A new study in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action on the collegiate level has found that legacy students are four times more likely to be admitted into the nation’s top universities. A research group at Harvard conducted an analysis of a dozen elite schools — …
Read More »Netflix's 'The Lady of Silence' May Be the Year's Best True Crime Doc
You can scarcely surf the great streaming ocean without happening on a serial killer documentary or series, a fact that probably says more about us than the entertainment industry. All options, however, are not created equal. For every few quick-and-dirty procedurals, you’ll find something with real style and personality — …
Read More »'The Morning Show' Reconfigures Alliances and Morals in Season 3 Teaser
The Morning Show will hit reset with its third season, premiering Sept. 13 on Apple TV+. In the first teaser trailer for the upcoming set of episodes, led by Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston, loyalties within alliances formed at the broadcast morning news program are put to the test — …
Read More »Kelly Clarkson Performs Stripped Back Rendition of 'Mine' Live at the Belasco Theater
Kelly Clarkson‘s recent single “Mine,” which appears on her latest album Chemistry, is a trojan horse of well-wishes that actually plots on the eventual karmic revenge of a past relationship. During a recent live performance of “Mine” recorded at the Belasco Theatre in Los Angeles, Clarkson stripped back the airy …
Read More »Tori Amos Honors Sinéad O'Connor With Emotional Covers at San Francisco Show: 'A Force of Nature'
Tori Amos is honoring the legacy of Sinéad O’Connor the way she knows best: performing a few of her songs. During her show on Wednesday night, hours after O’Connor’s death, in San Francisco, the songstress performed O’Connor’s tracks “I Am Stretched on Your Grave” and “Three Babies.” She described O’Connor …
Read More »Ecuadorian Star Alex Ponce Calls Out the Love That Betrayed Him in 'Traición' Video
Alex Ponce is still healing from heartbreak — and from betrayal. In an exclusive premiere with Rolling Stone on Thursday, the rising Ecuadorian star debuted the video for his new song “Traición,” which is about calling out a love that hurt him. “I had the honor of making a sad …
Read More »Women in Hip-Hop Give Each Other Their Flowers in Netflix's 'Ladies First' Documentary Trailer
As hip-hop celebrates 50 years of trailblazing this year, Netflix is spotlighting the women who have shaped the genre’s legacy with unrelenting confidence, even when it was an uphill battle to garner any respect or recognition for doing so. In the first trailer for Ladies First: A Story of Women …
Read More »Be Your Own Pet Fight for Their Rights on New Single 'Big Trouble'
Be Your Own Pet have released a ferocious new track, “Big Trouble.” The song is the latest single to emerge from the band’s forthcoming LP, Mommy, out Aug. 25. The single sees frontwoman Jemima Pearl demanding fair treatment as she reflects on a lifetime of gender discrimination. “I want wages …
Read More »The First Orthodox Jew Close to Making the NBA Gets the Doc Treatment
During his senior year of college at Yeshiva, a small Jewish university in Washington Heights, New York City, Ryan Turell averaged 27.1 points per game — leading all of men’s college basketball. Some came to calling him “the Jewish Larry Bird,” given his blond mop and prowess from long distance, …
Read More »Jason Aldean's 'Try That in a Small Town' Video Edited to Remove Atlanta Protest Footage
Jason Aldean’s polarizing “Try That in a Small Town” video was recently re-uploaded to YouTube without some of the protest footage that originally helped make the music video so controversial. According to the Washington Post, two instances of Black Lives Matter protests, culled from a 2020 news clip from Fox …
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