Coldplay performed at Metlife Stadium for a second night on their Music of the Spheres tour on Sunday and treated the audience to a surprise appearance from New Jersey’s very own Bruce Springsteen. The musician joined Chris Martin for a back-to-back performance of “Working on a Dream” and “Dancing in …
Read More »California's Reparations Task Force Takes on the Historic Theft of Black Art and Culture
The California Reparations Task Force has issued its first interim report, a nearly 600-page document that spends a full chapter focusing on the longstanding inequities surrounding the history of arts and entertainment in the United States. “Throughout American history, the federal government historically deprived Black American artists and innovators of …
Read More »As Grieving Parkland Families Waited for Trump, He Ranted About How to 'Stick It to the Mexicans'
Donald Trump posted about the need for “real solutions and real leadership” on Wednesday in response to the school mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, and he’ll likely make a similar call on Friday, when he travels to Houston to address the National Rifle Association. But when there was another mass …
Read More »Why Is TikTok Saying No to New York's Legal Weed?
If you live in the state of New York, you may have seen some new public service announcements in the past several weeks. With bright blocks of color and bold lettering appearing in English and Spanish iterations, they look like any other PSAs about mask-wearing or being polite on public …
Read More »Why Aren't Influencers Talking About Roe v. Wade?
Since Politico published a leaked version of a Supreme Court majority decision draft potentially overturning Roe v. Wade, many mainstream celebrities have come forward to publicly state their support for abortion rights. Harry Styles posted in support of Roe v. Wade on his instagram stories, Phoebe Bridgers spoke movingly about …
Read More »Even Trump Is 'Completely Weirded Out By' Madison Cawthorn's Antics
Donald Trump helped make Rep. Madison Cawthorn a star of the MAGA movement, but now the lawmaker risks falling out of The Donald’s good graces. Just a month after he invited Cawthorn to speak at a North Carolina rally, Trump has grown increasingly annoyed and disappointed with his MAGA apprentice. …
Read More »'Winning Time' Recap: The Road to the NBA Title Is Paved With Bullshit
A review of this week’s Winning Time, “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough,” coming up just as soon as I’m the guy without the catheter for once… Winning Time Season One heads into the home stretch(*) with the Lakers on the verge of the playoffs, and playing a style and …
Read More »'Barry' Had No Business Making Season 3. And It's Back to Being One of TV's Best Shows.
April has become the busiest month of the TV calendar (it’s the sweet spot to release a season of TV that will be both eligible for this year’s Emmys and fresh in voters’ minds when the ballots go out), and among the various 18-show pile-ups of April 2022 are a …
Read More »Sebastián Yatra and Lenny Tavarez Fail Mariah Angeliq's BF Requirements in New Video
Mariah Angeliq isn’t letting just anyone be her future novio. On Tuesday, Sebastián Yatra released the silly storyline video for his song “Si Me La Haces” and it follows him and Lenny Tavarez as they submit boyfriend applications — and jump through quite a few hoops — to sway Angeliq …
Read More »Mac Miller Drug Dealer Sentenced to Nearly 11 Years in Prison
One of the three drug dealers charged in the deadly fentanyl overdose that claimed the life of rising rapper Mac Miller was sentenced to nearly 11 years in prison on Monday. Ryan Michael Reavis, 39, appeared in federal court in Los Angeles and said he was the middle man who …
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