Chappell Roan was getting ready to perform in London this summer when one of the drag queens she’d picked to open her show told her: “You’re a drag queen. You know that, right?” Those words led to an immediate epiphany for the singer. She realized her stage name, the costumes, …
Read More »'Euphoria' Star Angus Cloud Cause of Death Revealed
Angus Cloud died of an accidental overdose, Rolling Stone has confirmed. According to the Alameda County Coroner’s Bureau, Cloud had fentanyl, cocaine, benzodiazepine, and methamphetamine in his system at the time of death. The actor suffered acute intoxication as a result of the lethal combination of drugs. The Euphoria star …
Read More »Alex Murdaugh Pleads Guilty to Charges of Fraud, Money Laundering
Alex Murdaugh pleaded guilty to 22 counts of fraud and money laundering Thursday, marking the first time the disgraced scion of a South Carolina legal dynasty has admitted his crimes in court. Earlier in the week, Murdaugh’s lawyer filed a plea agreement to the 22-count federal indictment, with Murdaugh copping …
Read More »How 'NYPD Blue' Paved the Way for Tony Soprano and Walter White
In the NYPD Blue Season One episode “Tempest in a C-Cup,” cop Andy Sipowicz and prosecutor Sylvia Costas wind up on an impromptu dinner date. To call the occasion unexpected would be a wild understatement, as we were introduced to the characters at the very start of the series with …
Read More »Was Justin Timberlake Singing 'It's Gonna Be May' Supposed to Be a Swedish Accent?
Between bouts of profuse sweating and bulging out their eyes in agony, ‘NSync reflected on their career in the latest episode of “Hot Ones” — the YouTube series where celebrities eat spicy wings. When asked about comparisons between One Direction and ‘NSync, Chris Kirkpatrick differentiated the groups by saying that …
Read More »Ezra Furman Sends Off 'Sex Education' With Three Moving New Songs
Ezra Furman sings about sex and love on three newly released songs that accompany the newly released fourth and final season of Sex Education. The singer-songwriter dropped “You Like Me,” “Tether,” and “Honeycomb” on Thursday as an EP titled Sex Education — Songs From Season 4. The songs all play …
Read More »How 'Cassandro' Turns the 'Liberace of Lucha Libre' Into an LGBTQ Icon
In the larger-than-life world of lucha libre, there are “technicos” (good guys who fight for truth, justice, and the rule-abiding way) and there are “rudos” (villains who lie, cheat, and steal victories). There’s also a third category that’s neither hero nor heel, however, and that’s the “exotico.” A relatively late …
Read More »Adin Ross Broke Streaming Records With a Baffling Fake Kim Jong Un Interview
Forrest Gump famously said, “Stupid is as stupid does.” Forrest Gump clearly never spent a Wednesday night tuning into a much-hyped interview between livestreamer Adin Ross and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, which was crashed by masculinity influencer and accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate. More than 330,000 people tuned …
Read More »Astroworld: Travis Scott's Attorneys Say His Phone Is at the 'Bottom of the Gulf of Mexico'
Before Travis Scott was deposed on Monday, Astroworld plaintiffs’ attorneys filed an emergency motion last week seeking to obtain phone records regarding the festival from Scott, claiming that the rapper and his team had failed to provide those documents despite it being required by court order. Getting all of those …
Read More »Neil Young Travels Back to 1973 at Transcendent 50th-Anniversary Concert at the Roxy
Fifty years to the day after Neil Young and the Santa Monica Flyers performed at the opening of the Roxy in Los Angeles — a night that looms large in rock & roll lore thanks to decades of bootlegs — the curtain rose at the L.A. club to reveal Young …
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