Charli XCX is pink’d out, and peeling out, in the new music video for her Barbie soundtrack song, “Speed Drive.” The new video, directed by Ramez Silyan, has a simple but appropriate concept: Charli performing and dancing to the song as a hot pink sports car does donuts in an …
Read More »Another Major Abortion Case Is Likely Headed to the Supreme Court
A federal appeals court has upheld some restrictions on access to the abortion medication mifepristone, while still allowing it to remain available, CNN reports. The government and mifepristone’s manufacturer will likely appeal the ruling, setting up another major abortion rights showdown in the Supreme Court following its decision to overturn …
Read More »Friends Remember 'Punk as F-ck' Musician Killed in Minneapolis Shooting
If you mentioned that your car was breaking down, August Golden would quietly get his tool kit, log onto YouTube, and figure out how to fix it. If you really liked Taylor Swift — an artist that was not his favorite — and told him you wanted to start a …
Read More »A Pregnant Teacher Asked for a Raise, She Was Fired for Having Premarital Sex Instead
In 2011, Victoria Crisitello took a part-time job at St.Theresa School, a Catholic school in Kenilworth, New Jersey —the same school she attended as a child. Three years later, the school’s principal approached Crisitello about a full-time job teaching art to elementary school students. If she were to take the …
Read More »Trump's Allies Scramble for Ways to Shut Down Georgia Probe
Donald Trump’s allies are searching frantically for legal methods to shut down the investigation in Georgia, another sign of MAGAworld’s growing angst over Trump’s mounting legal troubles — especially in Fulton County. Last year, the former president told members of his inner circle that, by retaking the White House, he …
Read More »Marvel VFX Workers Fight to Change Company's 'Live at Work' Culture
When Mark Patch started as a visual effects coordinator on WandaVision, he saw it as a great opportunity. It was November 2020, and he’d been out of work for four months due to the pandemic. Working on Marvel’s first scripted show for Disney+, starring Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany, felt …
Read More »'Only Murders in the Building' Releases Meryl Streep-Sung Ballad 'Look for the Light'
Meryl Streep’s standout performance of the Only Murders in the Building original song “Look for the Light” has been released to streaming services following its premiere Tuesday in Season Three’s third episode. In the episode, Streep, playing a nanny in the in-show musical, serenades the children under her watch, a …
Read More »Keke Palmer Winks at Vegas Serenade Drama in Usher's 'Boyfriend' Video: 'I Am a Mother, After All'
When Usher serenaded Keke Palmer during his Las Vegas residency last month, the moment set a sector of the internet ablaze. It was actually Palmer’s boyfriend at the time, Darius Jackson, who struck the match when he tweeted to complain about her sheer dress and black bodysuit. “It’s the outfit …
Read More »Rudy Giuliani, RICO Pioneer, Indicted on Racketeering Charges With Trump
Rudy Giuliani, the former US attorney who wielded RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization) charges as New York’s crime-fighting hero, was indicted for violating Georgia‘s RICO act along with Donald Trump and 17 others in connection with efforts to overturn the 2020 election on Monday. It’s a dramatic nosedive for …
Read More »Why Is Everybody Watching 'Suits'?
“Excuse me, that isn’t … is that … Suits?” This was me at the barbershop a few Saturdays ago. I was fifth in line for a haircut and trying to focus on my new library book, but my attention kept being drawn to the TV set, which was not only …
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