One month after negging her fans and ridiculing her own music, Doja Cat appears ready to release a new track this Friday, June 16. On Twitter, the pop star shared what appeared to be some blood-splattered single art, along with a date (“6.16.23”) and a drop of blood emoji. A …
Read More »Kesha Earns Pre-Trial Win in Dr. Luke Defamation Case: Producer Will Be Considered 'Public Figure'
Dr. Luke is a “limited public figure,” the New York Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday. The new update comes about a month before the trial between the producer (real name Lukasz Gottwald) and Kesha is set to begin. As a public figure, Luke will be subject to a higher burden …
Read More »Latest Fever Swamp Theory: Trump Miami Protests Are a Trap
Extreme supporters of Donald Trump are spreading the word to remain non-violent at the protests of his indictment in Miami — less because violence is unjustified and more because they believe the demonstrations are a trap, set by the feds, to snare MAGAdonians in Jan. 6-style legal trouble. On his …
Read More »Cormac McCarthy, Novelist Who Explored an Apocalyptic American West, Dead at 89
Cormac McCarthy, the celebrated novelist known for his stunning, apocalyptic visions of the American West, died Tuesday, June 13. He was 89. McCarthy’s publisher, Penguin Random House, confirmed his death in a statement, according to The Washington Post. A cause of death was not given. McCarthy’s work was often bleak …
Read More »Why Are So Many Popular Wellness Influencers Red-Pilled?
A few years ago, around the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, there was a perplexing shift in the wellness space. Yoga teachers, holistic healers, crystal sellers — people who had never posted anything remotely political, seemed, all of a sudden, to start posting about the dangers of 5G radiation, surgical …
Read More »JPMorgan Chase Settles Lawsuit With Jeffrey Epstein Victims
Banking giant JPMorgan Chase has agreed to a settlement with the victims of Jeffrey Epstein. The tentative agreement, announced June 12, settles a lawsuit brought last fall over the bank’s ties to the disgraced financier, who built a sex trafficking operation during the 2000s and 2010s and sexually abused dozens …
Read More »Mariah Carey to Host 50th Anniversary Hip-Hop Celebration at Madison Square Garden
New York’s own Hot 97 will celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip-hop at the musical heart of the genre’s birthplace: Madison Square Garden. The celebration, currently scheduled for Sept. 15, will be hosted by special guests Mariah Carey and Maxwell, two artists who exemplify hip-hop‘s extended influence beyond the realm …
Read More »The Golden Globes Are Getting New Owners After Years of Scandal
The Golden Globe Awards will soon be under new ownership, with Dick Clark Productions purchasing the awards show and all its assets from the embattled Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The acquisition will mean the “winddown” (as it was put in a statement) of the HFPA and its membership, as well …
Read More »Republicans Seems to Think a Bathroom Is an Acceptable Place to Store Nuclear Secrets
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) thinks it’s totally cool to keep sensitive, extremely classified state nuclear secrets in your bathroom, because bathrooms have locks. On Monday, McCarthy was asked by a reporter at the Capitol if it was a “good look” for Donald Trump to keep boxes containing classified documents …
Read More »YNW Melly Trial: Attorney Questions Why Rapper Would Kill His 'Best Friends'
YNW Melly‘s double-murder trial began in Miami on Monday with the rapper’s attorney questioning the prosecutors’ lack of a motive for Melly, real name Jamell Demons, to kill fellow rappers Anthony Williams and Christopher Thomas back in 2018. “After four years of investigation, the state comes and says, ‘Hey, he …
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