Former UFC champion Conor McGregor has been a face of the sport not only for his achievements inside the ring but because of his legal troubles outside it. This week, the Irish mixed martial artist was accused of attempting to rape an unnamed woman at the Kaseya Center in Miami …
Read More »Stephen Marley Pays Tribute to His Family in 'Old Soul' Video
Stephen Marley has shared a music video for his new single, “Old Soul.” The upbeat acoustic song reflects on Marley’s relationship with his dad, Bob Marley, and his journey through the family legacy. The video showcases a vibrant retrospective that includes old family photos, vintage album covers and images from …
Read More »A New Documentary Is Courting Trans Voices. It Has a Big Right-Wing Secret
Megan Hunt had a bad feeling, just not at first. The Nebraska state senator had been approached in May about participating in a documentary titled It Takes a Village, which she was told would air in August and spotlight “issues facing children and parents in the trans community and how …
Read More »Teddy Geiger Announces New Album 'Teresa' With Fuzzy First Single
In 2019, Teddy Geiger relocated to Madrid where she lived with a cousin for a few months. She needed to get out of Los Angeles: In the wake of a Grammy nomination for co-writing Shawn Mendes‘ “In My Blood” and experiencing her first full year of living publicly out as …
Read More »Friendship and Creative Fire Fuel Wham!'s World-Conquering Pop in New Doc Trailer
Netflix has dropped the first trailer for its new documentary, Wham!, which offers an extensive, archive-heavy look at the rise of the world-conquering Eighties pop heroes. Directed by Chris Smith, the new film traces George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley’s remarkable four-year run between 1982 and 1986, which was filled with …
Read More »Ticketmaster, Others Agree to All-In Pricing as White House Cracks Down on Hidden Junk Fees
Ticketmaster (owned by Live Nation), SeatGeek, and other ticketing companies have agreed to institute all-in pricing in response to the White House’s crackdown on hidden junk fees. On Thursday, President Joe Biden met with representatives from the ticketing industry and venue owners — including the CEOs of SeatGeek, TickPick, and …
Read More »'Black Mirror' Season Six Takes Aim at Netflix But Feels Stuck in the Past
This post contains spoilers for the sixth season of Black Mirror, which is streaming now on Netflix. “Joan Is Awful,” the first episode of the new season of Charlie Brooker’s sci-fi satire anthology series Black Mirror, stars Annie Murphy as the title character, a tech-company executive horrified to discover that …
Read More »The Right Boosted Trans Hate — And Ran Up Their Follower Counts
A few minutes into the documentary What Is a Woman?, Matt Walsh is seen striding into the woods with a fishing rod, his plaid shirt, vest, and close-cropped beard, giving off lumberjack dad energy. “I like to come out here to think,” he intones as he casts his line into …
Read More »Cyberattack Spree Hits Federal Government
Multiple federal government agencies have been hit as part of a recent wave of cyberattacks exploiting a flaw in a common file-transfer application, CNN reported on Thursday. Eric Goldstein of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said in a statement that the the CISA “is providing support to several …
Read More »RFK Jr. Tells Joe Rogan He's 'Aware' of Possibility CIA Could Assassinate Him
Vaccine conspiracy theorist and Democratic 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. believes his uncle was assassinated by the CIA. He told Joe Rogan that he’s “aware” that he, too, could be targeted by U.S. intelligence — but he doesn’t “live in fear” of the possibility. Kennedy has repeatedly stated …
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