A review of this week’s Winning Time, “Memento Mori,” coming up just as soon as I ask not to be buzzard fucked… Two of the three main stories of “Memento Mori” involve making the best of a bad situation in the moment, while the third seems to involve someone taking …
Read More »Texas DA to Drop Murder Charge Against Woman Accused of 'Self-Induced Abortion'
A Texas district attorney said he will not prosecute a 26-year-old woman arrested in the state for an alleged “self-induced abortion.” Starr County District Attorney Gocha Allen Ramirez said in a statement Sunday that he filed a motion to dismiss a murder charge against Lizette Herrera. Herrera was arrested last …
Read More »See Thom Yorke Break Out Radiohead Rarities at Solo Acoustic Concert
Thom Yorke took a break from his side project the Smile to play a rare solo concert Saturday in Zermatt, Switzerland, where the singer delivered a career-spanning set packed with unorthodox acoustic renditions of Radiohead songs and solo works. Among the surprises that Yorke broke out during the gig was …
Read More »His Films Documented Russia's Last Ukraine Invasion. Now He's Living Through This One
Sergei Loznitsa’s Donbass, the Ukrainian filmmaker’s movie that made the festival rounds in the now-seemingly ancient year of 2018, kicks off with two different vignettes. We watch an older woman getting rings put around her eyes in a makeup trailer — she’s part of a “cast” of “everyday people,” along …
Read More »Fraud Endorses Quack
Former reality TV star and former president Donald Trump endorsed former TV huckster Dr. Mehmet Oz in a statement on Saturday. Oz is running as a Republican for a Pennsylvania Senate seat. “I have known Dr. Oz for many years, as have many others, even if only through his very …
Read More »The Supreme Court's 'Shadow Docket' Is Even Shadier than It Sounds
Earlier this week, the Supreme Court gave the go-ahead for a business-friendly and anti-environment Trump-era regulation. That this conservative Supreme Court ruled in this way is par for the course. But what was somewhat unusual about the ruling was that the court used what is called its “shadow docket” to …
Read More »Sech Celebrates Reggaeton Roots at Sold-Out Puerto Rico Concert
A rocket ship with “El Bloke” written over it was aimed at the stars Friday for the first concert of Sech’s three-night, sold-out stand at San Juan, Puerto Rico’s massive Coliseo, known to locals as El Choli. The venue — known for being the stomping ground for reggaeton, Latin music’s …
Read More »See Jack Harlow Perform Medley, Get Slimed at Kids Choice Awards
Jack Harlow performed a medley of his recent hits and, as per tradition, got slimed at the 2022Kids Choice Awards. Taking the stage at Santa Monica’s Barker Hanger for the annual Nickelodeon awards show, the Rolling Stone cover star ripped through “Nail Tech,” a Lil Nas X-less “Industry Baby” and …
Read More »'SNL' Weekend Update on Will Smith Ban From Oscars: 'Is That a Punishment?'
Weekend Update tackled the confirmation of new Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and Will Smith’s 10-year Oscar ban on the latest episode of Saturday Night Live. “Justice Jackson was honored Friday at a White House ceremony and said ‘We have come a long way toward perfecting our union,’ which …
Read More »'SNL' Cold Open: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Gets a 'Gins-Burn'
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic appointment as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court was the focus of Saturday Night Live‘s cold open. In the Oval Office, Jackson (played by Ego Nwodim) and President Biden (played by James Austin Jackson) recreated the photos of them watching the …
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