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Washington Commanders player Jonathan Allen took to Twitter to apologize after answering a fan’s question by saying he’d want to have dinner with Hitler, who he went on to dub a “military genius.” “Early I tweeted something that probably hurt people and I apologize about what I said,” Allen wrote Wednesday afternoon. “I didn’t express properly what […]
The hilarious comedy musician “Weird Al” Yankovic will be played by Harry Potter’s Daniel Radcliffe in an upcoming biopic about the five-time Grammy winner. As covered by Deadline, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story will be produced by Funny or Die and Tango, with the feature set to begin filming in early February in Los Angeles. The movie will […]
In a recent episode of his The Problem podcast, comedian Jon Stewart broached the topic of antisemitic tropes in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. Amid his comments, which stem from a December 2021 episode but have since gone viral thanks to the tweet below, the former Daily Show host and current Apple TV+ personality spoke with his […]
Matt Damon is getting roasted on social media for appearing in a cringeworthy Crypto.com ad. Many people found the TV spot, which ran during Sunday’s slate of NFL games and has recently screened in cinemas, to be obnoxious. Which is understandable considering it suggests that people who buy cryptocurrency can enter the world inhabited by historical game-changers such […]
The turmoil that often surrounded the sessions for DMX’s still-not-officially-released gospel album is the subject of an insightful new report detailing the late icon’s dedication to his artistry, even during times when the outside world threatened his process. The Rolling Stone report, published Tuesday, focuses on a late 2000s chapter in DMX’s life during which he resided in […]
Another show on the Black Mafia Family is coming to Starz. The network has announced a BMF documentary series, with 50 Cent attached as executive producer, Deadline reports. The eight-episode project will be produced by G-Unit Film and Television and Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions, with Shan Nicholson as showrunner and director, with Chris Frierson also directing. […]
ComplexCon returns to Long Beach Nov. 6 – 7 with hosts J. Balvin and Kristen Noel Crawley, performances by A$AP Rocky and Turnstile, and more shopping and drops. Secure your spot while tickets last! Buy tickets After more than 20 years of service defined as varying “acts of wizardry,” Ian Brackenbury Channell—formally known as the […]
ComplexCon returns to Long Beach Nov. 6 – 7 with hosts J. Balvin and Kristen Noel Crawley, performances by A$AP Rocky and Turnstile, and more shopping and drops. Secure your spot while tickets last! Buy tickets The North Face has reintroduced its widely celebrated Trans-Antarctica capsule, which still stands as one of the outdoor brand’s […]
No Time to Die director Cary Fukunaga said the Sean Connery-portrayed version of the long-running character “basically rapes a woman.” Addressing the history of the cinematic take on the Ian Fleming-created character in a recent interview with the Hollywood Reporter, the True Detective alum referenced a scene from an earlier franchise entry in which Bond forced […]
Scientists revealed Wednesday that the fossil from a new amphibious four-legged whale species known as Phiomicetus anubis was discovered in the Fayum Depression of the Western Desert in Egypt, BBC News reports. Dating back 43 million years, this species was named after the area where the discovery was made and Anubis, the Egyptian jackal-headed god […]
