“I survived!” exclaims Theo James. Indeed, the Season Two finale of Mike White’s The White Lotus contained a number of deaths—four of them, to be exact—but none of the fallen was Cameron, James’ lecherous Yalie who not only cheats on his wife Daphne (Meghann Fahy) with a pair of escorts, …
Read More »Ab-Soul is Finally Ready to Share His Truth
I n the parking lot of Anderson Memorial Park in Carson, California, just south of Compton and north of Long Beach, Ab-Soul chain-smokes Newports and speaks gently. We’re close to the houses he grew up in alongside his mother, aunts, and paternal grandparents. “I kinda like to call it the …
Read More »Brendan Fraser Deserves an Oscar for 'The Whale.' He Also Deserves a Better Movie
Charlie is 600 lbs. This is the first thing you notice about him; this is the first thing you are meant to notice about him. He’s always been a big guy, he says, but he “let it get out of control.” On the Zooms in which Charlie teaches online English …
Read More »Do 'Crunchy' Accounts Radicalize Parents?
When @reallyverycrunchy posted her first TikTok on Dec. 31, 2021, the joke was simple: some parents think plastic toys are dangerous. In the three-minute clip, the creator cheekily poked fun at the idea, giving away her kid’s plastic Christmas presents under the guise of safety. “It’s time for us to …
Read More »Backstreet Boy Nick Carter Sued for Alleged Rape of 17-Year-Old Girl On Tour Bus
Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter is facing a new claim he raped a 17-year-old girl on a bus during the boy band’s Black & Blue concert tour in 2001. Accuser Shannon “Shay” Ruth filed a sexual battery lawsuit in Clark County, Nevada, on Thursday claiming Carter picked her out of …
Read More »QAnon Followers Are Arguing if the Beatles Were Involved in Witchcraft and Child Sacrifice
As the biggest rock band of the 20th century, the Beatles were naturally also the subject of an infamous conspiracy theory. According to urban legend, Paul McCartney died in 1966 and was replaced by an imposter, with his surviving bandmates leaving cryptic clues to the coverup in their music and …
Read More »Kirstie Alley Buoyed 'Cheers' With Comedic Charm and a Lit Cigarette
It was an impossible job. Nobody could do it. Few would even want to try. Kirstie Alley pulled it off. This was the fall of 1987. Shelley Long had just left Cheers, the wildly popular, influential NBC sitcom that was built entirely on the scorching, hilarious romantic chemistry between Long’s …
Read More »Jan. 6 Capitol Officer's Family Snubs McConnell, McCarthy During Ceremony
Recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal didn’t shake hands with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Republican House Leader Kevin McCarthy, at a ceremony on Tuesday. The medals were bestowed on law enforcement, and the family of deceased police officers, who defended the Capitol from a mob of rioters on …
Read More »Arrest Made in Death of Migos Rapper Takeoff
Houston police arrested a 33-year-old man and charged him with murder in connection with the death of Migos rapper Takeoff. Patrick Xavier Clark was arrested last Thursday evening in Houston and has since been charged with the murder of the rapper born Kirshnik Khari Ball. In court Monday, Clark’s attorney …
Read More »Give Us Back Our Messy 'Good Morning America' Drama, Damn It
Last week, we learned that GMA3: What You Need to Know anchors Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes — long praised for their on-air chemistry — had grown somewhat closer outside of work. The extramarital affair wasn’t confirmed in screenshots of steamy texts or DMs, but a trove of photos apparently …
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