Warning: Disturbing Content Scrolling through Facebook one day in October 2017, wildlife photographer Melissa Groo seethed when she saw Heather Keepers had posted another image to Instagram of herself kissing a cougar, with the hashtags #coolestjobintheworld, #luckiestgirlintheworld. Keepers, petite with long brown hair, blue-green eyes, and tattoos of constellations on …
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Ted Russell Kamp just can’t quit L.A. Despite an extended stint in Seattle and growing up in Upstate New York, Kamp is a California country-rocker through and through, and his latest album, California Son, reads like a love letter to the Golden State. But it’s also a snapshot of one …
Read More »The Bare-Knuckle King of the Fight World
David Feldman, the founder of the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC), the fastest-growing combat sport in the world, is facing the fight of his life: therapy. “I go once a week and within two minutes I’m crying like fuck,” he says. “I just keep uncovering everything.” It’s a 72-degree day …
Read More »Kevin Abstract, Lil Nas X Premiere New Song 'Tennessee' at Coachella
Kevin Abstract, the Brockhampton founding member and solo artist, surprised fans during his solo set at Coachella Weekend Two on Saturday with an appearance from Lil Nas X. The pair dropped a new collab called “Tennessee.” Abstract’s set list included a mix of his newer songs and Brockhampton hits, opening …
Read More »Foreign Aid Package for Ukraine, Israel… and TikTok Ban Passes House, Frustrating MAGA Republicans
After months of delays, the House of Representatives passed a foreign aid package that would send funding to Ukraine and Israel — and encompassed a ban on TikTok — in a Saturday vote, despite the vocal opposition from some far-right members of Congress to the former. All 210 Democrats present …
Read More »Biden Congratulates Tennessee Auto Plant on Historic Unionization Drive
A Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee voted to unionize Friday night, the first auto manufacturing facility to unionize in the American South since the 1940s. President Joe Biden issued a congratulations to the newly-formed union, which received 73 percent votes in favor among 3,613 workers, for “their historic vote for …
Read More »RFK Jr.'s Family, Friends, and Former Colleagues Want Him to Drop Presidential Bid
Seemingly everyone in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s personal life is coming out of the woodwork to urge him to drop out of the 2024 presidential race, warning that his spoiler campaign could siphon votes off from President Joe Biden and potentially hand victory to Donald Trump. The Natural Resources Defense …
Read More »Rüfüs Du Sol Drive Down Memory Lane at Coachella — And Tease Their Next Move
For the Australian alt-dance trio Rüfüs Du Sol, playing Coachella feels like returning to a home away from home. Composed of Tyrone Lindqvist on vocals, Jon George on keys, and James Hunt on drums, the group had long dreamed of playing the California festival before they showcased their album Bloom, …
Read More »Drake Drops New Kendrick Lamar Diss Track With AI Tupac, Snoop Dogg Verses
Drake turned up the heat on Friday, following up the official release of his Kendrick Lamar diss track “Push Ups” from earlier this week with “Taylor Made Freestyle,” which appears to feature AI vocals from Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg. Late Friday night, April 19, the rapper took to social …
Read More »10 Very Important Things I Learned From Watching 'Rebel Moon: Part 2 — The Scargiver'
1. Always hire Anthony Hopkins to deliver exposition. The man is an Oscar-winner, he’s played everybody from Hamlet to Hannibal Lecter, he’s got the best butter-melting British purr in the business. So if you’re Zack Snyder — or even if you’re not Zack Snyder, but are dropping the second chapter …
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