Seven small towns in the U.S. will welcome Jason Aldean and Kid Rock next year when the polarizing singers co-headline the Rock the Country Tour. The festival tour will stick mainly to the South, spending two nights at each stop in Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, South Carolina, Missouri, Kentucky, and Georgia. …
Read More »Troye Sivan Can't Believe Timothée Chalamet ('Lil Timmy Tim') Spoofed Him on 'SNL'
Troye Sivan is fully embracing the unique privilege of being spoofed on Saturday Night Live, even changing his Instagram profile picture to Timothée Chalamet (a.k.a. “lil Timmy Tim”) portraying him on the sketch show. The “Troye Sivan Sleep Demon” sketch was a highlight from this weekend’s episode, with Sarah Sherman …
Read More »Right-Wing Orgs Are Using a Social Media Loophole to Skirt Hate-Speech Rules
In a political landscape already fraught for the transgender community, right-wing media organizations have found a new way to bypass platform guidelines prohibiting hate speech, by producing documentaries advocacy groups are calling “propaganda” and promoting them with carefully edited trailers. Last week, many users who logged onto X (formerly Twitter) …
Read More »Radiohead Side Project the Smile Return With New Album 'Wall of Eyes'
Radiohead side project the Smile — featuring the band’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood along with former Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner — have announced their second album, Wall of Eyes, the follow-up to their 2022 debut A Light for Attracting Attention. Ahead of the LP’s January 26 release, …
Read More »Taylor Swift Asks Fans Not to Throw Objects on Stage: 'It Really Freaks Me Out'
Taylor Swift interrupted the “Evermore” portion of her Buenos Aires concert on Sunday night to tell fans not to throw things on stage. “It really freaks me out,” she said, as she gently explained why the act of pelting “gifts” on stage is a terrible idea. “Because communication means having …
Read More »Barbra Streisand: James Brolin Romance Inspired Aerosmith's 'I Don't Want to Miss a Thing'
Before “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” became synonymous with Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler, the song from Michael Bay‘s 1998 science fiction disaster flickArmageddonhad its beginnings in another romance. Performed by Aerosmith, the power ballad was written by prolific song writer Diane Warren, who was inspired by an …
Read More »Tim Scott Suspends 2024 Presidential Campaign
Sen. Tim Scott announced on Sunday that he’s suspending his presidential campaign. The South Carolina senator entered the race in May flush with cash, but failed to gain traction while vying for the nomination in a crowded Republican presidential primary race. He announced the news during an interview with Fox …
Read More »New Beatles, New Stones — Wait, What Year Is It?
In the Peter Jackson-directed video for the just-released “Now and Then”— touted as the “final Beatles song” — present-day Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are pleasantly haunted by the ghosts of John Lennon and George Harrison, and even their own younger selves. It’s hard not to think that life inside …
Read More »Sofia Boutella Gathers a Team for the Revolution in New 'Rebel Moon' Trailer
Sofia Boutella is readying for a revolution in the new full trailer for Zach Snyder’s Rebel Moon — Part One: A Child of Fire. The sci-fi epic will arrive in select theaters for one week only beginning Dec. 15, before it is released for streaming on Netflix on Dec. 22. …
Read More »Ex-Fashion Mogul Peter Nygard Convicted of Sexual Assault
Peter Nygard, the former public face of the Nygard International clothing brand empire, was found guilty on four counts of sexual assault on Sunday by a Toronto jury, The New York Times reports. He was found not guilty on one count of sexual assault and one count of forcible confinement. …
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