A Washington State prosecutor has found no crime — but much to criticize — in the September 2020 law enforcement raid that killed the anti-fascist activist Michael Forest Reinoehl in a hail of bullets. Rienoehl was a murder suspect wanted for the shooting death of right-wing agitator Aaron “Jay” Danielson …
Read More »What Producer Duo Take A Daytrip Have Learned from Lil Nas X's 'Montero'
David Biral and Denzel Baptiste, better known as the production duo Take A Daytrip, have spent years building worlds with Lil Nas X. You may have caught them in one of the Twitter guru’s latest videos, clad in scrubs and anxiously aiding Nas X as he delivered his debut album …
Read More »Robert Durst Found Guilty of Murdering His Friend Susan Berman
Robert Durst, the New York real estate scion who appeared on the 2015 HBO series The Jinx, has been found guilty of first-degree murder for the execution-style killing of his best friend, Susan Berman, in December 2000. In the Los Angeles trial that began before the pandemic and picked up …
Read More »Emmys 2021: Who Will Win, Who Should Win
Last year’s Primetime Emmy Awards were defined by dominance. Pop TV’s Schitt’s Creek became the first series in Emmys history to sweep all four acting categories in its genre, while also winning for writing, directing, and Outstanding Comedy Series. HBO’s Watchmen and Succession didn’t do quite as well in, respectively, …
Read More »Six Things We Learned From Drake's 'Certified Lover Boy'
Pop some bubbly and pass the cigars: It’s a Certified Lover Boy! More than two years after Drake began teasing fans with hints about its creation, his sixth studio album is finally here. At 21 songs and nearly 90 minutes, there’s a lot to enjoy and debate. Our full review …
Read More »The 25 Best ABBA Songs, Ranked
It’s official: this is the summer of ABBA. The blockbuster Mamma Mia 2: Here We Go Again brought the spectacle of Cher belting “Fernando.” That probably sent you back to the original Mamma Mia— yes, even the scene where Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan duet on “SOS.” Yet somehow that …
Read More »Phil Valentine, Conservative Radio Host and Vaccine Skeptic, Dead at 61 From Covid Complications
A few days after Phil Valentine announced he had tested positive for Covid-19 on July 11th, the conservative talk-radio host wrote on Facebook that he was “doing my patriotic duty for natural herd immunity.” Valentine, whose nationally syndicated Phil Valentine Show aired on 100 stations from 2007 to 2019, had …
Read More »A BTS-Backed Social Network for Fandoms Wants to Revolutionize Stan Culture
Here’s an open secret: Record-label executives do not run the music industry these days. Super-fans — a fierce breed of individuals who work day jobs and night jobs, attend schools, maintain relationships and hobbies, and still find time to learn everything there is to possibly know about the artists behind …
Read More »Watch Guns N' Roses Play 'November Rain' at First Covid-Era Show
Guns N’ Roses played their first show since the start of the pandemic Saturday night at Hershey Park Stadium in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The band basically stuck with the standard setlist they’ve been doing since reuniting with Slash and Duff McKagan in 2016 for the Not In This Lifetime tour, though …
Read More »Woman Goes Missing During Miami's Rolling Loud Festival
A 23-year-old Tallahassee woman has been reported missing following this past weekend’s Rolling Loud Festival in Miami, Florida, according to NBC. Nicholas Prevost, 20, last saw Ashley Espinoza-Sanchez, at the Hard Rock Stadium on Saturday night. Miami Gardens police confirmed to NBC that they were working on a missing person’s …
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