At this point, Swifties have mastered navigating Ticketmaster. They know what time to log on to enter the waiting room before joining the queue, they know what device refreshes the fastest to increase their chances, and they know when and when not to refresh the page to buy tickets. But …
Read More »Tommy Tuberville Begrudgingly Admits White Nationalists Are Racist
Tommy Tuberville has finally cleared the bar of acknowledging that white nationalists are racist. “White nationalists are racists,” he told reporters after leaving the Senate floor on Tuesday. The admission — which came a day after the Alabama senator told CNN it was a matter of “opinion” whether white nationalists …
Read More »Ex-'Call Her Daddy' Co-Host Sofia Franklyn on Alex Cooper's 'Betrayal'
It’s been more than three years since Sofia Franklyn and Alex Cooper disbanded the original iteration of the popular “Call Her Daddy” podcast that appeared under Barstool Sports’ umbrella. The dramatic split between the two co-hosts, who were best friends and roommates, divided fans of the show and sparked major …
Read More »'Wonka' Director Can't Wait for You to See Hugh Grant's Sassy Oompa Loompa
Paul King is no stranger to exploring the fantastical world of a children’s storybook. After two Paddington films, the dark whimsy of Roald Dahl proved to be an exciting new challenge for the director, who has imagined an origin story for the iconic character of Willy Wonka. In the first …
Read More »His Life Was Like a Hollywood Heist Movie. Now, He's Telling His Story
On a June day in 1998, at the height of the summer tourist season, Gerald Daniel Blanchard entered Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna and deftly removed a diamond-and-pearl-encrusted pin that had once belonged to Empress Elisabeth of Austria from its display case, leaving a replica from the museum’s gift shop in …
Read More »Trump Blasts Prosecutor He Appointed for Not Giving Hunter Biden 'Death Sentence'
Donald Trump is once again mad online, this time because a federal prosecutor he appointed struck a plea deal with Hunter Biden that didn’t involved the president’s son being put to death. “Weiss is a COWARD, a smaller version of Bill Barr, who never had the courage to do what …
Read More »The Internet Went From Playground to Minefield for Artists Like Doja Cat — So They're Logging Off
Everything Doja Cat tweeted before June 2023 is gone. All of her trolling to her 5.6 million followers about the title of her forthcoming album, her denouncement of the pop genre, and her threats to quit music altogether — wiped. All the links to those posts lead back to the …
Read More »Aretha Franklin's 2014 'Couch' Will Validated in Court
A Michigan jury has decided that a document written by Aretha Franklin and found in her couch after her 2018 death is a valid will, The Detroit Free Press reports. The decision is a major victory for Franklin’s youngest son, Kecalf, who’d been arguing in favor of the couch document’s …
Read More »Murdochs Start to Sour on DeSantis: 'They Can Smell a Loser'
Less than two months into Ron DeSantis’ declared run for president, his most important backers in conservative media are already starting to lose faith. Since the beginning of the Biden presidency, the powerful Murdoch family has favored the Florida governor in the 2024 presidential primary, largely due to a conviction …
Read More »Twitter Beats Out Threads for Coveted Taliban Leader Endorsement
Twitter may be struggling to court advertisers, keep the site actually running, and prevent users from fleeing to eager competitors — but at least the Taliban likes it. On Monday, Anas Haqqani, a senior leader in the Taliban, praised Twitter in response to the launch of Meta’s Threads, a Twitter …
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