Lawmakers in New York are considering a bill that, if passed, would decriminalize prostitution across the entire state. The Stop Violence In the Sex Trades Act, introduced to the New York state legislature Monday, would “decriminalize & decarcerate the sex trades in NY” as well as be “the first statewide …
Read More »Howard Stern's 'Ridiculous' First Celebrity Interview
Howard Stern’s new book Howard Stern Comes Again is a compendium of his best interviews with everyone from Lady Gaga and Conan O’Brien to Alec Baldwin, Paul McCartney and even Donald Trump. But as he reveals to Rolling Stone in this exclusive video, he wasn’t always able to land such …
Read More »Dee Dee and Gypsy Rose Blanchard Subjects of New Hulu Show
The disturbing, tragic story of Gypsy Rose and Dee Dee Blanchard is headed to Hulustarting on March 20th, when the first season of the new anthology series,The Act, debuts. On Thursday, February 14th, Hulu released the first trailer for the true crime dramatization, revealing actress Joey King’s incredible transformation. The …
Read More »What Happened at the El Chapo Trial?
Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán has been found guilty on 10 federal charges, ranging from drug trafficking to conspiracy to commit murder. At his sentencing hearing, which is expected to take place in June, he’ll be facing life behind bars in the United States. But what happened in the trial of …
Read More »ASMR Goes Mainstream With Super Bowl Commercial
Sunday night’s Super Bowl audience watched the New England Patriots seize their sixth NFL championship and got an eyeful of Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine’s nipples, but at least one of the broadcast’s coveted ad spots was more essential to hear than to see. Michelob Ultra’s debut commercial for their …
Read More »'The Dropout': New Podcast Dives into Elizabeth Holmes' Alleged Theranos Fraud
Only a few short years ago, Elizabeth Holmes, a Stanford University dropout turned technology startup CEO, was the youngest self-made female billionaire in the world and heralded as “the next Steve Jobs” by Silicon Valley’s elite. Theranos, the biotech company she founded in 2003, at age 19, raked in nearly …
Read More »Trans Man Makes History as a Pro Boxer
Patricio Manuel made history this month by becoming the first transgender male to compete in a professional boxing match in the United States. The fight was sanctioned by the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC), which in recent years has been at the forefront of combat sports regulation in the country. …
Read More »What's Going on With Michael Avenatti's Arrest?
Michael Avenatti, who was launched into the spotlight earlier this year as the attorney for Stormy Daniels, the exotic dancer who claims to have had an affair with President Trump, was arrested Wednesday afternoon on felony domestic violence charges. However, since news broke on Wednesday evening, it’s become increasingly unclear …
Read More »Florida Yoga Studio Shooter Is Latest in String of Violence By Incels
Scott Paul Beierle was in eighth grade when he first started to hate women. “If you haven’t seen the will a group of women can generate when they target an adult male, or really anyone,” Beierle said in a video titled “The Rebirth of my Misogynism,” one of 15 vlogs …
Read More »Did Mexico Just Legalize Pot?
On Wednesday, October 31st, Mexico’s Supreme Court handed down two decisions deeming the country’s recreational marijuana prohibition laws to be unconstitutional. The Supreme Court “found that adults have a fundamental right to personal development which lets them decide their recreational activities without interference from the state,” according to the Associated …
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