Season 10 of American Horror Story has officially been teased, and all your favorite regulars are back: Evan Peters, Kathy Bates, Leslie Grossman, Billie Lourd, Sarah Paulson, Adina Porter, Lily Rabe and Finn Wittrock. The newest name on the cast list? Macaulay “Just Call Me Mack” Culkin. Creator Ryan Murphy …
Read More »Who Really Owns Spotify?
Long-term investors in Spotify required nerves of steel in 2019. Last year saw Spotify’s public valuation on the New York Stock Exchange rise as high as $28.34 billion ($157.66 per share on August 8th) but sink as low as $19.65 billion ($112.52 per share, October 1st) during a tempestuous third …
Read More »An Oral History of ASMR
As a platform, YouTube is not known for its subtlety. At any given point, billions of users are competing for clicks with eye-popping, colorful thumbnails, and all-caps, high-octane, SEO-driven headlines (“5 MCRIBS IN 5 MINUTES MCDONALD’S MUKBANG CHALLENGE”). But the early days of YouTube were quieter. Much quieter. One of …
Read More »QAnon Believers Are Now Running for Congress
Welcome to our modern dystopia where believers in QAnon, a conspiracy theory, are running for elected office. One such follower is congressional candidate Matthew Lusk, who is running unopposed for the Republican nomination in Florida’s fifth district, which is currently represented by Democrat Alfred Lawson. Speaking with the New York …
Read More »The First Time: Louis Tomlinson
On the heels of his debut solo album Walls, released last week, Louis Tomlinson sat down for a chat with Rolling Stone about some of his career highlights, like the time he performed with Steve Aoki in his first ever X-Factor appearance. “That was a really special moment for me,” Tomlinson …
Read More »Daryl Hall and John Oates Are Plotting a New Album, Not a 50th Anniversary Celebration
Daryl Hall and John Oates are going to spend much of the summer on the road with Squeeze and KT Tunstall, but when the tour wraps, they’re hoping to turn their attention to their first collection of new songs since 2003’s Do It for Love. “I’m in the process right …
Read More »Justin Bieber's 'Seasons': How Director Michael Ratner Made 'Real-Time' Docuseries
Today, YouTube premiered the first episode of Justin Bieber’s 10-part documentary Seasons, which mostly charts the creation of his forthcoming fifth album. For Bieber and his team, returning to YouTube is the perfect metaphor for his career: the video platform was how manager and confidant Scooter Braun accidentally discovered a …
Read More »Roger Waters Plots North American Tour, Calls on Human Race to 'Change' or 'Die'
A little over a year after wrapping his monumental Us + Them Tour, Roger Waters will return to the road this summer for a North American tour summer dubbed This Is Not a Drill. He will present an all-new show, this time in the round. The trek, which finds him …
Read More »Aaron Hernandez Docuseries 'Killer Inside' Adds New Depth to a Well-Told Story
At the time of his death, Aaron Hernandez was only 27, but he’d already lived many lives. Born to a middle-class Puerto Rican household in Bristol, Connecticut, Hernandez had been a star in athletics basically as long as he could hold a ball. And by the time he started playing …
Read More »The Useful Idiots New Guide to the Most Stoned Moments of the 2020 Presidential Campaign
Since we released the first edition of this list in early December, the news cycle has taken several hectic turns. The president was impeached, and responded by issuing “official movement permits” to Santa Claus and his nine reindeer, so they could legally enter the United States (not a joke!). The …
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