Las Vegas’ alt-rock nostalgia festival When We Were Young was forced to cancel its entire opening day slate Saturday due to a high wind warning in the area. “When We Were Young Festival organizers have spent the last several days proactively preparing the festival grounds for a windy Saturday,” organizers …
Read More »Bono Again Apologizes for U2's iTunes Stunt: 'I Take Full Responsibility'
Bono has once again apologized for U2’s The Songs of Innocence showing up unsolicited in iTunes libraries around the world, with the singer detailing the thought process leading up to and backlash following the 2014 stunt. “I take full responsibility,” Bono writes in his upcoming memoir Surrender: 40 Songs, One …
Read More »Sacheen Littlefeather Lied About Native American Ancestry, Sisters Claim
Just weeks after the death of Sacheen Littlefeather — the actress and activist who declined Marlon Brando’s 1973 Oscar win forThe Godfatheron his behalf and was blacklisted in Hollywood — her biological sisters have revealed that she fabricated her Native American ancestry. The two sisters of Littlefeather (born Marie Louise …
Read More »Johnny Depp, Jeff Beck Sue the Folklorist Who Accused Them of Stealing an Incarcerated Man's Poem
Johnny Depp and Jeff Beck have filed a lawsuit against folklorist and professor Bruce Jackson, who accused the pair of stealing the lyrics from a toast poem he documented in his 1974 book and 1976 album, Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me. As Rolling Stone first …
Read More »'The Banshees of Inisherin': Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson Turn a Buddy Tragedy Into a Masterpiece
“I just don’t like ya no more.” In terms of sentences that have kickstarted wars and caused bloodshed, this simple utterance is pretty tame. It’s not as declarative as “The world must be safe for democracy,” not as inspirational as “We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on …
Read More »Cheating Scandal That Rocked Chess Heads to Court With $100 Million Defamation Lawsuit
The 19-year-old American grandmaster at the heart of the cheating scandal that has rocked the chess world has filed a $100 million lawsuit against his main accuser and others who he claims have ruined his career. Hans Niemann — who allegedly cheated in over 100 online chess matches in addition …
Read More »Middle-Aged, Desperate and Broke as a Joke: How Anthony Bourdain Became an Instant Sensation
For Anthony Bourdain, success came late in life — he was 43, ancient by celebrity standards — but when it did come it came suddenly and surely. One morning — it was April 12, 1999 — he woke up as he usually did, a man with no credit cards or …
Read More »'I Thought I Could Report the Crime and Keep My Family': Danny Masterson Accuser Recalls Fear of Retaliation from Church of Scientology
One of three women who accused actor Danny Masterson of rape as part of his ongoing criminal trial told the court in downtown Los Angeles on Friday that she tried to protect multiple high-ranking Scientology officials in her initial police report over fear that she would be declared “a suppressive …
Read More »Cardi B Prevails in $5 Million Mixtape Cover Lawsuit: 'They Were Gracious Winners'
Cardi B‘s court battle over the cover art for her mixtape Gangsta Bitch Music Vol. 1 is over. On Friday, days after the rap star appeared in court to battle the $5 million lawsuit, a jury in Santa Ana found that the artist did not use the likeness of Kevin …
Read More »Taylor Swift Breaks Spotify Single-Day Album Stream Record: 'How Did I Get This Lucky'
Midnights is officially a record-breaking album. On Friday, Spotify revealed that Taylor Swift‘s new album had become the most-streamed project in a single day in the streaming service’s history. Sharing Spotify’s tweet, Swift wrote, “How did I get this lucky, having you guys out here doing something this mind-blowing?! Like …
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