Tonight’s Saturday Night Live cold open centered on C-SPAN coverage of former president Trump’s visit to the people of East Palestine, Ohio, following a train derailment that unleashed toxic waste on the town. James Austin Johnson’s Trump, flanked by actual firemen from East Palestine, announced, “You know, earlier today, a …
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Woody Harrelson has always harbored some, well, strange views. The Oscar-nominated actor, who first won over audiences on Cheers, is a 9/11 truther who’s shared a number of conspiracy theories during the Covid pandemic. In April 2020, Harrelson posted a gonzo article tying the supposed “negative effects of 5G” to …
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Sidney Poitier walked among kings and earned Hollywood’s highest honors, but that didn’t stop the Federal Bureau of Investigation from keeping tabs on the actor and philanthropist via informants and surveillance tactics during the civil rights era, according to documents newly obtained by Rolling Stone. Poitier, who passed away at …
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Game music isn’t just for gaming nerds anymore. It’s finally being recognized as real, “serious” music. This year, the Grammys introduced a new category for video game music: Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media. The music has evolved along with the video game artform, as scores …
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Angela Bassett finally did the thing and commented on Ariana DeBose’s now-viral BAFTA rap. “I DM’d her last night. I did. It was beautiful,” Bassett toldVarietyof the red carpet at the NAACP Image Awards Saturday. “I just wanted to make sure she was okay because, you know, it’s a lot …
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Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade — who received the 2023 NAACP’s President Award on Saturday during the organization’s Image Awards, which paid homage to their public service — advocated for the Black LGBTQ+ community during their acceptance speech. Their daughter, Zaya Wade, is transgender. Wade spoke of her making him …
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The streaming rights for South Park are at the center of a massive lawsuit between two services, HBO Max and Paramount+. Warner Bros. Discovery, the parent company of HBO Max, sued Paramount Global — which owns both Paramount+ and Comedy Central, South Park’s longtime television home — Friday in a …
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Succession creator Jesse Armstrong revealed that the upcoming fourth season will be the show’s final run, according to an interview with the New Yorker. When asked what led to his decision to end the Emmy-winningHBOdrama, Armstrong replied, “I’ve never thought this could go on forever. The end has always been …
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F OR ROLLING STONE’Sthird annual Icons & Influences feature, we asked eight of our favorite artists and entertainers to pay tribute to the women who have inspired them, in life as well as in their careers.Director Gina Prince-Bythewood, who’s helmed iconic films from 2000’s Love & Basketball to last year’s …
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The girl is named Cáit. She’s 12 years old, doesn’t like attention, stays hidden and silent when she can. Living in the rural Irish countryside in the early 1980s, she’s the youngest of a brood belonging to parents that seem one perpetually short fuse away from exploding. Or rather, she …
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