There’s not a lot of Matthew Perry in the pilot episode of Friends, but he gets to deliver one of its funniest jokes. As the gang sits around Central Perk, a newly-divorced Ross admits that he just wants to be married again. A second later, Rachel wanders into the coffee …
Read More »Heather McMahan Turned Death and IVF Into Beautiful Comedy
This week, comedian Heather McMahan’s first comedy special Son I Never Had debuted on Netflix and according to McMahan, it all started with an edible and a vision board. A few years back, McMahan says she was hungover on New Year’s Day and as corny as it might sound, she …
Read More »Carla Bley, Free Jazz Pioneer, Dead at 87
The world of jazz is mourning the death of Carla Bley. On Tuesday, Bley’s longtime partner and musical collaborator Steve Swallow announced that the jazz musician died at the age of 87 due to complications with brain cancer. Bley was diagnosed with brain cancer back in 2018. “Sometimes I don’t …
Read More »Seoul's Halloween Crowd Crush Killed 159 People. Police Ignored It.
South Korean pop culture is rife with sinister stories of systemic breakdown and authority not to be trusted, from Netflix’s runaway hit Squid Game to the more recent Paramount+ series Bargain, which involves an organ harvesting/prostitution ring busted up by a cataclysmic earthquake. (Yes, really.) The new two-part docuseries Crush, …
Read More »Suzanne Somers' Son Bruce Shares Tribute: 'She Soared Higher Than Most Can Dream'
The family of Suzanne Somers is grappling with their loss. Just a day after her death at age 76, her son Bruce Somers, Jr. shared a heartstring-tugging tribute to the Three’s Company actress. “She soared higher than most can dream. She protected those who didn’t have a voice. She asked …
Read More »The Rolling Stones' Hell-Raising Original Ringleader
According to this very publication, the Rolling Stones’ new album Hackney Diamonds is the best the English rockers have sounded “in about half a century,” so there’s no better time for the new documentary The Stones and Brian Jones to hit theaters (and VOD). When documentary filmmaker Nick Broomfield was …
Read More »When a Man Vanishes in a Town of 11 People and Everyone's a Suspect
As you might expect, news travels fast in a town of eleven people. As you also might expect, tensions can run high. Close quarters and all that. And when one of those eleven people (and his dog) go missing without a trace, finger-pointing is inevitable, especially when everyone seems to …
Read More »Driver Involved in Treat Williams Fatal Crash Pleads Not Guilty
The driver involved in the fatal crash that killed actor Treat Williams pled not guilty to the charge during his Monday arraignment at the Criminal Division of Vermont Superior Court in Bennington, according to the Associated Press. Ryan Koss, the Vermont driver, was charged with gross negligent operation with death …
Read More »'Euphoria' Star Angus Cloud Cause of Death Revealed
Angus Cloud died of an accidental overdose, Rolling Stone has confirmed. According to the Alameda County Coroner’s Bureau, Cloud had fentanyl, cocaine, benzodiazepine, and methamphetamine in his system at the time of death. The actor suffered acute intoxication as a result of the lethal combination of drugs. The Euphoria star …
Read More »Sinéad O'Connor's Final Album Was One Track Away From Completion
The calls to producer David Holmes’ Belfast home studio arrived sporadically, sometimes a week or a mere few days in advance. “Are you around?” Sinéad O’Connor would say. “Do you have time?” If Holmes did, O’Connor would then take the nearly three-hour drive from her home in Bray, the Irish …
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