La motomami is here! Rosalía opened the Latin Grammys‘ first-ever ceremony in Spain with an orchestra-backed performance of Spanish legend Rocío Jurado’s “Se Nos Rompió el Amor.” Sporting a strapless black dress, the singer opened the awards show with an emotion-filled, flamenco rendition of the 1985 Spanish classic. Rosalía is …
Read More »Sean Combs Accused of Rape by Singer Cassie in New Lawsuit
Casandra Ventura, who’s best known as the R&B singer Cassie, filed a lawsuit against hip-hop mogul Sean Combs Thursday, alleging he raped and physically abused her over the course of a decade. The suit, obtained by Rolling Stone, claimed that the abuse began in 2005, when Combs allegedly began plying …
Read More »'Scott Pilgrim' Is Back for More, and Edgar Wright Is Over the Moon
When it was released in 2010, Edgar Wright‘s Scott Pilgrim vs. the World was considered a disappointment. It grossed less than $50 million at the box office, on a reported production budget of $85 million. And the reviews, while mostly positive, were less than enthusiastically so. In hindsight, though, Wright’s …
Read More »'Rustin': Hollywood Finally Gives a Great American Hero His Due
The 1963 March on Washington did not merely come together on its own via a whim, a wish, and good will. It took years of strategizing, planning, building coalitions, dodging bureaucratic obstacles and opponents both within and outside the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement. Students and veteran activists worked phone lines, …
Read More »Danny Brown Comes Down On 'Quaranta'
Since exploding into popular consciousness with XXX, a 2011 masterwork detailing his crazed life of sex, pills, and weed, Danny Brown has served as a lodestone for modern rap’s perilous embrace of hard drugs. The Detroit rapper utilized a manic, strangely hyper cadence seemingly fueled by too much Molly. More …
Read More »GOP Sen. Says He Could Have Beat Up Hearing Witness if Not for 'Political Correctness'
Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin ran to Fox News to explain that, despite his best efforts to throw down in the middle of a Senate hearing, “political correctness” is what stopped him from beating up a witness. On Tuesday, Mullin stood up during a hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor …
Read More »Mike Johnson: 'Depraved' America Deserves God's Wrath
In an October prayer call hosted by a Christian-nationalist MAGA pastor, Rep. Mike Johnson was troubled that America’s wickedness was inviting God’s wrath. Talking to pastor Jim Garlow on a broadcast of the World Prayer Network, Johnson spoke ominously of America facing a “civilizational moment.” He said, “The only question …
Read More »Lisa Kudrow Honors Matthew Perry: 'Thank You For Your Open Heart… Thank You For the Best 10 Years'
Lisa Kudrow posted her own personal tribute to her Friends co-star Matthew Perry, who died on Oct. 28 at the age of 54. “Shot the pilot, Friends Like Us, got picked up then immediately, we were at the NBC Upfronts,” Kudrow wrote in her post, paired with a photo of …
Read More »Yet Another State Is Probing the Trump Fake Elector Scheme
Nevada’s Attorney General Aaron Ford has opened an investigation into efforts by Republicans in the state to undermine Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election by creating a slate of fake pro-Trump electors. The investigation, which was first reported by Politico, has been unfolding with little fanfare in recent weeks. …
Read More »Metro Boomin and Future Join Rolling Loud Lineup, Announce Album
Rolling Loud next year will not feature previously announced headliner Lil Uzi Vert — the rapper, who uses they/them pronouns, said on Tuesday that they don’t even “understand why [their] name is on” the poster — so the festival’s organizers have added Metro Boomin and Future instead. The two hip-hop …
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