UPDATE 10/12: Mere days after three Netflix employees were suspended— including a trans senior software engineer who criticized Dave Chappelle‘s Netflix stand-up special The Closer — all three have been reinstated, as Variety reports. According to Netflix, they had been suspended and investigated for attempting to attend a meeting of …
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Michael Kiwanuka has released a new single, “Beautiful Life,” recorded in London with producer St Francis Hotel. The ethereal song serves as the title music for filmmaker Orlando von Einsiedel’s new documentary, Convergence: Courage in a Crisis, out on Netflix Tuesday. “In this song I wanted to focus on the feeling …
Read More »Paul McCartney Claims John Lennon 'Instigated' the Beatles' Breakup in New Interview
Paul McCartney discusses the breakup of the Beatles and says John Lennon “instigated” the band’s split in an upcoming interview with BBC Radio 4. More than 50 years after the Beatles disbanded, McCartney is still often cited as the root for their breakup because he revealed in an April 1970 …
Read More »Taylor Swift Merch Pulled From Virginia Democrats Site Over Trademark Concern
In campaign ads, Republican Glenn Youngkin boasts that he spent the last three decades “building business and creating jobs, leading a team of nearly 2,000 people who trusted me to get things done.” As co-CEO of the private equity firm the Carlyle Group, Youngkin was also party to one of …
Read More »'The Simpsons' Get (Edward) Gorey in New 'Treehouse of Horror' Episode
The Simpsons have shared the Edward Gorey-inspired chapter from the never-ending animated series’ upcoming “Treehouse of Horror XXXII” episode. The annual Halloween episode has often turned horror classics — complete with faux-Vincent Price narration — into fodder for its chapters, and in this clip, Price reads Maggie Simpson a bedtime …
Read More »Pete Townshend Ditches Home Studio, Keeps Neve Console Used on 'Quadrophenia'
After 26 years, Pete Townshend has parted ways with his residence in Richmond, London, leaving behind his home studio. “It’s been a wrench,” Townshend wrote on Instagram. “Moving house is never any fun.” He notes that he helped Ronnie Wood — who owned the house before him — build the …
Read More »Kim Petras Dances Through an Apocalyptic Deluge in New 'Future Starts Now' Video
Kim Petras parties through the apocalypse in the new video for her recent single, “Future Starts Now.” The video finds Petras performing the punchy pop tune in a glamorous room packed with other revelers, while outside a biblical downpour rages with flooding rising up the legs of the Eiffel Tower. …
Read More »Elton John, Ringo Starr, Shakira Named in Pandora Papers Leak Exposing Offshore Financial Dealings
Elton John, Ringo Starr, and Shakira were named in a new leak of private financial documents, known as the Pandora Papers, that offer a glimpse at the tangled web of offshore accounting and alleged tax avoidance schemes used by some of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful people. The Pandora …
Read More »Kyrsten Sinema Blasts Dems But Won't State Her Objections to Social Safety Net Bill
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) said the decision to postpone a vote on the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill in the House was “deeply disappointing” and “inexcusable” after Speaker Nancy Pelosi declined to bring the bill to the floor on Friday. The senator has been at the center of negotiations for …
Read More »Billie Eilish to Play Sally at 'Nightmare Before Christmas' Concert Event, Because of Course
Billie Eilish will play the role of Sally alongside Danny Elfman’s Jack Skellington at the live-to-film concert experience celebrating Tim Burton’sThe Nightmare Before Christmas later this month. Following a three-year hiatus — including 2020’s coronavirus-forced cancellation — the Halloween event takes place on October 29th with a family-friendly early show …
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