Robert Kraft, the owner of the New England Patriots who was recently busted in an Florida prostitution sting, has rejected a plea deal, CNBC reports. Kraft is currently facing two misdemeanor charges of solicitation of prostitution after allegedly being captured on surveillance footage soliciting sexual services at a massage parlor …
Read More »Metallica Plot Concert With San Francisco Symphony
Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony announced a concert marking the 20th anniversary of their 1999 live LP, S&M. The show, dubbed “S&M²,” is scheduled for Friday, September 6th, and will be the debut concert for the city’s Chase Center venue. A Chase pre-sale runs from Tuesday, March 19th at …
Read More »What, Exactly, Is an NDA?
If you pay any regular attention to the news cycle (or for that matter, network TV police procedurals), you’ve probably noticed one legal term popping up over and over again: non-disclosure agreements, or NDAs. Over the past few years, NDAs have been used by the wealthy and the powerful, from …
Read More »'Captive State' Review: We, For One, Welcome Our New Insect Overlords
It may seem like a fool’s errand to find a new angle on the alien invasion thriller — Captive State, however, is determined to give it a shot. Rupert Wyatt’s science-fiction movie is less interested in futuristic spectacle and more in the human drama of what happens after the bad …
Read More »Watch Fallon Spoof Beto O'Rourke's Hyper-Active 2020 Announcement Video
Jimmy Fallon seemed to down a couple cups of coffee before spoofing Beto O’Rourke’s exuberant 2020 presidential campaign announcement video on The Tonight Show Thursday. Fallon flung his hands about as an actress, playing O’Rourke’s wife, sat silently by his side and tried to contain his movements as he proclaimed …
Read More »Journey to Antarctica: What Scientists Think of Trump's Latest Climate Tweet
This is the latest dispatch in a series from Jeff Goodell, who is aboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer in Antarctica, investigating the effect of climate change on Thwaites glacier. To scientists in Antarctica, President Trump is weirder than a sea pig. On Tuesday, Trump tweeted a quote from Patrick Moore, …
Read More »Protesters Flock to Fox News Headquarters to Scare Off Advertisers
About 50 protesters and a throng of reporters gathered Wednesday in front of the Fox News mothership in Midtown Manhattan — oversized banners of Fox & Friends hosts Steve Doocy, Ainsley Earhardt, and Brian Kilmeade flapping in the background — to rail against the latest batch of vile Tucker Carlson …
Read More »Watch James Corden Prank David Beckham With Fake Statue
Soccer star David Beckham received an honorary statue of himself from LA Galaxy at their stadium this month and James Corden decided to take the opportunity to prank Beckham with a fake statue (which Corden calls “a balance between realistic and absolutely terrible”) for a segment on The Late Late …
Read More »Remembering Dan Jenkins: The 'Hunter S. Thompson of Modern Sportswriting'
In dozens of tributes, Dan Jenkins — who died at 90 on March 7th in his birthplace of Fort Worth, Texas — was cited as the most influential and/or the greatest sportswriter, period, of all time. The author of 23 books and untold hundreds of articles and columns was at …
Read More »Watch Neil Young Discuss Randy Bachman's Influence
Long before anybody had heard of Neil Young and Randy Bachman, they were two teenagers growing up in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and trying their best to make their mark on the tiny local music scene. Bachman found success first when his group the Silvertones (who would eventually morph into the Guess …
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