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When PinkPantheress appears onstage at Governors Ball, there is a purse, as always, on her shoulder. This one’s a striped Kate Spade shoulder bag that pairs nicely with the rest of her decidedly Y2K look: dark wash jeans from home, a strapless minidress that she thrifted from Barcelona, a Tank Air tube top, and a

Actor Treat Williams, whose nearly 50-year career included starring roles in the TV series Everwood and the movie Hair, died Monday after a motorcycle crash in Vermont, state police said. He was 71. Shortly before 5 p.m., a Honda SUV was turning left into a parking lot when it collided with Williams’ motorcycle in the

When Special Counsel Jack Smith dropped a 38-count federal indictment Friday afternoon against Donald Trump and a coconspirator, complete with shocking allegations of stashing nuclear secrets around Mar-a-Lago, it felt like everyone was holding their collective breath. Just like in the immediate aftermath of January 6, this was a moment when Republicans might finally decide to rid themselves of

The Tony Awards have come and gone but that doesn’t mean we’re done talking about them. A night filled with live performances, it means that there are some great ones and then there are the moments where you wish that they’d made, well, literally any other choice. This year was a strange one given the

Jennifer Lopez is already on a fashion roll as she flits between furniture stores to fill her new Beverly Hills mansion, but her latest outfit—a red strapless high-low dress adorned with feathers—was apparently better suited for promoting her cocktail brand, Delola. In a new Instagram post, the “On The Floor” singer showed off the Cult

“I haven’t called my mom enough, that’s definitely true,” former Facebook product manager turned whistleblower Frances Haugen told me on a recent summer Friday. Other than that? She doesn’t have many big regrets.  Haugen is dialing in from a moving car: Such is life on the public-speaking circuit, where she has spent much of the last

So you wanna be a tabletop gaming nerd, but you’re not sure which subclass of tabletop gaming nerd you wanna be. Well, at least you’ve got it streamlined down from the many different classes and subclasses of the nerd archetype that exist in the world. You could have been a nerd about UFOs in space.

Nick Taylor became the first Canadian in 69 years to win his national open, holing a 72-foot eagle putt on the fourth playoff hole to beat Tommy Fleetwood in the RBC Canadian Open on Sunday. Taylor tossed his putter into the air and jumped into the arms of his caddie after the longest made putt

Across the Spider-Verse co-director Kemp Powers explains how Daniel Kaluuya helped him create the film’s most colorful new character–a Sex Pistols-inspired punk rock superhero. June 9, 2023 Spider-Punk (voiced by Daniel Kaluuya) in Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animations’ Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.Courtesy of Sony Pictures Animation Miles Morales, protagonist of the Spider-Verse movies, is a

On Friday night, Rihanna headed to dinner in California wearing one of her famous maternity looks, this time incorporating snakeskin and no pants into the full ensemble. She was reportedly heading to Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica in the layered look. On her feet were a part of translucent stiletto heels, which emphasized her toned

Wait … you want me to what? Tell you how to watch ALL of the DC animated movies? That’s like coming up with a watch order for the complete works of Shakespeare (assuming that “reading” is really just watching words on a page). That’s gonna be a couple of MONTHS worth of lewd jokes and

It’s been rumored this month that music artist Shakira has been seeing Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton, and a source told People that things are early, but they’re growing closer. “They’re spending time together and in the ‘getting to know you’ stage,” said the insider. “It’s fun and flirty.” Here’s everything we know about Hamilton

In an ever-increasingly diversifying world of historical fiction and adapted works (particularly of romance stories set in the last 100 years of chattel slavery), many stories have fumbled writing characters of color. Sanditon‘s Georgiana Lambe (Crystal Clarke) feels like the first time I could love a character and her arc unconditionally. Sandition was produced in

A Toronto kid’s viral fan video caught the attention of Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, which landed him a job on one of the year’s best movies. By Grant Rindner June 9, 2023 Spider-Man/Miles Morales (voiced by: Shameik Moore) in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.Courtesy of Sony Pictures via Everett Collection A24 may have an upcoming

Stretching from the Blue Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, Sydney, Australia’s largest city, is the perfect mix of cosmopolitan glamour and laid-back vibes. With over a hundred beaches—some just a short ferry ride from Circular Quay in Sydney Harbour—you can catch a wave and a show at the Sydney Opera House all in the same

First there was Bud Light. Then there was Target. There was an attempt on Chick-fil-A. Now, it’s Call of Duty. The far-right is trying to boycott Activision Blizzard’s popular shooter over the company’s stance on LGBTQ rights, and it may just be one of the most foolish conservative backlashes yet. On June 7, FaZe Clan

Drew Tarver opens up about his character Cary, whose selfishness and desperation for fame and success hits a new low this week. By Esther Zuckerman June 8, 2023 Drew Tarver’s Cary has been spiraling into the dark side on season 3 of The Other Two.Courtesy of Greg Endries for Max. __Spoilers for __The Other Two

Back in October, in her second day of oral arguments as a sitting Supreme Court justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson stunned observers when she decided to confront the state of Alabama, and perhaps her own peers, with the weight of history and precedent and what remains of one of our nation’s most transformative statutes. At issue in Allen v.

Two lawyers formerly representing That ’70’s Show actor and convicted rapist Danny Masterson were financially sanctioned by a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge on Wednesday. Judge Charlaine Olmedo ruled Masterson’s ex-defence lawyers, Tom Mesereau and Sharon Appelbaum, leaked sensitive trial information to the Church of Scientology about the women who accused Masterson of rape.

Megan Fox’s edgy rock-star girlfriend wardrobe has at last returned. While supporting Machine Gun Kelly at his concert in Berlin yesterday, the Jennifer’s Body star wore an eye-catching all-black outfit. The monochromatic ensemble centered on a black bodysuit with spaghetti straps, silver buttons down the center, and a plunging scoop neckline. She appeared to tuck

Actor Jay Johnston, best known for his roles on Bob’s Burgers and Arrested Development, has been charged in connection with the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot. Johnston, 54, was arrested Wednesday on three charges, including a felony charge of civil disorder, according to court documents. He’s been accused of unlawfully entering the U.S. Capitol complex

This Variety article about The Little Mermaid’s opening weekend box office in China annoyed the crap out of me by indulging a “debate” that’s become all too common. Variety says, “Discussion of ‘The Little Mermaid,’ in which actor and singer Halle Bailey portrays the title role, again raised the question about how willing Chinese audiences

In her essay, Tendler shared many of Petunia’s quirks, like her tendency to obsessively guard items that she considered hers and an animal communicator’s message, after communing with the dog, that “Petunia thinks she is a star and a queen, so I’m not sure she is going to respond to anything about her being left

The Idol was filmed in The Weeknd’s actual Bel Air mansion, down to using some of his actual artwork.Courtesy of Eddy Chen for HBO. The pop star’s real-life $70 million estate served as the shooting location for fake pop star Jocelyn’s fictional spread. By Grant Rindner June 7, 2023 After finally premiering on June 4,

Actor Shannen Doherty posted an honest video about her breast cancer treatment on Tuesday and told fans the disease has spread to her brain. Doherty, who was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer in 2020, posted an emotional video to Instagram of herself crying as she underwent radiation therapy on her brain. The Beverly Hills,

Twitter is calling out that a newly single Taylor Swift has already been spotted with a new love interest: 25-year-old Los Angeles Lakers player Austin Reaves. Reaves’ brother, however, had a pretty blunt response to the viral tweet claiming Reaves and Swift were together. Judging by his reaction, it’s likely just a rumor and nothing

The Iron Sheik, an American-Iranian professional wrestling legend, has died. He was 81. A representative for The Iron Sheik, whose real name is Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri, shared the news to the wrestler’s Twitter account on Wednesday. “Today, we gather with heavy hearts to bid farewell to a true legend, a force of nature, and

Five years before Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse hit theaters, its biggest plot twist may have already been teased by its predecessor. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is the long-awaited sequel to the 2018 hit animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Both films have received high praise from fans and critics alike, and have had impressive results