San Diego’s Thee Sacred Souls have had a whirlwind last couple of years, going from cutting demos and playing lowkey gigs to signing to Daptone, who released their eponymous album in 2022. It also included hitting the road for a full year, which was both hard and also thrilling, the …
Read More »Elton John, David Furnish Testify in Kevin Spacey's Sexual Assault Trial
Kevin Spacey’s defense team called Elton John and his husband, David Furnish, as witnesses as they tried to discredit the story of one accuser, whose allegation includes an incident that supposedly occurred on the way to John and Furnish’s annual summer gala. One of Spacey’s four accusers has said that, …
Read More »'The Golden Bachelor' Taps First Sexy Septuagenarian Gerry (Pronounced 'Gary') Turner
After over 20 years on the air and 60 seasons of its main series and myriad spin-offs, the Bachelor franchise is finally ready to acknowledge something it’s shamefully refused to acknowledge for over two decades: Yes, old people can be horny, too. Today, the ABC dating stalwart announced the lead …
Read More »The Young Women Who Unknowingly Helped Create the Atomic Bomb
Rosemary Lane’s boss summoned her to his office. It was important, the doctor told her, and the young nurse followed without question. There, a small group of hospital staff gathered around a radio to listen to President Truman address the nation. There was a remarkable new development in the ongoing …
Read More »Lil Baby Quietly Cancels Seven Dates on His It's Only Us Tour
Lil Baby is making some changes to his upcoming It’s Only Us tour. The rapper appears to have quietly canceled a slew of shows from the upcoming trek, set to kick off on July 26 at the Toyota Center in Houston, TX. On Friday, Lil Baby posted an updated tour …
Read More »'Justified' and Raylan Givens Enter a New Era of Policing
In the first episode of the new miniseries Justified: City Primeval, our old friend Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) — the quick-drawing, fast-talking, Stetson-wearing U.S. marshal from Harlan, Kentucky — is called to testify about a fugitive he brought back to Detroit. Defense attorney Carolyn Wilder (Aunjanue Ellis) calls him out …
Read More »The Rose: Inside the Korean Rock Group's Biggest Year Yet
In 2018, the Rose made their U.S. concert debut performing for about 300 students at Northwestern University’s Korean American Students Conference. This year, on August 3 – exactly six years after the Korean indie-rock band officially launched their career with their single “Sorry” – the quartet will headline at Lollapalooza’s …
Read More »Taylor Swift Makes History As First Woman With Four Albums in Top 10 Simultaneously
Taylor Swift has made history with Speak Now (Taylor’s Version). As one of four albums the artist has in the Top 10 simultaneously, Swift becomes the first woman to achieve that milestone since the Billboard 200 combined mono and stereo album charts into one in August 1963, as Billboard reports. …
Read More »DeSantis Against Personal Attacks on Trump Despite Struggling Campaign
Ron DeSantis said Sunday he’s not interested in launching personal attacks on 2024 Republican frontrunner Donald Trump, even as the Florida governor continues to trail the former president by a wide margin in the polls. Appearing on Fox News‘ MediaBuzz, DeSantis, whose campaign recently let go about a dozen staffers, …
Read More »These Black and Asian American Affirmative Action Advocates Won't Be Divided
Last month, when the Supreme Court ruled that Harvard University and the University of North Carolina violated the Constitution by considering applicants’ race in the admissions process — thereby ending affirmative action programs nationwide — Scripps News brought on two people for a heavily-moderated debate on the issue. One was …
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