Saturday Night Live musical guest SZA‘s first performance of the night was “Shirt,” the lead single from her forthcoming album S.O.S. The song features Doja Cat, with whom SZA captured this year’s Grammy for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for “Kiss Me More.” Saturday marked SZA’s second appearance on SNL, having …
Read More »'SNL' Weekend Update Shows No Mercy for Hitler-Liking Kanye
“You guys aren’t going tobelieve this, but Alex Jones andKanye West got together thisweek, and it didn’t go great,” Colin Jost opened SNL‘s Weekend Update. In West’s interview with the Sandy Hook school shooting denier, the anti-Semite said, “I like Hitler.” This, Jost joked, “was also the password he used …
Read More »'SNL' Cold Open: Desperate GOP Finds Solution for Dopey 'Herschel Walker'
Saturday Night Live‘s last episode before the Georgia Senate runoff began with concerned Republicans in Congress figuring out what to do with candidate Herschel Walker in order to boost their chances of capturing the Democratic-held seat. The trio of James Austin Johnson as Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Mikey Day …
Read More »Trump Demands America Rip Up the Constitution, Make Him President
Donald Trump is a sore loser, to say the least. On Saturday, the former president called for the termination of the Constitution in order to overturn the 2020 election results. In Trump’s latest rant on Truth Social, he referred to himself wrongly as the “rightful winner” and called for his …
Read More »The Pavement Musical 'Slanted! Enchanted!' Is Totally Insane and It Should Run Forever
What could sum up the spirit of Pavement’s music better than seven tap-dancing Santas stepping to the guitar break from “Gold Soundz”? Or a team of theater kids giving jazz hands while they all sing “Shady Lane”? Or “AT&T” turned into a boot-scootin’ line dance, complete with cowboy hats and …
Read More »U.S. Team Eliminated From FIFA World Cup Following Loss to Netherlands
The United States Men’s National Team’s time in Qatar has come to an end as they were downed by the Netherlands squad 3-1 Saturday at the FIFA World Cup. The USMNT’s fate seemed sealed at halftime as — despite out-chancing and arguably overplaying the Dutch side in the first half …
Read More »'Sr.': Robert Downey Jr. Pays Tribute to His Late, Great Father
When Chris Smith — a documentarian who had tackled everything from Method acting run amuck to a music festival falling apart — was asked what subjects he might be interested in pursuing in terms of a new project, he didn’t mention a “what.” Instead, he gave his producers a “who”: …
Read More »Watch Pantera Play First Concert in Over 21 Years at Mexico Metal Fest
Pantera staged their first concert in over 21 years as the semi-reunited heavy metal band headlined Friday night at Mexico’s Hell & Heaven Metal Fest. The gig marked Pantera’s first concert since Aug. 2001: After initially going on hiatus, the metal legends broke up in 2003. A year later, guitarist …
Read More »'They Can Totally Undo Him': A Freedom Caucus Founder Dishes on Kevin McCarthy
On the surface, Kevin McCarthy looks like a shoe-in to become the next Speaker of the House. He won an internal vote of the conference 188-31, over right-winger Andy Biggs of Arizona, to retain the party’s top leadership post. If Republicans just stick together during a House floor vote in …
Read More »Kanye West, Herschel Walker, and Why White Supremacists Love Bad Black Candidates
There’s a racism problem on the American right. Racists want that problem to look like Kanye West and Herschel Walker. In the middle of Ye’s gimp-suited rant on Alex Jones’ morally and financially bankrupt show yesterday, between attacking the supposed godlessness of Dave Chappelle — a practicing Muslim — and …
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