Ron DeSantis lately has been mimicking Donald Trump, presumably as he attempts to curry favor among the MAGA sect ahead of a potential 2024 presidential run. The Florida governor taking after the former president’s habits extends beyond aping his hand gestures and rallying for Trump-endorsed candidates. DeSantis is also a …
Read More »The Rich and Screwed-Up Bring Their Problems to Italy in 'The White Lotus' Season 2
In an upcoming episode of the new season of the HBO resort comedy The White Lotus, Portia (Haley Lu Richardson) theorizes that there is nothing interesting left to do in the world. You can go to a beautiful place and take a picture, she says, but so many others have …
Read More »NDAs, Obsessive Buyers, and $400 for Sublime: Inside the Baffling Revival of the Cassette Tape
Taylor Swift titled one of her albums1989, but whenher new record Midnightsarrived this week, it really did feel like that year: Fans were able to buy it on LP, CD, and —find that old boom box —a cassette. But don’t ask Steve Stepp, owner of the Missouri-based National Audio Company, …
Read More »Crowd Cheers and Laughs When Trump Threatens Journalists With Prison Rape
During his administration, former President Donald Trump referred 334 classified leaks for criminal investigation, setting a record. And at his rally Saturday night, he said that the journalists who published the Supreme Court‘s preliminary decision to overturn Roe v. Wade would reveal their sources under threat of rape in prison. …
Read More »Stephen Curry to Celebrate 'Sports Superheroes' in New Graphic Novel Series
Stephen Curry will celebrate the stories of some of the biggest figures in sports with a new graphic novel series, Stephen Curry Presents: Sports Superheroes. As The Associated Press reports, the series will launch in fall 2024, starting with an installment on Curry’s journey to NBA superstardom. The Curry graphic …
Read More »Trump Kept Super Secret Intel on China and Iran at His Golf Club: Report
Highly classified documents retrieved from former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate contained sensitive material related to China and Iran, The Washington Post reported on Friday. The documents included a description of Iran’s missile program and information regarding intelligence operations in China. Experts tell the Post that improper handling of the materials …
Read More »Kevin Spacey Found Not Liable in Anthony Rapp Sexual Misconduct Trial
Kevin Spacey was found not liable for battery in his civil lawsuit trial tied to the sexual misconduct allegations made against him by Anthony Rapp. As NBC News reports, the jury spent just 90 minutes deliberating before reaching a verdict Thursday, Oct. 20. Richard Steigman, a lawyer for Rapp, tells …
Read More »Canadian Sports Anchor/Swiftie Slips Every 'Midnights' Song Title Into Morning Broadcast
Faizal Khamisa, an anchor on the Canadian channel SportsNet, let his inner-Swiftie shine this morning, slipping in the name of every track on Midnights over the course of a broadcast on Friday, Oct. 21. Unlike the Philadelphia traffic reporter who delivered an entire report filled with Beyoncé song titles in …
Read More »Netflix Kneels to Dame Judi Dench, Adds 'Fictionalized' Disclaimer to 'The Crown' Trailer
Dame Judi Dench has called on Netflix to add a disclaimer to The Crown to note that the royal family series is a “fictionalized drama” that otherwise presents “an inaccurate and hurtful account of history.” After praising the series as the “brilliant but fictionalized account of events that it is,” …
Read More »Stromae Is Singing for the Whole World
It took Stromae nine years to return to music. The reason, he says, was simple: “I needed to get inspired by normal stuff.” After seeing international success with his 2010 club-pop single “Alors on Danse” and making history as the first French-singing performer to sell out Madison Square Garden, in …
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