When it was reported that Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Kyle Richards and her husband of 27 years, Buying Beverly Hills boss Mauricio Umansky, were separating after 27 years, my social media feed was filled with sheer devastation. Not since Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow “consciously uncoupled” have I …
Read More »Zeke Manyika, Pop's Citizen of the World
B y the time Kate Bush called Zeke Manyika to ask if he would drum on her new record, he had already helped reinvent one great band of the Eighties and launch two more. There was Orange Juice, Scottish indie’s consummate cosmopolitans. There was his playing on the first singles …
Read More »Pence Refuses to Acknowledge Jan. 6 Was Anything More Than a Riot
Tucker Carlson took a break from filming Twitter videos to emcee for the Family Leadership Summit in Iowa on Friday, where he interviewed several Republican 2024 candidates, including former Vice President Mike Pence. Pence, who was threatened with death by a violent mob supporting his former boss Donald Trump on …
Read More »Watch Elton John Play Emotional 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' at Final Stop of Farewell Tour
After five years and 330 Farewell Yellow Brick Road concerts across the globe, Elton John wrapped up his career as a touring artist Saturday night with an emotional show at the Tele2 Arena in Stockholm, Sweden. Fan-shot video of “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” captured the last song of the evening. …
Read More »The Trillion-Dollar Grift: Inside the Greatest Scam of All Time
I n late March 2020, Haywood Talcove, a CEO at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, was packing up his office, having sent his employees home. He was worrying about laying off his staff, his family’s health, and how he was going to manage two young kids at home during the pandemic. But …
Read More »When Cops Let a Serial Killer Terrorize Queer New York
One of the most telling moments of Last Call: When a Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York, the new HBO docuseries about a serial killer who terrorized gay men in the Nineties, comes when director Anthony Caronna is interviewing a pair of retired police detectives who worked the case. The …
Read More »How 'Jurassic Park' Is Becoming a Reality 30 Years Later
I remember the first time I saw dinosaurs roar to life on the big screen like it was yesterday. I was eleven years old and as I walked into the theater with a bag of popcorn and a large Coke, I was overcome with excitement. I rushed to get a …
Read More »Beyoncé Rides Her Bedazzled Horse Into Canada for Triumphant Tour Kickoff
The North American leg of Beyoncé’s Renaissance tour was already a hit before she ever stepped foot onstage at the Rogers Centre. Saturday was the first of two consecutive nights at the Toronto stadium, but the buzz was growing Wednesday with the opening of a pop-up shop selling exclusive tour …
Read More »Wham! Documentary: Sometimes the Clothes Do Not Make the Man
The first time Rolling Stone profiled Wham!, the shiniest, prettiest UK pop duo of their day, in 1985, the boys bristled when the reporter asked a common question: What exactly did Andrew Ridgeley do? George Michael said, “He just plays the guitar and has a good time.” Since Wham! records …
Read More »Investigation Uncovers More of Clarence Thomas' Undisclosed Freebies from Wealthy Pals
Clarence Thomas‘ connections to wealth and expensive vacations run deeper than billionaire businessman and Nazi-enthusiast Harlan Crow. The New York Times reports that Thomas has milked relationships with the rich he made through the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, a scholarship association, to benefit himself and his wife. Because …
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