A bove all, he remembers the boots the cops wore when they kicked down the door of his mom’s apartment. They yanked him out of bed and a deep sleep, 12 gang cops in riot gear searching the room of a tall-for-his-age 10-year-old named Tionne Tisdale. “Where is it?” they …
Read More »Why Does Everything Sound Like an Audition Song for 'The Voice'?
Alex Warren’s breakthrough single, “Ordinary,” has a backstory made for TV. The 24-year-old artist wrote it about his wife, Kouvr Annon, whom he started dating when they were both 18. It wasn’t the best time to jump into something so new and intense. He’d already experienced the grief of losing …
Read More »Trump Administration Preparing to Accept Luxury Jet from Qatar's Royal Family: Report
The Trump administration is getting ready to accept a super luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from the royal family of Qatar to replace Air Force One until Donald Trump‘s second term ends, when ownership of the plane will be shifted to his presidential library foundation, ABC News reported, citing sources …
Read More »'SNL': Watch Arcade Fire Perform 'Pink Elephant,' 'Year Of The Snake'
Indie rock band Arcade Fire made their sixth appearance on Saturday Night Live, performing songs from their newest studio album, Pink Elephant, which was released Friday. The Canadian quintet opened with the title track, the second of the album’s ten songs. Pink Elephant, Arcade Fire’s seventh studio album and their …
Read More »'SNL' Weekend Update Shuts Down 'Woke' Pope Complaints, Trashes Trump's Alcatraz Revival
Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update addressed the election of Robert Prevost as the first American pope, and the subsequent complaints from some conservatives that the Chicago native is somehow “woke.” Colin Jost began by admitting that, as a Catholic, he “could not be more proud.” “Whichis a sin, and now …
Read More »'SNL' Cold Open: 'AA Team' Jeanine Pirro, Pete Hegseth Have One Big, Boozy Reunion
Former Saturday Night Live cast member Cecily Strong revived her portrayal of Jeanine Pirro alongside Colin Jost as Pete Hegseth, and the pair of “old drinking buddies” celebrated their reunion. The duo, called the “AA team” by Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson), were glad to link up again after their …
Read More »Trump to Bring White South Africans as Refugees to U.S. While Cutting Everyone Else Out
Amid a widespread crackdown on immigration and refugee programs, the Trump administration is slated to bring white South Africans to the U.S. as refugees on Monday, multiple news outlets reported. They will now have a pathway to American citizenship. The move is the first in a “much larger-scale relocation effort,” …
Read More »Trump Admin Accuses Dem of 'Assaulting an ICE Agent' at Newark Detention Center
The Trump administration is investigating and considering arresting Democratic members of Congress involved in a scrum at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in New Jersey on Friday, according to a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security. Democratic New Jersey Reps. LaMonica McIver, Bonnie Watson Coleman, and Rob Menendez …
Read More »Trump Takes Credit for India, Pakistan Cease-Fire as Fighting Continues
President Donald Trump took credit for a cease-fire between India and Pakistan that immediately fell apart Saturday. Fighting took place across the border between the two countries soon after leaders agreed to the cease-fire, The New York Times reports. Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio …
Read More »Johnny Rodriguez, Country Music's First Mexican American Star, Dead at 73
Johnny Rodriguez, the first country star of Mexican American descent known for such recordings as “You Always Come Back (To Hurting Me)” and “Ridin’ My Thumb to Mexico,” died Friday after entering hospice care. He was 73. His daughter confirmed Rodriguez’s death in a social media post. “It is with …
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