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When the Warriors announced over the summer they’d signed DeMarcus Cousins to a one-year deal, Twitter lost its collective shit. True, it does this on a daily basis, but this was still somehow beyond the pale. The dreaded dynasty in the Bay Area, the team that once won 73 games and features two former MVPs […]
Lifetime’s docuseries Surviving R. Kelly debuted on Thursday night. The show, which runs through Saturday, documents decades of alleged abusive behavior by the singer through dozens of interviews with survivors, siblings, associates, experts, critics, and performers. The first two episodes focused on the beginning of Kelly’s career and the peak of his mega-stardom, ending just […]
‘Tis the season to ring in the New Year, and not a second too soon: We can’t get 2018 the fuck up outta here fast enough. Between harrowing natural disasters and a nightmare of a political year, mixed in with omnipresent misogyny and racism, this year was a challenging one, to say the least. But thankfully, bad things […]
The world of sports has produced plenty of extraordinary moments over the past 12 months. From the Eagles winning their first Super Bowl to the Warriors capturing their third NBA championship in the last four seasons against the Cavaliers, not to mention Alabama and Villanova each adding another piece of hardware to their respective trophy […]
The year 2018 will go down as the year that many saw Spike Lee return to form. With BlacKkKlansman, the acclaimed filmmaker did what he does best: provide an unapologetic commentary on today’s society. He did so by giving us some historical insight on the Klan in America decades ago, which tied eerily into the “Unite the […]
Happy holidays, Hot Ones fans! This week, Sean Evans is donning his Santa hat and sitting in his throne inside the Hot Ones Museum of Curiosities, so you know what that means: It’s time for the Hot Ones holiday extravaganza! Fan mailbag? Check. Season 7 controversies addressed? Check. Emotional season-ending montage? Check. ESPN analyst Jalen […]
You would be forgiven for thinking we live inside a huge, literal steaming pile of garbage. The political landscape grows increasingly frightening each day as the world is forced to respond to an ever-increasing series of threats. So it would be easy to resign yourself to this reality, especially if you’re young. We’re made fun […]
On this week’s episode of On the Sticks, DJ Akademiks catches up with SNL comedian Chris Redd over a friendly game of Battlefield V in Conquest Mode on Xbox One. After getting his first win of the season last week, Ak looks to start a hot streak in his latest match up. While most people […]
In the fall of 2018, just months after Aretha Franklin died, reports surfaced that brought her mourning fans a small measure of relief: The long-buried concert film Amazing Grace was finally, more than 45 years after its filming, going to come out. It ran at several festivals, spent a week in December at New York City’s […]
Being a lover of television and film of a certain age, an artist like Penny Marshall has entertained me for decades. As a kid, I found myself surprisingly enjoying the Happy Days spin-off Laverne & Shirley that she starred in alongside Cindy Williams, but I’d be lying if I said Penny’s work as an actress is why news […]
