“Above all, I fought the fuck back.” It was Feb. 2, 2019, and Jussie Smollett, the most talked-about celebrity of the moment, was performing at a sold-out show at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. Days earlier, the young, Black, queer star of Empire had told police he’d been assaulted on …
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Every few years, during times of great political and sociocultural turmoil, liberals seek respite by sexually objectifying the first halfway decent-looking man they see. It happened with Michael Avenatti in 2016, then Robert Mueller the following year, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo during the 2020 pandemic. Sometimes, this sentiment results in …
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The judge in the Ghislaine Maxwell sex-trafficking trial on Tuesday asked a juror a series of questions in court to find out whether Maxwell should be granted a new trial based on false information he provided during the jury selection process. In December, Maxwell wasfound guilty of five of the …
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Pamela Anderson is stepping into the shoes of Chicago’s villainous star Roxie Hart for her Broadway debut running at the Ambassador Theatre in New York from April 12 through June 5. The Baywatch actress will join one of Broadway’s longest-running shows in the midst of a pop-cultural revival sparked by …
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The day after Russia started dropping missiles on Ukraine, pastor Greg Laurie took to Facebook with a message for his flock. To much of the world, current events may look like the unhinged machinations of a megalomaniacal authoritarian intent on worldwide disruption, but to Christians of a certain ilk, Laurie …
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Brittney Griner, a star WNBA player who was playing for a Russian women’s basketball team, was arrested at a Moscow-area airport after vape cartridges were found in her luggage. The Customs Service confirmed to the New York Times that a two-time gold medal-winning athlete matching Griner’s description had been arrested …
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The Supreme Court voted to reinstate the death penalty sentence against Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in a 6-3 decision Friday, reversing a lower court’s ruling that ordered a new penalty phase. “Dzhokhar Tsarnaev committed heinous crimes,” Judge Clarence Thomas wrote in his decision. “The Sixth Amendment nonetheless guaranteed him …
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UPDATE (3/2): A Texas judge has ruled that the state may not — at least temporarily — enforce actions targeting parents of a transgender teen, as ABC affiliate KVUE reports. Judge Amy Clark Meachum granted a temporary restraining order on Wednesday. A hearing has been set for March 11 that …
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In 1997, 39 members of the Heaven’s Gate cult were found dead by suicide in their Rancho Santa Fe, California, home, which they dubbed “The Monastery.” Central to the group’s belief was that they would go to heaven on a UFO. On March 11, a two-hour 20/20 special looks to …
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Rolling Stone and Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, will host two days of panels and artist showcases devoted to highlighting influential voices and emerging talent during SXSW in Austin, Texas, later this month. These first “Creator House” events on March 18 and 19 will be the first …
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