On Hole’s 1994 breakthrough album, Live Through This, frontwoman Courtney Love presented a gruesome prophecy: “If you live through this with me/I swear that I will die for you,” she sings on the hypnotic, rumbling “Asking for It.” Love belts the line with more restraint than she usually displays: a …
Read More »Watch James Corden Recap 'Game of Thrones' in Four Minutes
The final season of Game of Thrones is almost upon us and it’s inevitable that some fans may have forgotten all that’s come before. Luckily James Corden has recapped the HBO series‘ previous 67 episodes in just four minutes. In the clip, the host of The Late Late Show takes …
Read More »Read Barack Obama's Moving Tribute to Nipsey Hussle
Barack Obama celebrated the music, life and legacy of Nipsey Hussle in an open letter, which Karen Civil shared on Twitter and read at a memorial service in Los Angeles Thursday. The rapper was shot and killed outside his clothing store March 31st. In the letter, Obama said that though …
Read More »Teen Identifies Himself as Missing Child Who Disappeared 8 Years Ago
Update April 4, 4:55 p.m. The FBI has released a statement saying that DNA test results prove that the teenage boy is not Timmothy Pitzen. A teenage boy found wandering the streets of Newport, Kentucky, has identified himself as Timmothy Pitzen, a six-year-old boy who was reported missing after his …
Read More »Watch Beyonce's Inspiring NAACP Image Awards Speech
Beyoncé delivered a heartwarming speech after accepting the 2019 Entertainer of the Year Award at the NAACP Image Awards Saturday night. Before beginning her speech at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, she told the audience she wrote her thoughts down ahead of time. The speech also served as a …
Read More »Adnan Syed's Conviction Reinstated by Maryland Appeals Court
A Maryland appeals court has reinstated the conviction of Adnan Syed, the man who was found guilty of murdering his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee 19 years ago in Baltimore, Maryland. Syed’s case received international attention after it was featured in the first season of the podcast Serial. The 4-3 split …
Read More »Luke Perry Hospitalized After Suffering Stroke
Actor Luke Perry was hospitalized after suffering a stroke Wednesday, according to The Hollywood Reporter. A representative for the actor said that he “is currently under observation at the hospital.” Exact details about his condition remain unknown. TMZ first reported the news, saying paramedics responded a call from Perry’s home …
Read More »Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Wants the Country to Think Big
If Democrats had wanted to troll the GOP, they could hardly have cooked up a better legislator than Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. She, of course, is the Northeast-educated, Bernie-supporting, wall-protesting, community-organizing daughter of a working-class Puerto Rican family. Born in the Bronx, she was — until right around the time that she …
Read More »Oscars 2019: Spike Lee Tells Academy to 'Do the Right Thing' in 2020
After winning his first competitive Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay trophy for BlacKkKlansman, Spike Lee shared his own story within the context of the larger African-American struggle. His speech nodded to the first slaves that arrived in Jamestown, Virginia 400 years ago. Lee then spoke about how his grandmother, the …
Read More »Peter Frampton Talks Degenerative Muscle Disease Diagnosis, Farewell Tour
About eight years ago, Peter Frampton started to notice that his ankles felt a little tight in the morning. He initially dismissed it as one of the many pains that comes with getting older, but as time passed, his legs began feeling weak as well. He tried to ignore the …
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