Conspiracy theories Alex Jones has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy for InfoWars parent company Free Speech Systems LLC. In a series of defamation trials brought by the families of children killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting, Jones was sentenced to pay a total of almost $1.48 billion in damages. …
Read More »RM Takes Center Stage in Seoul During Solo NPR 'Tiny Desk (Home) Concert'
BTS leader RM may be on his own during the promotional cycle for his newly released debut solo album Indigo, but the musician is doing his best to keep his surroundings familiar and consistent. For his first solo NPR Tiny Desk (Home) Concert, RM performed from Seoul, South Korea, in …
Read More »Michael Showalter Is Ready for a Good Cry
A LITTLE UNDER 10 years ago, Michael Showalter realized the time had come to give up on his Hollywood dreams and start taking whatever work he could find to pay the bills. He’s the star and co-creator of the 2001 cult classic Wet Hot American Summer, and a key member …
Read More »Elon Brings One of America's Most Prominent Nazis Back to Twitter
Neo-Nazi Andrew Anglin has been reinstated to Twitter under Elon Musk’s new policies for the platform. The founder of the white supremacist website The Daily Stormer had been banned from Twitter since 2013. Anglin has publicly indicated that the goal of his operation and adherence to white nationalist ideology is …
Read More »Balenciaga Drops Lawsuit One Week After Filing
Balenciaga announced Friday afternoon that it would be ceasing litigation around one of its two controversial ad campaigns. In a statement shared with Rolling Stone, Balenciaga CEO Cédric Charbit said the company wanted to learn from its mistakes and would be implementing a series of actions in response — including …
Read More »The GOP Tweeted Its Praise for Kanye 56 Days Ago. Here's Everything That Happened Since
From post to deletion took 56 days — and the rapper’s declaration of love for Nazis. It was early October, and Kanye West was fresh off an appearance at Paris fashion week, where he appeared with the conservative troll Candace Owens, wearing a shirt emblazoned with the words “White Lives …
Read More »Guitarricadelafuente Is Writing Folk Songs for the Future
Alvaro la Fuente’s year has been a whirlwind — a product of a budding, but frenetic musical career that has taken him across the world. Prior to releasing his first LP, La Cantera, which came out in May, the Spanish singer, who records under his stage name Guitarricadelafuente, was touring …
Read More »'Liver King' Admits He's on Steroids, Says Persona Is an 'Experiment'
Brian Johnson, better known as the organ-devouring masculinity influencer “Liver King,” has admitted to steroid use in a somber video shared on his YouTube and Instagram accounts. “I fully own that I fucked up,” he said in the six-minute confession. “I am as sorry as a man can be.” The …
Read More »Drugged-up Grizzly Gets 'Higher Baby' in 'Cocaine Bear' Trailer With Keri Russell
The Elizabeth Banks-directed film Cocaine Bear has a new trailer. On Wednesday, Universal Pictures released a teaser for the Feb. 24 movie inspired by the real-life story of a bear who was found dead after ingesting cocaine in Kentucky. The trailer for the campy film opens with paramedics entering a …
Read More »DeSantis Tells Allies to Stay Mum About Trump's 'Nazi' Dinner. It's Part of a Bigger Plan
While Donald Trump faces the fallout from dining with a white supremacist and anti-Semites, Ron DeSantis and his team are doing what the former president can’t: keep quiet. According to three people with knowledge of the directives, DeSantis’ lieutenants have told his allies not to attack Trump over the now-notorious …
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