It’s hard out there for a right-wing drag queen. When a 6’2”, 190 pound man entered the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center outside Washington, D.C. — decked out in a fabulous blond wig, a crown of flowers, and a floor-length red-white-and-blue dress — he was not there to protest …
Read More »Jonathan Majors Arrested for Allegedly Strangling, Assaulting, Harassing Woman in New York
Creed III actor Jonathan Majors was arrested on Saturday on charges of strangulation, assault, and harassment, according to authorities, as The Associated Press reports. On Saturday, around 11 a.m., police responded to a 911 call at an apartment in the Chelsea neighborhood in Manhattan. According to the authorities, the star …
Read More »Trump Says He's 'The Most Innocent Man in the History of Our Country' at Lie-Filled Waco Rally
Donald Trump held the first campaign rally for his 2024 presidential campaign on Saturday, held at the Waco Regional Airport in Texas, making a dramatic entrance with a flyover to the tune of Top Gun single “Danger Zone” as hundreds of his MAGA followers in attendance cheered. Meanwhile, “Christian Worship …
Read More »Lady Gaga Steps Out as Harley Quinn in 'Joker 2' Set Photos
Lady Gaga gave her Monsters and cinephiles the first look at her Harley Quinn character in new set photos from Joker: Folie a Deux’s New York shoot. Paparazzi previously snapped the singer/actress on the sequel’s shoot — and director Todd Phillips shared a Valentine’s Day still of Gaga and Joaquin …
Read More »Rosalia and Rauw Alejandro Pull Back the Curtain on Their Romance — and Engagement — on <em>RR</em>
Three years ago, when relationship rumors began swirling between the Spanish fusionist Rosalia and Puerto Rican multi-hyphenate Rauw Alejandro, the two of them did their best to keep their budding romance under wraps. This, of course, only fueled more interest in the couple, who surprised some fans with a bond …
Read More »The Dream of the Nineties Is Alive at 90s Con
HARTFORD, Connecticut—Welcome to 90s Con, where the Nineties live on. The decade where all that glitters is gold. Fans of 1990s pop culture have made the pilgrimage here on an arctic March day for a weekend of time travel, transforming the Connecticut Convention Center into a pastel love-fest. Reality? Adulthood? …
Read More »Taylor Swift Debuts 'Snow on the Beach' Live, Praises Lana Del Rey at Las Vegas Show
Taylor Swift was among the millions celebrating Lana Del Rey Release Day Friday, as Swift effusively praised the singer and performed their Midnights collaboration “Snow on the Beach” for the first time live Friday at her The Eras Tour stop in Las Vegas. During the “Surprise Songs” portion her otherwise …
Read More »Internet Archive Loses First Battle in Publishers' Copyright Infringement Lawsuit
Digital database Internet Archive lost the first ruling in a copyright infringement lawsuit filed against the “nonprofit library” by four of the biggest publishing companies. In June 2020, amid the Covid-19 pandemic, John Wiley & Sons, Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins and Penguin Random House sued Internet Archive over their attempt …
Read More »Murder and Mercy: Inside a Teenage Death-Penalty Case That Shocked the World
Alex Mar’s new book Seventy Times Seven: A True Story of Murder and Mercy tells the story of one of the youngest people sentenced to death in this country’s history: a 15-year-old girl named Paula Cooper. In the spring of 1985 in Gary, Indiana, she and three other girls skip …
Read More »'Mountain Stage' Has Featured Everyone From Tyler Childers to Tori Amos. 40 Years on, It's Still Breaking Artists
Standing behind a large curtain at the Cultural Center Theater in the small Appalachian city of Charleston, West Virginia, Kathy Mattea readies herself to welcome another audience to NPR’s Mountain Stage. “[Mountain Stage] has reinforced and magnified my long-held belief that music is really important,” Mattea, a Charleston native, tells …
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