If you were an adolescent with occasional bouts of insomnia in the early 2000s, you probably grew up watching Real Sex, the groundbreaking HBO series that aired in the wee hours before softcore time-travel movies and re-airings of Problem Child 3. Real Sex was truly revolutionary: it was frank, straightforward, …
Read More »Senators Demand Answers on 'American Taliban' Meeting With ISIS Supporter
Two senators are asking the Justice Department how “American Taliban” John Walker Lindh was able to meet with a convicted ISIS supporter in full view of the FBI while out on parole. In a letter obtained by Rolling Stone, Sens. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) and Katie Britt (R-Ala.) wrote to Attorney …
Read More »How Gracie Abrams Turned 'Owning Her Sh*t' Into One of 2023's Best Debuts
When the pandemic shut down the world in March 2020, millions of people had to find ways to cope with an abundance of time indoors. Some baked bread. Others took up pottery. And on one very-early Friday morning, singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams got high, dove deep into Taylor Swift’s discography, and …
Read More »Rihanna, Steph Curry, Drake and More Congratulate LeBron on Breaking NBA Scoring Record
LeBron James rewrote the record books Tuesday at Crypto.com Arena, passing Kareem-Abdul-Jabbar’s longstanding record, and scoring 38,388 points to become the NBA’s all-time leading scorer. In a night of celebration LeBron’s family and friends were in attendance to show support, including Magic Johnson, Dwyane Wade, Denzel Washington, and Jay-Z Celebrities …
Read More »LeBron James Breaks Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's NBA Points Record
LeBron James broke one of the NBA’s loftiest records Tuesday night at Crypto.com Arena, scoring 38,388 points to surpass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and become the league’s all-time leading scorer. James entered the night’s game against Oklahoma City Thunder just 36 points away from passing Abdul-Jabbar’s historic record. In the third quarter, …
Read More »Sarah Huckabee Sanders Plays Trump's Spin Doctor in SOTU Response
After President Joe Biden’s calls for unity in his annual State of the Union address, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders stoked right-wing grievances in her official Republican response on Tuesday night. Sanders went down the list of Republican complaints: A president and administration ensconced in “woke fantasies”; the constant siege …
Read More »Former President Accused of Attempting Coup Calls Biden 'Most Corrupt President in American History'
President Joe Biden‘s State of the Union address on Tuesday evening — a soft launch of sorts to his 2024 re-election campaign — called for for bipartisan unity while admonishing GOP efforts to undermine his party’s accomplishments. Trump, who has already declared his run for the White House, delivered his …
Read More »A Piss-and-Vinegar Biden Dares Republicans to Try Him
President Joe Biden devoted most of his second State of the Union address to calls for unity and working across the aisle in a season of divided government. Except when he didn’t: As Republican lawmakers vociferously heckled the president throughout the speech, the president pushed right back. The shouts from …
Read More »The Grammys Call Dr. Dre an Icon. Dee Barnes Calls Him an Abuser
On Sunday night at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards, hip-hop pioneer Dr. Dre was honored with an award that will newly bear his name – the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award. The honor is a project of the Recording Academy’s Black Music Collective, which debuted the Global Impact Award last …
Read More »Brendan Fraser Calls Golden Globes 'Hood Ornaments' That 'Mean Nothing to Me'
Brendan Fraser continued his criticism of the Golden Globes during a recent interview on Howard Stern’s SiriusXM talk show. Despite being nominated for Best Actor in a Drama Motion Picture, the actor declined to attend this year’s ceremony following his accusation that the HFPA’s former president groped him at a …
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