Better Call Saul is back for its fifth season. A review of the premiere, “Magic Man,” coming up just as soon as I hear good things about the new vending machine over by family court… “See, this is why this works. I go too far, and you pull me back.” …
Read More »David Crosby Answers Your Questions About Divorce and Internet Addiction
David Crosby begins his newest Ask Croz advice video by responding to a reader who finds the whole idea of this franchise to be utterly ridiculous. “Why would I want life advice from a guy who has so famously screwed up his own life,” writes the reader, “and admits it …
Read More »Hear David Bowie's Rare 'Live Eno Mix' of 'The Man Who Sold the World'
Following five weeks of unreleased and rare David Bowie tracks from the Earthling era, the singer’s “The Man Who Sold the World (Live Eno Mix)” completes the six-track Is It Any Wonder? EP. “The Man Who Sold the World (Live Eno Mix)” predates the EP’s other offerings by two years, …
Read More »How Nipplegate Created YouTube
“YouTube at 15” is our package of stories to celebrate the streaming site’s anniversary. It’s hard to imagine, but there really was a time before makeup tutorials, conspiracy explainers, on-demand music videos — really, viral videos at large. Since it’s become such a ubiquitous part of culture, we set out …
Read More »RuPaul on 'SNL': 3 Sketches You Have to See
Ever watch a mediocre movie, see a performance that doesn’t align with anything else onscreen, and think, “I want to see whatever film THAT person is in instead?” (Think Alan Rickman in Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves and you get the gist.) That was the overriding feeling in this week’s …
Read More »Shannen Doherty Reveals Breast Cancer Has Progressed to Stage 4
Shannen Doherty revealed that her breast cancer diagnosis has returned and reached stage 4 in an interview with Good Morning America Tuesday. “I don’t think I’ve processed it,” Doherty said. “It’s a bitter pill to swallow in a lot of ways… I definitely have days where I say why me? …
Read More »The New York Times Needle and the Damage Done
WASHINGTON —Back by unpopular demand is the New York Times‘ election-night needle. The paper announced Monday it would be rolling out not one but four different needles to project and predict the results of the Iowa caucus. You probably remember the Times’ needle from the 2016 election. The Times is …
Read More »Aerosmith Reunite With Run-D.M.C. For 'Walk This Way' at the Grammys
Aerosmith performed a searing “Livin’ on the Edge” and reunited with Run-D.M.C. for “Walk This Way” during the band’s Grammys performance in celebration of their legacy. The band kicked off with their 1993 hit — with Steven Tyler running up to Lizzo so that she could help out with the …
Read More »How Business Leaders in Davos Are Pretending to Take the Climate Crisis Seriously
DAVOS, SWITZERLAND — Marc Benioff, the Salesforce CEO, announced on Thursday that more than 300 companies have signed on to his Trillion Tree Campaign, which aims to plant, restore, or conserve 1 trillion trees by the end of the decade. Benioff broke the news in Davos, Switzerland, at the World …
Read More »Former Grammys CEO Neil Portnow Calls Rape Allegation 'Ludicrous and Untrue'
Neil Portnow, who stepped down as CEO of the Recording Academy in 2019, called a new allegation of rape “ludicrous and untrue” in a statement on Wednesday. Portnow was accused of raping an unnamed “foreign recording artist” after her show at Carnegie Hall in New York in a document filed …
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