the far-right group “played a central role in setting the …
Read More »Stray Kids Tease Busy 2024 With New Albums, World Tour
K-pop outfit Stray Kids are teasing a big 2024 that includes a pair of new albums and another world tour. In an artsy, retrospective “Step Out 2024” video that looks back at the octet’s busy 2023 — including their performance at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards — the group …
Read More »Punishing Military Extremists Would Be Too Divisive: Pentagon Report
Using “punitive” measures to stamp out extremism in the ranks of the United States military would “risk alienating a significant part of the force.” That’s the startling conclusion of a long-awaited report on prohibited extremist activities in the Department of Defense, commissioned in the wake of the violent insurrection at …
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