The young woman in the ad is attractive in the way that most young women on TikTok are: She’s slim yet curvy, with ombre hair that gently waterfalls down her back, and a yard-wide grin. She points to the text that pops onscreen: “People always ask me how do you …
Read More »Portland Protesters Say Feds Are Pulling Over In Unmarked Cars and Interrogating Them
Portland protesters allege that federal law enforcement officials are driving through the streets of Portland, Oregon in unmarked cars and interrogating them as part of an effort to quell their First Amendment rights. According to Oregon Public Broadcasting, a protester named Mark Pettibone and his friend Conner O’Shea were demonstrating …
Read More »'Almost Famous' Podcast: 10 Things We Learned
This piece is part of our ongoing coverage of the 20th anniversary of Almost Famous. Four minutes into the new Almost Famous podcast, Kate Hudson describes a discussion she recently had with her therapist. “‘I’m feeling like I’m 40 and I just wanna…’ And my therapist goes, ‘You wanna get …
Read More »How the Media Turned Child Rape Into a 'Tryst' for Mary Kay Letourneau
In 1998, Mary Kay Letourneau appeared on the cover ofPeople magazine with her first child, Audrey. Bathed in warm light, with her blond hair softly curling and her brown eyes doleful, Letourneau could easily have been confused with the subject of a generic Sears portrait, if you didn’t read the …
Read More »Jon Stewart Talks Lack of Staff Diversity During his 'Daily Show' Tenure
Jon Stewart owned up about some of his shortcomings when it came to cultivating a diverse staff during his tenure on The Daily Show in an interview on the Breakfast Club Tuesday. Toward the end of the interview (starting around the 50:40 mark), the conversation turned to how white men …
Read More »'Irresistible' Review: Jon Stewart Delivers a Political Satire That Stings
The stumbling block for political satire is that it’s almost always partisan — which is great if it flatters your views, and grating if it doesn’t. But not for Jon Stewart. In his first writing-directing gig since 2014’s docudrama Rosewater, the former late-night fixture ingeniously makes it impossible to take …
Read More »Watch Queen + Adam Lambert's 'Tour Watch Party' Stream
Sunday, June 21st, marks what would have been Queen + Adam Lambert’s final gig of a 14-date residency at London’s O2 Arena. Although the string of concerts were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, the band will still celebrate the occasion with a “Tour Watch Party.” The stream will begin …
Read More »Buddy Guy on Weathering the COVID Storm and the Road Ahead
“I haven’t picked a guitar up since they canceled me in Arizona almost two months ago,” says Buddy Guy on a recent morning from his Chicago home, where he’s getting ready to put on a mask and head to the grocery store. “I try to follow the rules, man.” The …
Read More »Flashback: Pointer Sisters Hit the Country Chart With 'Fairytale'
Singer Bonnie Pointer, who co-founded the Grammy-winning Pointer Sisters in 1969 with her sister June, died Monday at 69 years old. Expanding to a quartet with the addition of Anita and Ruth Pointer, the group’s early days were notable for their campy chic attire, their vocal style a throwback to …
Read More »People Claim Authorities Are Intentionally Planting Bricks to Bait Protesters
A hashtag suggesting that authorities are planting bricks to bait protesters into committing violence is going viral on social media. One image often shared with the hashtag shows a stack of bricks with a smiley face superimposed on top of it, with the message “Well howdy! I’m just a mysterious …
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