Two days after the “Mad Men” finale aired, what more is there to say? So many critics have weighed in with thoughtful and insightful essays; even when I don’t particularly agree with another writer’s opinion, I’ve been floored by how eloquent and intelligent the post-finale commentary has been. So is there anything more to add? […]
Unless you count singing in the shower, Max Podell has no vocal experience whatsoever. But that didn’t stop him from popping the question to his girlfriend by recreating a scene from “Pitch Perfect” with a group of his equally amateur (but enthusiastic!) friends. At a friend’s birthday party on May 8, Max and eight of […]
Azealia Banks is never one to hide her feelings, and it’s safe to say she’s really not feeling her BET Award nomination for Best Female Hip-Hop Artist. Iggy Azalea, Nicki Minaj, Trina, Tink and Dej Loaf are up for the honor along with Banks, who took to Twitter on Monday to express her thoughts on […]
The performance art world and the hip-hop community merged in 2013 when Marina Abramovic collaborated with Jay Z. Now, however, the Godmother of Performance Art isn’t very happy with the rapper. For Jay Z’s “Picasso Baby” music video, Hov adapted Abramovic’s 2010 MoMA retrospective, “The Artist Is Present,” by performing the song for six hours […]
Taylor Swift performed (at least one of) her own stunts in “Bad Blood,” her latest action-packed music video. Need proof? Here’s a video of Swift messing up one of those stunts in a big way, which she shared Monday on Instagram: A video posted by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on May 18, 2015 at 2:11pm PDT […]
Warning: This post contains spoilers from the first six seasons of “The Good Wife,” up to and including the season 6 finale. When the sixth season of “The Good Wife” came to a close on May 10, it marked the end of one of TV’s most powerful, complicated relationships: Kalicia. Up until this point of […]
Mariah Carey has a new compilation of her number one hits entitled, “#1 to Infinity.” Sound familiar? Yes, it’s her third. On Monday, the songstress gave fans a sneak peek of the music video for the album’s lead single, “Infinity.” Although the single failed to crack Billboard’s Top 10 charts — it debuted at 82 […]
A new collective of hip-hop and spoken word artists are taking on stereotypes one rhyme at a time in the Bay Area. Earlier this month, The Hijabi Chronicles, a collective of female artists of the Muslim faith, launched via their first event at La Peña Cultural Center in Berkeley, California. It is said to be […]
Shonda Rhimes knows a thing or two about empowering women on-screen — just watch any of her three primetime TV shows — and on May 18, she used her platform to encourage women off-screen to absorb some of that badass feminist energy. The Feminist Majority Foundation honored Rhimes and “Orange Is the New Black” showrunner […]
For a man who was once thought to be an eternal bachelor, it sure didn’t take George Clooney long to realize he wanted to be with Amal Alamuddin for life. “It happened pretty quickly,” the actor told “CBS This Morning’s” Charlie Rose in an interview that aired Tuesday. “I knew fairly quickly that I wanted […]
