Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, better known as Bad Bunny, was in the middle of a hectic period in his career when Rolling Stone asked him to be on the cover of its July/August double issue. He was getting ready to perform at Coachella (and to become the first Latino solo …
Read More »Twitter Is So Heated Over Threads That They're Threatening Legal Action
A lawyer representing Elon Musk‘s X Corp., which owns Twitter, has sent a letter to Mark Zuckerberg, accusing his company Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, of “systematic, willful, and unlawful misappropriation of Twitter’s trade secrets and other intellectual property” in the creation of its new Threads app. The app, …
Read More »Remember When Taylor Swift Went Full Emo Performing 'Haunted' in 2010? We Do
Long before she traded in country music for unstoppable pop stardom, there was a moment in time when Taylor Swift decided to go full emo. And it really was just a moment, particularly the mid-point of NBC‘s Thanksgiving Special:Taylor Swift – Speak Now in 2010, just one month after she …
Read More »MTG Ousted From MAGA-Loving Freedom Caucus
Marjorie Taylor Greene has been booted from the MAGA-loving, far-right House Freedom Caucus after calling caucus member Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) “a little bitch” on the House floor last month. “A vote was taken to remove Marjorie Taylor Greene from the House Freedom Caucus for some of the things she’s …
Read More »Carly Rae Jepsen Announces 'The Loveliest Time,' a Followup to Her Last Album
After The Loneliest Time comes The Loveliest Time. On Thursday, Carly Rae Jepsen announced plans to drop her new album, The Loveliest Time — a followup to her album released last year. “After a season of hibernation comes the season of blossoming,” she wrote on Twitter. “I got to know …
Read More »Colleen Ballinger Has a History of Using Racist Stereotypes In Her Comedy
Last week, YouTube star Colleen Ballinger, the creator of sketch character MirandaSings, responded to allegations of having inappropriate interactions with underage fans. Instead of a statement, the internet star played a ukelele, accusing people of jumping on a “toxic gossip train.” Her apology was widely lambasted on social media, and …
Read More »The Arctic Is Farting 'Ancient' Methane and It's Scary as Hell
Rapidly receding glaciers are leaving new tracts of Arctic land uncovered and causing a potent greenhouse gas to bubble out of the ground, according to scientists studying the region. The Washington Post reports that, thanks to climate change, glaciers on a Norwegian archipelago are retreating rapidly, exposing land that has …
Read More »OceanGate Expeditions Suspends 'Exploration and Commercial Operations' After 'Titan' Implosion
OceanGate Expeditions, the company whose Titan submersible imploded last month, announced Thursday that it will be shuttering most of its business offerings. “OceanGate has suspended all exploration and commercial operations,” a note on the company’s website reads. The Titan submersible went missing on June 18, prompting worldwide media attention. Four …
Read More »Eric Adams Caught Lying About Fallen Cop Photo
New York City Mayor Eric Adams told reporters that for decades he carried in his wallet a photo of his friend, Officer Robert Venable, who died in the line of duty in 1987. When The New York Times asked to see the image in February 2022, the mayor showed a …
Read More »'Joy Ride': The Asian Squad Raising Hell and Crushing Stereotypes
The new movie Joy Ride, a riotously funny comedy about a group of four Asian-American pals — Audrey (Ashley Park of Emily in Paris), Kat (Stephanie Hsu, Oscar-nominated star of Everything Everywhere All at Once), Lolo (Sherry Cola), and Deadeye (Sabrina Wu) — who head to China to try to …
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