Even the President of Mexico is standing behind Yahritza y Su Esencia after the group faced extreme backlash for comments they made about Mexican food. On Thursday, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador spent more than 10 minutes defending the Mexican-American group, saying he’d be open to seeing siblings Yahritza, Mando, …
Read More »How A New Exhibition Honors the Memory of Salsa Titans La Lupe and Tito Puente
La Lupe was electric onstage. The Cuban singer, known for her belting power and undeniable charisma, began showing off her skills at a young age, winning local radio competitions and dazzling audiences at clubs on the island. When she moved to New York City after the Cuban Revolution, she kept …
Read More »Texas Anti-Porn Law Blocked in Crucial Win for Free Speech Advocates
A Texas law designed to put strict controls on access to adult websites was blocked by a federal judge on Thursday, one day before it was to go into effect, in a decision that could prove a bellwether for similar legal challenges now playing out across the country. Since the …
Read More »Love 'Space Jam'? Pay for License Before Using the Song or You Might Get Sued
Not everyone is welcome to the jam anymore. Attorneys representing Watson Music Group, a company that claims ownership of the rights to Quad City DJ’s celebrated “Space Jam” theme from the 1996 movie, have been mailing notices of infringement to several companies, according to Billboard. The company, which Billboard reports …
Read More »Drake Reunites With Travis Scott to Perform 'Meltdown' in Vancouver
Drake reunited with Travis Scott onstage for the first time since the Astroworld tragedy as the rappers performed their Utopia collaboration “Meltdown” live Tuesday in Vancouver. “Oh yeah, for the first time ever in Vancouver, Astro and The Boy, we in this bitch,” Drake told fans at the Rogers Arena: …
Read More »Can Anyone Tell Us Why Doja Cat and a German Hardcore Band Have the Same Album Art?
Doja Cat and the German metallic hardcore band Chaver likely have a lot in common (a total rejection of normal society, for instance), but today, the gossamer thread connecting the two artists is the image of a pink spider with a gem-like drop of pink blood in its chelicerae. Slight …
Read More »Epstein's Calendar Contained Multiple Meetings With Peter Thiel
Deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein scheduled multiple meetings with conservative financial operatives, including billionaire Peter Thiel and real-estate mogul Thomas Barrack, in the run-up to the 2016 election, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. Over the course of his life, Epstein established connections throughout the upper echelons …
Read More »Nick Carter Faces Third Sexual Assault Lawsuit
A third woman has filed a sexual assault lawsuit on Monday against Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter, alleging he assaulted her multiple times when she was 15. The suit, filed by a Jane Doe identified as A.R., claims the incidents occurred several times on a yacht and once in the …
Read More »Timothy Olyphant on That Big 'Justified: City Primeval' Finale Twist
This post contains spoilers for “The Question,” the finale of Justified: City Primeval. And so Justified says goodbye to one Boyd, and welcomes back another. In the concluding chapter of the revival miniseries Justified: City Primeval, Timothy Olyphant‘s Raylan Givens finally had his long-awaited showdown with the Oklahoma Wildman himself, …
Read More »Coi Leray Name Drops Brands in Glitzy Music Video for 'Isabel Marant'
Coi Leray has dropped a music video for her new single, “Isabel Marant.” The song comes off the rapper’s EP, Blue Moon, out today via Uptown Records/Republic Records. In the clip, directed by Michael Vincent, Leray descends into shimmering blue water and emerges, mermaid-like, coated in glitter. She performs the …
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