On her first full day on the Iowa campaign trail, presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren could not escape the issue that has haunted her since President Donald Trump gave her the racist nickname “Pocahontas” — her decision to take a DNA testin an attempt to prove her Native American ancestry. At …
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On Thursday, the Office of Personnel Management, the agency that oversees federal workers, tweeted a document with advice for the 800,000 furloughed federal workers who will not receive paychecks during the government shutdown. The document also included sample letters that federal employees can send to creditors explaining their situation and …
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Marvel‘s Runaways live up to the series’ name with the group of superpower-wielding teenagers breaking free from their supervillain parents’ homes. The new trailer for the second season opens on the kids running for their lives, with a dinosaur in tow. As their parents, who belong to a secret evil …
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The Federal Election Commission (FEC) formally dismissed complaints it received against Kid Rock after the rocker teased a Michigan senate run. In a ruling released this week, the FEC determined Rock did not appear “to have taken even the most basic steps to become a candidate.” In 2017, Rock hinted …
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Delicate business is being transacted in this soft-spoken, cinematic treasure from Hirokazu Kore-eda, the Japanese master behind films like Nobody Knows, Like Father, Like Son and After the Storm. Still, Shoplifters made a big noise at the Cannes Film Festival in May, going home with the Palme d’Or — and …
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The first major art museum exhibition dedicated to the instruments of rock & roll will go on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art starting April 8th, 2019. The exhibit, titled Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock and Roll, will feature more than130 instruments that were used by artists including …
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A record 102 women were elected to the House of Representatives this cycle — close to half of them women of color —and Democrats made massive gains, many in close elections that were decided by female voters. 2018 is, indisputably, the year of the woman— you just wouldn’t know it …
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Dominant just a few years ago, the electronic pop genre known as EDM has faded from the commercial mainstream — just two producers associated with it are in the Top 50 this week. So artists in this space have been forced to come up with creative ways to maintain a …
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In April of 2014, I called Stan Lee to talk about the creation of the X-Men. Quotes from the interview appeared here, but the full Q&A has never been published. The conversation shows how sharp and witty Lee was at age 91, and gives some insight on how he saw …
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“Weird Al” Yankovic is returning to the road in 2019, where the musician will employ a full symphony orchestra for every show. Unlike this year’s Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour – where he played a set consisting almost entirely of his lesser-known original tunes – he’ll be breaking out all …
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