DJ Shadow and De La Soul delivered an electrifying performance of their collaboration “Rocket Fuel” on Jimmy Kimmel Live Tuesday. The appearance marked De La Soul and DJ Shadow’s first live performance together, and they were joined on stage by a lively five-piece horn section and top turntablists DJ Babu …
Read More »Watch Jeff Goldblum, Sharon Van Etten Play Jazz Song on 'Kimmel'
Jeff Goldblum and Sharon Van Etten performed their classy jazz collaboration, “Let’s Face the Music and Dance,” on Jimmy Kimmel Live. The duo’s take on the 1936 Irving Berlin song appears on I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This, Goldblum’s recently issued second album with the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra. “There may …
Read More »Trump Replies 'See You Soon' After Kim Jong-un Calls for Biden to Be 'Beaten to Death With a Stick'
On Sunday, President Donald Trump took a quick Twitter break from trying to intimidate those who’ve testified during the impeachment inquiry to once again say friendly things to his favorite pen pal, North Korean tyrant Kim Jong-un. Only this time, it was in response to Kim calling for the death …
Read More »Pete Buttigieg Was An OG Bernie Bro: Read His Y2K Praise of His Current Rival
Pete Buttigieg has recently sought to distance himself from Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren — in particular on the issue of Medicare For All. Buttigieg recently asserted he “never believed” in mandating single payer healthcare. “Only in the last few months did it become the case that Medicare for All …
Read More »Ellie Goulding, Salvation Army Clash Over Gay Rights and Halftime Performance
Update: Reps for Ellie Goulding and the Salvation Army both say that Goulding will still perform at the halftime show. A spokesman for the Salvation Army has issued a statement in response to the issues Goulding raised about the organization’s stance on LGBTQ people. “We’d like to thank Ellie Goulding …
Read More »The Breakdown: Violent Femmes' 'Blister in the Sun'
Everyone remembers the scene in My So Called Life where Angela celebrates getting over Jordan Catalano by dancing to the Violent Femmes‘ “Blister in the Sun” in her bedroom, or when the song was prominently featured in Gross Pointe Blank. (The band even made a new video for the film …
Read More »Netflix Shares First Look of Christian Serratos as Selena in New Series
Netflix has shared its first teaser of Christian Serratos (The Walking Dead)as Tejano pop star Selena Quintanilla in its upcoming series,Selena: The Series – Part 1. The show will premiere on the platform in 2020. The clip features close-ups of Serratos’ manicured hands flipping through theSelena script as she practices …
Read More »All the Evidence of Trump's Ukraine Quid Pro Quo, Together in One Place
House Democrats’ impeachment case hinges on whether the Trump administration pursued a quid pro quo with Ukraine, withholding military aid and a White House invitation in order to extort new President Volodymyr Zelensky into investigating Joe Biden and the 2016 election. If President Trump did engage in such a quid …
Read More »Woody Allen, Amazon Settle Wrongful Termination Lawsuit
Woody Allen and Amazon have settled the wrongful termination lawsuit that the director filed earlier this year against the digital titan. According to The Hollywood Reporter, “the two sides filed paperwork with a New York federal court that stipulated to dismissal of the case with prejudice.” However, the terms of …
Read More »How a New Meme Exposes the Far-Right Roots of #NoNutNovember
If you spend a lot of time in certain Extremely Online corners of the internet ecosystem, you’ve likely stumbled onto #NoNutNovember, or just #NNN for short. An annual challenge encouraging men to refrain from masturbating (or even, for many, having any sex) for the month, No Nut November was initially …
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