David Mamet‘s latest plot twist is a dud. The award-winning playwright and screenwriter went on Fox News on Sunday to rail against pedophilia in the education system, alleging that teachers are “inclined” to pedophilia and that children are being “groomed” for sexual abuse, a popular conservative talking point around Florida’s …
Read More »Of Course Kid Rock's Concerts Now Open With a Message From Donald Trump
Kid Rock kicked off his 2022 tour Thursday night in the most Kid Rock way possible: With a video introduction delivered by Donald Trump. Perhaps repaying Rock for all that solid advice he gave him regarding North Korea, the former president told the Evansville, Indiana audience in the video (via …
Read More »'I Figured We Were All In': Ben Stiller on That Crazy 'Severance' Season 1 Ending
This post contains spoilers for the finale of Season One of Severance, which is streaming now on Apple TV+. The notes I took on my first viewing of the Severance finale, “The We We Are,” look like the scribbles of a madman, full of all-caps profanity, screaming at the characters …
Read More »Donald Glover Just Can't Stop Interviewing Himself
Donald Glover chats with himself in a new Interview feature where the actor-rapper discusses Atlanta, his upcoming on-screen projects, and regrets from the early half of his music career. However, this isn’t Glover’s first interview with himself: In 2011, back in the Community days, Glover sat down with fledgling rapper …
Read More »Fox News Doctored Clips of Obama's Visit to the White House to Make It Seem Like Biden Was Lost
Barack Obama visited the White House for the first time since he left office on Tuesday. He was there to celebrate the 12th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, as well as to watch President Biden sign an executive order aimed at improving the law. Obama’s return created plenty of …
Read More »NCT Dream Stayed Together. Now They're Trying to Top Their Massive Debut
To understand the appeal of NCT Dream, K-pop’s beloved young powerhouse, you first have to let go of any lingering notion that you are cool. Cool is looking as comfortable in pastel knits and denim on Zoom as you are in neon green fuzzy jackets and face gems on stage; …
Read More »Ezra Furman Won't Let A Single Soul Be Forgotten on New Song 'Book of Our Names'
On her latest single “Book of Our Names,” Ezra Furman is determined to push back against evil and save as many souls from being forgotten, or brushed aside, in silence. “This song is about what it feels like to live together under an empire that doesn’t value your lives,” Furman …
Read More »'SNL' Weekend Update Had a Lot to Say About the Will Smith Oscars Slap
Following a three-week hiatus, Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update spent the majority of its segment focused on Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars, the biggest story of the week and, as Colin Jost said, “one of the craziest things we’ll see in our lives.” Weekend Update pretended to …
Read More »He Spent Eight Years In Jail Without a Conviction. Now, He's Suing Everyone Who Kept Him There
Most of the people at the Halloween party at the Valley View Apartments didn’t remember Emanuel Fair’s name. In witness statements in his police file, a couple of people knew him by his first initial; a few people described him by his costume – a borrowed “construction worker” outfit. But …
Read More »Madonna Drops Third 'Frozen' Remix, Teaming With Rapper 070 Shake
Madonna continues to capitalize upon the recent viral success of a remix of “Frozen,” this time tapping New Jersey-based rapper 070 Shake for a haunting reimagination of the hit 1998 single. Built around the original Sickick remix of the track that became a TikTok hit last year, Shake’s ethereal take …
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