Kanye West and Kim Kardashian welcomed their new daughter via a surrogate Monday. Kardashian confirmed the birth on her website, saying the newborn arrived at 12:47 a.m. and weighed seven pounds, six ounces. The couple has yet to announce the baby’s name. “Kanye and I are happy to announce the …
Read More »Trump Lawyer Reportedly Paid $130,000 to Cover Up Porn Star Affair With President
A lawyer for President Donald Trump allegedly paid off a former porn star to keep her from talking about a consensual sexual encounter they’d shared in 2006, according to The Wall Street Journal. Attorney Michael Cohen reportedly paid a lawyer representing Stephanie Clifford, who appeared in adult films under the …
Read More »Brandy Clark Unveils Headlining 2018 Tour Dates
Brandy Clark has mapped out a 2018 schedule that will keep her on the road throughout the first half of the year, sharing stages with Dwight Yoakam and Sugarland (on the duo’s highly anticipated Still the Same Tour), while also headlining a series of her “An Evening With Brandy Clark” …
Read More »James Franco: Sexual Misconduct Allegations 'Not Accurate'
James Franco addressed multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against him when the Golden Globe-winning actor appeared on Late Show With Stephen Colbert Tuesday. At the Golden Globes, Franco was among the actors to wear a Time’s Up pin at the award show, a sign of solidarity with the women who …
Read More »Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Add Spring 2018 Tour Dates
Award-winning roots stalwart Jason Isbell and his band the 400 Unit have announced plans for a coast-to-coast tour in spring, with 19 new dates scheduled from Florida to California. Kicking off April 14th with a show at the Savannah Music Festival in Savannah, Georgia, the tour will wrap May 10th …
Read More »Bryan Singer Steps Down as 'Legion' Executive Producer
Filmmaker Bryan Singer has asked to have his name removed as an executive producer on the X-Men–themed series Legion ahead of the show’s second season. The show’s creator and executive producer, Noah Hawley, confirmed the news to Deadline. The website’s sources claim that Singer made the decision after accusations of …
Read More »Ellen DeGeneres Responds to Eric Trump's 'Deep State' Conspiracy Theory
Ellen DeGeneres kept things light Thursday when she addressed Eric Trump’s new conspiracy theory that she is somehow involved in the “Deep State,” though she couldn’t resist the opportunity to throw a few jabs at the younger of Trump’s two adult sons. “If you know me at all, you know …
Read More »Rose McGowan to Star in Five-Part E! Documentary Series 'Citizen Rose'
Rose McGowan’s campaign to bring sexual misconduct within Hollywood to light now has another dimension: on Tuesday, E! announced that the actress and activist will star in a new five-part documentary series titled Citizen Rose. “You are formally invited into my mind and world,” she said in a statement. “I …
Read More »See Rosanne Cash's Melancholy 'Seven Year Ache' on 'Austin City Limits'
As Austin City Limits prepares to finish off its 42nd season, the show is putting an exclamation point on 2017 with one of its newest traditions: the ACL Hall of Fame induction broadcast. This year’s inductees include Roy Orbison, the Nevilles, and Rosanne Cash, who you see perform her hit …
Read More »2017: The Year of the Pop-Culture Female Gaze
For most of the history of cinema and television, women’s place in the canon – as creators, as directors, as subjects, as viewers, as ratings and box office draws – was defined by its rarity. Men were the default: the default audience, the default protagonists, the default creative leaders. But …
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