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You can’t please all the people all of the time — even if you’re as popular as Taylor Swift. Having attained a somehow higher level of mega-celebrity with her record-breaking Eras Tour and a closely followed romance with Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs (who are headed back to …

Tilda Swinton spoke out against “war criminals,” political extremism, and “internationally-enabled mass murder” during her acceptance speech for a lifetime achievement award at the Berlin Film Festival in Germany on Thursday. Per Variety, as Swinton accepted the festival’s Golden Bear award, she said that “state-perpetrated and internationally-enabled mass murder is …

As part of his second administration, Donald Trump is quickly ramping up to a potential firing spree at the FBI, as vengeance for the multiple federal criminal investigations into him, his associates, and violent supporters. But even before he and his incoming FBI chief get a chance to cull those …

Many people grew up with the music of the Village People, but Jonathan Belolo literally did. His father co-founded the disco group in 1977, and the younger Belolo was immersed in the band’s history, even once joining them onstage as a toddler. But as he watched from behind the stage …

Ben Folds has resigned as artistic adviser to the National Symphony Orchestra as President Donald Trump took charge of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. “Given developments at the Kennedy Center, effective today I am resigning as artistic advisor to the NSO,” Folds wrote on Instagram today. …

The Trump and Musk administration is continuing its vandalism of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — the federal agency that has returned more than $20 billion to Americans who have been scammed and cheated by financial firms, ranging from payday lenders to big banks. On Tuesday night, the administration began …

As Elon Musk‘s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) continues its punitive onslaught against government agencies in what he claims is an effort to reduce wasteful spending, his own companies continue to enjoy lucrative federal contracts. Tesla and SpaceX have been awarded some $230 million worth in contracts so far …

In an Oval Office press conference today, President Trump touted the supposed cost-cutting efforts of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by his oligarch megadonor Elon Musk. He also ominously warned that specific judges who rule against efforts by DOGE to gut federal agencies and freeze their funds …

John Oliver joined Jon Stewart on the most recent episode of The Daily Show to discuss the state of affairs in the U.S., including the many departures Donald Trump is taking from the Constitution. Towards the end of Stewart’s monologue, the late-night host noted, “It’s been a good run, America, …

Give Eric Adams some credit: He put his back into this one. Once the mayor of New York was indicted on bribery and conspiracy charges, the man and his legal team worked overtime to get President Donald Trump to somehow overturn the case. Adams was indicted in late September for …