Pop Culture

The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star appeared in her hairstylist’s Instagram Story, sporting a new do and accompanied by the hashtags #unarrested and #priorities.  By Chris Murphy April 2, 2021 On Friday, April 2, Real Housewife of Salt Lake City Jen Shah appeared virtually before the Southern District of New York and pleaded

The Witcher, the hit Netflix series starring Henry Cavill, is set to return to our small screens this year, according to the streaming service! The news came just as The Witcher finished filming season two of the series. Henry Cavill was seen on the official Twitter for The Witcher wrapping up filming and now entering

Page’s Duke of Hastings is exiting Netflix’s smash hit after just one season. By Chris Murphy April 2, 2021 The ton just got a hell of a lot less steamy. On Friday, Netflix and Shondaland announced that breakout Bridgerton star Regé-Jean Page, who played the rakish Duke of Hastings, will not be returning for season

20 great semi-obscure films from deep in the archives of Amazon Prime, Paramount Plus and more. By Keith Phipps April 2, 2021 Matt Damon and Casey Affleck in Gerry, 2002.Everett Collection / Courtesy of ThinkFilm Inc. There are many reasons to be nostalgic for video stores, often tied to the same qualities that made them

Canadian actor and UFC champion Georges St-Pierre returns to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which sees him leap back into action as the French mercenary Batroc — a classic foe of Captain America. St-Pierre appears as the head villain in the opening sequence of the show,

The book, which reportedly fetched north of $4 million, has aged about as well as Jerry Sandusky’s pre-scandal memoir, Touched. By Caleb Ecarma April 1, 2021 Weeks after overseeing the worst COVID-19 outbreak in the country, New York governor Andrew Cuomo spent his spare time writing a self-congratulatory memoir that aged about as well as

Wheel of Fortune fans weren’t happy with Wednesday’s episode of the popular game show. Viewers called for a change of rules after a technicality cost another contestant — David Pederson — a win. The rule in question was introduced in 2016 with the game show’s crossword puzzle format; Pederson lost out on the big money

At the beginning of 2020, before the pandemic forced most of the country into prolonged quarantine, Taylor Swift and her British actor boyfriend of three years, Joe Alwyn, attended their first awards show together at the Golden Globes. But tonight, Swift opted not to make the Grammys their second award show together. Swift performed at

The generational parallels between Royal Family members have been a topic of discussion for many, and naturally so, since the similarities can be striking.  When comparing siblings, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret were very much like Princes Harry and William by the support they provided one another, says royal biographer Andrew Morton.  Morton recently joined

Let me begin by describing the outfit I am currently wearing. On my feet are a pair of lovely blue gum boots. They are lovely because they are blue and puddle-able. I don’t need to wear boots to write but as I’m trying to hit this deadline, I’ve been rewarding myself with regular sessions in

Youtube is trying everything it can to make its content standards a little more clear for advertisers and creators, after the 2017 adpocalypse, to make YouTube more brand safe. It’s a surprising move for those who casually watch YouTube, but for people like me, who spiral on YouTube and get our content from various of

Maestro Fresh Wes (or Wesley Williams) says he’s loving his new life in the Maritimes. The Toronto-born rapper made the move to Saint John with his family back in October. “It has been awesome,” Williams says. “Just due to the COVID climate, we figured it’d be the best thing to do family-wise, and I think

The recently Grammy-nominated MC took inspiration from The Last Dance to peak at an age when most rappers are in decline. By Julian Kimble March 31, 2021 James “JMP” Perreira The turning point in Freddie Gibbs’s career came in 2011, when he first connected with Madlib after his longtime manager Ben “Lambo” Lambert brought him

The ex-president’s legal troubles are escalating.  By Bess Levin March 31, 2021 The last time we checked in on the legal comings and goings of Donald Trump, things were not looking so hot for the former president of the United States. In addition to being the defendant in no fewer than 29 lawsuits, per The

Who can’t escape censorship under the sea? SpongeBob SquarePants. An episode of the beloved animated show has been pulled from streaming services by Nickelodeon, citing content inappropriate for children amid the COVID-19 pandemic. SpongeBob SquarePants — the fifth-longest-running American animated series ever — follows the adventures of SpongeBob and his aquatic friends in the underwater

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

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,