During a day that saw no less than Dolly Parton make her SXSW debut, the hottest ticket was arguably for Wet Leg, the Isle of Wight duo whose charmingly post-punk songs have made their upcoming album one of the most anticipated of the year. The line to see the band …

Bill Maher slammed the GOP, the ACLU, MTV, Tucker Carlson and Playboy magazine in a Real Time segment Friday that took aim at how companies change their brand but keep their name. Maher opened his nine-minute “New Rule: Stand By Your Brand” by decrying how TLC, a.k.a. The Learning Channel, …

A fourth season of True Detective is in the works at HBO, with Barry Jenkins set to produce the latest installment of the beloved, Emmy-nominated anthology series. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Tigers Are Not Afraid filmmaker Issa López has been tapped to write and direct the first episode of …

Samantha Long knew something was wrong with her friend James Derrick when he started talking about fringe ideas on their first phone call in months. “It was essentially two hours of conspiracy theory after conspiracy theory, from things like ‘Covid isn’t real,’ to [theories about Joe] Biden, who was about …

Blessd, Myke Towers, and Ovy on the Drums are ready to be the next “global trend,” or “Tendencia Global,” in the new video for their collaboration. The video, which dropped Friday, is full of clips of the three artists singing the track’s catchy lyrics while riding on a couch around …

HAGERSTOWN, Md. —All of the trucks are full. Brian Brase, the co-organizer of the People’s Convoy, has a lot going on, but he’s still determined to get me into a truck before the convoy takes off at 10 a.m. sharp, headed out from the Hagerstown Speedway on a trek to …

A former girlfriend of William Hurt, who died Sunday at the age of 71, recounted the alleged physical abuse she endured while dating the actor in a guest column for Variety. Like actress Marlee Matlin — who accused Hurt of abuse in a memoir — Donna Kaz also penned a …

One of Jussie Smollett’s defense lawyers filed a “malicious prosecution” lawsuit Friday against the star witnesses at the actor’s hate hoax trial, saying recently dismissed defamation claims against him were fabricated “out of thin air,” wasting his time and money. The new civil lawsuit from celebrity attorney Mark Geragos against …

Are you from New York, even? Princess Nokia brings the early 2000s flow with her new single “No Effort” — and makes us envious of her puffer jacket-rockin’ crew as she “reclaims the co-opted aesthetic” and “brings it back to Harlem” in the song’s video. “Look at me, so clean, …

The return of a master of the genre, they said. Maybe the erotic thriller isn’t dead after all, they said. Never mind that the release of the Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas thriller Deep Water— director Adrian Lyne’s first movie since Unfaithful 20 years ago —was repeatedly delayed. This …