CULTURE & POLITICS
Here Are Two New Words Trump Can’t Pronounce
Here Are Two New Words Trump Can’t Pronounce

As of this afternoon, we can now add “heroin” to the list of relatively simple words President Trump has butchered during public speeches and private meetings. The latest skirmish in the president’s fraught relationship with the spoken word occurred Monday, when Trump traveled to … Read More

The Latest \

Culture
Toure Neblett Accused of Sexual Harassment
Credit: Henry S. Dziekan III/Getty Images

Journalist and Surviving R. Kelly Participant Touré Accused of Sexual Harassment

Journalist Touré Neblett, known professionally as just Touré, has been accused of sexual harassment by a makeup artist, Essence reports. The makeup artist, who goes…
Maggie Serota / January 11, 2019
Culture
Netflix Releases Trailer for 'Fyre' Doc: Watch
Credit: Netflix

Watch the Harrowing Trailer for Netflix’s Fyre Festival Doc

After dropping a brief teaser video last month, Netflix has released a proper trailer for Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened, the Fyre Festival…
Maggie Serota / January 10, 2019
Culture
Donald Trump Jr. Compares Immigrants to Zoo Animals While Defending Dad's Wall
Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images

This Analogy Doesn’t Even Make Sense You Clown

Donald Trump Jr., presidential son and legal liability, tried to help his father's case for a useless wall along the Mexican border by posting a racist and…
Maggie Serota / January 9, 2019
Death and Taxes
Sweden Announce That They Are Dropping Rape Charges Against Julian Assange
Credit: Jack Taylor/Getty

33 Hilarious Statements We Definitely Aren’t Making About Julian Assange

Yesterday, WikiLeaks sent a very long and apparently very real email to journalists informing them of 140 statements about Julian Assange that should be considered "false…
Andy Cush / January 7, 2019
Culture
philip-anschutz
Credit: Shaun Clark/Getty Images

Coachella’s Owner Donated $134,400 to Republicans in 2018

Coachella announced its 2019 lineup last night, providing another opportunity to check in on political donations by the guy who owns the company (Anschutz Corporation) that owns the company…
Tosten Burks / January 3, 2019
Culture
Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart Shows Up to Nancy Pelosi's Speakership Swearing In
Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

A Brief History of Nancy Pelosi’s Love for the Grateful Dead

Anyone watching Rep. Nancy Pelosi's swearing-in during the first day of the 116th Congress on Thursday (January 3) probably noticed a few of the newly…
Maggie Serota / January 3, 2019
Culture
Trump Poses with Game of Thrones Parody Poster at Insane Cabinet Meeting
Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Trump Shouts Out Kanye in Front of Parody Game of Thrones Poster at First Cabinet Meeting of 2019

President Trump delivered a harsh post-holiday awakening at his first cabinet meeting of 2019, holding forth for a nearly two-hour freestyle press conference in the presence of reporters.
Maggie Serota / January 2, 2019
Culture
'Vice' Can't Explain Dick Cheney
Credit: Annapurna

The Acerbic Vice Can’t Explain Dick Cheney

This month, awards-season buzz about the Dick Cheney biopic Vice collided with the state funeral of former President George H.W. Bush, under whom Cheney…
Maggie Serota / December 27, 2018
Culture
Stephen Miller's Spray On Hair is Wild
Credit: Face the Nation/CBS

Stephen Miller’s Hair Is Back to Normal Today

Stephen Miller, a Trump administration policy adviser that one of the president's outside advisers likened to "Waffen-SS," went on Face the Nation on Sunday morning…
Maggie Serota / December 17, 2018
Culture
Killer Mike Gets Netflix Series 'Trigger Warning'
Credit: Netflix

Netflix Releases Trailer for Killer Mike’s New Show Trigger Warning

Add Run the Jewels rapper Killer Mike to the growing list of artists with Netflix shows. The streaming service released the trailer for Trigger Warning…
Maggie Serota / December 12, 2018
Culture
Chuck Schumer Dunks on Trump During Disastrous Oval Office Meeting
Credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images

Trump Is Too Dumb to Get Schumer’s Solid Burn During Oval Office Shitshow

There's a lot to unpack from today's disastrous Oval Office meeting between President Trump, an apparently drowsy Vice President Mike Pence, and Democratic party leaders Senator…
Maggie Serota / December 11, 2018
Culture
Netflix's Fyre Festival Documentary Comes Out in January
Credit: Patrick McMullan/Getty Images

Fyre Festival Documentary Coming to Netflix in January

FYRE, the first of many projects about the unmitigated disaster that was Fyre Festival, is coming to Netflix next month. The 2017 festival, the…
Maggie Serota / December 10, 2018
Culture
Trump Thinks He's in St. Louis While Addressing Kansas City Crowd
Credit: KSBH-TV

Confused Old Man Has No Idea Where He Is

President Trump addressed a law enforcement conference in Kansas City, Missouri on Friday where he got to do two of his favorite things: rant about…
Maggie Serota / December 7, 2018
Culture
Donald Trump and Rex Tillerson Take Shots at Each Other
Credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images

Donald Trump and Rex Tillerson Each Swear the Other Is the Dumbass

Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was presented with an enviable opportunity to publicly drag his former boss, President Trump, during a sit-down with CBS…
Maggie Serota / December 7, 2018
Culture
John M. Chu to Direct Arnel Pineda Biopic
Credit: Ethan Miller/Getty Images

Crazy Rich Asians Director Jon M. Chu to Direct Biopic on Journey Singer Arnel Pineda

Director Jon M. Chu is following the runaway success of Crazy Rich Asians with a biopic of Journey frontman Arnel Pineda, Deadline reports. The film…
Maggie Serota / December 6, 2018
Page 1 of 38

Reviews \

Read More »
Only The 1975 Could Make an Album Like the Dizzying <i>A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships</i>
Only The 1975 Could Make an Album Like the Dizzying A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
Earl Sweatshirt’s <i>Some Rap Songs</i> Makes the Deliberately Wrong Feel Right
Earl Sweatshirt’s Some Rap Songs Makes the Deliberately Wrong Feel Right
Mariah Carey’s ‘Caution’ Proves There’s Still No One Quite Like Her
Mariah Carey’s ‘Caution’ Proves There’s Still No One Quite Like Her
A New Box Set Can’t Solve the Mystery of Chris Cornell
A New Box Set Can’t Solve the Mystery of Chris Cornell

Editor's Picks

Punk Talks Controversy: Pinegrove, a Mishandled Allegation, and Finding a Path Forward
Punk Talks Controversy: Pinegrove, a Mishandled Allegation, and Finding a Path Forward
MTV News: The Good, the Bad, and the Contradictions of an Ill-Fated Experiment
MTV News: The Good, the Bad, and the Contradictions of an Ill-Fated Experiment
The Unbelievable Story of the Most Expensive Record Ever Sold on Discogs
The Unbelievable Story of the Most Expensive Record Ever Sold on Discogs