A bipartisan effort to stabilize the nation’s health care system has been effectively killed by the White House and House Speaker Paul Ryan as they try once again to pressure Senate Republicans into passing a partisan bill that was swiftly cobbled together in the last few weeks. But the last-minute …
Read More »Rob Sheffield on Emmys '17: The Good, the Bad, the Sean Spicer Suck-Up
“This is TV’s highest honor – us celebrating us,” Stephen Colbert announced at the start of the 2017 Emmy Awards. “Tonight, we binge ourselves.” It was a joke about smug self-congratulation probably intended to sound more ironic than it did. The Emmy ceremony, as always, was a night of the …
Read More »Jennifer Lawrence Recounts Bar Fight With Fan, 'Dousing Him' With Beer
Jennifer Lawrence wasn’t having it when a rude fan tried to get a selfie with her while she was hanging with friends in Budapest, and the mother! star decided to take care of the problem herself. “I was drunk and this guy asked me [for] a selfie and I was …
Read More »'South Park' Season Premiere Messed With Viewers' Alexas, Google Homes
South Park returned for its 21st season Wednesday, and with it came the requisite analysis and discussions about whether or not it hit the mark in lampooning today’s sociopolitical climate. Wednesday night, however, many viewers also experienced a different kind of chaos when the show’s storyline about personal assistants like …
Read More »Tough Mudder's Tragic Hero: Meet Mr. Mouse, Who Inspired a Movement
There’s a moment at every Tough Mudder event when, after slogging through 10-plus miles of ice, fire, mud and barbed wire, participants have to face “Electroshock Therapy.” It’s the brand’s signature obstacle: a 25-yard dash through a curtain of live electric wires packing a 10,000-volt punch. It’s the only thing …
Read More »See Jason Aldean Honor Troy Gentry With Montgomery Gentry Cover
The country world is still reeling from the shocking loss of Montgomery Gentry’s Troy Gentry, who died September 8th in a helicopter crash in New Jersey. Singer Jason Aldean found a way to pay his respects the following night at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, New Jersey, covering …
Read More »Hear Chris Stapleton, Chris Shiflett Talk Guitars, 'Traveller' Success
“I was going to be completely elated if we sold 50,000 records and I got to make another record,” Chris Stapleton admits during the newest episode of Walking the Floor, talking to Chris Shiflett about his own expectations for 2015’s Traveller. One of the longer podcasts in Walking the Floor‘s …
Read More »Read Selena Gomez's Powerful Defense of DACA
Selena Gomezposted a firm statement Friday via Instagram in support of the DACA and against President Trump’s recent decision to end it. “My definition of dreamer is someone that thinks big and believes anything is possible,” her statement reads. “The wonderful people being threatened by the unfortunate reversal of DACA …
Read More »Watch Shawn Mendes' Triumphant, Live 'There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back'
Shawn Mendes gives a triumphant performance of his hit song, “There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back,” in the song’s live concert video. The singer-songwriter recently performed the track at the MTV Video Music Awards. The live video was filmed at the Paris stop of his IlluminateWorld Tour in May. As Mendes …
Read More »Hear Big Freedia, Mannie Fresh's Bone-Rattling 'Dive'
New Orleans rapper Big Freediahas teamed with fellow local legend Mannie Fresh for the bone-rattling new track, “Dive.” The cut boasts a sparse but bombastic beat of heavy bass and crisp percussion. Big Freedia and Mannie Fresh tag-team the verses, with the Bounce Queen completing the rhymes of such luxurious …
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