The fight over fried chicken has moved over to the music world. In response to the now-viral debate over who makes the best fried chicken in America, Post Malone and Migos have entered the fray, thanks to some clever — and competitive — campaigns from Postmates and Uber Eats. Shots …
Read More »See Jennifer Lopez Fall for Pete Davidson's Irresistible Chad on 'SNL'
Jennifer Lopez found love with someone other than fiancé Alex Rodriguez while hosting last night’s episode of Saturday Night Live. In the pre-recorded sketch, Lopez rehearses in an empty theater before being startled by “roadie” Chad, Pete Davidson‘s recurring SNL character. In every Chad sketch, Davidson’s character plays a stereotypical …
Read More »That Time Joe Smith Sent the Grateful Dead a Letter Complaining About Their Work Ethic
Music industry legend Joe Smith was, to say the least, a hands-on guy. He wrote the Grateful Dead a letter complaining about their work ethic. He sent the Eagles a rhyming dictionary so the extremely particular band could finally finish The Long Run. He also had to cope with Van …
Read More »House Democrats Investigating Whether Trump Lied to Mueller
House general counsel Douglas Letter on Monday told a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., that President Donald Trump is being investigated for lying to former special counsel Robert Mueller. Letter’s statement, first reported by CNN, came during arguments where Congress is seeking secret grand jury evidence from the Mueller …
Read More »'Waves' Review: A Family, Two Stories and One Major Young Filmmaker
This emotional typhoon unleashed in Waves is the work of Trey Edward Shults, 31, the Texas-born writer-director marked as a talent to watch thanks to his first two features: the blistering family melodrama/portrait of an addict Krisha (2014) and the blistering family melodrama/psychological horror movie It Comes at Night (2017). …
Read More »The 'Steele Dossier' and the WMD Story Came Out the Same Way
This morning, I wrote in Rolling Stone, “Why is Christopher Steele still a thing?” The British ex-spy reappeared as a contributor to a British intelligence report, and I argued his “dossier” tale was a press fiasco similar to the Weapons of Mass Destruction affair. “The WMD affair showed what happens …
Read More »Watch Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Play 'Face Your Mother' on 'Corden'
If you ever wondered how well Hillary and Chelsea Clinton know each other, James Corden has the answer. The Late Late Show host brought the mother and daughter together to play a round of “Face Your Mother,” a segment where guests have to get matching answers to personal questions. In …
Read More »King Princess on Her Drag Persona and Titanic Lineage
For the cover of her debut album, Cheap Queen, Mikaela Straus embraced a “drag persona,” with hyper-stylized makeup. “[It’s] this feminized version of myself,” says the 20-year-old, who performs under the name King Princess. “And I love that, because that’s something I was terrified of until, maybe, last year.” Inventing …
Read More »Watch Edward Norton Break Up James Corden's Fight Club
Edward Norton can’t escape his association with Fight Club. In a segment for The Late Late Show, Norton gets roped in to a fight club run by host James Corden, who tries to convince the actor that he’s going to love it. In the clip, Corden, dressed as Brad Pitt’s …
Read More »The Secrets of a Right-Wing Dark-Money Juggernaut — Revealed
WASHINGTON —Anonymous campaign cash is as much a fixture of American politics nowadays as yard signs and awkward photos of presidential contenders eating corn dogs. Dark money may have existed well before Citizens United, but that 2010 Supreme Court decision opened the floodgates for untraceable money to soak our elections. …
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