Around 10:20 p.m. on Saturday night, a shadowy group of figures walked onto the Farm Aid stage at the Ruoff Music Center in Noblesville, Indiana. This was supposed to be the moment where Wille Nelson wrapped up the night, but there was no sign of the Red Headed Stranger or …
Read More »Watch BTS' Jung Kook Perform 'Seven' With Latto at Global Citizen 2023
Jung Kook made his Global Citizen Festival solo debut on Saturday at the Great Lawn in New York’s Central Park where he unveiled a few surprises for Army, including performing “Seven” with unannounced guest Latto who sang her feature on their collab. His headlining set marked the first time a …
Read More »Fetterman Joins Calls for Sen. Bob Menendez to Resign After Bribery Indictment
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Penn.) called for Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) to resign from the senate on Saturday, joining a growing chorus of fellow Democrats who are calling for Menendez to resign as he faces indictmenton bribery charges alongside his wife Nadine Menendez. The pair are accused of having “engaged in …
Read More »'Real Housewives' Has a Drinking Problem. Are We to Blame?
It started like so many reality TV scandals do. Just after 7 a.m. on Monday morning, notorious gossip site TMZ alleged that Shannon Beador — star of Bravo’s Real Housewives of Orange County — had been arrested for drunkenly crashing her car then fleeing the scene. The report alleged that …
Read More »Blue Ridge Rock Festival Attendees Plagued by Gastrointestinal Illness, Health Dept. Says
Nearly two weeks after Virginia’s Blue Ridge Rock Festival was abruptly canceled, attendees are still plagued by the ill-fated event in the form of a widespread gastrointestinal illness. The Virginia Department of Health has opened an investigation into how and why festivalgoers are still dealing with the ailments weeks after …
Read More »Bebe Rexha Welcomes Tyler Hubbard for Surprise 'Meant to Be' Duet at Life Is Beautiful
Bebe Rexha and Tyler Hubbard‘s surprise performance in Las Vegas was… wait for it… meant to be. Although country music was absent from this year’s Life Is Beautiful lineup, the genre, which is having a huge moment on the charts, made an appearance at the festival thanks to Rexha. During …
Read More »Trans Boxers Are Stepping Into the Ring. Will the Sport Let Them Stay?
P atricio Manuel sits silently backstage at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino. He’s in the back corner of the white-tarpaulined gazebo as he waits to be called to the ring of the 3,000-seater events center here in Indio, California. Inside the thin tent walls, he can hear the hubbub of …
Read More »The Killers Come Home, Yeah Yeah Yeahs Bring Magic on Life Is Beautiful Day One
With Saturday marking the first official day of Autumn, Las Vegas’ Life is Beautiful is the last hurrah of the summer festival season. Life Is Beautiful is unique in that it doesn’t take place in a large field or a city park, but smack dab in the middle of Vegas’ …
Read More »'Superpower' Is Sean Penn's Odd Vanity Project About Zelensky
Sean Penn knows what you think of him. Several minutes into the two-time Oscar winner’s new film, Superpower, ostensibly a documentary about the battle-hardened president of Ukraine, Penn’s gravelly voice answers a question posed in interviews past: Who do you think you are, Walter Cronkite? You have a savior complex? …
Read More »Right-Wing Activists Are Trying to Take Over Virginia's Schools
Samuels Library has been lending books to the residents of rural Warren County, Virginia, for more than 200 years. But today, it’s continued existence is threatened by a small band of locals upset over the fact that it carries some titles with LGBTQ themes —or as the group calls them, …
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