The nights are tough for Jesse Malin. Since suffering a rare spinal stroke in May that left him unable to walk, the New York singer-songwriter regularly awakens, alone, in the pre-dawn hours and asks himself if this is all really happening. He reaches for his legs, which still lack feeling, …
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Allies of Alexei Navalny say the imprisoned Russian opposition leader has been missing for days. The disappearance of one of Vladimir Putin’s staunchest critics follows the Russian president’s announcement on Friday that he would once again seek re-election. On Monday, Navalny’s spokesperson Kira Yarmysh wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that …
Read More »Go-Go's Guitarist Jane Wiedlin Claims Influential Rock DJ Sexually Abused Her as a Teen
F our years before she co-founded the beloved New Wave group the Go-Go’s, guitarist Jane Wiedlin was about 15 years old living with her parents in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley. It was around 1974, and she was enamored with glam-rock titans like David Bowie and Marc Bolan. Looking to …
Read More »Jeffrey Foskett, Whose Falsetto Powered Brian Wilson's Band and the Beach Boys, Dead at 67
Jeffrey Foskett, a singer-guitarist that spent decades in the Beach Boys and played a pivotal role in Brian Wilson‘s late Nineties comeback thanks to his soaring falsetto and effortless ability to harmonize, died Monday after a long battle with anaplastic thyroid cancer. He was 67. A spokesperson for Wilson confirmed …
Read More »Jennifer Aniston Says She Was 'Texting' With Matthew Perry the Day He Died: 'He Was Happy'
Jennifer Aniston is remembering her Friends co-star and good friend Matthew Perry. During a recent Actors on Actors conversation with Reese Witherspoon for Variety, Aniston shared that she had been talking with Perry over text the day he died. “As he said he’d love to be remembered. He was happy. …
Read More »Giuliani's Lawyer Whines That Defamation Damages Could 'End' Rudy
Lawyers for Rudy Giuliani are begging jurors not to grant two Georgia election workers the up-to $43 million in damages they’ve requested in their defamation case against the former Trump attorney. Before the court on Monday, Giuliani’s lawyer Joe Sibley called the proposed damages “the civil equivalent of the death …
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A chart mainstay and ferocious rhymer from the late-Nineties into the aughts, Queens rapper N.O.R.E. has since built a hugely visible (and lucrative) second career as a podcast host on Revolt’s Drink Champs, where he and DJ EFN swap stories and libations with the biggest names in rap. Their 2021 …
Read More »How Mary Kay Letourneau Went From Media Obsession to New Film
In Todd Haynes’ new film May December, a Savannah, Georgia family pretends they have it all together, until a visit from an actress starring in a movie about their lives brings the feelings they’ve tried to bury into brutal clarity. But behind the dark Netflix satire —which is getting rave …
Read More »Elon Musk Reinstates Twitter Account of Conspiracy Kingpin Alex Jones
Shortly after taking over Twitter (now X), Elon Musk announced that his “mission” was to make the platform “by far the most accurate source of information about the world.” Since then, he’s reinstated the accounts of innumerable extremists and conspiracy theorists previously banned from the site, and now he’s welcoming …
Read More »The High Life and Shocking Death of Beatles Sidekick Mal Evans
Before Peter Jackson’s epic film Get Back, only the most hardcore Beatles fans had any idea who Mal Evans was. But anyone who sees the movie has to come away in love with Mal. He’s the devoted Beatles roadie, one of the only trusted friends in their innermost circle. He’s …
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