President Donald Trump wants to bring new meaning to the term bomb cyclone. According to reporting by Axios, Trump has suggested multiple times to Homeland Security and national security staff that the United States should drop a nuclear bomb on hurricanes to change their path and deter them from hitting …
Read More »Katy Perry, Norah Jones Booked for David Lynch Foundation Benefit Gig
Katy Perry, Norah Jones and Mavis Staples will perform at the David Lynch Foundation’s Silence the Violence benefit concert, taking place October 11th at the Anthem in Washington, D.C. The Celebration Gospel Choir will also be hand for the event, with proceeds helping to bring Transcendental Meditation to 10,000 people …
Read More »'Silicon Valley' Goes to Washington in Season Six Trailer
Silicon Valley goes to Washington, D.C. in the latest trailer for the sixth and final season of the HBO tech-savvy comedy series. The teaser offers a send-up of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s infamously awkward testimony in front of Congress, with Pied Piper CEO Richard Hendricks (played by Thomas Middleditch) causing …
Read More »'Hobbs & Shaw': 'Fast & Furious' Spinoff Brings Surreal Silliness
Whatever this is, it’s not a movie — it’s a product more deserving of a road test than a review. Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw is the ninth chapter in the Fast & Furious series (the gross is over $5 billion across the previous eight films) and its …
Read More »One of Trump's 'America First' Speeches Was Edited By a Foreign Government
In calling for an investigation into Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) on Tuesday, President Trump made it four straight days of bashing the House Oversight Committee chairman. Driving the president’s vitriol is, among other things, the fact that Cummings’ committee is investigating potential misconduct by Trump and his administration. It’s understandable …
Read More »Review: Banks Doubles Down On Her Emo Goth-Pop with “III”
Since her gothy 2014 single “Beggin’ For Thread” (“to sew this hole up that you ripped in my head”), Jillian Banks has stepped with a vanguard steering pop from butterflies and rainbows towards darker, weirder places. She doubles down on III, suggesting Billie Eilish’s graver older sis with a timely …
Read More »Flashback: Dana Carvey's Greatest Moment as Ross Perot on 'Saturday Night Live'
The late Ross Perot will be remembered for a great many things, from running for president in 1992 as a third-party candidate and scoring 19% of the vote, arguably handing the White House to Bill Clinton, to founding the billion dollar company Electronic Data Systems and organizing a daring 1979 …
Read More »Alabama Pregnant Woman Shot in Stomach, Charged With Manslaughter
In a case that has horrified reproductive rights advocates across the country, Marshae Jones, a 27-year-old pregnant Alabama woman, has been indicted for the death of her fetus after being shot in the stomach during a fight. She is being charged with manslaughter for the fetus’s death, and was being …
Read More »Avril Lavigne Books First North American Tour in Five Years
Avril Lavigne announced her first tour in five years. The fall trek, a 15-date North American run, launches September 14th in Seattle, Washington and wraps October 11th in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. An artist pre-sale begins Tuesday, June 25th at 10 a.m. local time, and fan registration is available now. A Citi …
Read More »'I Don't Want to Be Your Pinch Hitter': Why Brian Tyree Henry Is Hollywood's New MVP
Brian Tyree Henry’s armpits are still a little damp as he breezes into a Burbank diner on an overcast L.A. afternoon. “Sorry I’m sweaty,” he says. “I was feeling a little anxiety earlier, so I decided to hit the gym and run it out.” What did he feel anxious about? …
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