It’s not surprising that Billie Eilish has only been on one date in her life. The 17-year-old is a little busy performing on Saturday Night Live and planning a world tour. Also, her first date sucked. The singer opened up to Howard Stern in a recent interview to share her tragic tale. “I went on
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LONDON — Ginger Baker, the volatile and propulsive drummer for Cream and other bands who wielded blues power and jazz finesse and helped shatter boundaries of time, tempo and style in popular music, died Sunday at age 80, his family said. READ MORE: Jack Bruce of ’60s band Cream dies at 71 With blazing eyes,
A slew of political and media machers join the previously announced lineup at Vanity Fair’s annual New Establishment Summit, which is returning to Los Angeles in October for two days and two nights of inspiring conversations featuring leaders in media, technology, culture, and finance. New headliners include James Murdoch, Monica Lewinsky, Anthony Scaramucci, Martha Stewart,
[embedded content] Riverdale debuted a new trailer chock full of make outs, abs and pretty people doing ugly things at New York Comic Con and it was…a lot. There’s a new guy named Bret Weston Wallace (wonder who that could be referencing!), Veronica is visiting daddy Hiram in jail, Betty is suspicious of her newly
A Calgary boy is seeing the world through rose-coloured glasses after a legendary musician gave him the pair he was wearing during a concert last week. At his Saskatoon show on Oct. 1, Elton John noticed 11-year-old Christopher Talbot in the front row. And how couldn’t he? Talbot was wearing a custom-made replica of one
Phoebe Waller-Bridge is the genius behind the smash hits Killing Eve and Fleabag (as well as the criminally overlooked Crashing) and she’s finally starting to get the respect she deserves. Not only did she rack up the wins at this year’s Emmys, she also landed her first gig as host on SNL. Which of course
Another wrinkle has emerged in the ongoing tabloid saga of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle suing Mail on Sunday for publishing excerpts of a private letter to Markle’s father. The man himself, Thomas Markle, denies any payment for leaking portions of the letter, and claims he’d only shared its content after a People story made
It hurt to see Pete Townshend, one of my musical heroes, succumb to the notion that rock music is in decline. “Hip-hop is rock to my ears: music for the neighborhood, the street, the disenfranchised, the downtrodden, the young, the ignored,” he said to The Dallas Morning News. “That used to be what I focused
Photo: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Earlier this month, the internet went into boycott mode after it was revealed that American businessman Stephen Ross was throwing a $250,000-per-ticket fundraiser to raise money for U.S. President Trump’s re-election campaign, reportedly collecting around $12 million. Ross, who has a current net worth of around $7.7 billion, is an investor in dozens of well-known companies. But
Matthew Broderick made an appearance as U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during the cold open of Saturday Night Live’s second episode as Kate McKinnon reappeared as a clueless Rudy Giuliani along with cast member Beck Bennett as U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and Aidy Bryant as U.S. Attorney General William Barr. READ MORE: ‘SNL’
As The Walking Dead heads into an impressive tenth season this Sunday, the AMC horror-drama seemed committed to assuring attendees of New York Comic-Con it had plenty more to offer. Fans have not only the return of a long-lost favorite to keep momentum into Season 11, but a trailer for the as-yet-untitled third series in
Dakota Johnson got a special happy birthday from her boyfriend’s ex-wife. Gwyneth Paltrow posted a photo of Johnson to her Instagram writing, “Happy 30th birthday to this absolute gem.” Paltrow and her ex-husband, Chris Martin, have remained on good terms since their conscious uncoupling in 2014. Paltrow has gone on to marry producer Brad Falchuk,
American documentary filmmaker Michael Moore is celebrating the 30th anniversary of his groundbreaking film Roger and Me at the 2019 Vancouver International Film Festival. Since that documentary put him on the mainstream map, Moore has gone on to make nine more feature-length films, as well as stir up the national political debate. Robin Gill sat
Ever had a treasured friend who hated and trash-talked someone else you cared about? That’s what it feels like for many movie lovers seeing Martin Scorsese slam Marvel Studios in a new interview with Empire magazine. Admiration for The Irishman filmmaker runs so deep, he is so beloved among generations of cinephiles, that his words
For fans of the Star Wars galaxy’s second greatest grand admiral (Rae Sloane remains the best), we’re getting a look into his youth and the Chiss Ascendancy with an upcoming trilogy of books from Timothy Zahn. Yes, Thrawn will be back in a new series centered on the origins of the Chiss Ascendancy in the
Posted October 4, 2019 4:36 pm Smaller font Descrease article font size –A Larger font Increase article font size A+ It looks like Rihanna is keeping an eye on the Canadian election — and one diamond is shining a little brighter than the others. The recording star and business mogul started following NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh
Another Friday arrives, and with it, the question of what you’ll stream this weekend. There are plenty of lists that’ll give you a rundown of what’s arriving on the various services, of what’s hot and what’s not. But the biggest problem with streaming is that there’s too much choice. To help cut through the noise,
Genndy Tartakovsky, the creator and animator of popular TV shows such as Dexter’s Laboratory, Samurai Jack and Star Wars: Clone Wars, is coming back to Adult Swim with a brand new animated series. That’s right, for eight years, Tartakovsky, the incredibly talented and renowned filmmaker, was sitting on his most visually striking and touching storyline to
At present, Donald Trump is in the midst of a 16-day, five-alarm meltdown over an impeachment inquiry into his attempt to pressure Ukraine to discredit his political rival, a situation he didn’t help by soliciting yet more corruption on the South Lawn of the White House yesterday. So it doesn’t appear that he’ll have the
(Photo: Getty) Meghan and Harry’s tour of Southern Africa was a hit. After months of on-and-off bad press, including criticism of their use of private jets over the summer while also being outspoken environmentalists, and of their creation of a Sussex Royal brand, it seemed to mark a reset for the popular royal couple. The wall-to-wall
Diahann Carroll, the Oscar-nominated actress and singer who won critical acclaim as the first black woman to star in a non-servant role in a TV series as “Julia,” has died. She was 84. Carroll’s daughter, Susan Kay, told The Associated Press her mother died Friday in Los Angeles of cancer. During her long career, Carroll
“A lot of my friends think Asian women are very attractive,” Billy said. “That’s what I think myself. The girls are beautiful. They are thin, in shape. That’s why American guys like that.” Indeed, on one of my first nights on the island, I was sitting at a hotel bar, working up the courage to
Matt WinkelmeyerGetty Images Miley Cyrus is newly single and kissing potential new boyfriends in grocery stores now. E! reports that Cyrus was seen showing PDA with her longtime friend—and Gigi Hadid’s ex-boyfriend from years ago—Cody Simpson at a Los Angeles grocery store Thursday afternoon. An eyewitness told the outlet that the two went in the
In August, Robert De Niro’s company Canal Productions filed a $6-million lawsuit against a former employee, accusing her of embezzling money and binge-watching Netflix during work hours. Canal’s former “vice president of production and finance” Graham Chase Robinson was accused of spending “astronomical amounts of time” watching Netflix while on the job, including 55 episodes
The beauty of Little Shop of Horrors comes from Audrey and her journey out of an abusive relationship and into an understanding about herself and her own worth. Sure, throughout the years we have looked upon it relatively negatively because she does need Seymour to see that but still, there is a beauty that can be discovered within this
Warning: This article contains disturbing and sexually explicit language. Please read at your own discretion. Two women have filed a lawsuit against James Franco’s acting school on Thursday, alleging that they were pressured into uncomfortable activities, according to the New York Times. The women claim that Franco and his partners subjected them to sexually exploitative
Two of James Franco’s former students filed a lawsuit Thursday that alleged the actor and his partners in a now defunct program used the institution as a means of gaining access to young women. The school’s leaders, the suit says, “engaged in widespread inappropriate and sexually charged behavior towards female students by sexualizing their power
Even for those fully immersed in the niche pseudo-celebrity fan culture that fuels the Bachelor franchise’s enduring popularity, explaining the Tyler Cameron Phenomenon to the uninitiated is not an easy task. After all, Cameron, a 26-year-old contractor with a penchant for dancing shirtless through the hallways of half-completed homes, was only one of 30 contestants
Posted October 3, 2019 12:23 pm Smaller font Descrease article font size –A Larger font Increase article font size A+ The Kardashian–Jenner family is launching an online shop for fans to purchase designer items from the reality stars’ very own closets. Kardashian Kloset is the latest business venture for the family and is set to
Power shifts, flows, recombines—and so too does Vanity Fair’s annual ranking of tech moguls, tastemakers, financial wizards, and cultural icons. After 25 years, we’ve divided our traditional list into 10 groups of 10, illuminating more tribal aspects of the influence networks that define our world. Of course, modern power, catalyzed by technology, tends to transcend