In a perfect world, Kiss would have wrapped up the final show of their End of the World tour by inviting former members Ace Frehley and Peter Criss onto the stage for tearful hugs, an end to the bitterness that has consumed the group for decades, and one last rendition …
Read More »The Dirty Tricks the GOP Is Using to Keep Abortion Off the Ballot in 2024
Tiffany Campbell used to describe herself as a “hardcore, church-going Republican.” That changed back in 2006, when she was still running an in-home daycare in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and learned she was pregnant with twins. The prognosis was dire: one twin’s heart was pumping blood for both of them …
Read More »Michael Stipe Assures He's Still Working on That Solo Album, Very Slowly
Michael Stipe reveals in a new interview that he is slowly but surely working on a solo album, his first since the dissolution of R.E.M. over a dozen years ago. The New York Times checked in on Stipe for over a year, where unsteady progress was made on the solo …
Read More »Beyoncé's 'Renaissance: A Film' Is a Super Hero Epic in the Form of a Concert Movie
Beyoncé’s Renaissance is so much more than a concert film. It’s a superhero epic—as if Bey is filling the void left by The Marvels or Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. It’s a glorious three-hour tour of the Queen in all her creative splendor, on her record-setting Renaissance World Tour from …
Read More »Watch Olivia Rodrigo Perform 'Hunger Games' Ballad 'Can't Catch Me Now' Live for First Time
Olivia Rodrigo gave her new ballad “Can’t Catch Me Now” — her contribution to The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes — its live debut Friday during her set at Los Angeles’ Jingle Ball. “So, has anybody watched The Hunger Games?” Rodrigo asked the Kia Forum crowd. “I …
Read More »DeSantis Makes Vague Promise of a New, Cheaper Plan to 'Supersede Obamacare'
Ron DeSantis, who in the Congress voted three times to repeal the Affordable Care Act, is now promising a less costly, “better plan” of his own to “supersede” it while bashing Donald Trump for failing to fulfill his vow to “repeal and replace” the popular health care legislation. He also …
Read More »'Chowchilla': When a School Bus Full of Kids Mysteriously Disappeared
The tale begins with a crime that left everyone baffled. In July 1976, a school bus carrying 26 children (and one driver) was hijacked in the sleepy Central California town of Chowchilla. The kidnap victims were taken to two vans, driven to an abandoned rock quarry, led off the bus, …
Read More »U.S. Intelligence Was Not Aware of Hamas' Plan to Attack Israel, National Security Council Spokesman Says
The U.S. intelligence community has “indicated that they did not have access to” a document outlining Hamas‘ plan to attack Israel, White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said. According to a New York Times report last week, Israeli officials had circulated a 40-page document detailing Hamas’ planned assault …
Read More »Is This Cute Lil' Guy an Antisemitic Hate Symbol?
On Nov. 20, a trivia team from Oxford appeared on the BBC’s University Challenge, one of the U.K.’s longest-running game shows. On it, Melika Gorgianeh, a team member and PhD candidate in astrophysics, wore a navy blue, pink, and green jacket and was seated behind the team mascot: a fluffy, …
Read More »George Santos Vows Revenge Against GOP Reps That Voted to Expel Him
George Santos won’t be taking the high road out of Washington, D.C. as the now-former congressman has promised to rain hellfire and ethics complaints against some of the Republicans who voted to expel him from Congress. In a series of Friday night tweets, Santos set his sights on four former …
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