Three days after a crowd rush left eight people dead and hundreds more injured at Travis Scott‘s Astroworld Fest in Houston, the festival’s promoters Live Nation and ScoreMore said on Monday that they’re providing mental health counseling resources to attendees and are developing a health fund to go toward medical …
Read More »Before Astroworld: Concert Disasters in History
Details of the tragedy at the Astroworld Festival that left at least eight fans dead in Houston are still coming in, and they are absolutely horrifying. “Fans were recording the concert and people doing CPR,” concert attendee/registered nurse Madeline Eskins told Rolling Stone. “Fans were yelling at the stage crew …
Read More »Meet the Oath Keeper on the NRA's Board of Directors
When the National Rifle Association announced election results in August, it welcomed Donald J. Bradway as a new member of its board of directors. Known in right-wing circles as a prepper and a survivalist, Bradway also appears on the leaked membership rolls of the Oath Keepers — an anti-government militia, …
Read More »Bad News for Rudy: Prosecutors See Evidence of Illegal Activity in His Ukraine 'Investigation' of Hunter Biden
Federal investigators looking into Trump ally Rudy Giuliani‘s dealings with Ukraine are uncovering evidence that the president’s personal lawyer and two attorneys working with him likely violated federal transparency laws while trying to get the country to launch an investigation into Hunter Biden. According to reporting by The Guardian, a …
Read More »Leonardo DiCaprio, Camila Cabello, Cher Lend Voices to Climate Action Campaign
Leonardo DiCaprio, Camila Cabello, Cher, and a host of other celebrities have lent their voices to a campaign urging global leaders to bolster efforts to fight climate change. The action is being spearheaded by the Right Here, Right Now Climate Alliance and its partner, United Nations Human Rights, and the …
Read More »The Curious Case of Keith Urban
& ldquo;One of our girls brought a riddle home the other day,”saysKeith Urban, the New Zealand-born Grammy winner.“She said, ‘Dad, imagine that you’re in a room and there’s no windows, no doors, solid floor, solid roof, solid walls. How do you get out?’ “I sat there for ages, trying to …
Read More »Steve Buscemi Made His 'Fellow Kids' Meme a Halloween Costume
Steve Buscemi made his own meme into a Halloween costume, with social media posts showing the actor in his 30 Rock “How do you do, fellow kids?” outfit. Trick-or-treaters in Brooklyn spotted Buscemi handing out candy in the costume, which comes from a Season Six episode of 30 Rock. Buscemi …
Read More »Paul McCartney Welcomes Foo Fighters Into 'F-king Rock & Roll Hall of Fame'
Paul McCartney and Dave Grohl have a lot in common — or so the Beatle realized when writing his speech inducting the Foo Fighters into the “fucking Rock & Roll Hall of Fame,” as he dubbed it Saturday night. In a short speech that the former Beatle gave in Cleveland …
Read More »A Disappointing and Overpoliced Night at Rolling Loud Festival
When I arrived at Rolling Loud Festival at Citi Field in Queens, I was skeptical. Music festivals are almost never what they advertise. It’s always too crowded, too expensive, and too overstimulating. Even so, the lineup for this year’s event wasn’t half-bad. 42 Dugg, Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Durk, and …
Read More »GOP Senator Called His Brother-in-Law. Minutes Later They Both Dumped Stocks Ahead of Covid Crash
A Republican senator accused of insider trading for dumping some $1.6 million in stock ahead of the coronavirus stock market crash reportedly called his brother-in-law the same day he made the sale. Within a minute of the call, the brother-in-law was on the phone with his broker to sell his …
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