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On Thursday, January 19, Pete Davidson was seen with his rumored new girlfriend, Chase Sui Wonders, at a date at Universal Studios Hollywood. TMZ shared a shot of the pair sharing a kiss while riding an escalator together. The pair were seen earlier this month in Brooklyn grabbing some pierogis, and in December of 2022

Barrett Strong, one of Motown‘s founding artists and most gifted songwriters who sang lead on the company’s breakthrough single “Money (That’s What I Want)” and later collaborated with Norman Whitfield on such classics as “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” “War” and “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone,” has died. He was 81. His death was

Content warning: Discussion of alleged sexual misconduct including assault, grooming, and predatory behavior. Fans who are excited about the recent announcement that Jared Leto will be heading Tron 3 but unaware of the actor’s controversies have a handy search term to gain some insight. Following Leto’s casting announcement, animation director and comics creator Hamish Steele

Target’s Future Collective collection has returned with its second designer, Gabriella Karefa-Johnson. “This is a full circle moment. When Target came to me to talk to me about the Future Collective, I was like, 1,000% yes,” Vogue’s global contributing fashion editor-at-large said of the partnership. “I’m very invested in doing projects that feel authentic to

Harry Melling plays a young Edgar Allen Poe in The Pale Blue Eye.Courtesy of Scott Garfield for Netflix. With Buster Scruggs, Queen’s Gambit, and now his turn as Edgar Allan Poe in The Pale Blue Eye, Melling has emerged as an actor to watch. By Jake Kring-Schreifels January 26, 2023  Netflix’s The Pale Blue Eye—director Scott Cooper’s frostbitten 1830

HOLLYWOOD—Merck Mercuriadis is pretty relaxed for a guy who just made the biggest deal of his career. Twenty-four hours after acquiring Justin Bieber’s song catalogue for a rumoured US$200 million — his most expensive deal to date — his biggest concern is moving house. “Business is under control,” he says with a quiet smile. “It’s

This week, Cara Delevingne was seen in Los Angeles with her rumored girlfriend, musical artist Minke. They were noted as a couple after being photographed sharing a kiss in Portofino, Italy, while on vacation. Here’s what we know about Minke so far. Who is Cara Delevingne’s girlfriend Minke? The 31-year-old’s musician’s real name is Leah

An animated Frog and Toad series has been announced for Apple TV+, meaning our favorite queer amphibians will ascend the pages of children’s books for the small screen. The show will premiere April 28 on Apple TV+ as part of its spring kids and family slate. Frog and Toad will be based on the Caldecott

Matthew Macfadyen in season 4 of Succession.Courtesy of HBO. The anticipated fourth season will begin on HBO on March 26. By Grant Rindner January 26, 2023 “It’s a tightrope walk on a straight razor.” This statement from Kendall Roy (Jeremy Strong) in the new trailer for Succession’s highly anticipated fourth season, effectively sums up the whole appeal

At least 90 county sheriffs have vowed to defy the law, sparking backlash from gun-reform advocates who say law enforcement is derelicting its duty. “There’s a real impact of this chest-beating,” the bill’s sponsor tells Vanity Fair. “They’re making political decisions about the safety of their community.” By Eric Lutz January 27, 2023

Tyre Nichols‘ family’s lawyer has called for the abolishment of the Memphis Police Department SCORPION unit, which stands for Street Crimes Operation to Restore Peace in Our Neighborhoods. The unit is comprised of 40 officers split into four teams, five officers of whom have been charged with Nichols’ murder. The SCORPION unit, which is as

Photographs: Everett Collection; Collage: Gabe Conte The author, out with his first novel since 2010, has a way of knowing where things are going—a quality that’s made his books look less sensational than broadly predictive. By Jason Diamond January 27, 2023 Up until this week, it had been over a decade since Bret Easton Ellis

The Walt Disney Company was founded in October 1923 by Walt Disney and his brother Roy in Hollywood, Calif. Now one of the largest media companies in the world, the journey began with pencil cartoon drawings on paper, turned into animation. Then, in 1928, the landmark animated short film, Steamboat Willie, introduced Mickey Mouse and

A microsuede voice pipes in with a familiar prompt: Take this time to settle into your seat. Chatter in the room has quieted, lights dimmed, sitz bones rooted into cushioned chairs. A meditation of a sort has begun, only the collective attention is not directed inward (oceanic breathing, relaxed jaws) but rather onstage. There, the

An absolute masterwork—not only thanks to the memes—director Todd Field’s Tár, starring Cate Blanchett as the titular conductor, is one of the year’s most beguiling and well-crafted films. It’s Field’s first since his 2006 project Little Children, and the wait was well worth the 16-year gap. Best Actress nominee Blanchett is mesmerizing as the genius

Jay Leno reportedly broke several bones in a motorcycle accident last week, only months after he suffered serious burns to his face, chest and hands in a garage fire. The former Tonight Show host told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that he was knocked off his motorcycle on Jan. 17. The fall broke Leno’s collarbone and two ribs

A couple weeks ago, in his idiosyncratic fan-correspondence newsletter, “The Red Hand Files,” musician and author Nick Cave critiqued a ”song in the style of Nick Cave”—submitted by “Mark” from Christchurch, New Zealand—that was created using ChatGPT, the latest and most mind-boggling entrant in a growing field of robotic-writing software. At a glance, the lyrics

Shrinking is a new Apple TV+ show from the Ted Lasso team of Brett Goldstein and Bill Lawrence. The series takes us on Jimmy’s (Jason Segel) journey through grief while also dealing with his own patients as a psychiatrist. He works with his boss Phil (Harrison Ford) and his friend Gabby (Jessica Williams) who are

Nova Scotia-based rapper Classified and Prince Edward Island pop-folk trio The East Pointers lead the nominations for the 35th East Coast Music Awards, with six each. Classified’s Retrospected is nominated for album of the year, and both he and The East Pointers are up for entertainer of the year and video of the year. Newfoundland

From the divisive Cat Person to the bonkers Infinity Pool, this year’s films are sure to spark intense conversations and debate. By Keith Phipps January 26, 2023 John Ralston and Mia Goth in Infinity Pool.Courtesy of Neon via Everett Collection Sundance established itself as the festival for bold films and out-of-nowhere new voices with the debut of sex,

Anna “Delvey” Sorokin is attempting to shake off her fraudster image with a new reality TV show entitled Delvey’s Dinner Club. The series will see the Russian-born fake heiress host “celebrities, moguls and glitterati” for dinner parties at her New York City apartment, where she is currently on house arrest for overstaying her U.S. visa.

Thomas Doherty has learned that nothing good lasts forever. A week after learning that HBO Max would not be renewing the Gossip Girl reboot for a third season, Doherty has only just begun to process the bittersweet end of the polarizing teen drama, just as the show was beginning to find its footing with fans

Adult Swim announced it cut ties with Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland after news reports revealed he was facing trial for 2020 domestic violence charges. “Adult Swim has ended its association with Justin Roiland,” Adult Swim senior vice-president of communications Marie Moore wrote in a statement Tuesday. Rick and Morty is one of Adult Swim’s

There is a divide between the girlies. You’re either a Fleetwood Mac girlie or you’re not. I, myself, am of course obsessed with the messy workings of Fleetwood Mac and the break-ups that made it into their songs and how the band functioned as a whole. It’s why something like Daisy Jones & the Six

Turns out Avengers star Jeremy Renner is a real-life superhero. Renner, who was severely injured in a snowplow accident on Jan. 1, was reportedly hurt when he tried to save his adult nephew from being crushed by a seven-ton PistenBully snowcat. According to a Washoe County Sheriff’s Office report obtained by CNN, Renner, 52, was

And 8 other takeaways, snubs and surprises from the list of nominees for the 95th Academy Awards. By Keith Phipps January 24, 2023 Ke Huy Quan is now officially Oscar-nominated for his role in Everything Everywhere All At Once.Courtesy of Allyson Riggs for A24 via Everett Collection It’s time to argue about movies again. This

Paris Hilton and her husband Carter Reum are now parents. Hilton, a prolific businessperson and hotel heiress, confirmed to People magazine that she and Reum, both 41, welcomed an heir of their own via surrogate. “It’s always been my dream to be a mother and I’m so happy that Carter and I found each other,”

I remember the first time I heard the maxim “abortion is health care.” I thought it was promising, in terms of messaging, but ultimately a bit hyperbolic. That was before last June, when the Trumpified Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision in which abortion was enshrined into law. The fallout from the right-wing

Jennifer Garner has had an off-again-on-again relationship with John Miller since 2018, but their pairing doesn’t get much attention compared to her ex-husband Ben Affleck’s renewed engagement to Jennifer Lopez. That seems to be how they prefer it. After her divorce from Affleck, Garner seemed to have enough of celebrity relationships and the publicity that