Bohemian Rhapsody has been removed as a nominee for the 2019 GLAAD Media Awards after new sexual misconduct allegations against director Bryan Singer surfaced, Variety reports. The news comes just before the media watchdog group unveils its official nominees list on Friday. On Wednesday, The Atlantic published an exposé detailing …
Read More »'Rent: Live' Star Valentina on Inhabiting Angel for TV Production of Famed Musical
RegularRuPaul’s Drag Raceviewers already know that Valentina sees herself as a megastar. With her forthcoming role as Angel Dumott Schunard forRent: Live,Fox’s live production of the musicalthat debuts Sunday, January 27th, she’ll come one step closer to dominating the world outside of drag. “I started with a dream — always …
Read More »Aussie Indie-Pop Duo Oh Pep!'s Everyday Gold
Like many singer-songwriters, Olivia Hally and Pepita Emmerichs are good at pouring their melancholy into their music. But that only hints at what makes the Australian duo, who record as Oh Pep!, so great. They’re even better at transforming mundane experiences into anecdotal gold, as heard on their recent LP …
Read More »Hear Cassadee Pope's Sorrowful New Song 'If My Heart Had a Heart'
Cassadee Pope has given yet another preview of her upcoming album Stages with the release of the ballad “If My Heart Had a Heart.” The song follows Pope’s recent offerings “Take You Home” and “One More Red Light.” Penned by Hannah Ellis, Josh Kerr and Matt McGinn, “If My Heart …
Read More »Future's 'The Wizrd' Is a Fitting End to A Seven-Year, Seven-Album Journey
Future’s reign was always unsustainable. For nearly a decade, Nayvadius Wilburn played a Kirkwood, Atlanta, underdog-turned-villain with many names: Super Future, Future Hendrix, Fire Marshal Future, Astronaut Kid, Pluto. His alter egos sang, rapped and growled stories of drug addiction, poverty and proud misogyny, a toxic but alluring mixture that …
Read More »Tyler Childers, Mike and the Moonpies Set for Pickathon 2019 Lineup
Pickathon has announced its first round of artists for the 2019 installment of its Americana-in-the-wilderness music festival, with Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats joined by fellow headliners Khruangbin, Mandolin Orange and Tyler Childers. Held across several stages in the rugged, remote woods of Happy Valley outside Portland, Oregon, Pickathon …
Read More »Most Americans Support Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Plan to Raise Top Marginal Tax Rate
According to a new poll, when it comes to taxing the rich, most Americans are “radical.” The majority of Americans, including 45 percent of Republicans and 71 percent of Democrats, expressed support for a proposal by newly-elected Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) to increase the top marginal tax rate to 70 …
Read More »R. Kelly Dropped by RCA Amid Fierce Criticism of Singer
R. Kelly and his label, RCA, will finally sever their ties after weeks of protests and pressure following the airing of the Lifetime docuseries Surviving R. Kelly and years of sexual misconduct allegations against the singer. Additionally, celebrities including John legend, Lady Gaga, Chance the Rapper, Meek Mill and Jada …
Read More »Menendez Brothers Found on 1990-91 NBA Trading Card
The Menendez brothers may not be part of official collectible sets of killer trading cards — which sparked outrage when they were first introduced in 1992 and have continued to be controversial as new editions pop up every few years — but their surprise cameo on an NBA trading card …
Read More »Lawsuit: Purdue Pharma Blamed OxyContin Abuse on 'Reckless Criminals'
At Purdue Pharma’s launch party for OxyContin in 1996, one of the company’s owners, Dr. Richard Sackler, told the audience to imagine a series of natural disasters — an earthquake, volcanic eruption, hurricane — before gleefully predicting that the opioid painkiller would generate “a blizzard of prescriptions that will bury …
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