Banking giant JPMorgan Chase has agreed to a settlement with the victims of Jeffrey Epstein. The tentative agreement, announced June 12, settles a lawsuit brought last fall over the bank’s ties to the disgraced financier, who built a sex trafficking operation during the 2000s and 2010s and sexually abused dozens …
Read More »Fox News Sends Tucker Carlson Cease-and-Desist Over Twitter Show: Report
Fox News is escalating its effort to prevent Tucker Carlson from hosting a new show on Twitter, with Axios reporting on Monday that the network has sent its former star host a cease-and-desist letter. The letter comes a week after Fox sent Carlson a letter informing him that his new …
Read More »Ezra Miller's Reign of Terror: A Timeline of 'The Flash' Star's Many Controversies
Come Friday, all eyes will be on the much-anticipated premiere of The Flash. It’s for two reasons: the Barry Allen-centered movie is Warner Bros. and DC’s main hope for a blockbuster hit following the studio’s shock decision to shelve the completed $90 million Batgirl film last year in light of …
Read More »Denée Benton Compares Ron DeSantis to KKK 'Grand Wizard' at Tony Awards
The 2023 Tony Awards were able to continue to air as planned this year on the condition that it be unscripted so as not to cross the Writers Guild of American picket lines. This resulted in a show that stumbled through a few hiccups but bolstered some savage moments — …
Read More »Alex Newell Makes History as First Non-Binary Person to Win a Tony Award
Alex Newell made history on Sunday during the 76th Tony Awards, where they became the first openly non-binary person to win a Tony Award. Newell nabbed the Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical category for their role as Lulu in Shucked. “Thank you for seeing me Broadway,” …
Read More »Ariana DeBose Launches Unscripted Tonys Due to Writers' Strike: 'Darlings, Buckle Up'
Ariana DeBose opened the 76th annual Tony Awards Sunday night in a style befitting the festivities with a choreographed dance number that turned the whole United Palace in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City — from the lobby to theater aisle — into a stage and had her …
Read More »Noel Gallagher on … Everything: 'I F-cking Changed People's Lives!'
Ask Noel Gallagher how the material from his excellent new album, Council Skies, is going over live so far on his U.S. tour with Garbage, and you’ll get an answer only he would dare to give: “Terrible,” he says, blaming crowds who haven’t absorbed the album yet (like all of …
Read More »Bachata's King Stays King: Romeo Santos Reigns During Three-Hour, Career-Spanning Citi Field Show
On Friday night, 40,000 fans poured into Citi Field, eager to hear Romeo Santos’ silky falsetto. The sold-out stadium was calm as fans grabbed drinks and made their way to their seats until DJ Mad lit the stage up at about 9 p.m. He opened the night with a medley …
Read More »Trump Attacks 'Gutless Pig' Bill Barr for Calling His Indictment 'Very Damning'
Donald Trump attacked his former attorney general Bill Barr after Barr said Trump is “toast” if “even half” of the 37-count indictment against him is true. “It’s a very detailed indictment, and it’s very, very damning,” Barr said on Fox News Sunday. Those comments unleashed a barrage of insults from …
Read More »Britney Spears Responds to 'Not True' Drug Claims: 'It Breaks My Heart'
Britney Spears has responded to the “not true” tabloid rumors that allege that her family is concerned that the singer has drug issues. British tabloid The Sun ran a story this weekend claiming that Spears’ ex-husband Kevin Federline said that Britney is “on meth.” “I’ve been praying someone would make …
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