Earlier this week, Thailand‘s Royal Household Bureau released more than 60 photos of King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun and his consort, on their website, and quite literally broke the internet — the pictures ended up being so popular that on Monday, the website crashed. But these weren’t your average royal portraits: …
Read More »
About a mile out, the man says, they’ll put on the music. The kid looks confused: music? Just a classical piece — the boys love it. “Put on ‘PSYWAR OP,’ ” he barks into his headset. “Make it loud.“ The reel-to-reel starts up. Wagner’s “Ride of the Valkyries,” from the …
Read More »
On August 5th, it was reported that Toni Morrison, the Nobel Prize-winning author of the classic works BelovedandThe Bluest Eye and one of the greatest 20th century American novelists, had died at the age of 88. Although the novelist and essayist had struggled with health issues in recent years, the …
Read More »
UPDATE:A previously published version of this story failed to credit writer and activist Imani Barbarin for the creation of the #INeedMyMedsMarianne hashtag. This story has been amended to credit Barbarin. **** To put it mildly, Marianne Williamson has some controversial views. The best-selling author, spiritual advisor, and Democratic presidential candidate …
Read More »
The official trailer for I Am Patrick Swayze, a documentary produced by the Paramount Network on the life and career of the beloved late actor, has arrived. The film airs August 18th at 9 p.m. ET. I Am Patrick Swayze pays tribute to several of Swayze’s iconic roles, including Johnny …
Read More »
Country Joe McDonald and former Lovin’ Spoonful frontman John Sebastian will no longer play the beleaguered Woodstock 50, five decades after both musicians performed at the original 1969 festival. The songwriters were originally attached to the event, once set for August 16th through 18th near the original site in upstate …
Read More »
The Marvel Cinematic Universe unveiled its long-awaited Phase 4 plans Saturday at San Diego Comic-Con, with the studio announcing a slate of returning superheroes, new franchises, Disney+ series and a reboot that will be released over the next two years. Among the returning Avengers, Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow will receive …
Read More »
It’s easy to laugh at and dismiss conspiracy theories as relatively harmless cranks: the idea that the earth is flat, or that aliens live on a military base in Nevada, or that JFK Jr. is still alive and disguising himself as an Italian guy from Pittsburgh, are so ludicrous on …
Read More »
WASHINGTON — The saga of Elliott Broidy, the disgraced Republican donor, investor, and defense contractor, has taken yet another twist. The Associated Press broke the news Monday that a federal grand jury in New York is probing whether Broidy used his role as a vice chair of President Trump’s inauguration …
Read More »
Like many teenage girls in the early 2010s, Michelle Carter was obsessed with Glee.On her Twitter, Carter regularly gushed about it, quoting not only from the show itself, but from interviews with actress Lea Michele. In fact, Carter was so obsessed with the show that, when its star and Michele’s …
Read More »