The Justice Department is conducting an active investigation into whether former President Donald Trump attempted to directly interfere with the results of the 2020 election, according to several anonymous sources. As The Washington Post reports, key witnesses for the investigation, which include two top aides to former Vice President Mike …
Read More »'We Need to Liberate Our People From the Horrors of Occupation': New Allegations of Russian War Crimes Emerge in Ukraine
When Tetyana Bozhko first saw her husband’s body, she screamed. Russian troops had just pulled out of her hometown on March 19th, and villagers were looking around the house the occupiers had commandeered to use as a makeshift headquarters — and apparently a torture chamber and a place of execution. …
Read More »Hulu Will Now Run Political Ads About Abortion Rights and Gun Control
Following an outcry, Disney announced Wednesday that they will allow political ads to run on their streaming service Hulu in the lead-up to the midterm elections. “After a thorough review of ad policies across its linear networks and streaming platforms over the last few months, Disney is now aligning Hulu’s …
Read More »'Not Okay' Gives Us an Anti-Heroine for Our Age of Perpetual Internet Thirst
Not Okay wastes no time telling us that its central character, a vapid Insta-famous charlatan named Danni Sanders (Zoey Deutch), is a bad person. Like, not a single second: Before the movie has even begun, a disclaimer pops up that warns of “flashing lights, themes of trauma, and an unlikable …
Read More »Emily Ratajkowski's Divorce Is the Super Bowl for Overly Confident Straight Men
Don’t Let This Flopis released Wednesdays on all audio streaming platforms, including ApplePodcasts,Spotify,Amazon Music,Stitcherand more. Earlier this month, multiple news outlets reported that model/author/perennial weird-baby-holder Emily Ratajkowski was out on the town sans wedding ring. EmRata had been off the market since 2018, when she married Sebastian Bear McClard, an …
Read More »'Moonage Daydream': Freak Out on the New Trailer for David Bowie Documentary
Neon has unveiled the full trailer for the upcoming David Bowie documentary Moonage Daydream, the first film officially sanctioned by the music legend’s estate. Using the eponymous song as its soundtrack, the new preview teases the amount of unseen archival footage the film contains, spanning all eras of Bowie: From …
Read More »Two Ex-Minneapolis Cops to Serve at Least Three Years for Role in George Floyd's Death
Former Minneapolis police officers J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao were each sentenced to several years in prison after being found guilty on federal charges tied to the death of George Floyd, ABC News reports. Kueng and Thao, along with Thomas Lane, were all found guilty of depriving Floyd of …
Read More »Maggie Rogers Finds a New Freedom On 'Surrender'
The stark cover of Maggie Rogers’ second album makes a statement: Gone are the twilight hues and soft focus of her 2019 debut,Heard It in a Past Life,and their suggestion of a young artist working her way through her own thrilling ascendance. That album capped off a several-year process of …
Read More »Rep. Glenn Thompson Voted Against Same-Sex Marriage, Then Attended His Gay Son's Wedding
While attending his son’s same-sex wedding, Republican representative Glenn Thompson shared how “blessed” he felt to have “a new son enter the family.” But just days before the happy occasion, Thompson voted against a House bill that would codify the right to same-sex marriage into federal law. Last week, 157 …
Read More »Sam Smith, Normani Lawyers Slam 'Rambling, Repetitive' Copyright Infringement Suit
Lawyers for Sam Smith and Normani have fired back at a copyright infringement suit that claims the pair’s 2019 hit, “Dancing With a Stranger,” ripped off a 2015 song of the same name. According to new court docs filed on Monday, July 25, Smith and Normani’s lawyers called the original …
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