Hollywood is brushing shoulders with the business of podcasting. On Wednesday, the Golden Globes announced plans to present the inaugural Best Podcast award in 2026. Nominees for the new category will be narrowed down to six candidates from a larger pool of the 25 most popular podcast series. “As the …
Read More »See Eminem's 'Lose Yourself' Re-Created With Dialogue From Over 330 Films
An intrepid YouTuber has re-created Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” using dialogue plucked from 331 different movies and TV shows. The Unusual Suspect — who has previously given the “CinemaSings” treatment to wordy tracks like Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire” (257 films were needed for that one) and M.I.A.’s “Paper …
Read More »Fan Fiction Is About Community. Could AI Ruin That?
Belligerent Sexual Tension. Alternate Universe. Kink Negotiation. Omegaverse. When people search for fan fiction on site Archive of Our Own— known among its legions of fans as AO3 — there’s a neverending set of tags the site’s 8 million-and-counting users can sort through to find their perfect fic. Now, this …
Read More »Kanye West Lasts Three Minutes With Piers Morgan, Storms Off After Stupid Dispute Over X Followers
Ye (fka Kanye West) spent approximately three minutes doing an interview with Piers Morgan before storming off, which, to be fair, is probably about as long as we’d want to spend talking to Piers Morgan. Which is not to say that, in this instance — to paraphrase the tweet — …
Read More »John Mulaney Breaks Down the Music Powering 'Everybody's Live'
John Mulaney can’t help but play favorites a bit discussing the different parts of his unorthodox weekly talk show Everybody’s Live With John Mulaney. “I have to say,” he told Rolling Stone via Zoom last week, “there’s no part of the show and there’s no part of the week that’s …
Read More »Fitz and the Tantrums Preview New Album 'Man on the Moon' With Funky Title Track
Fitz and the Tantrums take fans on a funky lunar voyage with their new single “Man on the Moon,” the title track from the band’s upcoming album. Man on the Moon, out July 25 via Atlantic Records, is heralded by the band as their most daring album yet, with Fitz …
Read More »Yungblud Will Interrogate Hero Worship on New Album 'Idols,' Then See It in Action on Tour
Yungblud will peel back the complex layers of hero worship on the first part of his forthcoming double album Idols, out June 20. In a statement, the musician explained the concept behind the 13-track project, saying: “We turn to others for an identity before turning to ourselves. Self-belief, self-reclamation, self-evolution …
Read More »Foreign Interests Appear to Be Pouring Millions Into Trump's Meme Coin
President Donald Trump’s meme coin is already a thing that shouldn’t exist, much less as a vehicle for foreign entities to funnel money to the sitting president, yet here we are. According to a Wednesday report from Bloomberg, over half of the top holders of $TRUMP — a personal cryptocurrency …
Read More »'Boardwalk Empire' Actor Michael Pitt Arrested for Sexual Abuse in New York
Michael Pitt, the actor best known for his roles in Dawson’s Creek and Boardwalk Empire, was arrested last week and charged with sexual abuse and assault in New York City. Pitt was arrested Friday and arraigned on the charges in Brooklyn Supreme Court. He’s facing eight counts total, including two …
Read More »Nathaniel Rateliff on Overcoming Anxiety, Curating Newport Folk, and New Video
Last year, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats began making the leap from theaters to arenas, culminating in a headlining show at New York’s Madison Square Garden two months ago. But as Rateliff tells it, fans almost didn’t see him there or anywhere else on the tour, which had been …
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