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What a messy week for music news! Kanye’s presidential campaign of dubious legitimacy surged forward, unloading some policies virulent enough for his pal Elon Musk to reconsider. The darkest part undergirding all of this is the indication that he’s…

Trailblazing beauty Valentina Sampaio made history this week, becoming the first transgender model to appear in Sports Illustrated’s venerable swimsuit edition. The special issue of the magazine has catapulted the careers of supermodels like Heidi…

The future of film post-pandemic is looking a little brighter. Zendaya and John David Washington secretly shot a movie during quarantine helmed by Euphoria creator Sam Levinson, Deadline first reported. Malcolm & Marie was filmed from June 17 to…

Although I am Black and gay, I’m still a cisgender man, and that comes with its own set of privileges. It wasn’t until I was a senior in high school that I noticed how strictly the boundaries of gender are policed in our world — even for a cis man…

As numerous studios delay projects and grapple with new filming techniques during a pandemic, Sacha Baron Cohen appears to be surging ahead with the next season of Who Is America? His latest victim is former mayor and Donald Trump’s personal…

Walt Disney World is reopening this weekend, despite the fact that Florida is now the global epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic. Disney released a video on Wednesday meant to reassure guests they’re taking stringent health and safety precautions…

The immediate aftermath of worldwide Black Lives Matter protests ignited sweeping change across industries. Some of these were largely cosmetic legacy management, like scrubbing old blackface episodes from streaming services, but others led to more…

While you were minding your business over the Fourth of July weekend, a Florida congressional candidate named KW Miller was exercising his right to free and unencumbered speech by, uh, alleging that Beyoncé’s is actually an Italian woman named Ann…

“Come with me, and we’ll see what the two of us can find,” Harry Styles coos in your ear. “Now we’ll snuggle on a raft and drift for endless hours.” No, this isn’t the transcript of your private fantasies about the Watermelon Sugar singer. Though…

Alleged presidential candidate Kanye West is no longer supporting President Donald Trump, according to a new interview with Forbes. “I am taking the red hat off, with this interview,” West says, marking the first time he’s attempted to distance…

It’s hard to say with certainty what makes it into the history books after all of this, but Tom Hanks has definitely cemented himself as a central character in the coronavirus pandemic stateside. When Hanks and wife Rita Wilson announced that they’d…

Netflix’s Unsolved Mysteries may have already helped solve one of the saddest cold cases featured on the series. In April 2004, 23-year-old Alonzo Brooks went to a party with some friends in rural Kansas and never came home. His family believes he…

When Sacha Baron Cohen’s Who Is America? aired on Showtime, he successfully coaxed everyone from Dick Cheney to O.J. Simpson into humiliating on-camera interviews. This has been his thing for as long as he’s been a public figure, but former Alabama…

Billionaire musician and designer Kanye West received money from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), according to federal data released on Monday. The Trump administration approved West’s apparel company, Yeezy LLC, for a $5 million loan funded…

Somehow, after vowing we’d never watch it again through two episodes, my girlfriend and I are nearing the end of the first season of Floor Is Lava. The “I have questions” blogging trope is a tired one, but this is a show that invites them by the…

Life seems to have an annoying habit of throwing curveballs. From one day to the next, it can be anyone’s guess what happens. But when life feels upended, a little retail therapy can help you find some modicum of control while making cleaning up and…

Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is expanding his empire. The pro-football star-turned-activist announced a first-look deal with Walt Disney on Monday, to executive-produce content for the media giant. Under terms of the pact,…

Just when I’d written off this summer as one of the bleakest in history, HBO Max dropped the trailer for Seth Rogen's new movie An American Pickle, a film starring two Seth Rogens that looks delightfully weird and heartfelt. The comedy, which debuts…

No one can know what six months from now will look like, but independent venues stateside have made it quite clear that they won’t be around unless they receive comprehensive federal support. According to a June survey of members of the National…