House Republicans have made clear they intend to do everything they can to cast President Biden as the ringleader of a global crime racket that he’s now using the White House to facilitate. The House Oversight Committee, led by a guy who just a few days ago wondered if the …
Read More »Barbra Streisand's Fabled, Long-Awaited Memoir Will Finally Be Published This Year
Barbra Streisand has finally finished her memoir, My Name is Barbra, which will be published on Nov. 7 via Viking. Per a page for the book on the Viking website, the memoir will find Streisand recounting the totality of her life and career, “from growing up in Brooklyn to her …
Read More »Death Toll Rises in Turkey and Syria As Winter Weathers Hinder Earthquake Rescue Efforts
The death toll in Turkey and Syria has climbed to over 5,000 while rescue efforts have been hindered by freezing temperatures one day after two massive earthquakes hit near Gaziantep in southern Turkey. As The New York Times reported Tuesday, Feb. 7, at least 3,700 people are dead in Turkey …
Read More »Turkey and Syria Earthquakes: Where to Donate and How to Help
As buildings collapsed under the weight of infrastructural damage following two massive earthquakes in Turkey and northern Syria on Monday, Feb. 6, thousands were left dead, with others trapped beneath the rubble as the death toll continues to rise steadily. At the time of publication, at least 5,000 people are …
Read More »The State of the Union Is in Flux. How Will Biden Address It Tonight?
President Joe Biden will deliver the annual State of the Union address tonight from the Capitol. It will be Biden’s first major national address under a divided Congress, with newly empowered House Republicans working to paint the president and his family as weak, corrupt, and anti-American ahead of a potential …
Read More »Hollywood Is Hell in Tim Blake Nelson's Debut Novel, 'City of Blows'
It should come as no surprise that character actor Tim Blake Nelson — who led the western anthology film The Ballad of Buster Scruggs and played the unforgettable Looking Glass in the HBO series Watchmen — has written a novel. After all, he’s always been the bookish one on set. …
Read More »Kelly Clarkson Rivals Adele's Vocals in New 'Set Fire to the Rain' Cover
Only a vocalist like Kelly Clarkson can do a song like Adele‘s “Set Fire to the Rain” justice. On Tuesday’s episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show, the beloved singer and TV host sang a rockier rendition of the Adele classic. Backed by her My Band Y’all, Clarkson hit Adele’s song …
Read More »Steven Soderbergh Talks Sex, Superheroes and His 'Below Deck' Fandom
You’re never quite sure what Steven Soderbergh is going to do next. And that mercurial sensibility is part of his charm. The man who burst onto the scene at the age of 26 with his erotic thriller Sex, Lies, and Videotape has played in so many sandboxes, from crime comedies …
Read More »Ted Cruz, Marjorie Taylor Greene Raise Hell Over Sam Smith's Grammys Performance
The Grammys was its usual lavish spectacle featuring scores of styled-out celebrities on Sunday night. The buttoned-up, right-wing political commentariat was not pleased, particularly about Sam Smith and Kim Petras‘ performance of “Unholy” — which featured fire, red lighting, and Smith sporting a pair of horns. “Don’t fight the culture …
Read More »The 'Book More Women' Campaign Called Out Male-Heavy Festival Lineups. Did It Help?
Abbey Carbonneau was staring at the lineup poster for the Firefly Music Festival back in 2018 when she noticed something that pissed her off: of the first 23 artists named on the poster of the seven-stage, three-day Delaware festival, only one was a woman. Carbonneau, a Massachusetts native, sat down …
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