It’s a little more than a decade since Benmont Tench released his debut solo LP, You Should Be So Lucky, but for the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers keyboardist, it feels like a lifetime ago. There’s been a lot of joy in the intervening years, most notably his 2015 marriage …
Read More »Social Security Insiders Warn Trump and Musk Could Break the Program
Under the guise of efficiency, Donald Trump’s administration is dismantling the agency that runs Social Security, threatening benefits that keep millions of Americans out of poverty and setting up a political gamble for the White House and congressional Republicans. Social Security Administration (SSA) insiders and its former commissioner, Martin O’Malley, …
Read More »Trump Is Leading an 'All-Out Assault' on the Climate
It’s no secret that Donald Trump has zero interest in fighting climate change and enthusiastically supports the fossil fuel industry. Trump’s 2024 victory was expected to set the climate fight back, but in less than two months, his administration has already done irreparable harm to efforts to address climate change. …
Read More »DJ Koze Is Full of Contradictions. That's Why He's Great
Dinner with DJ Koze is delightful. He shows me to a Thai restaurant in central Hamburg, down some steps and into a curtained room bubbling with atmosphere and charm. He studies the menu as though searching for secret meanings, then orders the pho, which is what he always gets. Then …
Read More »Sabrina Carpenter Lets Spice Girls' Emma Bunton Try on Her Pink Handcuffs at London Concert
Sabrina Carpenter went from sweet to spicy during her Short n’ Sweet tour stop at the O2 in London on Saturday night. While making the night’s honorary arrest during “Juno,” the singer chose Spice Girls‘ Emma Bunton as the recipient of her fuzzy pink handcuffs. “You’re kind of spicing up …
Read More »Penn Badgley Is Back in His Serial Killer Bag in the New 'You' Finale Trailer
Everyone’s favorite serial killer psychopath Joe Goldberg is back for one last killing spree — and maybe, finally, a bit of justice — in the new trailer for the fifth and final season of You, which premieres on April 24 on Netflix. The finale picks up three years after the …
Read More »The Life and Mystery of Luigi Mangione
A pizza order, a thank you, or a death threat — Giuseppe Mantova didn’t know which awaited him as he answered the call the Wednesday evening before Christmas. The phone at Vito’s Pizza had been ringing more than usual that week, thanks to an illustration Mantova’s 30-year-old daughter had taped …
Read More »Lil Nas X Is Ready to Dream on in 'Dreamboy'
Lil Nas X is gearing up for his upcoming Dreamboy project with two new song releases. The first, “Dreamboy,” arrived on Sunday night, the same day he announced it. The second, “Hotbox,” comes later this week on Friday, March 14. On “Dreamboy,” Lil Nas X discusses being ready to go …
Read More »The World's Hardest 'The Office' Quiz
When the U.S. version of The Office premiered on NBC 20 years ago, the reaction was rather muted, to put it charitably. The shadow of the original U.K. series created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant loomed very large, and the NBC pilot was almost a shot-for-shot remake of their …
Read More »James Kennedy 'Sorry' for Posting Photo With Tate Brothers: I 'Condemn Their Beliefs'
James Kennedy has apologized for recently sharing a photo with Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate, the controversial far-right influencer brothers who are charged with rape and human trafficking in Romania and are under criminal investigation in Florida. The Vanderpump Rules star took to his Instagram Stories on Saturday to explain …
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