Louis C.K. mocked the Parkland high school shooting survivors and gender pronouns in leaked audio from one of the comedian’s recent comeback sets. The recording reportedly captures the comedian’s nearly hour-long routine at Long Island, New York’s Governor’s Comedy Club on December 16th. “So what kind of a year did …
Read More »The Fall and Rise of M. Night Shyamalan
Call it a surprise twist, if you must: Early in this Monday morning in November, M. Night Shyamalan turned on his shower, and no water came out. The writer-director has come to believe that the universe is fundamentally benevolent, and as it happens, the universe — not to mention the …
Read More »John Podesta Is Ready to Talk About Pizzagate
W ASHINGTON —John Podesta has given it a lot of thought and believes the best way to deal with the trolls is to ignore them. His wife, Mary, however, takes a different approach. When angry people call their home in the middle of the night, she has a conversation with …
Read More »Ringo Starr Talks New Photo Book, Tour and 'Sensational' White Album Remaster
Ringo Starr is having a big moment. Pushing 80, the Beatle drummer shows no signs of slowing down. Thanks to the revelatory new Super Deluxe edition of the White Album, his legend is getting a boost. Fans can savor new dimensions to his playing on the 1968 masterpiece, in the …
Read More »What's Another Way to Say 'We're F-cked'?
Hurricane Michael, the third most intense storm on record to make landfall in the U.S., has caused widespread destruction, turning places like Mexico Beach, Florida, into a hellscape of broken homes and overturned cars. It will be a while before we learn the full extent of the damage — and …
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 McCain, Legendary Republican Senator, Dead at 81
Legendary senator John McCain has died after a nearly year-long bout with glioblastoma, a form of brain cancer. He was 81. “Senator John Sidney McCain III died at 4:28pm on 25th August 2018,”his family said in a statement. “With the Senator when he passed were his wife Cindy and their …
Read More »Smashing Pumpkins' 'Siamese Dream': 10 Things You Didn't Know
Smashing Pumpkinsshould have been in high spirits heading into the making of their second LP. But according to Billy Corgan, the lead-up toSiamese Dream was one of the darkest chapters in the band’s history. “We were on tour, selling out everywhere we go,” the singer told Rolling Stone in 1995 …
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