The agonies of adolescence get a charming, Hulk-like twist in the new trailer for the upcoming Pixar flick, Turning Red. The animated film stars Rosalie Chiang as Mei Lee, an eager, exuberant, and endlessly busy 13-year-old whose life is upended when she’s suddenly saddled with the ability to transform into …
Read More »Watch Genesis Play 'Misunderstanding' for the First Time Since 1984
Genesis kicked off the U.S. leg of their Last Domino? tour on Monday night at Chicago’s United Center. The setlist was largely identical to the one they played in England earlier this year, but they did drop fan-favorite “Duchess” in favor of their 1980 hit “Misunderstanding.” They hadn’t played the …
Read More »Ezra Blount, Victim of Astroworld Tragedy, Dead at 9
Ezra Blount loved skateboarding, music and playing Fortnite. The latter is how he got into Travis Scott, though his family noted his natural ability for performance himself. In a touching video his father Treston Blount shared on a GoFundMe page for Ezra, the father and son are seen acting out …
Read More »Four Soldiers Lost Their Lives. '3212 Un-redacted' Exposes the Military Cover-Up That Blamed Them for It.
We live in an age of conspiracy theories, be they about election fraud perpetrated by deep-state operatives, vaccine microchips masterminded by evil tech billionaires, or pedophilic cults whose high-profile followers want to drink the blood of young children. There are plenty of people and institutions to blame for the proliferation …
Read More »Murder! Stars! Podcasts!: 'My Favorite Murders' Hit Up Famous Fans for 'Celebrity Hometowns'
Last year, Phoebe Bridgers said the ultra-popular true crime podcast My Favorite Murder was an influence for her latest album, Punisher. “My Favorite Murder feels like you’re listening to two friends talk about something they’re morbidly fascinated with,” she told Pitchfork.Bridgers described being drawn to the podcast’s emphasis on social …
Read More »I Tried to Redpill My Son With These Far-Right Children's Books
I’m pretty much your standard Brooklyn millennial lefty mom. I buy my son dolls. I serve him outrageously overpriced plant-based chicken fingers. I don’t allow him to watch Paw Patrol,though that has less to do with how the show glorifies the cop industrial complex and more to do with the …
Read More »Nicki Nicole's 'Parte De Mí' Is the Sound of an Artist Finding Her Voice
Though the Argentine artist Nicki Nicole has a found a niche fusing silky R&B with hints of trap and reggaeton, her new album Parte De Míopens in an unexpected way: with a gossamer piano ballad, dripping with longing and loneliness. The song is guided by her delicate, almost bruised vocals—which …
Read More »NBA YoungBoy Released from Jail in Louisiana
After seven months behind bars, rapper YoungBoy Never Broke Again was released from jail in Louisiana Tuesday to serve pre-trial house arrest in Utah, the St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Office confirmed to Rolling Stone. The Baton Rouge-bred hip hop prodigy walked out of custody around 3 p.m. local time after …
Read More »GOP Senator Dunks on Trump for Being a Loser, Says He Won't Vote for Him in 2024
If Donald Trump decides to run for a second term, he’ll have to do it without the support of Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.). Cassidy told Mike Allen of Axios that he will not vote for the former president should he run in 2024, and even suggested Trump might not be …
Read More »'Dozens' of Oregon Cops Have Paid Dues to the Oath Keepers Militia Group: Report
More than two dozen members of the police and military in Oregon have at one point been members of the Oath Keepers, a far-right anti-government militia group, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported Friday. According to the leaked data obtained by Distributed Denial of Secrets, a non-profit whistleblower organization that shares leaked …
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