“I woke up one day and realized that, just by virtue of being born lucky, I had so much more than everyone else,” says Abigail Disney. “And I don’t think I’ve slept well since I figured that out.” Disney, the granddaughter of The Walt Disney Company co-founder Roy O. Disney, …
Read More »Florida Supreme Court Reprimands Judge For Showing Bias During Parkland Shooting Trial
Back in November, Judge Elizabeth A. Scherer sentenced Nikolas Cruz to life in prison without parole for killing 17 people in the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Now, nearly nine months later, the judge has received a public reprimand from the Florida Supreme …
Read More »Lucie Blackman: The Missing Woman Who Exposed Tokyo's Seedy Underbelly
Horrible crimes have been committed amid Tokyo’s shadowy nightlife, and a young Western woman is in the middle of it. So are the police and the media, each handling things as they’ve been taught, which doesn’t endear them to each other. No, it’s not another season of HBO’s Tokyo Vice, …
Read More »Pete Davidson Gets 50 Hours Community Service for Reckless Driving Charge
A Los Angeles County Superior judge ordered Pete Davidson to complete 50 hours of community service and attend an 18-month diversion program after he crashed his car intoa Beverly Hills home back in March, according to a statement from the district attorney on Monday, the New York Times reports. The …
Read More »BTS' Jimin Thanks Ryan Gosling for 'Barbie' Movie Guitar
After Ryan Gosling gifted Jimin with Ken’s guitar as a peace offering for breaking the Barbiecardinal rule, the BTS member took to social media on Monday to let the world know that there are no hard feelings between the two. “Hi Ryan and hi Ken, it’s Jimin,” the Face singer …
Read More »Offset and Jamie Lee Curtis Spoof Wild 1988 James Brown Interview
Offset channeled funk’s founding father in a video shared on Monday in which the rapper parodied James Brown’s irreverent 1988 CNN interview. Assisted by Jamie Lee Curtis standing in for reporter Sonya Friedman, the Migos member captioned the video “Y’all ready for some new music???….JEALOUSY!!” In the clip, the Oscar-winning …
Read More »Drive-In Theater Says Taylor Swift Used Its Screen in a Lyric Video. Its Owner Wants Kudos
Greenville Drive-In hopes to get proper kudos for appearing in a Taylor Swift lyric video. On Monday, the Instagram account behind the Greene County, New York drive-in celebrated its third annual Taylor Swift Appreciation Day in honor of the singer featuring their theater screen in the lyric video for Folklore …
Read More »Doja Cat Started a War With Her Own Stans. Now, They're Jumping Ship
Doja Cat‘s fandom is in shambles, and she couldn’t care less. Throughout her career, the rapper has maintained a bizarre relationship with her fans online — one that embraced their support but harshly rejected anything beyond that, including their inquiries into her life outside of music. She’ll go into the …
Read More »Kany García Serenades NPR's Tiny Desk With Love Songs, Immigrant Ode
Kany García is the latest Latina star to bring her musical prowess to NPR‘s Tiny Desk concert series. On Monday, NPR released a video of the Puerto Rican musician’s performance as she sang fan-favorites from her latest albums. The singer-songwriter opened her performance with the sweet “Para Siempre” before she …
Read More »Right-Wing Cranks Try to Get in on the Barbenheimer Fun
Greta Gerwig’s Barbie is surfing into cinematic history on a wave of right-wing tears — and a boatload of cash. The blockbuster film, which grossed a record-breaking $155 million domestically (and $377 million internationally) in its first weekend has also shattered the psyches of conservative commentators who have reflexively branded …
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