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Are we really into the second half of July already? Time flies when you’re in lockdown. And don’t you just want to stand on the border and scream “GET IT TOGETHER, AMERICA?” It won’t help, but you might feel better. 1. Alanis Morissette, Reckoning (single) Had this been any other perfectly normal boring year, Alanis

In the coming week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is expected to reveal another coronavirus relief bill, likely the last of its kind before November’s election. With cases in the U.S. skyrocketing and death tolls surging, it comes at an urgent moment. In its current form, the Republican-sponsored bill allocates $25 billion to testing and

Rodin EckenrothGetty Images The Daily Mail reported on Saturday that Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake welcomed a second son into their family. The Mail said that the couple had their son earlier last week and have been spending time at home with the new baby and his older brother, Silas (5). The Mail added that

After 14 years of keeping fans waiting, the band formerly known as Dixie Chicks has released its eighth studio album, Gaslighter. As of July 17, The Chicks are officially back, with 12 brand new songs, including the smash-hit single, Julianna Calm Down, Sleep at Night and last month’s critically acclaimed protest anthem March March. Sleep at Night is

And now, on another fun episode of America’s Slip ‘N Slide Into Fascism: if secret police pulling Portland protestors into unmarked vans wasn’t enough for you, Donald Trump “declines to say whether he will accept November election results.” Ha ha ha ha this is fine. As in we are all the This Is Fine dog and

Once upon a time, it was comparatively easy to make predictions about where music was headed, thanks to decades-long cyclical flips of rock and pop. Over a period of about a dozen years, one genre would achieve dominance while the other would slip into the doldrums. Then, thanks largely to demographic and social trends, the

You think you know Matt Drudge, but the truth is you really don’t. Conventional wisdom held that, as the 2020 campaigns heated up, the 53-year-old conservative-media titan and digital-news pioneer would be spotlighting pro–Trump stories on his fire hose of a website—he’d been close to Jared Kushner, and loved nothing more than to torment Hillary

Welcome to another edition of Grooming Gods. This week: everyone hit that mid-July summer grooming stride.  Tom Hanks Hanks’ tapered cut and clear specs are a little bit retro, but nowhere near old fashioned.  Kevin Abstract Two-tone grooming looks doubly good on rapper and writer Kevin Abstract.  Cristiano Ronaldo  Ronaldo ditched his tight, tidy, pomade-heavy

The Ellen DeGeneres Show has responded to complaints from staff calling the show a “toxic” workplace and said they take the claims “very seriously.” BuzzFeed spoke with 10 former employees of The Ellen DeGeneres Show who claimed they were “fired after taking medical leave or bereavement days to attend family funerals.” The employees also told the outlet that

Bollywood star and L’Oréal Ambassador Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her eight-year-old daughter have been admitted to Mumbai’s Nanavati Hospital with Covid-19. They had been quarantining at home for approximately one week after testing positive, but both cited “breathlessness” before seeking more direct medical supervision, according to The Times of India. Bachchan’s husband, Abhishek Bachchan, and

There’s no such thing as time on the dance floor. Your senses are on fire but your brain is shut off; escapism in the dark, lights pulsing, bass thumping. It will be a long time before people can dance like no one’s watching. For nightclubs struggling amid COVID-19, it might be even longer. Even as

Megan Fox has started a new chapter in her dating life. Months after separating from her husband of more than a decade Brian Austin Green, the actress has found new love with musician/actor Machine Gun Kelly (real name: Colson Baker). After meeting on a movie set earlier this year, the pair has been spotted on

After photos of crowded night clubs caught the attention of public health officials, the noisy downtown bar district in St. John’s, N.L. was a more controlled scene than usual last Saturday. The many bars, pubs and nightclubs on George Street closed their dance floors and kept doors open to circulate air. Masked bouncers performed head

As the nation mourns the loss of Georgia Congressman John Lewis, the first thoughts are rightly about his heroism on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, his work with the Freedom Riders, and his 33 years fighting for justice on Capitol Hill. But as statements pour in from expected sources like former President Barack Obama and House

On July 19, 1995, the cinematic world was changed when Clueless entered the pop culture zeitgeist. Based on the Jane Austen novel Emma, director Amy Heckerling (who also write the screenplay) transposed the social hierarchy of Austen’s England to then-modern Beverly Hills. With that, she created an aesthetic that remains unmatched even to this day. Alicia Silverstone

It’s been more than 23 years since the release of Sir Paul McCartney‘s critically acclaimed, 10th studio album Flaming Pie and to celebrate the Gold-certified record, Universal Music is re-releasing it as part of the former Beatles bassist’s lengthy and ongoing Archive Collection. Flaming Pie serves as the 13th instalment in the Grammy Award-winning archive series

Flush with a reported 10 million new subscribers and a hit on their hands with the Joe and Anthony Russo-produced actioner Extraction, the streaming giant Netflix has bombarded the siblings with unprecedented amounts of cash for their next feature. With Deadline reporting “upward of $200 million,” the duo will direct an adaptation of Mark Greaney’s

Actor and activist Kendrick Sampson knows what happens when well-intentioned celebs speak without doing the homework: their efforts backfire. “A lot of celebrities read an article, think they’re an expert, go out and tweet something, and then it actually ends up making organizers in the community have to do even more work,” Sampson says. So

DJ Khaled fans rejoice: the platinum-certified American music producer is back with not just “another one,” but two brand new singles that feature Drake. That’s right, on July 17 — a day after announcing his upcoming, 12th studio album Khaled, Khaled, 44, released two singles with the help of the popular Canadian rapper. The hip-hop

Warning: This story contains explicit language and may be triggering for some readers. Please read at your own discretion. Chrissy Teigen is well-known for her Twitter presence and witty tweets but now the model has blocked over a million Twitter users, made her account private and deleted over 60,000 of her own tweets after conspiracy

Even in our topsy-turvy world of coronavirus chaos, one thing stands firm: thou shall not sell old Emmy awards on the open market. The United States District Court serving the Central District of California has issued a temporary restraining order on behalf of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences against Julien’s Auctions. The brokers

[embedded content] Philanthropist and filmmaker Abigail Disney appeared on CNBC’s Squawk Box to talk about wealth inequality with host Andrew Ross Sorkin. The great-niece of Walt Disney, and daughter of long-time Disney executive Roy Disney has long been an advocate for higher taxes for the rich. She previously criticized the Walt Disney Company for freezing

Warning: This article may be triggering for some readers. Please read at your own discretion. Johnny Depp’s former partners Winona Ryder and Vanessa Paradis had been scheduled to give evidence in the actor’s libel suit on Thursday against a British tabloid that accused him of assaulting Amber Heard. Depp’s lawyer said that he no longer needed

When NBC first announced a new streaming service called Peacock last year, it seemed like a vain effort to get the attention of people when they were staying at home. Now Peacock joins HBO Max and Quibi as new, well-financed platforms that have launched in the midst of a pandemic, when nearly everyone is spending

By now a dozen vaccine candidates have been dropped, five appear to offer minimal protection, and the rest are still in too early a stage of testing to tell. Regardless of how they ultimately turn out, it’s looking less and less likely that a vaccine will be ready by the end of 2021. To add

Alex Trebek has offered an update on his health and the future of Jeopardy! A goatee-sporting Trebek said in a YouTube video that he is “doing well” and his “numbers are great” amid his cancer treatment. Read more: Alex Trebek gives one-year update on his cancer: ‘There were moments of great pain’ The long-time Canadian

Spoiler: You’ll recognize a lot of them There’s a joke doing the rounds on Twitter at the moment, something to the effect of: “As more and more photos of celebrities emerge looking chummy with Ghislaine Maxwell, I too begin to wonder: Did I also take a picture with her and just don’t remember it?” It’s

The bidding to buy the New York Mets began last week, though several of the potential new owners had already been discussed for months. Among those that advanced to the second round are the hedge fund manager Steve Cohen, a group led by Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez, and another group led by Josh Harris

Britney Spears has been keeping fans entertained with her dancing videos posted to her Instagram page and Tik Tok throughout the coronavirus lockdown but the singer’s chaotic energy has worried some of her fans. The #FreeBritney movement has been trending on social media again and fans have been discussing the conservatorship that Spears has been

In Esther Povitsky’s new Comedy Central special, “Hot for My Name”—part family documentary, part stand-up set—there’s a scene that takes place at the public library in her native Skokie, Illinois. “I want to show you these different books,” the comedian’s father says, leading her to a shelf of memoirs by Amy Schumer, Bob Saget, Judd