Everyone wants an “I Voted” sticker or hashtag, but not everyone wants to bother earning it. Jimmy Kimmel Live tested that premise on Monday’s episode with the latest installment of “Lie Witness News,” surveying ordinary Americans about casting their ballots in the 2018 midterm election –days before they were capable …
Read More »Geddy Lee on Rush's Prog-Rock Opus 'Hemispheres': 'We Had to Raise Our Game'
“There’s your bizarre dog tale for the day,” says Rush‘s Geddy Lee, prior to a lengthy conversation about the band’s 1978 prog-rock opus, Hemispheres. But the bassist/vocalist isn’t referencing, say, the jagged riffs of “By-Tor and the Snow Dog” — instead, he’s detailing a bizarre injury that his two Norwich …
Read More »The Cry of the Mini-Trumps
Before she decided to run for U.S. Senate in the age of Trump, Martha McSally was one of the more formidable up-and-comers in Congress. The Republican from Arizona overcame sexual abuse as a teenager to become a barrier-breaking Air Force fighter pilot and role model for young women, then a …
Read More »The Georgia Voter Suppression Story Is Not Going Away
The Georgia gubernatorial race is practically dead-even with 25 days to go before the 2018 midterm elections. Democrat Stacey Abrams is the former minority leader of the state’s house of representatives, as well as the first African American woman to be nominated for governor by a major political party. Republican …
Read More »Ozzy Osbourne Reschedules Four U.S. Tour Dates
Update:Ozzy Osbourne has rescheduled the four dates he had canceled. Tickets to the original dates will still be honored; refunds are also available at point of purchase. The concerts will take place as follows: July 20 – Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand Garden Arena July 23 – Chula Vista, …
Read More »'First Man' Review: Neil Armstrong Biopic Brings a Hero Back to Earth
Why doesn’t this movie show astronaut Neil Armstrong (Ryan Gosling) planting the American flag on the moon? That was the question nagging away at folks in Venice after the premiere of First Man, Damien Chazelle’s bluntly visceral and deeply empathetic look at the Apollo 11 mission that culminated on July …
Read More »Susan Collins Will Vote 'Yes' on Kavanaugh, Nearly Solidifying His Supreme Court Seat
UPDATE: Following the conclusion of Collins’ speech before the Senate, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) released a statement confirming that he will be the only Democratic senator to vote in favor of Kavanaugh’s confirmation. “I believe he will rule in a manner that is consistent with our Constitution,” the statement said. …
Read More »Is It Legal to Fly With Weed?
For the last several days, the internet has been buzzing with the news that the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) now allows travelers who pass through the hub to carry small amounts of marijuana in their checked luggage or carry on. And indeed, the airport’s website does dedicate a page …
Read More »Posthumous Leonard Cohen Album in the Works
A posthumous Leonard Cohen album is in the works, according to the late artist’s son, Adam. In an interview with CBC’s q, which airs on Monday, Cohen said he has been working on an unfinished collection of songs by his father. Cohen, who served as his father’s producer on final …
Read More »Spotify Faces Lawsuit Claiming Gender Discrimination, Equal Pay Violation
A former Spotify sales exec filed a lawsuit against the company Monday, accusing the streaming service of gender discrimination and equal pay violation. In the lawsuit, filed at the Supreme Court of New York, former Spotify employee Hong Perez claimed that the company’s sales team, led by Head of U.S. …
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