Will Ferrell put his world-renowned, incredibly specialized musical talent to good use over the weekend, popping up for a cowbell cameo during his son Magnus Ferrell’s set at a special charity event. The show marked Magnus’ first public performance with his band, who opened for the Psychedelic Furs at an …
Read More »Accused Cult Leader Offered Daughter Doritos and $50 if She'd Marry Him: Feds
Federal authorities appear to be closing in on an alleged polygamist cult leader accused of abusing underage girls, court documents show. In a new affidavit, an FBI agent claims Samuel Rappylee Bateman, 46, has more than 20 wives, many of them below the age of 15, that he sex-trafficked children, …
Read More »SZA Taps Phoebe Bridgers, Travis Scott for 'S.O.S' Album
SZA’s sophomore album S.O.S. is so close you can almost hear it. The highly anticipated follow-up to her 2017 critically acclaimed debut Ctrl is set for release on Friday, Dec. 9, she announced during her guest spot as musical guest on Saturday Night Live. Now, with the arrival of the …
Read More »Pence Makes Absurd Claim: Trump Was 'Genuinely Remorseful' After Jan. 6
Former vice president Mike Pence claimed that Donald Trump showed “genuine remorse” when the two met five days after the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol. Yes, you read that correctly. The man for whom Trump supporters constructed a gallows somehow believes the former president harbors regret regarding that day. …
Read More »Milo Yiannopoulos Fired From Kanye West Campaign: Report
Milo Yiannopoulos has been released from his position on Kanye West’s 2024 presidential campaign, The Daily Beast reported. “Ye and I have come to the mutual conclusion that I should step away from his political team,” Yiannopoulos wrote on his Telegram account on Sunday. “Ye is a genius whom I …
Read More »Inside the Worst Music Decisions of All Time
Any truly exhaustive list of bad decisions made by musicians would stretch into the thousands, with many duplicate entries for “tried heroin for the first time.” So Rolling Stone‘s recent list of the top 50 worst choices, created by senior writer Andy Greene, narrowed it down by keeping it mostly …
Read More »Why Are More Black Men Voting Republican?
Wanted: Black Men needed to be buffoons —think Hershel Walker —in exchange for being treated like a King of the Moment and a figurehead greeted by Republican cheers? If interested, please call the GOP. Perhaps it is too easy to reduce the small but increasing rush of Black male Republicans …
Read More »'Sr.': Robert Downey Jr. Pays Tribute to His Late, Great Father
When Chris Smith — a documentarian who had tackled everything from Method acting run amuck to a music festival falling apart — was asked what subjects he might be interested in pursuing in terms of a new project, he didn’t mention a “what.” Instead, he gave his producers a “who”: …
Read More »100 Gecs to Finally Release '10,000 Gecs' Next Year, and They've Got a New EP Out Now
100 Gecs have surprise-released a new three-song EP and finally announced a release date for their long-awaited second album, 10,000 Gecs, which is slated to arrive March 17, 2023. The Snake Eyes EP features a trio of unreleased tunes, though opener “Hey Big Man” has become a staple of Gecs’ …
Read More »Kanye Tweets Swastika, Elon Musk Suspends His Twitter Account
After praising Adolf Hitler in a Thursday afternoon interview with conspiracy theoristAlex Jones, Kanye West took to Twitter to share an image of a swastika intertwined with aStarof David later that night. Appearing to promote his supposed presidential campaign (which has yet to be filed with the Federal Election Commission), …
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