Lily Allenrevealed new details about her alleged sexual assault by an unnamed music executive in her upcoming memoir My Thoughts Exactly. While the “Trigger Bang” singer has discussed her alleged sexual abuse in general terms before, in The Guardian Weekend Magazine, she goes into detail about what happened to her. …
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Grief is a very tough sell as the subject of an ongoing TV show. Whatever catharsis the dramatization might offer in short bursts, the potential for the “Why am I still watching this?” reflex is incredibly high. The Leftovers tried to alleviate this problem by wrapping the whole idea in …
Read More »Watch Exclusive Clip from New Joan Jett Documentary, 'Bad Reputation'
Bad Reputation, the new documentary chronicling the wild life of Joan Jett, hits theaters nationwide September 28th. Best known for timeless hits like “I Love Rock’N’Roll,” Joan Jett is one of the greatest guitarists to have walked the earth — and she is no stranger to the silver screen. She …
Read More »How Safe Are E-Cigarettes?
Bad news for teenage JUUL connoisseurs — on Wednesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that the popular e-cigarette brand was one of five manufacturers that must “put forward plans to immediately and substantially reverse” the access and appeal of their products to underage users. JUUL, Vuse, Blu, …
Read More »John Legend, Andrew Lloyd Webber's Emmy Wins Earn Them EGOTs
John Legend, Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber earned the Emmy forOutstanding Variety Special (Live) Sunday evening for their work on Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert, resulting in all three joining the distinguished list of EGOT winners. The trio of songwriters won during theCreative Arts Emmys, which rewarded them …
Read More »Nicki Minaj Hits Back at Cardi B on 'Queen Radio'
Nicki Minaj denied insulting Cardi B‘s parenting ability after the two stars got into a public altercation during a Harper’s Bazaar event on Friday night at New York Fashion Week. Cardi B’s tussle with Minaj’s security entourage was caught by phone cameras; the cause of the fracas remains unknown. After …
Read More »See Norm Macdonald Ask Drew Barrymore About Her Cocaine Use
Norm Macdonald, the onetime SNL “Weekend Update” host and failed candidate to inherit The Late Late Show, will be back behind a prop desk this fall as the host of Netflix‘s Norm Macdonald Has a Show. A trailer for the talk show spotlights Macdonald stiffly questioning the title of the …
Read More »Stephen Colbert on Dana Carvey, Bill Cosby and the (Alleged) Pee Tape
Stephen Colbert’s Rolling Stone cover-story interview covered a lot of ground, from his battle with anxiety to why Donald Trump is a “heretic against reality.” But there was even more to the conversation. On the lessons he learned while working onThe Dana Carvey Show I still will pull out things …
Read More »Ayanna Pressley's Massachusetts Victory in 3 Words: 'Change Can't Wait'
It wasn’t supposed to happen. Ayanna Pressley trailed Rep. Joe Capuano by 13 percentage points in the last poll before Tuesday’s Democratic primary to represent Massachusetts’s 7th district in Congress. When Capuano, a 10-term incumbent, conceded an hour after the polls closed, he was trailing Pressley by 18 points. Because …
Read More »Trump's Attacks on the Media Are Reaching Dangerous New Levels
Hours after calling legendary Washington Post reporter and current CNN contributor Carl Bernstein a “degenerate fool,” President Trump roused himself out of bed Thursday to levy another series of unhinged attacks against the media. Beginning just before 7 a.m., the president tweeted a whopping 10 times over the next three …
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