Pride month is not just a celebration of queer joy,but also an annual reminder of the ongoing fight for LGBTQ rights. It’s important, though, to break up the parades and protests with a little personal time, a moment to recharge and recenter so the battle can go on, long after …
Read More »Are the Orange Skies Here to Stay?
As smoke lifts for East Coast cities this weekend, take a deep breath. And then hold it, because this might happen again. Parts of Canada and the eastern United States are at risk for an unusually active fire season this summer. So this week’s great eastern smoke-out might be just …
Read More »Pat Robertson Is Dead. His Dystopian Legacy Lives On
“Don’t speak ill of the dead” is a dumb idea. When people have caused massive suffering to others, and changed society for the worse, it’s good to speak ill of them. It helps to reaffirm our values, and to counter the wave of encomiums and eulogies that will inevitably accompany …
Read More »Takeoff's Mother Sues Venue Owners Where Rapper Was Killed
Takeoff‘s mother has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the owners of the Houston venue where the Migos rapper was shot and killed during a party in Nov. 2022. Titania Davenport, the mother of the rapper born Kirsnick Ball, filed the lawsuit Wednesday in a Harris County, Texas district court …
Read More »'Vanderpump Rules' Reunion Twist: Was Raquel's Confession Worth the Wait?
The devolution of Tom Sandoval from heel to arch-villain is one of the more compelling arcs in the history of reality television. When he wasn’t flat-ironing his hair, getting dog-walked by Kristen Doute, or slinging drinks at SUR, the emo man-child served as the meek foil to alpha dog — …
Read More »Pat Robertson, Televangelist Who Blamed Gay People for 9/11 and Hurricanes, Dies
Pat Robertson, the televangelist who ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 1988, died on Thursday at age 93. The Christian Broadcasting Network, which Robertson founded in 1960, announced the news Thursday morning. Robertson is widely credited with ushering Christian-conservatism into mainstream politics in the 1980s and 1990s, and laying …
Read More »See Miley Cyrus Like You've Never Seen Her Before
In Hannah Montana, the Disney Channel TV series that put Miley Cyrus on the map, the actress portrays a trio of characters: Miley Stewart, a “normal” Tennessee schoolgirl; Hannah Montana, Miley’s globe-trolling pop-star alter ego; and Luann Stewart, Miley’s mischievous, pigtailed cousin. Like any savvy pop star with staying power, …
Read More »Ariana Madix Releases 'F-ck Me in This T-Shirt' Merch After Tom Sandoval's 'Sick' Reunion Comment
Ariana Madix is laughing her way to the bank after cashing in on Tom Sandoval‘s “sick” comment from the Vanderpump Rules reunion. During Wednesday night’s third and final part of the drama-filled reunion, Sandoval shaded his ex-girlfriend for keeping herself covered when they got intimate. When asked whether he had …
Read More »'The Crowded Room': Spider-Man Gets Lost in a Lame Whodunit
When TV critics are given screeners of upcoming series, the episodes are often accompanied by a letter from the showrunner asking us to not reveal certain plot points. Sometimes, these requests are eminently reasonable: Succession creator Jesse Armstrong didn’t want us telling our readers about the big thing that happened …
Read More »The FDA Warned Ozempic Users. They Don't Give a F-ck
Before August 2021, Emily Clasen had never heard of Ozempic. The 31-year-old from Fort Wayne, Indiana tells Rolling Stone that after her best friend at work mentioned the drug, she brought it up with her doctor. She had tried other weight loss drugs, like phentermine, but the side effects made …
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