Kara Weisenstein

Big news! Claudia Conway had a birthday last weekend, meaning TikTok’s favorite leftist teenage TikTok agitator is one year closer to escaping the clutches of her conservative parents, former Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway and never-Trump…

For the longest time, I couldn’t get into K-pop. Like the dumb, monolingual American that I am, I was wary of the language barrier, I guess. I like understanding music and being able to sing along, so how would I fall in love with an artist if I…

Kanye West just released another campaign ad featuring what appear to be testimonials from young voters on why they support his candidacy. The new video features West’s supporters saying things like, "As a young Christian, I'm proud that my vote is…

Rapper and actor Ice Cube landed in hot water on Wednesday amid revelations he was helping the Trump campaign reach Black voters. Trump campaign senior adviser Katrina Pierson tweeted a “shoutout” to Cube, publicly thanking him for helping shape the…

Ever since she got famous, Billie Eilish has been adamant that her signature baggy clothes have nothing to do with other people. "I’m not rebelling against anything, really. I can’t stress it enough. I’m just wearing what I wanna wear. If there’s a…

Protests against police brutality in Nigeria have gotten a big visibility boost from some famous faces in recent days, including Burna Boy, WizKid, John Boyega, Chance the Rapper, and Cardi B. They’re throwing their weight behind a movement that…

For some reason, Kanye West is still campaigning for president. And on Monday afternoon, just 22 days before the election, he dropped his first political ad. The roughly one-minute video features the rapper expounding on his vision for a brighter…

On Thursday, nearly three months after the shooting incident that sent Megan Thee Stallion to the hospital to have bullets extracted from her feet, Los Angeles prosecutors charged rapper Tory Lanez with attacking her. The Canadian musician, real…

For an innocuously dumb Netflix series, Emily In Paris has made a whole lot of enemies in the last week. The painfully stereotypical show is about a perky American 20-something sent to the City of Light by her marketing job. Emily doesn’t speak a…

With the recent release of Mariah Carey’s memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey, the world has gotten a glimpse into the psyche of the legendary singer and songwriter. Notably, the book marks one of the first times she’s opened up about the racism and…

Two of the world’s biggest superstars made gaffes that angered their international fans recently. Cardi B promoted a pro-Armenia fundraiser on her Instagram at the behest of a friend, not realizing the country's at war with Azerbaijan. Her post…

As the voter registration deadline crept up in Texas, flashy posters pushing civic engagement appeared in Dallas and Houston. “Trump stole your hot girl summer,” read one, atop an illustration of the aforementioned hot girl peering judgmentally over…

Remember how No Time To Die was supposed to premiere last April? The 25th James Bond flick was the first major movie delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, just six months ago — though it feels like a century has passed. We thought we’d finally get to…

The circle of people infected with coronavirus with ties to the White House keeps growing. Late Friday, former aide Kellyanne Conway confirmed her positive diagnosis. A couple days later, her daughter, Claudia Conway, indicated she’d caught the…

I checked Twitter before I read the news this morning, so when I saw a meme about Trump having coronavirus, I assumed it was a joke. Nope — the news broke last night that the president and first lady both tested positive for coronavirus. But a whole…

He commands a powerful beauty empire and reigns as one of YouTube’s top-earning influencers. But his celebrity among millions of makeup-obsessed teens has been marred by controversy and his own on-camera racism. Now, an explosive investigation…

The lifestyle industry is uniformly committed to convincing voters to elect Joe Biden this fall. Reacting to the dire stakes of the 2020 presidential election, tons of influential designers and retailers are hawking pro-democracy products that…

Consider it a palate cleanser for your timeline: in the soft light of morning, a lone skater coasts down a stretch of highway, occasionally swigging from a bottle of Ocean Spray. It’s very much a vibe, made even more cinematic by the fact the TikTok…

Lots of us are feeling nervous about the impending presidential election. That includes celebrities, who’ve been pushing voter registration on their platforms in a major way. Stars have gotten increasingly vocal about politics in recent years; the…