On Monday, a new Twitter user with the handle @BuffaloSh00ting, the screen name “Buffalo Supermarket Video,” and a bio reading “Buffalo Supermarket Video, Get it here,” popped up on the platform. The account’s avatar was a depiction of Red Skull, the Nazi supervillain from the Marvel universe; its header image …
Read More »Alabama's Orion Amphitheater Celebrates Grand Opening With Brittany Howard, Drive-By Truckers
As he gazed upon the thousands gathered for the grand opening of the Orion Amphitheater in Huntsville, Alabama, last Friday, singer-songwriter John Paul White articulated the moment with his song “The Good Old Days.” “There’s something going down in this simple place I grew up in,” sang White, who was …
Read More »'Real Housewives' Play the Propaganda Game in First Trailer for Dubai Inaugural Season
Bravo’s Real Housewives franchise is dipping its toe into the international soft power game, releasing the first trailer for the inaugural season of a new series set in Dubai. The season premieres June 1. Based on the new three-minute clip, the show will feature all the usual Housewives fodder, following …
Read More »Military List of UFO Sightings Has More Than Doubled in the Past Year, Navy Official Says at Hearing
Congress held its first hearing on UFOs in over 50 years on Tuesday, and it turns out there have been a lot more reported UFO — or UAP, unidentified aerial phenomenon — sightings than previously believed. A Navy intelligence official told lawmakers that the military’s database on reported sightings of …
Read More »Social Media Tips to Move Your Career and Project Forward
A content creator recently asked me for advice and tips on how to utilize social media to advance his career. So, I started with the basic questions that everyone should start with: Who are you and what do you want to say? Online, that is. These are basic but important …
Read More »'Montana Story' Is the Anti-'Yellowstone.' That's a Good Thing
Say “Montana” to anyone currently consuming a well-balanced media diet, and they’re likely to immediately think of Yellowstone, the unbelievably popular Dynasty-for-cowboys TV show that takes place in the “Treasure State.” Taylor Sheridan’s modern-day Western doesn’t have a lock on contemporary narratives in the region, to be sure, but it …
Read More »Jerrod Carmichael Came Out in 'Rothaniel.' Now He's Figuring Out How to Live That Way
Moving through the lobby of a posh Santa Monica hotel one May afternoon, Jerrod Carmichael is not so much walking as strutting. Tall and slender, he’s wearing a black cashmere sweater, matching pants, loafers, an Afro pick, and an outsize smile. And then there’s the brooch: Stunning gold. Cursive font. …
Read More »The Notorious B.I.G. Will Be Honored as the King of New York on Late Rapper's 50th Birthday
On what would have been his 50th birthday, The Notorious B.I.G. will be crowned with a title his fans have always known he’s held: King of New York. In honor of the legendary rapper, born Christopher Wallace, the Empire State Building will light up in red and white, with an …
Read More »Families Remember the People Stolen by the Buffalo Shooting
A lot was taken from the Buffalo, New York, community on Saturday, May 14. Peace. Security. Ten fathers, mothers, grandmothers, grandfathers, neighbors, and community members. The racist attack at Tops Supermarket and the man who traveled across the state to murder Black people couldn’t wrest one thing from victims’ family …
Read More »Pearl Jam Reunite With Drummer Dave Krusen to Play 'Ten' Classics
Early Pearl Jam drummer Dave Krusen reunited with the band to play pretty much all of Ten — the only album he played on — at a show in Fresno, California Monday, May 16. Krusen was one of three drummers Pearl Jam tapped to help fill-in for Matt Cameron, who …
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