It was probably inevitable. After nearly two months of negotiations that were never not doomed, President Trump is set to declare a national emergency so that he can build a southern border wall without congressional approval. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) relayed the news Thursday afternoon, telling colleagues on …
Read More »Watch Weezer Tap Finn Wolfhard's Calpurnia for New 'Take On Me' Video
Weezer have teamed with Calpurnia – the indie rock band led byStranger Things‘ Finn Wolfhard – for a nostalgic new video for their cover of a-ha‘s “Take On Me.” The track appears on Weezer’s new self-titled covers record, also known as The Teal Album. In the video, Wolfhard plays a …
Read More »Ariana Grande Is Heading Back to Number One and She's Bringing 'NSync With Her
Ariana Grande‘s Thank U, Next album is all but guaranteed to debut at Number One. When it does, it will be another in a long string of commercial slam-dunks for Grande. More surprising, the album’s success also represents a return to the charts for ‘NSync and Wendy Rene.That’s because “Break …
Read More »Can Nancy Pelosi Really Stop Trump From Delivering the State of the Union?
President Trump isn’t ready to let Nancy Pelosi prevent from delivering the State of the Union address at the Capitol next week. On Wednesday morning, the president sent a letter to the House speaker clarifying his intention to address the nation as planned. “I look forward to seeing you on …
Read More »Six Historians on Why Trump's Border Wall Won't Work
President Trump’s promise to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border was a defining and divisive talking point throughout the 2016 campaign, rallying his conservative base enough to help win him the election. In trying to fulfill one of his most popular campaign promises, President Trump has halted the U.S. …
Read More »Future Weed: Formulations, Patents and Where Cannabis Is Going Next
When you think of weed, you likely think of a sticky bud, an oil, maybe even a tincture. But what if you reconfigured your notion of cannabis to instead envision an abstract scientific equation? Sure, this may sound like the stuff of stoner sci-fi, except that it’s the real-life direction …
Read More »Fred Armisen on His Grammy Nod, Devo and 'Documentary Now' Season Three
When Fred Armisen began putting together his 2018 Netflix special Standup for Drummers, the last thing he expected to come out of it was a Grammy nomination. After all, as the title clearly states, this was a comedy show where the vast majority of the jokes were specifically about the …
Read More »Daryl Dragon, Captain and Tennille's Captain, Dead at 76
Daryl Dragon, the keyboard-playing “Captain” of Seventies hitmakers Captain and Tennille, died at a hospice in Prescott, Arizona on Wednesday. Associated Press reports the cause of death as renal failure. He was 76. As Captain and Tennille, Dragon and his then-wife Toni Tennille scored a string of catchy, easy-rolling hits …
Read More »Trump Threatens to Close Southern Border Entirely and End Trade Deals Unless Wall Is Funded
Like a spoiled toddler throwing a tantrum over a toy, President Donald Trump is threatening to shut down the southern border, terminate trade deals, and cease aid to three Latin American nations unless he gets what he wants: funding for his precious border wall. The series of tweets signal that …
Read More »See Cardi B, Michael Buble Ring in Holidays With 'Carpool Karaoke'
James Corden recruited a who’s who of pop music to ring in the holiday season on a special edition of his recurring Late Late Show segment, “Carpool Karaoke.” “It’s not even cold outside,” Cardi B tells the festively dressed host as the bells kick in for a rendition of “Christmas …
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