Jeopardy! fans were stunned when Mayim Bialik, the Blossom star and co-host of the franchise, announced on Instagram she would be stepping down from hosting the syndicated version of the show earlier this month. In her post, she stated that Jeopardy! producers Sony Pictures Television had “informed” her she would …
Read More »Christmas Swatting Attempts Target GOP Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Brandon Williams
Two Republican lawmakers were targeted with attempted swatting incidents on Christmas Day. Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Brandon Williams (R-N.Y.) both said that local police received a false report of an emergency situation at their homes. “I was just swatted. This is like the 8th time. On Christmas with …
Read More »Carla Bruni, Charlotte Rampling Denounce 'Lynching' of Gerard Depardieu
Nearly 60 actors and public figures, including British actress Charlotte Rampling and former French first lady Carla Bruni, have signed an open letter claiming that French actor Gerard Depardieu is the victim of a “torrent of hatred.” Depardieu, who was previously charged with rape in 2021, is currently facing a …
Read More »Putin Critic Alexei Navalny Found in an Arctic Penal Colony
Alexei Navalny, the anti-Putin activist and Russian opposition leader who mysteriously disappeared from prison earlier this month, has been found in a remote penal colony in the Arctic, a spokesperson has said. Kira Yarmysh, an aide for Navalny, wrote on X on Monday that the activist had been found after …
Read More »Grouptherapy.: From Child TV Stars to Boundary-Breaking, Life-Affirming Music
When the trio known as grouptherapy. takes the stage at Toad’s Place in New Haven, Connecticut, the crowd is compact yet energized. It’s a Sunday night in the fall, and this is the smallest crowd the group has seen so far on their debut tour with the rapper Tobi Lou …
Read More »How Donald Trump 'Bullied' His Way Into 'Home Alone 2'
If you spent your Christmas holidays binge-watching the Home Alone franchise on Disney+, you were probably stunned to see the familiar off-white dome of former President Donald Trump wandering through New York City’s Plaza Hotel lobby at the beginning of Home Alone 2. (It’s the scene where Kevin asks him …
Read More »The Killers Celebrate the Holidays With Synth-Laden New Song
The Killers have dropped a new single in honor of the holidays. The band shared the yet-untitled song on X, formerly known as Twitter, last night, writing, “Santa’s got a brand new song in his bag. Merry Christmas!” The four-minute track incorporates ’80s synth pop and New Wave flourishes, with …
Read More »How Did Kanye Get Here? A Short History of Provocation and Extreme Rhetoric
There is apparently no line Kanye West won’t cross. Even before his dangerous and roundly condemned “death con 3 ON JEWISH PEOPLE” tweet got him suspended from Twitter last year, he debuted a “White Lives Matter” T-shirt alongside conservative pundit Candace Owens during his Paris Fashion Week presentation, instantly tarnishing …
Read More »'The Crown' May Have Broken Up Dominic West and Prince Harry's Friendship
It’s no secret that the royals are not huge fans of The Crown, Netflix’s smash-hit series chronicling a lightly fictionalized version of the Windsors. But Prince Harry, the famously more chill scion who stepped down as a working royal in 2020, has previously said that he is “comfortable” with the …
Read More »'It's Not a History Lesson, It's a Warning': Inside the Making of 'The Zone of Interest'
Jonathan Glazer was, by his own admission, a little lost. The writer-director behind Sexy Beast and Under the Skin had been chasing an unformed idea for a movie for years, uncertain of where he would go with the story or what he wanted to say about the subject. “It wasn’t …
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