On Feb. 18, Utah Jazz legend Karl Malone will be a judge during the Slam Dunk Contest at NBA All-Star Weekend in Salt Lake City. On the surface, an all-time great participating in All-Star festivities in their former team’s home city makes sense; the league is banking on most fans …
Read More »She Built a Following as Taylor Swift's Doppelgänger. Then the Swifties Came After Her
Earlier this month, Ashley Leechin, a registered nurse, mom of two kids, and TikTok creator known for her uncanny resemblance to Taylor Swift, posted a Change.org petition on her page. “This petition shares me side [sic] & is to help stop cyber bullying, harassment & false defamation towards myself, Ashley …
Read More »Still 'F–king Like Crazy': Nick Cannon Welcomes Baby No. 10, Rise Messiah
Congrats Nick Cannon! On Friday, the host of Wild N’ Out shared that model Brittany Bell, with whom he already shares 19-month-old Powerful Queen and 5-year-old Golden Sagon, had their third child (and his tenth, altogether). The baby boy’s name? Rise Messiah. “Another Blessing!!!” Cannon wrote. “As my journey on …
Read More »King Charles III Renews Queen Elizabeth II's 'Promise of Life-Long Service' in Pre-Recorded Speech
The new leader of the British monarchy, King Charles III, mourned the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II and pledged to renew her “promise of life-long service” in a pre-recorded address shared Friday, Sept. 9. In the video message, Charles said his mother “was an inspiration and an example …
Read More »'We Definitely Suck Our Own Dicks': Kevin Smith on the Meta Madness of 'Clerks III'
By his own calculation, writer-director-actor-Comic-Con personality Kevin Smith is not particularly imaginative. “I’m not very creative by any stretch,” the 52-year-old Smith tells Rolling Stone from his home in California, bobble heads bearing his characters’ names stacked in rows behind him. “I just take shit that happened to me and …
Read More »One in Four Republicans Think MAGA Is a Threat to Democracy, Poll Finds
A Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted in the days following President Joe Biden’s blistering speech in Philadelphia found that a majority of Americans, including one in four Republicans, consider Trump’s “Make America Great Again movement a threat to America’s democratic foundations.” While the poll also found that “fifty-nine percent of respondents said …
Read More »Queen Elizabeth II, Longest-Reigning Monarch, Dead at 96
Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch in British and Commonwealth history, died on Thursday. Buckingham Palace confirmed the news. She was 96. “The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon,” the statement read. “The King and the Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London …
Read More »First Victim in Memphis Shooting Spree Had Personal Connection to Suspect
The shooter who terrorized the city of Memphis on Wednesday in a killing spree began by killing someone he knew, according to court records. Ezekiel Kelly, 19, was arrested around 9 p.m., suspected of killing four people and injuring three others across eight crime scenes in the Memphis area. The …
Read More »Vegas Official Charged With Murder in Stabbing Death Of Journalist
A Las Vegas public official who recently lost re-election following an exposé in a local newspaper is has been charged with the murder of the celebrated journalist who wrote it, Las Vegas Metro Police Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said in a press conference Thursday. Robert Telles, 45, was arrested last night, …
Read More »Marcus Mumford Deals With Isolation and Processes Anger on '(Self-Titled)'
Marcus Mumford’s solo debut opens in a place of anger: “I can still taste you, and I hate it,” the Mumford & Sons leader seethes over gently strummed guitars, a whisper of feedback serving as a signal of his bubbling rage. “Cannibal,” the first track on (self-titled), was written by …
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