Farewell, Terry Jones — in Monty Python’s box of chocolates, he was always the crunchy frog. This man was a comic genius, the soul of Python — their most unselfish performer, their most wide-ranging mind, and their most stubborn arguer, which is why he ended up directing their movies. (Who …
Read More »Green Day Get Sucked Into the Endless Stream of Virality in New 'Oh Yeah!' Video
Green Day find themselves trapped in a tangled web of screens in the video for their new song, “Oh Yeah!” from their upcoming album, Father of All…, out February 7th via Reprise/Warner Records. Directed by Malia James, the clip opens with drummer Tré Cool introducing a low-budget YouTube tutorial on …
Read More »True Crime Podcast Leads to Arrest in 40-Year-Old Cold Case
The Murder Squad, a collaboration between retired detective Paul Holes and investigative journalist Billy Jensen, launched in spring of 2019 with the aim of helping to solve cold cases by asking listeners to pitch in on investigation. On Monday, they announced that their podcast may have scored its first cold-case …
Read More »Prince Harry, Meghan Markle 'Step Back' From Royal Family
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and his wife Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, will “step back as senior members of the Royal Family” with plans to become “financially independent” and split their time between North America and England. In a statement shared on Instagram, the couple, wrote, “It is …
Read More »Miley Cyrus Reaches Settlement in $300 Million 'We Can't Stop' Lawsuit
Miley Cyrus has reached a settlement in the $300 million copyright infringement lawsuit that accused the singer of stealing her 2013 hit “We Can’t Stop.” Cyrus’ lawyers previously revealed a settlement agreement had been made in a December 12th letter that would be filed “pending payment of the settlement proceeds.” …
Read More »Trailers of the Week: 'Three Christs' 'Onward,' 'Honey Boy' and More
Honey Boy “I want you to write an account of your memories,” says a counselor to twenty-two-year-old Otis (Lucas Hedges) at the beginning of the trailer. Here, Otis is tasked with the very thing Shia LaBeouf did to create the film’s screenplay. While the film is fictionalized, the story is …
Read More »T.I. (Only Barely) Clarifies His Comments About Checking His Daughter's Hymen, Everyone
Earlier this month, T.I. appalled basically the entire world when he suggested on a podcast that he routinely checks his grown-ass daughter’s hymen to ensure her virginity is intact — a procedure, he was quick to point out, to which he does not subject his younger male son. (Not that …
Read More »Watch Colbert Remix Sondland Impeachment Testimony With A$AP Rocky Track
Stephen Colbert opened The Late Show Wednesday with a goofy mash-up of A$AP Rocky‘s “Praise the Lord” and Gordon Sondland’s impeachment testimony after the EU ambassador mentioned the rapper in Congress. One of the major focuses of Sondland’s public hearing yesterday was a July phone call between him and President …
Read More »Sweden Drops Julian Assange Rape Investigation
Sweden has dropped an investigation into rape and sexual assault allegations made against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, The New York Times reports. Sweden’s deputy director of public prosecutions, Eva-Marie Persson, said of the decision, “The evidence is not strong enough to form the basis of an indictment. In such a …
Read More »Jennifer Nettles on Her CMA Fashion Statement: 'Where I See a Truth, I'm Going to Say It'
At Wednesday’s woman-focused CMA Awards, it was a moment that happened before the show even began that made the most waves: Jennifer Nettles, in a Christian Siriano pantsuit and cape, with the words “Play our f*@#in records please and thank you” written on the inside by artist Alice Mizrachi. In …
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