The actor has repeatedly said he’d be open to running for Governor of Texas, but mostly just sees himself “in some sort of leadership role.” By Emily Kirkpatrick March 31, 2021 Now that Matthew McConaughey has gotten a taste of life as a memoirist and rued the stand-up comedian career that would’ve been were it
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Taylor Swift delivered her first live performance of the year at the Grammy Awards on Sunday night when she took to the stage to sing a medley of songs from her Grammy-nominated album folklore. As she revealed a few days before the show, Swift decided to perform alongside her folklore collaborators The National’s Aaron Dessner
Two members of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City reality television show appeared in court for the first time Tuesday after being arrested on federal fraud charges alleging they cheated hundreds of people nationwide over a 10-year period in a telemarketing scheme. Jennifer Shah, 47, of Park City, Utah, and Stuart Smith, 43, of
A few years ago, Amazon launched their “FC Ambassador” program in an attempt to convince us that their workers aren’t overworked, underpaid, frequently injured, and forced to urinate in bottles because they don’t have time for bathroom breaks. It is, hands down, one of their weirdest PR campaigns to date. FC (fulfillment center) ambassadors are
What’s 4,924 extra deaths between friends? By Bess Levin March 30, 2021 If you found yourself in Florida at any point in the last 12 months and change, you might have felt like you stepped into a portal to an alternative universe. Last spring, when other parts of the country were already in full-fledged lockdowns,
Police say a woman was arrested Tuesday after a disturbance outside of Drake’s Toronto mansion. Police said officers were called to the Bridle Path home, located in the area of Bayview and Lawrence avenues, at 4:52 p.m. Officers said some people were outside, but no one attempted to gain entry into the rapper’s property. Police
In the wake of Steve Rogers retiring in Endgame, the new Marvel Disney+ series is painting a portrait of five other men who took up the shield at one point or another in the comics. By William Goodman March 30, 2021 Photo Illustration by C.J. Robinson We’re only two episodes into Marvel’s The Falcon and
The designer Kenneth Cole has had a relatively quiet few years by his standards. His namesake fashion house, founded in 1982, hasn’t had a Fashion Week show since 2014, and in 2018, he stepped down as chairman of the AIDS research charity AmFAR after serving on its board for more than 30 years. AIDS activists
The nominees for the 9th annual Canadian Screen Awards were revealed on Tuesday morning, showcasing the broad Canuck talent on both big and small screens. The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television (the Canadian Academy) announced the nominees across 141 film, television, and digital media categories. The awards will be given out as a seven-part
Empowered women empower women—and that includes sharing lessons learned along the way, even if they’re not always about the finest moments. Often it’s in the most challenging of times that the clearest path forward actually emerges. To celebrate that spirit of continuing to forge ahead, Combs Enterprises and CÎROC tapped Culture Creators—a women-led organization started
Dr. Rochelle Walensky warned Monday of “impending doom.” By Bess Levin March 29, 2021 With more and more of the country opening up a year into the pandemic, it might seem as though life is returning to normal, and that COVID-19 will soon be in the rearview. Obviously, that would be a welcome development after
A graphic novel for children from the wildly popular Captain Underpants series is being pulled from library and bookstore shelves after its publisher said it “perpetuates passive racism.” The book under scrutiny is 2010’s The Adventures of Ook and Gluk by Dav Pilkey, who has apologized, saying it “contains harmful racial stereotypes” and is “wrong
Over the weekend, Donald Trump wandered into a wedding at his golf resort/new home Mar-a-Lago, took the mic, and set into one of his trademark rambling rants. I say wandered (or actually the Daily Beast said “wandered”), but in the clip of the event obtained by TMZ, Trump is wearing a tux, so either he was invited
Rapper Lil Nas X is catching hell on social media after unveiling his unofficial line of Nike “Satan Shoes,” which he launched on Palm Sunday to promote his latest song. The ash-coloured kicks feature a bronze pentagram charm, an inverted cross on the tongue, a reference to Luke 10:18 from the Bible and a single
In addition to virtual homeschooling, Kate and William’s children also got a lesson in caring for horses during the lockdown, according to the Times. By Erin Vanderhoof March 29, 2021 At the beginning of March, Prince William and Kate Middleton traveled back to London with their three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis,
Duo Armand Hammer and prolific producer The Alchemist discuss how they teamed up to make the new album. By Paul Thompson March 25, 2021 Courtesy of Alexander Richter for Armand Hammer Making Haram was complicated — the juggling of projects like rushing a brood of kids off to school, the record itself assembled from scattered
It is, in more than one way, a smash. By Jordan Hoffman March 28, 2021 The movie isn’t even out yet in the United States and most mainstream critics need to stay mum until Monday, but these restrictions mean nothing to the two mighty beasts known as Godzilla and Kong! Their latest collaboration, Godzilla vs.
Beyoncé may have declined her invitation to perform at this year’s Grammys, but the singer still made an in-person appearance. Footage of her and Jay-Z sitting at a table, dressed all in black, was shown during the broadcast. It appears the couple opted not to pose on the red carpet at the event. Beyoncé, famous
People of a certain vintage couldn’t help feel a twinge of sad nostalgia earlier this month with the news of the death of Lou Ottens, the inventor of the cassette. In the very early 1960s, when working as an engineer on the new product development team at Phillips, the Dutch electronics manufacturer, Ottens had a
“We will speak with our wallets,” said Bishop Reginald Jackson in calling for a statewide boycott of Coca-Cola products, as Keith Olbermann urges Major League Baseball to move the All-Star Game out of Atlanta. By Charlotte Klein March 28, 2021 Activists are putting economic pressure on Georgia-based corporations and events to push back against the
It’s impossible to list all the things we’ve missed during the pandemic: eating in restaurants, traveling with friends, hugging our grandparents. But for us nerds, the cancelation of in-person comic and fan conventions has been a real blow. For many of us, it’s a chance to meet up with friends, show off our finest cosplay,
But the closest they’ll probably get to a restored Snyderverse is the multiverse in Flashpoint. By William Goodman March 26, 2021 Jared Leto in Suicide Squad, 2016.Everett Collection / Courtesy of Warner Bros We know what happens when you give a mouse a cookie, but what happens when you give the DC fanbase the Snyder
“The woman is a Goddess.” By Jordan Hoffman March 27, 2021 Viola Davis appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Friday mostly to chat about her recent (and fourth) Academy Award nomination, for the role of Ma Rainey in George C. Wolfe‘s adaptation of August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Before getting into
Saturday Night Live (SNL) took aim at the recent influx of college Spring Breakers with its newest cold-open — a game show centered on whether contestants were attractive or given the COVID-19 vaccine. The show, featured in an MTV format and named “Snatched, Vaxed or Waxed,” was hosted by former cast member Maya Rudolph. Read
Some social media users question the accuracy of this declaration. By Jordan Hoffman March 27, 2021 An oft-repeated story (particularly by the folically-challenged) goes like this: a reporter asked Gene Roddenberry about casting Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in his then-new series Star Trek: The Next Generation. “Surely by the 24th century, they would
Megan Thee Stallion and Beyoncé won the Grammy for Best Rap Song for “Savage”—and the two took the stage together to accept the award. Megan dedicated the bulk of her speech to Beyoncé, speaking to her idol about how much she looked up to her in her childhood. Beyoncé was moved and repeatedly told Megan
London’s Court of Appeal on Thursday refused Johnny Depp permission to challenge a verdict last year that concluded the Hollywood actor was a “wife beater,” meaning his attempt to restore his reputation will shift to a U.S. legal action. In November, High Court judge Andrew Nicol ruled against the Pirates of the Caribbean star after
Lil Nas X’s recent release Montero (Call Me by Your Name) is sure to spawn all sorts of gifs of him sliding down a stripper pole from the clouds of Heaven to the fiery pits of Hell. As a Black queer woman, I couldn’t help but nod my head in recognition of one of the things
Harley Quinn, we know. But who are King Shark. Polka-Dot Man, Bloodsport and that … cat-looking thing? By Anthony Breznican March 26, 2021 The man who brought you a talking, belligerent raccoon and a sentient tree in the Marvel universe is now bringing a humanoid shark and an inappropriate weasel-man to the screen from the
Bob Odenkirk is a tremendous actor, as we’ve seen in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. He’s a fan favourite, and it’s easy to see why; his charisma and “everyman” quality has immense appeal, which is probably the reason he was cast to lead Nobody, an action thriller about a man seeking revenge. Where have