Artificial intelligence recreations of the late actor Robin Williams aren’t sitting right with his daughter, Zelda Williams. On Sunday, Williams shared an Instagram Story criticizing the use of her father’s likeness in the creation of AI content — but also zoomed out to look at the bigger picture of how …
Read More »Trump Calls for NY Judge to Be Disbarred During Manhattan Court Appearance
Former President Donald Trump appeared in Manhattan court on Monday to personally challenge accusations of fraud leveled against him by the state of New York. Last week, a Manhattan judge handed down a partial summary judgment ruling that Trump, his adult sons Eric and Donald Jr., and several of his …
Read More »'The Royal Hotel' Is Every Woman's Toxic-Masculinity Nightmare
“They’re all nice for a minute,” says Kitty Green, director of the sizzling thriller The Royal Hotel. She’s talking about the men that make up most of the film’s ensemble cast — Australian miners in a remote, rugged, Outback town — who can pivot from playful pub banter to grinning …
Read More »Foo Fighters Announce Summer 2024 Stadium Tour
Foo Fighters will hit 10 cities for 12 shows next summer for their Everything or Nothing at All Tour. The group’s U.S. stadium run will kick off with two shows at New York’s Citi Field next July. The group’s tour, which follows their 2023 album But Here We Are, will …
Read More »Jimmy Butler Is Ready to Be the Next Big Country Music Star
F ew pro athletes have overcome more than Jimmy Butler. Homeless by 13. Unrecruited out of high school. Played ball at a small junior college. Landed at Marquette. Came off the bench till his junior year. Slid to 30th in the draft. Didn’t start as a rookie. Spent years banging …
Read More »'Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé' Is Heading to Theaters: 'I Feel Liberated'
Historically, Beyoncé has done the work of contextualizing her own place in popular culture at a larger scale than any historian could manage. In 2018, when she became the first Black woman to headline Coachella, the historic feat was captured and later released as the documentary Homecoming: A Film by …
Read More »Taylor Swift Is Officially Cheer Captain for Travis Kelce
Taylor Swift is officially the cheer captain dating the boy on the football team (yes, we are combining lyrics from two songs here, but it really writes itself, OK?). The singer was once again spotted supporting NFL star Travis Kelce amid ongoing romance rumors between the pair as she attended …
Read More »Molly Tuttle, Billy Strings Win Big at Bluegrass Awards As the IBMAs Look for New Home
The biggest story of this year’s International Bluegrass Music Association award show wasn’t that Billy Strings won his third consecutive Entertainer of the Year honor. Nor was it that Sierra Hull took home her sixth Mandolin Player of the Year trophy. And it wasn’t even that Molly Tuttle pulled off …
Read More »Trump: It's Like I Wake Up in the Morning Wondering, 'Will They Arrest Me Today?'
“Who the hell wants to watch a football game? This is better,” Donald Trump told the crowd at the beginning of his speech in Iowa on Sunday afternoon. What followed was a rambling rant that ran the gamut from a 17-minute ragefest against Ron DeSantis to debating whether he’d rather …
Read More »Britney Spears Upset About Welfare Check After Knives Dance Video: 'Is it a Joke?'
Even though Britney Spears said “no one needs to call the police” following the viral video where she danced with (allegedly) prop knives, police did conduct a welfare check on Spears, who is not happy with how things went down. On Saturday, Spears confirmed a Los Angeles Times report that …
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