Travis Scott faced questions about the 2021 Astroworld tragedy during a civil deposition that reportedly lasted almost eight hours Monday, Sept. 18, according to The Associated Press. The deposition, which took place in Houston, was tied to the hundreds of lawsuits that have been filed over the crowd crush, in …
Read More »Leslie Jones: Racist 'Ghostbusters' Trolls Nearly Broke Me
“I don’t like this movie,” the journalist said, “and you’ve got five minutes to prove to me that it is worth watching.” The cast of Ghostbusters was on a press junket somewhere in Europe, and some guy with a German or Scandinavian or Russian accent or whatever had just had …
Read More »Comedian Gary Gulman Reveals the Time He Hit Rock Bottom
Some people skip the intro. I don’t trust them. It makes me wonder where else they cut corners, where else they’re phoning it in, what other flimflammery they’re perpetrating. If you didn’t read the intro, you didn’t honestly finish the book. Saying you read a book but didn’t read the …
Read More »The Watson Twins Sang Behind Jenny Lewis. Now They Own the Spotlight
When the Watson Twins sang for Jenny Lewis on her 2006 album Rabbit Fur Coat, they viewed it as simply doing a favor for a friend. Lewis was the Watsons’ neighbor in the Silver Lake neighborhood of L.A., and Chandra and Leigh Watson always liked an opportunity to jam. Back …
Read More »'Winning Time' Shocks Fans With Surprise Series Finale
This post contains spoilers for the Season Two finale of HBO‘s Winning Time, now streaming on Max. Winning Time, the HBO drama about the Los Angeles Lakers’ Showtime dynasty in the Eighties, has been accused by members of those teams of rewriting history. With what unexpectedly turned out to be …
Read More »How Real Are the Allegations Fueling the Biden Impeachment Push?
House Republican leadership is sure of one thing: they’d like to start the impeachment process against Joe Biden. What’s less clear is what they’d like to impeach him over. In his first comments to the press about the impeachment inquiry launched this week, Speaker Kevin McCarthy spoke about “a picture …
Read More »Get Some Cash Out: Katy Perry Sells Catalog for Reported $225 Million
Katy Perry has cashed in on her catalog of hits, selling her stake in her master recordings and publishing rights to Litmus Music for a reported $225 million, according to Billboard. The deal covers the five albums Perry released for Capitol Records, starting with 2008’s One of the Boys and …
Read More »Oliver Anthony Makes His Nashville Debut — With a Band
Oliver Anthony set foot in Nashville for the first time this weekend, making his Music City debut not at the Grand Ole Opry or the Ryman Auditorium, but at the annual birthday-party-slash-block-party thrown by Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge. The honky-tonk marked its 63rd anniversary with its usual shut-down-the-street blowout and a …
Read More »Eve Hewson Will Blow You Away in 'Flora and Son'
E VE HEWSON WILL NOT be doing karaoke today. “I have to be really, really hammered to do karaoke,” the actress explains, walking through New York’s Central Park. “I would really have to be a whole bottle of tequila deep.” Not that she is opposed to such things (“I mean, …
Read More »'You Do Not Need Glasses': A Wellness Coach's Bogus Claim — And Its 100-Year History
“What’s the one thing that your optometrist doesn’t want you to know about?” asks a “human optimization specialist” who goes by the name Samantha Lotus in a recent video on her Instagram account. “The fact that you do not need glasses,” she answers, removing a pair from her own face. …
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