After his 2018 album Astroworld, Travis Scott reached a commercial steeple that allowed him to sell candles and McDonalds meals and Forgiatto rims and anything else he wanted to pick up and wail, “It’s lit!” with. He carried that eye for consumerism into his Utopia rollout to middling effect. Even …
Read More »Flashback: Pee-wee Herman Dances for His Life in 'Pee-wee's Big Adventure'
You piss off a bar full of surly bikers by telling them to shut up so you can make a phone call and then knock over about a dozen over their motorcycles? If you’re Pee-wee Herman, the perpetual man-child character created by the late Paul Reubens, who died Sunday at …
Read More »Paul Reubens Remembered: Natasha Lyonne, Jimmy Kimmel Honor 'True Original' Behind Pee-wee Herman
Paul Reubens, the actor who created and portrayed Pee-wee Herman and delighted generations of kids and adults with his singular zaniness, died Sunday night, at the age of 70, after a lengthy battle with cancer. Though Pee-wee was largely ostensibly as children’s entertainment, the character’s appeal was vast, and Reuben’s …
Read More »Paul Reubens, Actor Who Portrayed Pee-wee Herman, Dead at 70
Paul Reubens, the actor who portrayed beloved character Pee-wee Herman that amused kids and adults of multiple generations, died on Sunday night at the age of 70. The cause of death was an unspecified cancer. “Last night, we said farewell to Paul Reubens, an iconic American actor, comedian, writer, and …
Read More »Leaders Are Navigators, Not Drivers
Leaders are like navigators, not drivers. I had a realization of this lesson during a recent trip to the Bahrain for Grand Prix. It wasn’t from the actual work event I was involved in but from the experience of driving to and from the event. We encountered various challenges such …
Read More »Georgia Rejects Trump's Bid to Kill Meddling Probe. DA Says She's 'Ready to Go'
Donald Trump is widely expected to be indicted by Special Counsel Jack Smith on charges related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis may be next in line. Willis, who has long been investigating meddling in Georgia’s election results, said over the weekend …
Read More »The Power of Sound: Are We Really Listening?
Ever since the dawn of time, sound has been a unifying force allowing us to tap deep into the emotions that lie buried within. Through chanting, preaching, celebrating, crying, dancing and living, we forge connections with sound that resonate with our souls and that help us to liberate our emotions. …
Read More »Paramore's Hayley Williams Reminds 'Internet Bros' That Hating Her Won't Make Rock Acts Love Them
People who spend all day spewing hate on the internet have mastered the art of being loud and wrong. A subset of that community recently aimed at Hayley Williams following the postponement of several Paramore concerts while she recovered from a non-contagious lung infection. From their perspective, as people who …
Read More »They Thought MrBeast Was Giving Them Money. Instead, They Got Scammed
When Austin, 26, was in his last year of college a few years ago, he was in a precarious financial state. He’d just moved out and was living on his own for the first time, and his part-time job as a social media manager wasn’t paying much. “I felt like …
Read More »Lady Gaga Is Bringing Her Celebration of the Great American Songbook Back to Vegas
Lady Gaga will revive her special “Jazz and Piano” show for a new Las Vegas residency scheduled to kick off later this summer. The 12-concert run will launch Aug. 31 at Dolby Live at Park MGM, with shows scheduled through September and wrapping Oct. 4. Tickets will go on sale …
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