On Monday, Katy Perry released her first-ever holiday music video, “Cozy Little Christmas.” The clip, helmed by directing duo WATTS, features the pop star getting cozy with none other than Saint Nick himself — alongside a cast of classic stop-motion holiday characters — in a sunny L.A. ranch home. Why …
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K-pop star Goo Hara was found dead at her home in Seoul, South Korea Sunday. The singer, formerly a member of the K-pop girl group Kara, was 28. The Associated Press reports that the Gangnam Police Department said Goo’s cause of death is still under investigation after an acquaintance of …
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Around 2009, the year Taylor Swift was nominated for a whopping eight Grammy Awards for her sophomore album Fearless, the country singer-turned-pop star’s shocked expression whenever she won an award became so familiar to the public that it turned into a meme. The following January, Swift went on to win …
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The mysterious Mr. Roarke returns to turn pipe dreams into nightmares in the new trailer for the film reboot of the Seventies TV show Fantasy Island. The film stars Michael Peña as Mr. Roarke, the owner and operator of a luxurious island where he invites various guests to live out …
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In the latest episode of ourUseful Idiotspodcast, Matt Taibbi and Katie Halper talk with TrueAnon podcast host Liz Franczak on what the Jeffery Epstein scandal says about power in America. After the disgraced financier was found dead at age 66 in his prison cell on August 10th at New York’s …
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Bettie Bondage, a queer Puerto Rican dominatrix, had her Facebook and Instagram accounts suspended more than half a dozen times this past year. Gender queer Filipinx educator, activist, and sex worker Mia Little had their Instagram permanently disabled twice without notice last year. For many adult industry entertainers, artists, and …
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When CBS news anchor Dan Rather was assaulted in 1986 by an unknown assailant yelling, “Kenneth, what is the frequency?” not one but two songs were born. First, there was 1987 track, “Kenneth, What’s the Frequency,” off of Game Theory’s Lolita Nation — which came a year after the attack. …
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On September 11th this year, while many artists were sharing a multitude of “never forget” memes to be liked on Instagram, Jesse Dayton was posting hard truths. “15 of the 19 terrorist who attacked America were from Saudi Arabia & we still continue to do multi billion dollar arms/weapons deals …
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Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson slowly rip off the bandage that is a brutal divorce in the new trailer for Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story. The film is set to arrive in select theaters and on Netflix December 6th. The new trailer opens similarly to the previously released his-and-hers previews, with …
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“Walk on Water” was supposed to be too big to fail. The saccharine and sentimental 2017 collaboration between Eminem and Beyoncé had all the surface-level machinations of two pop stars trying to engineer a surefire hit without ever asking if there was a reason for their song to exist. Apathy …
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