The 75th Primetime Emmy Awards have been postponed amid strikes by the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA. As Variety first reported on Thursday, vendors for the event were informed that the ceremony will not be airing on their originally scheduled Sept. 18 date, which the TV Academy and Fox …
Read More »John Roberts Was Lobbying Kavanaugh to Save Roe. Then the Draft Opinion Leaked
Immediately after the draft Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade was released, conservatives began bleating about how the leak was the work of a nefarious liberal clerk who wanted to put the opinion out to pressure the court’s conservatives to change their minds. It’s possible (repeat possible) that …
Read More »Harvey Weinstein Hit With New Indecent Assault Charges in London
Harvey Weinstein is once again facing new legal troubles. Prosecutors in the U.K. announced Wednesday, June 8, that charges of indecent assault have been authorized against the disgraced former movie producer. Weinstein is facing two counts of indecent assault against one woman for an alleged incident that took place in …
Read More »Matthew McConaughey Says We 'Must Do Better' After School Shooting in His Texas Hometown
Matthew McConaughey, who was born in Uvalde, Texas, seemed to call for stricter gun control laws without expressly saying so in a statement following yesterday’s mass shooting at an elementary school in his hometown. “Once again we have tragically proven that we are failing to be responsible for the rights …
Read More »CPAC Europe Is a Safe Space for Authoritarians — and the Republicans Who Love Them
BUDAPEST, Hungary —European and American conservatives descended on this city Thursday morning to bemoan the supposed ‘suicide’ of Western civilization. The impending cultural death was blamed on a variety of causes, including immigrants who were “replacing” native-born workers; communists and “progressivists” pushing “gender madness”; and liberal democracy, which was creating …
Read More »Travis Barker, Kourtney Kardashian Get Legally Married at Santa Barbara Courthouse
Travis BarkerandKourtney Kardashianare married — and it’s legal this time. The couple said “I do” at a courthouse in Santa Barbara over the weekend, sources tell Rolling Stone. On Sunday, the two were photographed outside the courthouse, both wearing traditional wedding attire. After the ceremony, the two drove off in …
Read More »Celebrated Singer-Songwriter Laura Nyro to Get Her Own Documentary
A documentary about Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted singer-songwriter Laura Nyro is in the works. Nyro’s son Gil Bianchini will serve as an associate producer on the still-untitled film, which will begin production later this year, Deadline reports. A music legend and feminist icon who emerged out of the …
Read More »Trump Wanted to Launch Missiles Into Mexico to Destroy 'Drug Labs,' Former Defense Secretary Says
Former President Donald Trump suggested launching missiles into Mexico to “destroy the drug labs” ahead of the 2020 election, former Defense Secretary Mark Esper writes in his forthcoming book. The New York Times reported the revelation on Thursday afternoon. Esper writes in his new memoir a A Sacred Oath that …
Read More »Trump-Appointed Judge Deemed 'Not Qualified' by Bar Association Voids Mask Mandate on Planes, Other Travel
A Trump-appointed Federal judge in Florida has voided a national mask mandate for airplanes and other transportation. “Wearing a mask cleans nothing,” U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle wrote in her decision on Monday. “At most, it traps virus droplets. But it neither ‘sanitizes’ the person wearing the mask nor …
Read More »Black Star, Duo of Yasiin Bey and Talib Kweli, Reunite for First Album in 24 Years, 'No Fear of Time'
Black Star, the acclaimed and long-dormant hip-hop super duo of Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) and Talib Kweli, have reunited for their first new album in nearly a quarter-century… but you’ll have to be a subscriber of the podcast network Luminary to hear it. On May 3, Black Star will …
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