This entire Barbie promo cycle, and really his entire existence, has branded Ken as just some guy. But he isn’t just some guy — he’s Ken. And in the latest exclusive clip from the film, out July 22, he’s Ryan Gosling performing a giant Eighties power ballad with Slash on …
Read More »BTS' First Book Shoots Up to No. 1 on Best-Seller Lists, Hours After Release
Beyond the Story: 10-Year Record of BTS was released July 9, immediately soaring up to the top of Amazon’s best-seller charts, reaching No.1 on the overall book charts in a number of hours. A preview of the book shows BTS‘ origins, structured into chapters: “Seoul,” “Why We Exist,” “Love, Hate, …
Read More »David Crosby's Final Band Details Tribute Show
David Crosby’s final band will reconvene later this summer for a special concert honoring the folk rock legend, who died back in January. The show is both a tribute, as well as a make-up show of sorts: Crosby was originally scheduled to perform a set of Crosby, Stills, Nash & …
Read More »Reneé Rapp Exits 'Sex Lives of College Girls': The Show 'Changed My Life'
It’s the end of an era for Reneé Rapp. The actress and musician who stars as Leighton in MAX‘s The Sex Lives of College Girls revealed Monday that she’ll exit the show following its upcoming third season. In a Twitter statement, she thanked the show’s creators and celebrated how much …
Read More »Twitter Beats Out Threads for Coveted Taliban Leader Endorsement
Twitter may be struggling to court advertisers, keep the site actually running, and prevent users from fleeing to eager competitors — but at least the Taliban likes it. On Monday, Anas Haqqani, a senior leader in the Taliban, praised Twitter in response to the launch of Meta’s Threads, a Twitter …
Read More »Liam Payne Spent 100 Days in Rehab Following Backlash to One Direction Comments: 'I Was in Bad Shape'
Around this time last year, Liam Payne set One Direction Twitter on fire when he went on Logan Paul’s Impaulsive podcast and unleashed some loaded comments about his former bandmates, specifically Zayn Malik. The backlash that followed was something of a wake-up call for the singer, who revealed in a …
Read More »Madonna Breaks Silence After Hospitalization: 'I'm on the Road to Recovery'
Madonna is on the mend. On Monday, the pop legend spoke out for the first time since she was hospitalized following a “serious bacterial infection,” saying she’s feeling much better and is on the “road to recovery.” “Thank you for your positive energy, prayers, and words of healing and encouragement. …
Read More »Mark Wahlberg, Guy Fieri, Mel Gibson Are All on Jack White's Sh-t List for 'Normalizing' Donald Trump
Jack White‘s ever-growing shit list just got longer. The musician posted a series of photos on Instagram that picture former president Donald Trump with different celebrities, including Mel Gibson and Mark Wahlberg. White called out all the photographed parties for “normalizing” Trump in his caption. “Anybody who ‘normalizes’ or treats …
Read More »Billie Eilish Knows All the Deep Barbie Lore
Billie Eilish showed off her deep knowledge of the Barbie canon, Dua Lipa discussed the doll’s early influence on her adventurous fashion, and Simu Liu spoke about the brilliant inclusivity of Barbieland with Rolling Stone on the pink carpet at the premiere for Greta Gerwig’s Barbie Sunday night. Eilish was …
Read More »Anohni Weeps Tragically and Beautifully on 'My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross'
Every track on My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross feels like a Greek statue frozen in some tragic visage of horror. Anohni‘s voice sounds delicate, angry, and exhausted, as she grieves track by track — for the unfulfilled promises of civil rights, for friends lost to drugs …
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