Sometime after 2 p.m. on May 1, 2023, Jordan Neely boarded a northbound F train in Manhattan at Second Ave. Neely, 30, was no stranger to the subway. For years, Neely performed as a Michael Jackson impersonator, both underground and at the tourist hub of Times Square, bringing whimsy to …
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Former President Donald Trump is expected to appear in New York County Supreme Court on Monday in the nation’s first criminal trial of a sitting or former president. Trump pleaded not guilty to a 34-count felony indictment last year that alleged the former president falsified business records in New York …
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Some of Donald Trump’s personal lawyers have been urging him to show a dose of restraint in the courtroom when his hush-money trial finally begins in New York City. But ahead of the historic criminal trial, scheduled to start in two weeks, the former president has relentlessly attacked the judge …
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After a miserable NFL parody cold open and a cheeky monologue featuring host Dakota Johnson (dressed to the nines in a black jumpsuit reminiscent of Phoebe Waller-Bridge in Fleabag), musical guest Justin Timberlake, and his pal Jimmy Fallon, Saturday Night Live Weekend Update co-anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che took …
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“You know what you’re getting into when you come to one of our shows,” offers Joseph Martin, one half of queer British theater duo Awkward Productions. “But you’re still going to leave thinking: ‘I’ve never seen anything like that. What the hell was that?!’” We’re talking about Gwyneth Goes Skiing, …
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An Oscar-winning actress and lifestyle entrepreneur collides with a retired optometrist on a Utah ski slope. The optometrist sues, claiming a life-altering brain injury. Not so fast, says the starlet; it was his fault, and she countersues, seeking damages of… one dollar. The media, not surprisingly, laps it up, covering …
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The YSL RICO trial has hit another roadblock. It took 10 months for the jury to be selected for the case, which features the rapper Young Thug as a prominent defendant. Now, less than two weeks in, the trial has been delayed following news from the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office …
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There have been a number of eye-opening Beatles documentaries through the years, from the Beatlemania doc Eight Days a Week; a tribute to the Fab Four’s loyal secretary, Good Ol’ Freda; Martin Scorsese’s poignant George Harrison: Living in the Material World; and last but certainly not least, Peter Jackson’s recent …
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The most notable instance to date of “rap on trial” is finally about to get underway in Atlanta. After a jury selection process whose length broke state records, the YSL RICO trial is set to begin on Nov. 27. Judge Ural Glanville, Fulton County prosecutors, and defense attorneys vetted more …
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Demonic possession is all the rage in Hollywood. This year alone, we’ve been haunted by Huesera: The Bone Woman, Attachment, Evil Dead Rise, Talk to Me, It Lives Inside, Run Rabbit Run, and The Nun II. Hell, they even rebooted The Exorcist with Ellen Burstyn and cast none other than …
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