When last we saw the gang from Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Andy Samberg’s Jake Peralta was passing his new baby son McClane —named, of course, for Bruce Willis’ character in Jake’s beloved Die Hard —off to wife Amy Santiago (Melissa Fumero) so he could watch a cell phone video of Captain Holt …
Read More »2021 MTV VMAs Are Headed Back to Brooklyn in Front of a Live Audience
After a largely distanced 2020 event, the VMAs are coming back in 2021 at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center with a live audience. The awards are scheduled to take place on Sunday, September 12th. “MTV and Barclays Center are working closely with state and local officials to implement best practices and execute …
Read More »Hear George Clinton Tell the Whole Story of Parliament-Funkadelic on Our New Podcast
To celebrate his 80th birthday, Parliament-Funkadelic founder George Clinton recently sat down with Rolling Stone for a career-spanning interview, where he dug deep into the real origins of P-Funk’s sound, explained why he chooses weed over hard drugs, and reflected on his legacy. The whole conversation, where Clinton also talked …
Read More »Bob Odenkirk Hospitalized After Collapsing on 'Better Call Saul' Set
Bob Odenkirk was rushed to the hospital on Tuesday after collapsing while on set in New Mexico for AMC’s Better Call Saul, as Variety reports. Better Call Saul is in production for its sixth and final season. The 58-year-old actor collapsed during shooting for the show on Tuesday and crew …
Read More »Ohio Allows Doctors to Deny LGBTQ Health Care on Moral Grounds
In the latest state-level swing at LGBTQ health care access, Ohio will now allow medical providers to refuse to administer any medical treatment that violates their moral, ethical, or religious beliefs. The language was buried in a 700-page document of last-minute amendments to the state’s two-year budget bill, which Ohio …
Read More »98 Degrees Talk Return to Spotlight, Nostalgia and the 'Stupidest Line in the History of Music'
Leave it to 98 Degrees to reform and announce a new project in the middle of a summer heatwave. Jeff Timmons, brothers Nick and Drew Lachey, and Justin Jeffre are returning to the spotlight as a band for the first time in eight years for the “98 Days of Summer” …
Read More »'Cops' Creator John Langley Dead at 78
John Langley, the reality television pioneer who created the long-running television series Cops, has died at the age of 78. The producer died of an apparent heart attack in Baja, Mexico, Langley’s reps confirmed to Variety. Deadline adds that, at the time of the heart attack, Langley was competing in …
Read More »Supreme Court Sides With High Schooler Who Wrote 'F-ck School' on Snapchat
The Supreme Court handed down an important decision protecting the free-speech rights of high school students, in a case involving a fed-up cheerleader and profane rant on Snapchat. The gist of the case is simple: Brandi Levy, a rising high school freshman was having a bad week. She didn’t make …
Read More »Biden Touts 300 Million Vaccines in 150 Days
In a speech, President Biden celebrated the U.S. reaching a milestone 300 million vaccinations in 150 days while warning communities with low vaccination rates that they “will be very hurt” by the Covid-19 variants that are spreading across the globe. “I see an important milestone that just didn’t happen on …
Read More »'Tiger King' Star Joe Exotic Launches NFT Auction From Prison
Joe Exotic, the incarcerated former zookeeper of Tiger King fame, is auctioning off several non-fungible tokens. The sale was created in partnership with the cryptocurrency members club More and is being hosted on Minitable. The sale comprises NFTs for several animated images, like one of Joe and a chimpanzee and …
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