Donald Trump‘s lawyers are meeting with Special Counsel Jack Smith‘s team on Thursday ahead of a potential indictment in the Justice Department’s investigation into the effort to overturn the 2020 election. The meeting comes as the grand jury hearing evidence in the case has reportedly convened at a federal courthouse …
Read More »How Mariah Carey's 'Dreamlover' Changed Dance Remixes
Thirty years ago, when Mariah Carey stepped into the studio with David Morales and transformed “Dreamlover,” her seventh Billboard Number One into an underground dance-floor smash, it didn’t just place the singer-songwriter in front of a whole new audience, it changed pop-dance remixing forever. By 1993, Carey was already a …
Read More »Hear Soccer Mommy Soak Up the Sun With New Sheryl Crow Cover
Soccer Mommy honors Rock Hall Class of 2023 inductee Sheryl Crow with a new cover of her hit “Soak Up the Sun.” Keeping with the singalong vibe of the 2002 single, Soccer Mommy’s Sophie Allison also shared a karaoke bar-style animated visual for her rendition of the feel-good track. In …
Read More »Sinead O'Connor's Death 'Not Being Treated as Suspicious': Police
London authorities have ruled that Sinéad O’Connor’s death on Wednesday is “not being treated as suspicious.” On Thursday, a Scotland Yard spokesperson confirmed to the BBC that authorities found the singer “unresponsive” and “pronounced [her] dead at the scene” at 11:18 BST. Police have still not offered a cause of …
Read More »Netflix's 'The Lady of Silence' May Be the Year's Best True Crime Doc
You can scarcely surf the great streaming ocean without happening on a serial killer documentary or series, a fact that probably says more about us than the entertainment industry. All options, however, are not created equal. For every few quick-and-dirty procedurals, you’ll find something with real style and personality — …
Read More »Tori Kelly Pens Handwritten Letter About Recent Medical Scare: 'I'm Feeling Stronger Now'
Following a brief update from her husband on Wednesday, Tori Kelly has penned a handwritten letter updating fans on her recovery after being hospitalized following a blood clot-related collapse. “I’m feeling stronger now and hopeful but unfortunately there are still some things to uncover,” the singer wrote in the letter …
Read More »Flashback: Madonna Tells Dick Clark She Wants to 'Rule the World'
This week marks the 40th anniversary of Madonna’s self-titled debut album. The Detroit-born, New York City-made legend was cutting her teeth at the clubs when her song “Everybody” had taken off in the early Eighties — and its success eventually helped get her signed by Sire’s Seymour Stein. When Madonna …
Read More »Legacy Students Four Times More Likely to Be Accepted to Top Schools, Study Finds
A new study in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action on the collegiate level has found that legacy students are four times more likely to be admitted into the nation’s top universities. A research group at Harvard conducted an analysis of a dozen elite schools — …
Read More »'Talk to Me' Is a Thrillingly Weird Horror-Movie Debut From A24
Teenagers — you can’t reason with them, you can’t get them off their phones, and you definitely can’t convince them that fucking around with a cursed mummified hand that allows them to speak to the dead is a bad idea, amirite? Talk to Me, the directorial debut from Australian twin …
Read More »Tyler Childers' 'In Your Love' Is the Music Video of Compassion and Caring We Need Right Now
In a week where a music video permeated by fearmongering and aggression dominated the conversation, Tyler Childers releases the antithesis to that with the moving, cinematic clip for his new song “In Your Love.” Set in 1950s Appalachia, the video chronicles the romance between two male coalminers, a love that …
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