Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update interviewed Rep. George Santos (Bowen Yang), who was arrested earlier this year and whose alleged criminality was further detailed in a damning House Ethics Committee report this week. Santos has since said he will not run for reelection in 2024. “This has not been a …
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Fresh off conquering the rock world with her all-star new album, Dolly Parton returned to her Tennessee roots Saturday with a rendition of “Rocky Top” at the University of Tennessee’s football game. The Felice and Boudleaux Bryant-penned classic — which doubles as both an official Tennessee state song and the …
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Voters in Louisiana elected a new governor last week. For 56 of the state’s residents, the stakes of that contest were especially high: The elevation of Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, a rabid defender of the death penalty, dramatically increases the odds they will soon be executed. Earlier this year, …
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My first act toward shedding myself of fucks to give was sharing my abortion story on Comedy Central back in 1992. That was the first and last time I was asked to do that on television. That’s when I learned that corporate media, no matter how open-minded, is not a …
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Blackpink’s Rosé took part in a discussion about mental health Friday host by First Lady Dr. Jill Biden. At the panel at Apple’s Cupertino, California campus, the K-pop star talked about how even though she started her music career at a young age, success has brought challenges. “In all honestly, …
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Rolling Stone interview series Unknown Legends features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and veteran musicians who have toured and recorded alongside icons for years, if not decades. All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public. Here, these artists tell their …
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As Israel’s bombardment of Gaza rages on, a U.S. official signaled hope for a deal between Israel and Hamas to release hostages. “We believe we are closer than we have been to reaching a final agreement,” Deputy White House National Security Adviser Jon Finer said on CBS’s Face the Nation. …
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When CNN’s Jake Tapper gave Ron DeSantis multiple opportunities to condemn Elon Musk’s antisemitic post on X (formerly Twitter), DeSantis repeatedly ducked the question and defended Musk’s character. “I did not see the comment. I know Elon has had a target on his back ever since he purchased Twitter because …
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Although Colman Domingo’s spent three decades in the entertainment industry, with title roles in the theater, he says he’s been sidelined in film and television. He played a trombonist in Chadwick Boseman’s final film, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; counselor to Zendaya’s troubled Rue in Euphoria; a violent, turn-on-a-dime pimp in …
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The Crown is back. The sixth and final season of Netflix’s royal drama begins with some Big D Energy: It’s all about Diana and Dodi, the young lovers whose whirlwind romance ended tragically in the Paris car crash that became the “Where were you?” moment for a generation. The first …
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