President Biden has rejected former President Trump’s bid to keep the Jan. 6 committee from getting its hands on White House visitor logs. Trump had tried to claim executive privilege over the logs, including those from the day of the Capitol attack, but White House Counsel Dana Remus wrote that …
Read More »Foo Fighters Add 10 Shows to 2022 North American Tour
UPDATE 2 (2/14/22): The Foo Fighters have added 10 additional shows to their 2022 tour itinerary. The run will largely take the band through Canada, save for two U.S. dates on either end of the leg: Sept. 18 at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and …
Read More »Sting Sells the Police, Solo Songwriting Catalog for Estimated $250 MiIllion
Sting is the latest artist to sell the share of their songwriting catalog for hundreds of millions of dollars, with the singer reaching a deal with Universal Music Group for both his solo hits and the ones he penned for the Police. According to the New York Times, while financial …
Read More »Federal Court Rules Biden Isn't Taking the Climate Crisis Seriously
A federal judge on Thursday sided with environmental groups by revoking more than 80 million acres of oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico that the Biden administration had approved in what had been the largest such sale in U.S. history. The decision, in the U.S. District Court …
Read More »Dan Crenshaw's Voting-Rights Hypocrisy Is Breathtaking
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) is sending out unsolicited applications for mail-in ballots to voters in his district, even after he supported a state law that banned local election officials from the same practice, The Texas Tribune reports. Last September, Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law Senate Bill 1, which made …
Read More »Bon Jovi Return to the Road With 2022 Spring Tour
Bon Jovi will return to the road this April for the band’s first full-scale tour of the pandemic era. Dubbed simply “Bon Jovi 2022 Tour,” the 15-date trek — Omicron permitting — kicks off April 1st in Omaha and zips around the Midwest and southern region of the U.S. before …
Read More »Elizabeth Holmes Found Guilty of Fraud in Theranos Case
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has been found guilty of three counts of wire fraud, as well as one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud against Theranos investors. The jury at federal court in San Jose, California, returned a not-guilty verdict on three charges of wire fraud, as well as …
Read More »Boyfriend of Slain Business Manager to Kanye West and Nicki Minaj Arrested for Murder
Angela “Angie” Kukawski, a business manager in Los Angeles whose clients have included Kanye West and Nicki Minaj, was found dead after an apparent homicide. The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed Kukawski’s death in a statement shared on social media. She had been reported missing on Dec. 22 from Sherman …
Read More »Why Is 'And Just Like That' Afraid to Let Older Women F-k?
There’s a moment in the third episode of And Just Like That,the new Sex and the Cityrevival, that offers a glimmer of what made the original franchise so iconic. Emboldened after watching the (frankly, terrible) Netflix stand-up special taping of Carrie’s podcast co-host Che (played by Sara Ramirez), Miranda (Cynthia …
Read More »The Way Down Wanderers Want to Save the World With Bluegrass and Art Rock
The Way Down Wanderers’ latest album More Like Tomorrow is a journey: The Peoria, Illinois, band blends string music with art-rock dramatics and boasts two lead singers in brothers-in-law Collin Krause and Austin Krause-Thompson. When they harmonize, it’s halfway to a religious experience. But the five-piece — rounded out by …
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