In the spring of 2019, Lee Sung Jin was driving home through Los Angeles traffic from his job as a writer on the animated series Undone, at the end of a perfectly fine day in his dream profession. Sitting at a red light, he missed the change to green while …
Read More »'Abuse, Grooming, Drugs, and Sexual Coercion': The Scandal Wrestling Buried
On a Sunday in March of 1992, World Wrestling Federation chairman Vince McMahon marched into a suite of law offices at 500 Fifth Avenue, a soaring prewar skyscraper just up the street from the New York Public Library. He was there for a meeting with a young man about whom …
Read More »Noise Rules the Night in Austin
It’s been a long week in Austin, and many of the musicians and fans who flew into Texas had already split town by Saturday night —but those who were left made it a night to remember, with furiously loud punk noise, enormous EDM beats, and more. Here are the best …
Read More »Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour Is a 3-Hour Career-Spanning Victory Lap
How do we measure the impact of a musician in 2023? Streams can be bought. Awards can be finessed. Is it when demand for show tickets leads to a congressional hearing about Ticketmaster’s policies? Or when flight attendants shout out a fanbase making a pilgrimage to see a tour opener? …
Read More »Trump's Coming Arrest: We Answer the Questions You Were Scared to Ask
With news that Donald Trump is preparing to be arrested, Americans rightly have questions. The arrest of a former president — who is also an active 2024 candidate — would be unprecedented in American history. Trump is railing on social media, his minions are calling the judicial system rigged, protests …
Read More »Ticketmaster Giving Partial Refunds to The Cure Ticket Holders After 'Unduly High' Fees
Ticketmaster will be supplying ticket-buyers for the Cure’s recently announced U.S. tour with partial refunds, following a controversy on Wednesday over fees that the group’s frontman Robert Smith said had him “sickened.” The refund, which Smith announced Thursday on Twitter, comes a day after the Cure‘s tickets first went on …
Read More »Taylor Swift Feeds 'Hunger Games' Resurgence, Teases 'Speak Now' Re-Recording With New Songs
It wouldn’t be Taylor Swift without some elaborate release coinciding with a major event in her career. To celebrate the Eras tour kickoff in Glendale, Arizona today, the singer is making a trip to the past with re-recordings of “Eyes Open” and “Safe and Sound (featuring the Civil Wars)” from …
Read More »Iranian Weapons Are Now Being Used on Both Sides of the Ukraine War
The video shows a Ukrainian soldier unboxing his prize to a soundtrack of dance beats — a brand-new crate of 125mm tank ammunition. On the surface, the clip posted to social media is no different than thousands that Ukrainian soldiers have filmed depicting the day-to-day logistical drudgery of war. But …
Read More »YouTube Reinstates Donald Trump's Channel
Over two years after YouTube shut down Donald Trump’s account, the site has reactivated the former president’s channel. Trump’s YouTube was initially indefinitely restricted — and then permanently banned — in the aftermath of the January 6 riot on the Capitol; Trump’s accounts were similarly locked down on Twitter, Facebook …
Read More »'We Exist': Wellesley Trans Students Say It's Not Just a Women's College
When Ninotska Love donned her tight red dress and Selena sunglasses to graduate from Wellesley College in May 2020, it was a monumental day. She had moved to the U.S. in 2009 to flee gender persecution in Ecuador, unable to speak a word of English. But after spending almost a …
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