Netflix’s new scripted series Apple Cider Vinegar stars Katilyn Dever (Booksmart) as Belle Gibson, an Australian cancer survivor who turns her story — and health-conscious recipes — into an online wellness empire. It’s a glittery, social media-studded addition to the streaming services’ breadth of scammer stories, like Inventing Anna and …
Read More »The Big Game in the Big Easy: A History of the Super Bowl in New Orleans
There is always, locals say, something going on in New Orleans. This weekend, it’s the Super Bowl. For the 11th time, the Big Easy will play host to the Big Game, adding another chapter in a long legacy of on-field drama and off-field debauchery. New Orleans hosted its first Super …
Read More »Why a Chiefs Three-Peat Would Be Bad for the NFL
Yet another Super Bowl is upon us, which means it is time to discuss, in an incessant loop, the Greatest NFL Teams of All Time. Specifically, as the Kansas City Chiefs shoot for their third straight championship, we must analyze the meaning of their dynasty. Debate where they stand in …
Read More »Pharrell Williams' Michel Gondry-Directed Biopic Permanently Shelved
A Pharrell Williams biopic helmed by director Michel Gondry has been permanently shelved by Universal, just three months before the film’s scheduled May 9 release. According to Variety, the “coming-of-age musical” — originally titled Atlantis before the name was changed to Golden — had long finished filming and was in …
Read More »Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks DOGE's Access to Treasury Department Data
A federal judge temporarily blocked Elon Musk and the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing sensitive and confidential information within the Treasury Department. In a decision Saturday — which followed 19 state attorneys and unions suing the federal government over DOGE’s access to the Treasury’s payments system — …
Read More »David Lynch's Cause of Death Revealed
Nearly a month after David Lynch died, the visionary director’s cause of death has been revealed. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health published Lynch’s death certificate Friday, stating that cardiac arrest due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease as the primary cause of death. Dehydration was also a contributing …
Read More »Tony Roberts, Stage and Screen Actor Known for Woody Allen Films, Dead at 85
Tony Roberts, the stage and screen actor best known for his supporting roles in six Woody Allen movies, has died at the age of 85. Roberts’ daughter confirmed the actor’s death to the New York Times, adding he died at his New York home Friday from complications from lung cancer. …
Read More »'The Audience Is Our Hope': Directors of Israel-Palestine Doc 'No Other Land' on the Crisis There
Since its premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival last February, No Other Land, a documentary about the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, has won dozens of critics awards and earned a coveted Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature. But the harrowing film, co-directed by Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, …
Read More »The Internet Runs on Gossip. That's Making Us All Villains
Kelsey McKinney might be one of the most famous names in the gossip game. As the creator and former host of Defector’s hit podcast Normal Gossip, she’s covered a wide breadth of the most mundane to riotous recollections in the podcast, which takes niche gossip — like a midnight community …
Read More »DJ Premier, Roc Marciano Tease Joint EP With New Single 'Armani Section'
DJ PremierandRoc Marcianojoined forces for their first collaborative track, “Armani Section,” while also announcing an upcoming joint EP in the works. The joint venture will be released later this year but a date has yet to be announced. According to a press release, the song is “a declaration that true …
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