The funniest music-related lawsuit of 2023 has ended before it could fully move through the bowels of the American legal system: BMG has settled its suit with MGA Entertainment after alleging the toymaker infringed the Black Eyed Peas’ “My Humps” with a jingle for a line of slime-shitting unicorns dubbed, …
Read More »Pearl Jam Promise 'Fairly Priced Tickets' for Summer Tour Amid Ticketmaster Controversies
Pearl Jam, a band whose animosity toward Ticketmaster is well documented, are committing themselves to “fairly priced tickets,” according to an official missive, as they roll out a short run of summer tour dates. The trek kicks off at the end of August and visits St. Paul, Chicago, Indianapolis, Ft. …
Read More »New Joni Mitchell Box Set Chronicles the Turn She Took After 'Blue'
Days after stunning the internet with her surprise performance at the Newport Folk Festival, Joni Mitchell announced the upcoming box set The Asylum Albums (1972-1975). The release chronicles the pivotal turn Mitchell took following the massive success of 1971’s Bluewhen she famously retreated to British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast for a …
Read More »Ryan Gosling to Return for 'The Gray Man' Sequel as Netflix Also Announces Separate Spin-Off Film
While Ryan Gosling and Chris Evan’s leading characters in Netflix’s The Gray Man had their own CIA-rooted operations, the streaming giant was on a mission of its own: to launch a lucrative action franchise to rival the Mission: Impossiblesand John Wicks of the world. Now, Netflix has set its plan …
Read More »GOP House Candidate Doubts Likelihood of Pregnancy After Rape
Republican congressional nominee Yesli Vega last month downplayed the likelihood of a woman becoming pregnant via sexual assault in audio recordings obtained by Axios. Vega, who is running against incumbent Abigail Spanberger in Virginia’s liberal-leaning 7th District, has been a vocal opponent of abortion rights. In the audio, an unidentified …
Read More »Venue Cancels Concert with Reagan's Would-Be Assassin, John Hinckley, Jr. But They Wish They Didn't Have To
The Market Hotel announced Wednesday that it will no longer be hosting John Hinckley, Jr. — the man who shot at and tried to kill Ronald Reagan in 1981 — at an upcoming July concert. However, the venue is not so convinced about the decision to remove the “provocative happening” …
Read More »'Please Send the Police Now': Multiple Kids Made 911 Calls While Gunman Was Inside Uvalde School
More details are emerging about the 911 calls made by children inside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas as an 18-year-old gunman killed 19 children and two adults at the primary school. On Friday, Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw held a press conference to discuss an updated timeline …
Read More »The 'Goodfellas' Scene That Made Ray Liotta a Superstar
With his gruff, tough-talking persona, Ray Liotta created numerous scenes throughout his career, but one stood out early on that showcased his superstardom. What started as a trip to the store turns into a heart-pounding scene through the lens of Ray Liotta’s coked-up paranoia as Henry Hill in Martin Scorsese’s …
Read More »'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli Gets Early Prison Release
Infamous “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli was released early from prison Wednesday, with the disgraced exec and one-time “most hated man in America” serving just over four years of his seven-year sentence on fraud charges. Soon after his release from a Pennsylvania prison, Shkreli announced his semi-freedom with a selfie/troll post …
Read More »'Avatar' Returns After More Than a Decade With No Plot, Just Blue Alien Vibes in 'The Way of Water' Trailer
More than a decade after the release of the original film, the trailer for James Cameron’s long-awaited Avatar sequel has arrived. Avatar: The Way of Water is set to hit theaters on Dec. 16 as the first of four planned continuations of the fantasy world created in 2009. The first …
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