With a strike looming for members of the Screen Actors Guild, whose new deadline for SAG-AFTRA to come to an agreement with Hollywood studios and producers is set to expire at midnight on July 12, and SAG-AFTRA agreeing to federal mediation, actors say they don’t have a lot of faith …
Read More »Fans Keep Dying at This Country Music Festival. Their Families Want Answers
W hen Ray Johnson finally woke up, he had no idea why he was in the ICU. “Tell me I didn’t crash my car I just bought,” Johnson, now 22, remembers telling his dad. But the next day, Johnson’s parents gathered their son with his friend Kurtis Stitt and told …
Read More »Why Is Drake Dropping So Many Albums?
“I know it’s summertime, I gotta give you shit,” Drake told a throng of Chicago concertgoers at the opening stop of his It’s All a Blur Tour with 21 Savage. “I don’t know about these guys that go away for three, four, five years, [and] wanna chill out and all …
Read More »The DOJ Is Probing Trump's Push to Overturn the Election. Here's What We Know
The Department of Justice has already indicted former President Donald Trump on a myriad of charges related to his handling of classified documents after leaving the White House, but Special Counsel Jack Smith’s work is far from over. Among the torrent of headlines, Truth Social rants, and court rulings pertaining …
Read More »Incredibly Blonde and Impossibly Ripped Ryan Gosling Is Okay Being 'Just Ken' on 'Barbie' Ballad
This entire Barbie promo cycle, and really his entire existence, has branded Ken as just some guy. But he isn’t just some guy — he’s Ken. And in the latest exclusive clip from the film, out July 22, he’s Ryan Gosling performing a giant Eighties power ballad with Slash on …
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 »Taylor Swift's 'Speak Now' Vault Tracks Show Clear Path to Rest of Her Career
Taylor Swift learned quickly that being on top meant a rougher landing at the bottom. The year after she released sophomore album Fearless should have been joyful: The album helped begin her transition from country wunderkind to veritable pop star thanks to the five Top 10 hits it birthed. She …
Read More »'Speak Now (Taylor's Version)' Is Finally Here — Listen to Taylor Swift Revisit the Past
At long last, Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) has arrived. The third release in Taylor Swift‘s series of rerecorded albums, this updated version of her third studio LP flashes all the way back to 2010. Then, she was entering her twenties with her first entirely self-written record under her belt, a …
Read More »'Nature's Ozempic' Has a Pretty Gross Side Effect
On social media, the supposed “miracle drug” that’s on everyone’s lips at the moment is Ozempic, the medication created to treat type 2 diabetes that is now being used as a weight loss treatment. But with access to Ozempic waning with increased demand and prices rising, social media users have …
Read More »Eagles to Make a 'Long Goodbye' With Farewell Tour
The long run is coming to an end as the Eagles have announced the first set of arenas for The Long Goodbye “official farewell tour,” beginning in September. “The Eagles have had a miraculous 52-year odyssey, performing for people all over the globe; keeping the music alive in the face …
Read More »