Donald Trump is no stranger to doing high-profile interviews with legacy media brands, but the former president’s campaign is working to boost his presence across non-traditional outlets — particularly those with an eye toward contact sports — according to a new report from Politico. Trump’s history with hand-to-hand combat dates …
Read More »Palehound's 'Eye On the Bat' Is An Intense Journey. You'll Want to Ride Along
The latest release from Palehound is one hell of a ride. The album was inspired by the “apocalypse road trip” across the U.S. that the indie Boston band took mid-tour to get safely back home as the pandemic hit in early 2020. The stress and tension of that moment informs …
Read More »Woman Arrested in Connection With Death of Robert De Niro's Grandson
A 20-year-old woman has been arrested on federal drug charges stemming from an investigation tied to the death of Robert De Niro’s grandson, ABC News reports. Sofia Haley Marks was arrested Thursday evening, July 13, and is expected to be arraigned in Manhattan federal court Friday. She was reportedly arrested …
Read More »Coco Jones Takes R&B Victory Lap With Justin Timberlake on 'ICU' Remix
A crying emoji and a drawing of a river. The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. A collage of nineties boy bands. These were the clues Coco Jones provided her fans with when teasing the remix of “ICU,” her breakthrough single released last October. They didn’t point towards the artists many fans thought …
Read More »Don't Ask Ben Platt This One Question
In many ways, Ben Platt is one of the most successful theater kids of our time, third only to Lin-Manuel Miranda and Taylor Swift (proof of this ignominious past can be found here and here). The prodigiously talented tenor grew up with fellow L.A.-based theater kid Molly Gordon and BFF …
Read More »George Clooney Supports SAG-AFTRA Strike, Saying the 'Journey Starts Now'
George Clooney voiced his support for the SAG-AFTRA strike Friday morning in a statement to the press. “This is an inflection point in our industry,” he said. “For our industry to survive that has to change. For actors, that journey starts now.” Deadline reports that the actor, one of the …
Read More »Inside the Brooklyn Public Library's 'Book of Hov' Exhibit Honoring Jay-Z
Today is the grand opening of The Book of HOV, a 40,000-square-foot exhibit at the Brooklyn Public Library crafted in collaboration with Roc Nation. The free exhibit makes full use of the library’s expansive Grand Army Plaza branch, with the front of the institution wrapped with his lyrics, a Jazz …
Read More »'The Summer I Turned Pretty' Season Two: Love in the Time of Taylor Swift
Nothing stays the same forever. Not even summer. It’s a fact most people have to come to terms with on their own time, but in The Summer I Turned Pretty’s second season, rapid-fire change drags its characters along kicking and screaming, whether they’re ready or not. Fans of the show …
Read More »The People Who Shaped Anohni's World
F or more than two decades, Anohni has captivated listeners with her fluttering, ascendant voice, singing elegantly about fractured love, gender dysmorphia, and equal rights, among other urgent subjects. Listening to her music is a singular experience. She named her band, Anohni and the Johnsons, in deference to Marsha P. …
Read More »Suspect Arrested in Long Island Serial Killer Murders
Suffolk County Police arrested a man in Massapequa, New York in connection with three murders attributed to the long-unsolved Long Island Serial Killer (LISK), a case that long perplexed authorities and became the focus of countless true crime offerings. The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement to …
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