Erick the Architect has moved 2,790 miles from New York City and landed in Los Angeles. As one third of legendary hip hop group Flatbush Zombies, Erick changed the soundscape of the genre as the trio’s rapper-producer — pushing the Zombies into bold new sounds and narratives that both confounded …
Read More »'May December': Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore's Twisted Tabloid Scandal
Very early on in Todd Haynes‘ May December, Julianne Moore is prepping for a BBQ. Her character, Gracie, is a suburban mom in Savannah, Georgia, idly chatting to a neighbor in a spacious, tastefully decorated kitchen. Her husband wanders through, grabbing a beer before going back outside to man the …
Read More »After Catholic Church Debacle, Sabrina Carpenter Welcomes a New Fan: Jesus Christ
Sabrina Carpenter believes that if Jesus Christ came back right now, he’d be a “Feather” stan, too. Carpenter accidentally found herself at odds with the Catholic Church after the Diocese of Brooklyn claimed it was “appalled” with the “violent and sexually provocative” music video shot inside the Blessed Virgin Mary …
Read More »Afro-Cuban Singer Daymé Arocena Announces 'Al-Kemi,' Her First Album in Five Years
Daymé Arocena is ready to make waves with her new music. On Wednesday, the singer announced Al-Kemi, her first album in five years. The LP, produced by Eduardo Cabra, will be out Feb. 23. With the announcement, Arocena also released her single “American Boy,” a track she wrote a decade …
Read More »Young Thug's Lawyer Says Rapper Is a 'Studio Gangster' at YSL Trial
The defense of Young Thug began Tuesday with the rapper’s attorney, Brian Steel, explaining trap music to grandmothers. “He is not running a criminal enterprise on Cleveland Avenue to gather money and power,” Steel says, arguing that by 2014, the rapper, whose legal name is Jeffery Williams, was a superstar …
Read More »Pence Mulled Skipping Jan. 6 Certification to Avoid Being 'Hurtful' To His 'Friend': Report
Former Vice President Mike Pence has insisted that his decision to rebuke Donald Trump’s effort to undermine the 2020 election was a direct result of his loyalty to the Constitution, but federal investigators have reportedly pressured Pence into revealing exactly what was going through his mind in the days leading …
Read More »Inside Betty Who's Broadway Role of a Lifetime
To fans of Betty Who, the queer Australian pop star is one of the music industry’s best-kept secrets — a whirlwind of Eighties pop and synth influences that can captivate festivals and intimate venues alike. Those closer to the singer and artist, who uses she/they pronouns, might be more familiar …
Read More »Bay Area Rap Legend E-40 Never Stopped Hustling
E-40 is in the midst of a busy New York City press junket. He’s in a private room at the restaurant Sei Less in Manhattan, calmly having a sip of red wine with his wife. The serial entrepreneur would like to be sipping on something from his own brand, Earl …
Read More »Elon Musk Takes Flirtation With Pizzagate to the Next Level
There was never any evidence that Pizzagate, the conspiracy theory claiming prominent Democrats were running a satanic pedophilic operation out of a D.C. pizza parlor, was real. No supposed victims ever came forward, and the basement of Comet Ping Pong — where conspiracy theorists claimed everything went down — didn’t …
Read More »'Fast & Furious 9' Producers Fined Over Stunt Performer's 'Life-Changing' Injuries on Set
The producers of F9, the ninth installment of Universal’s Fast & Furious movie franchise, have been fined $1 million after a stunt performer on the film suffered “life-changing” injuries. FF9 Pictures Limited, a subsidiary of Universal Pictures, pleaded guilty to breaching the U.K.’s Health and Safety at Work Act last …
Read More »