Last month, the organizers of the rap festival Rolling Loud announced that they wouldn’t be holding their annual event in New York this fall. “For the last few years, we’ve made some legendary moments happen in Queens,” a graphic posted to their official Twitter account says. “Sadly, due to logistical …
Read More »'Succession' Recap: Logan Roy and the Bachelor Party From Hell
THIS POST CONTAINS spoilers for this week’s episode of Succession, “Rehearsal.” “I love you,” Logan Roy tells his four children near the end of this episode, “but you are not serious people.” We know the second half of this sentence is true, even if Connor, Kendall, Shiv, and Roman keep …
Read More »'That's a Lot of Money': Leonardo DiCaprio Testifies at Pras Michel Trial
Leonardo DiCaprio took the stand at the federal money laundering trial against Fugees member Pras Michel on Monday. The actor is one of 72 witnesses prosecutors prepped as potential witnesses for the government. DiCaprio, who is appearing as a witness for the prosecution, testified about the alleged exploits of Malaysian …
Read More »Fungus Meat? Lab-Grown Halibut? Meet the Scientists Growing Your Next Meal
IN THE CORNER of IndieBio NY’s open workspace sit four guitars. Well, technically they’re acoustic and electric hollow-body and solid-body guitars — and a keytar. The instruments aren’t there just to keep the startup founders who come through IndieBio’s six-month program entertained. They also represent a culture of progressive thinking. …
Read More »Potential Juror in YSL Case Gets 3 Days in Jail for Filming Jury Selection
Ob Monday, a prospective juror in the YSL RICO case was charged with contempt of court and sentenced to three days in jail after attempting to record jury proceedings on her phone. The odd scene was uploaded by Cathy Russon, an executive producer at Law & Crime Network. The short …
Read More »The Record-Breaking Race That Could Decide the Future of Abortion in Wisconsin
On Tuesday, voters in Wisconsin will decide who they want to sit on the Supreme Court for the next 10 years. The jurist who wins that election will weigh in on hundreds of cases over the next decade, but for many doctors the race is about just one of them: …
Read More »MTG and New York Mayor Trade Shots Over Trump Indictment Protest
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has issued a warning to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and others protesting the indictment of former President Donald Trump: “Be on your best behavior.” In a press conference on Monday, the mayor called out the Georgia congresswoman by name ahead of her planned …
Read More »Brooke Shields' First Kiss Was to a 29-Year-Old Actor When She Was 11
Brooke Shields’ Hollywood journey speaks volumes about the ways young girls have been sexualized and exploited in Tinseltown and beyond. In Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields, a two-part documentary premiering April 3 on Hulu, the actress and activist opens up about her deeply unsettling modeling and acting career, from a family …
Read More »Trump's Team Blasts His Lawyer as 'Dumb' 'Loudmouth'
Donald Trump hasn’t surrendered to authorities yet. But his lawyers are already fighting —with themselves. Days after the former president’s indictment at the hands of Manhattan prosecutor Alvin Bragg, some of Trump’s lawyers are taking aim at Joe Tacopina, his co-lead defense attorney in the Bragg case. A source familiar …
Read More »The Other Eras Tour: 9 Thoughts on Bruce Springsteen at Madison Square Garden
After a two-hour-plus main set that slammed home themes of mortality and impermanence and the way of all flesh, Bruce Springsteen reemerged on Madison Square Garden’s stage Saturday night, April 1, for his usual lengthy encore, and announced “something special for New York City.” He pointed over at Soozie Tyrell, …
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