In the latest at-home episode of Full Frontal, Samantha Bee addressed the unfair toll the COVID-19 pandemic has taken on women. “Specifically, I want to talk about how coronavirus is affecting the ladies,” Bee said. “The answer is not great. For starters, women are more likely than men to have …
Read More »Georgia's Governor Says He Just Learned About How Coronavirus Spreads. He's Either Lying or Incompetent
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp finally announced a statewide stay-at-home order to prevent the spread of coronavirus on Wednesday. Georgia was one of twelve states that had not yet issued such an order to protect its citizens. Making the announcement, Kemp justified his decision by saying he only now was “finding …
Read More »At 40, Brian Fallon Takes Stock on New Solo Album 'Local Honey'
As Brian Fallon approached his 40th birthday last January, he was thinking long and hard about what type of music was going to define the second half of his artistic life. “Hitting 40, you take stock: ‘How much time do I got left?’” he says, calling from his home in …
Read More »Rihanna and Jay-Z Donate $2 Million to COVID-19 Relief
Rihanna and Jay-Z‘s foundations have together donated $2 million to COVID-19 relief efforts in New York City and Los Angeles. Rihanna’s Clara Lionel Foundation (CLF) and the rapper’s Shawn Carter Foundation (SCF) will support undocumented workers, the incarcerated, homeless and elderly populations, and children of frontline healthcare workers in both …
Read More »From Big Pink to Whitney's Dream House: Here's What It's Like to Live in a Pop Star's Former Home
Donald LaSala was checking the security cameras at his upstate New York property when he saw a man wander into his yard, look both ways, then kneel to kiss the grass. Dr. Matthew Krauthamer once found a group of friends having a picnic on his front lawn. Justin Berthiaume lucked …
Read More »Watch Joe Biden Respond to the Coronavirus Pandemic on 'Kimmel'
Jimmy Kimmel has tapped several guests to appear virtually during his at-home “quarantine minilogues” and his latest is Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden. Biden joined Kimmel via video chat from his home to discuss his campaign and the current COVID-19 pandemic. “With all that’s been going on over the past …
Read More »Robbie Robertson on the Power of 'The Weight' During the Pandemic
In 1968, the Band recorded “The Weight,” a song full of images and characters that Robbie Robertson said he had been storing in his imagination for years. Robertson admits in his autobiography, Testimony, that he struggled to articulate to producer John Simon what the song was even about, but it’s …
Read More »Dave Grohl Recalls 'Baptism of Boom' in Fourth of July-Themed Instagram Story
Dave Grohl waxes ecstatic on fireworks and recording consoles in the first story for his Instagram series, @DavesTrueStories. The 10-image story — which is set around July 4th, 1998, after he moved back home to Virginia after the first two Foo Fighters albums — starts off with Grohl’s mother telling …
Read More »Usher's 'Don't Waste My Time' Video Is a Reminder That Humans Used to Party
Usher dances his way through an opulent house party in the video for “Don’t Waste My Time,” the star’s new collaboration with Ella Mai. Snoop Dogg, the singer-songwriter Eric Bellinger, and the actor Evan Ross all make cameos in the clip, which is cheerful, frothy and carefree, a jarring reminder …
Read More »Amid Coronavirus Fears, TikTok Collab Houses Still Going Strong
Two attractive teenage boys, one of whom is shirtless, energetically dance to “Skechers” by DripReport, their sun-streaked curls bouncing, palm trees and stucco pseudo-Renaissance architecture in the background. It’s a snapshot from an idyllic teenage dream, the 2020s version of the Frankie Avalon/Annette Funicello beach party movies. One would be …
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