President Joe Biden confirmed on Tuesday that Americans are among the hostages held by Hamas, and that at least 14 U.S. citizens have been killed in the ongoing war between Israel and the militant Palestinian Islamic organization. Biden addressed the nation from the White House on Tuesday, stating that the …
Read More »Chvrches' Lauren Mayberry Pulls Back Layers of 'Shame' on New Single
Chvrches’ Lauren Mayberry is pulling back layers of discomfort on her latest release, “Shame,” a follow-up to her recent solo debut, “Are You Awake?” The record, she explained in a statement, toys with the double meaning of its title. “I had the idea for a while of a song that …
Read More »The Rolling Stones' Hell-Raising Original Ringleader
According to this very publication, the Rolling Stones’ new album Hackney Diamonds is the best the English rockers have sounded “in about half a century,” so there’s no better time for the new documentary The Stones and Brian Jones to hit theaters (and VOD). When documentary filmmaker Nick Broomfield was …
Read More »How a Mar-a-Lago Lunch Birthed the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Lunchtime, early 2003: Donald Trump was one year away from starring in The Apprentice and fourteen years away from being sworn in as the forty-fifth president of the United States. He owned a share of the Miss Universe beauty pageant, some Atlantic City casinos on the verge of bankruptcy, and …
Read More »Netflix Shows How Juul Went Up in Flames
Can I hit your Juul? That billion-dollar question whispered in study halls and hollered at house parties among teens and 20-somethings is explored in Netflix’s new documentary series, Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul. Directed by R.J. Cutler and based on Time reporter Jamie Ducharme’s book Big Vape: …
Read More »Biden Should Probably Be Worried About RFK Jr.
Between the bongo drums and saxophone, the guy hawking buttons featuring a shirtless Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (“Fit to Be President!”), the men darting around in dark suits and sunglasses (stand-ins for the Secret Service detail Kennedy has still not received), the throngs of jubilant supporters, and the giant tour …
Read More »Shooter Jennings Swore Off Touring to Be a Producer. Then Warren Zevon Got Snubbed
The case for Shooter Jennings as one of the premier producers in music grows more compelling by the day, and you’d get no argument from Tanya Tucker. “He always listens to my heart,” Tucker tells Rolling Stone, offering a simple reason for Jennings’ rise behind the console. For Jennings, such …
Read More »How Tiffany 'New York' Pollard Changed the Game for Black Women on Reality TV
“The original HBIC is here, bitches!,” Tiffany “New York” Pollard proclaims, sauntering into the frame and showing off her fresh pedicure. So begins her introduction on House of Villains, E!‘s latest reality TV series assembling a motley crew of the genre’s classic antagonists, including Vanderpump Rules’ Jax Taylor, The Bachelor‘s …
Read More »Julia Ormond Explains Why She's Taking on Weinstein, CAA, and Disney
J ulia Ormond has been “living in fear.” The British actress known for her roles in films like Legends of the Fall, First Knight and Sabrina, as well as an Emmy-nominated turn on television’s Mad Men, alleges that in December of 1995, at the height of her stardom, she was …
Read More »Israelis Scramble to Find Rave Survivors and Scream: 'How Could We Be So Weak?'
The boom of Israeli defenses knocking down missiles from Gaza echo in the sky above a sterile glass police building near Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport, where terrified people are desperate to find out anything about their missing loved ones. They plead for information about friends and family who disappeared in …
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