HBO has shared the first look at the upcoming second season of Game of Thrones spinoff House of the Dragon, arriving summer 2024. Following its Emmy-winning (albeit disappointing) first season, Season 2 forecasts a brewing war between factions in the titular house. “There is no war so hateful to the …
Read More »Taylor Swift's Publicist Shuts Down 'Insane' Rumor That Singer Secretly Married Joe Alwyn
Taylor Swift‘s long-time publicist Tree Paine has put a stop to rumors that the pop singer secretly married ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn. Responding to Instagram gossip account Deuxmoi, which has made several claims that Swift and Alwyn tied the knot in 2020 or 2021, Paine said the rumors were completely untrue. …
Read More »'The Curse' Recap: Benny Safdie's Dougie Makes an Ugly Confession
This post contains spoilers for this week’s episode of The Curse, which is now streaming on Paramount+ with Showtime. The Seigels and Dougie get some very good news at the start of “Under the Big Tree.” Fliplanthropy has been picked up to series by HGTV. This is what all three …
Read More »Right-Wingers Praise Elon for Torching His Relationship With Advertisers
On Wednesday, Elon Musk retaliated against major advertisers leaving X (formerly Twitter) following his antisemitic remarkson the platform, and told them to “go fuck yourself” during The New York Times’ DealBook Summit. His remarks have since gained cheers from right-winger commentators as the billionaire continues to blame his platform’s decline …
Read More »'Godzilla Minus One' Is the Best Godzilla Movie in Ages
When I was a kid growing up in the Nineties, Godzilla reigned supreme. The king of the monsters was a schlock superstar, and as a disciple, I worshipped at an altar of VHS tapes. It was a good time at the height of Heisei era, with disasterpieces like Godzilla vs. …
Read More »Olivia Benson, Meet Karma: Mariska Hargitay Returns the Favor and Names Her Cat After Taylor Swift
These cats need a playdate! On Thursday, Mariska Hargitay shared a photo of her new pet cat on social media — and revealed that she named it Karma after a Taylor Swift lyric. It’s a full-circle moment for the kitties (and celebrities), since Swift named one of her own feline …
Read More »The Jesus and Mary Chain Embrace 'No Rules' on New Song 'Jamcod'
Are you ready to O.D. on Jesus and Mary Chain? The group’s latest single, “jamcod,” which will appear on their upcoming Glasgow Eyes LP, finds frontman Jim Reid singing, “Tears are what you want, tears are what you got,” before the band’s trademark noise, led by Jim’s brother William’s guitar, …
Read More »Trump Demands Government Punish MSNBC for Not Being Nice to Him
Former President Donald Trump took to Truth Social late Tuesday night to demand that the government punish MSNBC for their critical coverage of him. Trump wrote that “MSNBC (MSDNC) uses FREE government approved airwaves, and yet it is nothing but a 24 hour hit job on Donald J. Trump and …
Read More »The Dashing Italian Surgeon Who Seduced a Reporter to Mask His Bloody Crimes
It’s hard to keep track of all the ethical violations depicted in Bad Surgeon: Love Under the Knife, the new three-part Netflix docuseries whose title suggests a straight-to-cable Nineties TV movie. Some of the sins here on display are, literally, mortal: Paolo Macchiarini, an apparent sociopath, a definite conman, and, …
Read More »America Really Loved Streaming Morgan Wallen in 2023
America really likes its Morgan Wallen. The country star dominated streaming on both Apple Music and Spotify this year, earning the Number One streamed song in the country on both platforms with “Last Night.” His One Thing at a Time album was the most streamed album on Spotify. On Apple …
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