Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke discussed his plan to end America’s mass incarceration crisis during an interview with Trevor Noah on The Daily Show Monday. Noah asked O’Rourke about the less obvious, but still important solutions needed to lower prison rates, and O’Rourke noted that change needs to begin at …
Read More »'Before Easter After': Unseen Photos of Patti Smith Document Her Rise to Fame
Legendary rock photographer Lynn Goldsmith has teamed up with Patti Smith for Before Easter After, a new collection of unseen photographs of Smith from the mid-to-late 1970s. Published by Taschen, the expansive collection documents Smith’s career following the release of 1975’s Horses, 1976’s Radio Ethiopia and her ultimate rise to …
Read More »Watch Katy Perry Cruise Heart-Shaped Highway for 'Harleys in Hawaii' Video
Katy Perry has released her new song “Harleys in Hawaii.” Perry co-wrote the song with Charlie Puth, Johan Carlsson and Jacob Kasher, all of whom also worked with her on recent single “Small Talk.” Directed by Barcelona-based studio Manson, the music video lives up to the song title as Perry …
Read More »'The Lighthouse' Review: Willem Dafoe Gaslights Robert Pattinson
The Lighthouse seeps into your bones with the chill of the sea wind. Stunningly directed by Robert Eggers from a script he wrote with his brother, Max, and shot in black and white in the boxy aspect ratio common in the silent era, The Lighthouseis set in the 1890s on …
Read More »Neil Young Sets One-Night-Only Release for 'Colorado' Doc 'Mountaintop'
Neil Young offers fans a one-night-only glimpse into the making of Colorado in Mountaintop, a documentary that provides an in-studio look into Young’s first album with Crazy Horse in seven years. Mountaintop, directed by Bernard Shakey (Young’s nom de cinema), will screen in select movie theaters nationwide on October 22nd, …
Read More »See Matthew Broderick's Mike Pompeo Join 'SNL' White House in Cold Open
Vice President Mike Pence and Saturday Night Live‘s cadre of White House characters talk strategy amid the ever-growing impeachment chatter in a cold open sketch that also featured guest Matthew Broderick debuting in the role of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. With Donald Trump out of office – “He’s meeting …
Read More »John Oliver: Trump's Ukraine Scandal 'Absolutely Meriting of Impeachment'
Following his extensive coverage on the Russia investigation, or “Stupid Watergate,” John Oliver delved into President Trump’s political “sequel,” the Ukraine scandal, on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight. The comedian dubbed the political dustup “Stupid Watergate II: The Stupidest Watergate.” Oliver started off by summarizing the story: On a phone call …
Read More »Metallica Cancel Tour as James Hetfield Returns to Rehab
Metallica have postponed their upcoming tour of Australia and New Zealand so James Hetfield could return to rehab, the heavy-metal legends announced Friday. “As most of you probably know, our brother James has been struggling with addiction on and off for many years. He has now, unfortunately, had to re-enter …
Read More »'This Is The Absolute Breaking Point' — How Democrats Finally Came Around on Impeachment
WASHINGTON — Andy Kim had finally seen enough. Until Tuesday, the freshman congressman from New Jersey’s 3rd district had kept a wary distance from the debate over whether to impeach President Trump. Kim, who is 37, won his South Jersey district by a few thousand votes in 2018, ousting a …
Read More »What Actually Happened Between Joe Biden and Ukraine, Explained
President Trump has all but admitted he asked the Ukrainian government to investigate a political opponent, and there’s plenty of reason to believe he threatened to withhold Congress-approved aid if the country were to refuse to comply. For Trump and his allies, however, the real scandal is not Trump’s actions …
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