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The highlight of last year’s World Series was the offensive explosion of Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Randy Arozarena. The mostly unknown outfielder had only played 42 games in his career until he began launching home runs with Ruth-ian frequency, smashing 10 in the postseason and three in the World Series. The thrill of his incredible

Movie star and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger spoke out on Sunday about the Capitol riot, referring back to his own childhood growing up in Austria post-World War II after the rise and fall of Nazism. He also didn’t mince words about U.S. President Donald Trump, a longtime adversary of Schwarzenegger’s and a frequent Twitter

Global film star and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger uploaded a powerful seven-and-a-half minute video to his social media channels on Sunday. It began with a history lesson about Kristallnacht and ended with him holding Conan the Barbarian’s sword. Clearly channeling a pronounced rage from behind his desk, the professionally shot speech, which is set

Chris JacksonGetty Images After Meghan Markle and Prince Harry announced their plans to exit their official royal roles, some people tracking the story wondered if this move might affect Meghan’s application for U.K. citizenship. At the time of Harry and Meghan’s wedding in the spring of 2018, a spokesperson for the duchess told CNN that

CBS released a teaser for The Equalizer, a third iteration of a popular series from the 1980s in which an ex-intelligence gets results, dammit. The new series will debut directly after the Super Bowl, on February 7, when most Americans are too laden with Bud Light and bean dip to get off the couch, so

[embedded content] As America continues to grapple with last week’s violent insurrection attempt on the Capitol, we cannot help but draw frightening comparisons to the nazi uprising in 1930s Germany. It’s a memory that is still fresh for those who lived through World War II, which carried deep psychological damage and trauma to the generations

Donald Trump, who has used Twitter as a direct and immediate tool to whip his adherents into a frenzy, was permanently banned from the service on Friday night. It was the climax to a series of suspensions after Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat removed him, and the r/DonaldTrump subreddit got blocked. When his @realDonaldTrump handle got

Like the Odeon, dim sum in Queens, and the Prospect Park lawn, Fran Lebowitz is a New Yorker’s New York fixture and a cognoscenti touchpoint to a bygone era. Infamously cellphone-free and laptop-less, Lebowitz has nonetheless become more and more of a cult celebrity—in part due to her irascible wit on everything from politics to

Michael Apted, the British film director with an elastic approach to form and genre, has died according to reports. His work began in British television then expanded into award-winning Hollywood features and prestige cable dramas. He was also the principal engine behind the celebrated Up documentary series, which sits in a class by itself in

Max Mumby/IndigoGetty Images One year ago this week, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry announced that they would be stepping down from their roles as senior members of the royal family. Since then, they’ve permanently moved to the Los Angeles area, where they have a home with their son, Archie, in Montecito. The couple officially wrapped

Twenty-four hours after inciting a deadly riot on Capitol Hill, Donald Trump appeared to finally grasp the political peril and legal jeopardy sure to consume the waning days of his presidency and perhaps beyond. According to Republicans close to the White House, Trump posted the two-and-a-half-minute video Thursday night––during which he grudgingly acknowledged Joe Biden’s

In its third season, Star Trek: Discovery did something unprecedented for a Star Trek series: they completely abandoned their timeline, ending up in the far-flung future. In the 32nd century, they find a universe where a mysterious event called The Burn rendered all dilithium, which powers warp drives, inert—leading to a scarcity of resources that changed

This year’s Grammy Awards ceremony, which was set for Jan. 31, has been postponed due to a surge of COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles, organizers confirmed on Tuesday. The Recording Academy told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the annual show would shift from its original Jan. 31 broadcast to a later date in March.

This week, a band of rowdy, Glock-toting, Trump-worshiping insurrectionists descended on the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. in an attempt to stop the confirmation of Joe Biden’s presidential nomination. The scenes from the invasion itself have already been memed into oblivion. But as other accounts from people in the area trickled out, the picture of

Legendary hip-hop star and rapper Dr. Dre says he’s “doing great” and will be leaving Los Angeles hospital Cedars-Sinai “soon” after suffering a brain aneurysm on Tuesday. Dr. Dre, 55, whose real name is Andre Romelle Young, posted an update to his Instagram account, assuring fans and well-wishers that he’s on the mend. Story continues

Hey, remember COVID-19? With the president of the United States siccing his personal army on the Capitol, you might have forgotten there’s still a major virus ripping through the country that he’s continued to horribly mismanage. But, surprise: More than 4,000 people died of COVID-19 in the United States in one day for the first time on

Marion Ramsey, the actor who played the tiny-voiced police officer Laverne Hooks in the Police Academy movies, has died at the age of 73. Roger Paul of Roger Paul Inc., Ramsey’s representative, confirmed the news to industry publication Variety. He said that Ramsey had fallen ill recently, but did not clarify the cause of her

Kim Kardashian is apparently ending her almost-seven-year marriage to save her own sanity, after her husband Kanye West‘s controversial presidential campaign run pushed her over the edge. The rapper’s beleaguered bid for office and explosive Twitter rants, often targeted at his wife and her family, were reportedly “the final straw” for Kim and made her

Former First Lady Michelle Obama released a statement this afternoon forcefully condemning President Donald Trump and the actions of the pro-Trump mob yesterday that stormed the U.S. Capitol. Obama candidly recounted her horror at the mob’s actions and disparity in policing between yesterday and the Black Lives Matter movement this summer. “For those who call

Full disclosure: I have many problems with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and how it conducts its business. But I’m not beyond wrapping myself in the flag when there’s an opportunity to straighten things out a little bit. Since the Hall began honouring musical pioneers 35 years ago, about 230 artists have been

One of the great joys in this world is listening to Laura Branigan’s song “Gloria” and just wondering was it something that they said or the voices in her head calling Gloria. Personally, I love the song and loved when it popped up in both I, Tonya and American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace within a

Cineplex says that movie trivia app TimePlay will no longer be available at its theatres as of 2021. In a statement Thursday, the country’s largest theatre chain said that the move to cut their partnership with the tech company that operates the app came amid “really tough decisions” since the start of the novel coronavirus

Something you’ve probably picked up on over the last four years is that Donald Trump believes the presidency is about him first and the country last, hence unleashing a violent gang of domestic terrorists on the Capitol to burn democracy to the ground in his honor. Knowing that, in addition to his lifelong work as

This afternoon, as Congress counted electoral votes to confirm Joe Biden’s victory, a mob of Trump supporters who had traveled to Washington at the behest of the President attacked police outside the Capitol and forced their way inside the building. Senators and members of Congress were locked inside their respective chambers; security escorted Vice-President Mike

Stephen Colbert is fed up, and he’s not taking it anymore. The late-night host delivered an angry, pointed diatribe against Republicans, U.S. President Donald Trump and Fox News in a live monologue on The Late Show on Wednesday night, following a chaotic and upsetting day in Washington, D.C. In an attempt to block the peaceful

Watching the mob scene on Capitol Hill over the last several hours, I was numbed by the whiteness that blanketed the screen. As I get older, and possibly wiser, I find myself increasingly thinking about whiteness and of the mind-boggling degree to which my life as a Black American man has been impacted by it

It’s been more than 50 years since the Guess Who lit up the charts with American Woman, and a group of dedicated fans are hoping to see the iconic Winnipeg band enshrined in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. GuessWho4TheHall, a national grassroots campaign, is hoping to collect one million signatures by the end