The president may not believe in climate change, but that isn’t stopping Democrats from pressing forward with efforts to pass meaningful legislation to fight the existential threat of our time. On Thursday Axios reported Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) are preparing to unveil a bill for …
Read More »Who Needs Career Intelligence Officials When You Have Fox News?
Concerned as its agencies are with finding facts, President Trump has made sure to keep his distance from the United States intelligence community since taking office. Despite their wealth of expertise, he’s been reluctant to consider their security assessments as any more credible than what he happens to hear on …
Read More »Experimental Duo Matmos Detail 'Plastic Anniversary' Deluxe Edition
Experimental electronic duo Matmos will release a deluxe edition of their upcoming album, Plastic Anniversary. Both the standard album and the deluxe box set are available to pre-order and will arrive March 15th via Thrill Jockey. Matmos first announced Plastic Anniversary last December, noting that the record had been made …
Read More »Boogie and J.I.D Cycle Through Faces in 'Soho'
Surreal, funny and eerie, Boogie and J.I.D’s “Soho” video unfolds like a horror movie. “I do not beef in the photos/I don’t be tweaking for promo,” Boogie raps between bites of spaghetti. As the Compton rapper sits in front of a backdrop, he cycles through photo shoots, each time his …
Read More »Michael Jackson's Family Calls 'Leaving Neverland' Doc a 'Public Lynching'
UPDATE 2/8/19:HBO announced director Dan Reed’s two-part Michael Jackson documentary, Leaving Neverland, will debut on March 3rd and 4th. ** Michael Jackson’s family released a statement Monday condemning the documentary Leaving Neverland that alleges the singer molested and raped underage boys. The two-part, HBO-bound film premiered Friday at the Sundance …
Read More »How J Balvin's Hit Album, 'Vibras,' Led to a New Partnership With Guess
J Balvin has made his mark on the mainstream music charts, and now the reggaeton star says he’s coming for the fashion throne too. Balvin has been announced as the face of the Guess Spring 2019 campaign, making him the first Latin man to front a campaign for the international …
Read More »Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway Are Sunk in 'Serenity'
How can you miss with a film noir starring Matthew McConaughey as a fisherman tempted by femme fatale Anne Hathaway to feed her sadistic husband to the sharks for $10 million? And, hell, the script is by Steven Knight, who did himself proud with Dirty Pretty Things and Eastern Promises …
Read More »Betty Who Romances a Fish in 'I Remember' Video
Five years ago, Betty Who‘s first single, “Somebody Loves You” was the soundtrack to one of the most endearing flash mob marriage proposals when it was used by two gay men in a Home Depot. Now the pop star pays homage to that viral moment of pop culture history with …
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 »How to Stream This Year's Oscar-Nominated Songs and Films Online
The 2019 Academy Award nominations have been announced, and whether you want to refresh your memory, or catch up on the nominees, we’ve rounded up some easy ways to stream the nominated films, documentaries, and songs online before Oscar’s big night. Period comedy The Favourite and Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma lead …
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