Remember when Ron DeSantis said his “Don’t Say Gay” bill was only intended for children younger than the third grade? Well, that was bullshit. On Wednesday, the Florida Board of Education voted to expand the provisions of HB 1223, which banned teaching on sexual orientation and gender identity in Florida’s …
Read More »Mick Jagger Is the Normie King of Instagram
In an era where social media is used to facilitate and exaggerate wealth, celebrity, and status, Mick Jagger has used it to position himself as one thing he’s never really seemed to be — a regular guy who loves taking a stroll and visiting tourist attractions. Jagger’s been on Instagram …
Read More »Widow Ordered to Pay Thousands for Attempting to Sell Husband's Eric Clapton Bootleg
UPDATE (12/17): Speaking withThe Guardian,Eric Clapton’s manager, Michael Eaton, said of the case, “Germany is a country where sales of bootleg and counterfeit CDs are rife, which damages the industry and customers with poor quality and misleading recordings. Along with a number of other major artists and record companies, over …
Read More »'F-ck Him': Trump Lost It After Israel's Netanyahu Congratulated Biden
During his four years in office Donald Trump was a full-throated supporter of Israel and its former prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Now that he’s out of office … not so much. “I haven’t spoken to him since,” Trump said of his relationship to Netanyahu, Axios reported on Friday. “Fuck him.” …
Read More »Mary Bono Asks Court to Dismiss Cher's 'Groundless' $1 Million Royalties Lawsuit
Mary Bono says Cher‘s $1 million lawsuit over allegedly unpaid royalties for Sonny & Cher songs including “I Got You Babe” is “groundless” and should be dismissed, according to a new filing in federal court in Los Angeles. The widow of Sonny Bono — who was elected to replace him …
Read More »Grimes Called it a Tool For Radical Wealth Distribution. Could People Make Real Money Off NFT Gaming?
Grimes is not a communist. The tech-consumed star, who’s well known for daydreaming about futurist utopias, said just that on Instagram last month, in a caption to a paparazzi shot of her reading Karl Marx’s Communist Manifesto, shortly after her breakup with billionaire and amateur space explorer Elon Musk. “Although …
Read More »Republicans Seem Thrilled That a Quack TV Doctor Wants to Join Them in the Senate
When Dr. Mehmet Oz announced his candidacy on Tuesday for Senate in Pennsylvania, he pledged to be a “conservative who will put America first” and who will “tell it like it is.” It’s no surprise, then, to hear that former President Trump seems to like the TV doctor with a …
Read More »Farewell to 'Pen15,' the Weirdest, Sweetest, Saddest, Funniest Show About the Growing Pains of Middle School
“I don’t usually go for younger girls, but you’re different,” a high-school boy tells Anna Kone in the next new episode of Pen15. On one level, this is a wink at the central gimmick of the Hulu comedy: that Anna (Anna Konkle) and her best friend Maya Ishii-Peters (Maya Erskine) …
Read More »Hear Jonny Greenwood's Instrumental New Song 'Licorice Pizza'
The soundtrack for Paul Thomas Anderson‘s latest film Licorice Pizza has arrived and it features a new tune from Radiohead‘s Jonny Greenwood. The song, also titled “Licorice Pizza,” was produced by Graeme Stewart and is a delicate, orchestral piece. The soundtrack also features songs from David Bowie, Nina Simone, Paul …
Read More »Phoebe Bridgers Takes Muna to Prom With 'Silk Chiffon' on 'Corden'
Muna performed their recent single “Silk Chiffon” on The Late Late Show with the help of Phoebe Bridgers. The prom-themed performance saw the band playing under a disco ball alongside piles of pink balloons, with Bridgers, as prom king, joining midway through on guitar and vocals. “Silk Chiffon,” released in …
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