Pink was one of the first guests on the quarantine edition of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, talking to the daytime host via video chat about how she and her son Jameson came down with the coronavirus. “It started with Jameson, actually, and you know, he’s three — three-year-olds get sick …
Read More »John Oliver Blasts Conservatives Touting Markets Over Lives During COVID-19 Pandemic
John Oliver examined the mounting coronavirus catastrophe and President Donald Trump‘s handling of it on a new quarantine edition of Last Week Tonight Sunday. In just a few weeks, the United States has become the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, and as Oliver noted, we still don’t know just how …
Read More »Stuart Gordon, 'Re-Animator' Director, Dead at 72
Stuart Gordon — the horror-film director who helmed the cult classic Re-Animator and co-created the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids franchise — has died at the age of 72. Gordon’s wife Carolyn Purdy-Gordon confirmed her husband’s death to Variety. No cause of death was revealed. Over a film career that …
Read More »Trump Planned to Kick Hundreds Of Thousands off Food Stamps Until a Judge Blocked Him
While Americans are encouraged to social distance and are stocking up on food in the face of the spreading coronavirus, many food-insecure families will struggle. And the Trump administration sought to make their struggle harder by moving forward with plans to add strict work requirements that could remove three-quarters of …
Read More »See the Weeknd Debut New Song 'Scared to Live' With Oneohtrix Point Never on 'SNL'
The Weeknd debuted his new song “Scared to Live” with Oneohtrix Point Never and appeared in a musical sketch during the singer’s Saturday Night Live musical guest spot. Abel Tesfaye — donning the red suit, black leather gloves and bloody face that’s been the motif of his upcoming album After …
Read More »Brian Wilson, Ronnie Wood Documentaries Headed to 2020 Tribeca Film Festival
Documentaries on Brian Wilson and the Rolling Stones‘ Ronnie Wood will premiere at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival, held in New York City from April 15th through the 26th. Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road captures the last 20 years of Beach Boys genius Wilson. Directed by Brent Wilson (no relation), …
Read More »Joe Biden Triumphs in the South Carolina Primary — Can He Capitalize On The Momentum?
My brain: Don’t say it. Don’t say it. Don’t say it. Me: JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOEMENTUM!!! Sound the starting pistol, the former vice president of the United States has secured his long-prophesied victory in the South Carolina primary, according to network projections, may now begin his classic car cruise to the Democratic nominating …
Read More »Jussie Smollett Pleads Not Guilty to Six Counts of Disorderly Conduct in Chicago
After appearing in court for an arraignment on new charges on Monday, former Empire actor Jussie Smollett has pleaded not guilty to six counts of disorderly conduct, the Chicago Tribune reports. In January 2019, Smollett claimed he was victim of a hate crime attack in Chicago, where he was living …
Read More »Alanis Morissette Keeps Her Head Up on New Song 'Smiling'
Alanis Morissette has released a new song called “Smiling,” the second single from her upcoming album Such Pretty Forks in the Road, out May 1st. On the morose yet ultimately uplifting track, Morissette reflects on her existence as a “bottom dweller,” dealing with the ups and downs of life as …
Read More »Robert Durst Murder Trial Begins in Los Angeles
Two decades after the murder of Susan Berman, her friend and former employer Robert Durst is going on trial for the crime. For years, Durst — a real estate heir and the subject of the 2015 HBO docuseries The Jinx — had denied any involvement with Berman’s 2000 murder, but …
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