While Zepbound, the new drug from Eli Lilly, doesn’t have the name recognition of Ozempic, it still represents a changing landscape in weight loss management, one pharmaceutical companies are working to cash in on. Even with the popularity of new weight loss drugs like Ozempic, consumers say high costs and …
Read More »Marvel Studios' Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year
Oh, how the folks behind Earth’s Mightiest Heroes have fallen. Going into 2023, Marvel Studios was still busy licking their wounds from the previous year. Recent big-screen entries in the Marvel Cinematic Universe had underwhelmed, notably Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Thor: Love and Thunder (despite the …
Read More »Andre Braugher Played Two of TV's Greatest Cops. But His Family Came First
In the first episode of the Nineties NBC cop drama Homicide: Life on the Street, Baltimore police detective Frank Pembleton, played by a then-obscure actor named Andre Braugher, reluctantly takes on a young partner, Tim Bayliss (Kyle Secor). Bayliss, new to homicide investigation, is eager to watch Pembleton interrogate a …
Read More »Daddy Yankee and Don Omar End Years-Long Feud: Always 'Room for Forgiveness'
The gods of reggaeton have made peace. On Tuesday, Don Omar and Dadd Yankee shared sweet Instagram posts announcing that the longtime rivals had ended their on-and-off feud following a conversation “from the heart.” “Today we close the book that kept the best chapters of our controversial rivalry. Thank you …
Read More »Andre Braugher, Star of 'Homicide: Life on the Street' and 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine,' Dead at 61
Andre Braugher, two-time Emmy-winning actor of Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Homicide: Life on the Street, has died at the age of 61. The actor died on Monday following a brief illness, his longtime publicist Jennifer Allen confirmed to Rolling Stone. Throughout his career, Braugher garnered numerous accolades and his roles spanned …
Read More »Dave Grohl Almost Played on Boygenius' Album but He 'Slept Through' the Session
Once upon a time, Dave Grohl hit snooze instead of joining boygenius in the studio. Phoebe Bridgers (and her bandmates) recently spoke to NME and revealed that the Foo Fighters frontman and the trio had a “missed connection” when they were making The Record. “There was this missed connection where …
Read More »Beyoncé's Dad Mathew Knowles Strikes Deal to Have His Memoir Adapted
As Beyoncé continues to relish in the success of Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé, her dad is also entering his film era. On Tuesday, the businessman announced that he inked a deal with production company Say Unkel Entertainment to adapt his memoir Racism From the Eyes of a Child into …
Read More »Republicans Struggle to Justify Biden Impeachment Inquiry Ahead of Vote
As House Republicans make public their intent to move forward with an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden, they’re struggling to convince the public — and even themselves — that they’ll be able to obtain the evidence of the high crimes and misdemeanors necessary to impeach a president. On Tuesday, …
Read More »Limewire Is Back, But AI's Making The Music This Time
Over a decade ago, the major record labels killed the once-beloved file-sharing site LimeWire and buried it in a sea of lawsuits and fines over rampant copyright infringement on the platform that turned the music industry on its head. Thirteen years later, the brand is back in the music business.But …
Read More »Social Distortion Plot 2024 Tour After Mike Ness' Positive Cancer Update
Social Distortion will return to the road in 2024 after frontman Mike Ness offered a positive update on his battle with tonsil cancer. The SoCal punk band will kick off a co-headlining run with Epitaph peers Bad Religion — and additional support from the Lovebombs — April 9 in Bakersfield, …
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