Alec Baldwin and the Rust crew tried to parse what happened in the immediate aftermath of the on-setshooting that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, with the actor expressing serious concern for the film’s cinematographer, as evidenced in newly released bodycam footage from the Santa Fe Sheriff’s office. In the several hours-long …
Read More »How to Become a MAGA Rap Kingpin (Without Believing What You're Saying)
P erhaps you’ve seen the music video for “Whiteboy,” which currently has more than 22 million views on YouTube and made a minor celebrity of a carpenter turned pro wrestler turned rapper named Tom MacDonald. It’s set in a Southern California classroom where the musician, who is white, wears blond …
Read More »Bruce Springsteen, Gary Clark Jr. Honor Jon Stewart With 'Come Together' Cover
Bruce Springsteen made his first live appearance of 2022 Sunday evening when he honored longtime friend Jon Stewart, who received the 23rd annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. During the show, Springsteen linked up with Gary Clark Jr. to cover the Beatles’ …
Read More »'Shining Girls': Elisabeth Moss Tracks a Time-Traveling Serial Killer
In the second season of Netflix’s Russian Doll, the show’s time traveling heroine Nadia tells a friend, “The only reason to go into the past is to change shit, alright? I mean, haven’t you ever seen a movie?” Nadia is onto something: pop culturally, characters who travel in time tend …
Read More »'This Is Clearly Voice-Dictated': Kim Kardashian Disputes Incriminating Text at Defamation Trial
Kim Kardashian, the billionaire lodestar of the Kardashian-Jenner universe, sat in a witness box in a Los Angeles courtroom Tuesday and denied ever trying to tank Blac Chyna’s TV career. The aspiring lawyer and former wife of Kanye West read through a series of text messages she sent to a …
Read More »Exclusive: Video Undercuts DaBaby's Self-Defense Claim in 2018 Killing
F our years ago, DaBaby signed a deal with Interscope Records that would change his life. Just 11 weeks prior, he had taken one. At the time, the rapper was a few years shy of global fame, whether for a steady stream of chart-topping songs and Grammy nominations, various brawls, …
Read More »Lizzo Announces North American Headlining Tour in Support of 'Special'
Lizzo has announced dates for the North American leg of her “Special Tour” in support of her upcoming fourth studio album Special. The flute-wielding rapper and singer will kick off the 25-date trek Sept. 23 at Sunrise, Florida’s FLA Live Arena. The run, which will feature special guest Latto as …
Read More »Nine Inch Nails Plot Long-Awaited Return to the Road
Nine Inch Nails will return to the road for the first time in four years with a string of headlining gigs scheduled for the spring and late summer The band will kick things off with a quick three-show run: April 28 in Raleigh, North Carolina, April 30 in Atlanta and …
Read More »Cher's $1 Million Royalty War With Sonny Bono's Widow Tested in Court
Cher’s lawsuit claiming Sonny Bono’s widow, Mary Bono, owes her $1 million in unpaid royalties for Sonny & Cher songs — including hits like “I Got You Babe” — had its first major court hearing Monday, April 25, with a federal judge asking a telling hypothetical. U.S. District Judge John …
Read More »Johnny Depp Wraps Defamation Testimony: 'Yes, I Am' a Domestic Violence Victim
In his final day on the stand in his $50 million defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard, Johnny Depp told the court “the only person that I have ever abused in my life is myself.” After a three-day break in which the court was dark, the seven-person jury listened to …
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