If you wandered into a New York club at any point in the last decade or so and spotted the words Champagne Taste on a flyer tacked onto the door, you were about to get lucky: That was actually a fake band name used by the fantastically fun rock trio …
Read More »Biden May Have Quietly Thrown a Wrench in Trump's Plan to 'Drill, Baby, Drill'
This story was published in partnership with Drilled, a global multimedia reporting project focused on climate accountability. In December, the Biden administration quietly announced the finalization of its long-awaited study on liquefied natural gas, or LNG, exports. While Joe Biden is no longer president, the study’s release could complicate President …
Read More »Lady Gaga Finally Addresses Poor Critical Reception of 'Joker: Folie à Deux'
Lady Gaga is finally speaking out about those scathing Joker: Folie à Deux reviews —and it’s clear the Artpop singer is taking her own advice to “Do What U Want.” Gaga appeared in the Joker sequel as Lee Quinzel, or Harley Quinn for those wildly or even partially attuned to …
Read More »Watch Nicole Scherzinger Belt 'Sunset Boulevard' Ballad on 'Colbert'
Nicole Scherzinger performed “As If We Never Said Goodbye,” an emotive song from the Broadway musical Sunset Boulevard, during an appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. An orchestra joined Scherzinger onstage Monday, as her voice built from a tender whisper to a mighty roar. “This world’s waited long …
Read More »Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni Will Head to Trial in 2026
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni will face each other in court next year, when the former’s lawsuit against her It Ends With Us co-star heads to trial. According to The Associated Press, a federal judge in New York scheduled the trial to start March 9, 2026. There will, of course, …
Read More »Why Everyone Is Freaking Out About DeepSeek, China's Answer to ChatGPT
Years of feverish hype around artificial intelligence technology have convinced many that it’s Silicon Valley‘s next speculative bubble — and prompted questions of how long giants like OpenAI can keep burning through billions of dollars in their quest for a true breakthrough AI. Now, a Chinese company has unveiled a …
Read More »How Bob Odenkirk's Heart Attack Rocked 'Better Call Saul'
As Better Call Saul headed into its homestretch, fans were abuzz with how the acclaimed Breaking Bad prequel would end. What would happen to Saul-only characters like Kim Wexler and Lalo Salamanca? How much would we see of events from the Breaking Bad years, and how much more time would …
Read More »Trump Orders Freeze on Billions in Federal Financial Assistance. Chaos Ensues
The federal government on Tuesday is slated to implement a freeze on tens of billions of dollars in federal grants. President Donald Trump ordered the stop as part of his larger effort to purge the government of programs and expenditures promoting diversity initiatives. The suspension is already having a wide-ranging …
Read More »Nine Rock Star Memoirs We Hope to Read One Day
Back in the Eighties and Nineties, the release of a major rock star memoir was a fairly uncommon event. Noteworthy ones like George Harrison’s I, Me, Mine (1980), Iggy Pop’s I Need More (1982), and David Lee Roth’s Crazy From the Heat (1997) popped up every once in a while, …
Read More »Jonas Brothers Are Returning to Their Disney Roots With a New Christmas Movie
The holiday season may be well in the rearview, but that’s no reason to think it’s too early to start planning for next December. The Jonas Brothers — fresh off their own big New Year’s Eve performance — are doing just that, announcing that they’ll return to Disney for a …
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