A Michelin star can change arestaurant’s fortunes overnight, butFeast or Famine, adocumentary about the pursuit of that prestigious seal of approval, is more interested in the personal cost of trying to win one. Directors Adrian Choa and Michael Boccalini split their focus between the present-day efforts of Dalston restaurant Angelina to claim its first star,
Wendy Stuart will be hosting TriVersity Talk! this Wednesday at 7 PM ET with featured guest EJ Garlands. TriVersity Talk! is a weekly web series with featured guests discussing their lives, activism and pressing issues in the LGBTQ Community. With TriVersity Talk!, the goal is to laugh and learn. TriVersity Talk! Is part of TriVersity’s
Who else but hosts Wendy Stuart and Tym Moss could “spill the tea” on their weekly show “If These Walls Could Talk” live from Pangea Restaurant on the Lower Eastside of NYC, with their unique style of honest, and emotional interviews, sharing the fascinating backstory of celebrities, entertainers, recording artists, writers and artists and bringing their
Oh, hi remake of The Room. Following sold out screenings in Chicago and New York, The Room Returns, starring Bob Odenkirk,will make its Los Angeles premier on June 26th at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. The all-volunteer charity Acting For a Cause will donate proceeds to amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, and Blue Collaborative, which supports
Image Credit: Variety via Getty Images Jennifer Lopez just said the quiet part out loud. In a new interview, she listed the Hollywood stars she’d sleep with, admitted she misses “toxic obsessive love,” and credited her dad with healing her after the Ben Affleck split. Pause on that middle one. A 56-year-old woman, four marriages
The new season of Love After Lockup is well underway, but Cyrus is already back behind bars. He was enjoying time with his girlfriend and mother of four, Dia. Unfortunately, things took a turn for the Colorado resident, and now, he has been locked up. Keep reading for more details as to what went wrong.
Sherlock Holmes may be the smartest detective in literary history, but he doesn’t hold a candle to anime‘s most brilliant minds. Since Arthur Conan Doyle’s iconic character debuted in the late 19th century, countless Sherlock Holmes adaptations have attempted to emulate the peculiar sleuth. Sherlock’s unique powers of deduction and observation, paired with his endearingly
Sharon Osbourne missed out on the unveiling of a statue of her late husband, Ozzy Osbourne, due to an “unexpected” trip to the hospital. “I’m sorry I couldn’t be at Hellfest for the unveiling of Ozzy’s statue. Unfortunately I had an unexpected trip to the hospital earlier in the week,” Sharon, 73, shared via Instagram
The rich are revolting inSavage House, Peter Glanz’s powdered-wig satire of aristocratic rot that works best when it stops trying to befunny and allows the decay seep in. Set in 18th-century England against the backdrop of the Jacobite uprising and apox epidemic,the film follows Sir Chauncey Savage (Richard EGrant) and Lady Savage (Claire Foy), adebt-ridden
Image Credit: Getty Images As the youngest daughter of former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama, Sasha Obama has spent much of her life in the public eye. From growing up in the White House to pursuing her education and building a life outside of politics, Sasha and her sister, Malia Obama,
A teacher hired by a Florida school was forced by the superintendent to either resign or be fired (with no reason given) after only three weeks. Now, Shepherd Scalf is filing a discrimination complaint with the ACLU, alleging that the district thought he was trans because he’s intersex. “Receiving this ultimatum was confusing and overwhelming.
Summer may be running short on content, but we still have some characters who have resonated with us. Whether they were navigating grief, confronting impossible choices, or relentlessly chasing the truth, these Characters of the Week drove some of the week’s strongest stories. From a long-overdue spotlight on Criminal Minds’ Luke Alvez to a supernatural
For the last four decades, GWAR have staged faux executions of every resident of the Oval Office, as well as countless others heads of state and notable dignitaries. But not until Donald Trump assumed the presidency did the shock rockers receive a visit from the Secret Service. “We [fictitiously] killed President Obama. We didn’t hear
It’s hard to believe, but Deidre Hall first joined Days of Our Lives 50 years ago next week. These nostalgic episodes celebrating long-term characters and actors are one of the best things about the long-running soap, and Marlena’s is coupled with some huge returns. Unfortunately, we can’t purely enjoy it because Days of Our Lives


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Image Credit: Variety via Getty Images Josh Allen and Hailee Steinfeld are parents to a baby girl! The couple announced the news in a Substack post on April 2, 2026, affectionately titled, “Special Delivery.” Fans of the Buffalo Bills QB and the actress were, of course, overjoyed for them and wondered when they would learn
The Valley is filled with drama, babies, and apparently romantic fantasies regarding co-stars. Janet Caperna recently opened up about her sexual orientation and shared that one of the females is her “dream girl.” So, who is it, and will she ever pursue the romance? Finally, what does her husband have to say? Keep reading for
When FromSoftware dropped the original Dark Souls all the way back in 2011, they probably knew they’d made something genuinely brilliant. What they probably didn’t anticipate was just how much of a cultural impact the future trilogy was going to have on video games as a whole, even spawning a sub-genre all of its own.
Jelly Roll is sharing an update with fans after filing for divorce from Bunnie Xo after 10 years of marriage. The “Save Me” singer, 41, posted a video titled “The Divorce Vlog” via YouTube on Friday, June 19, after news of his marriage breakdown became public earlier this week. “What’s up YouTube, guess who’s back?”
In his narrative poem ‘The Divine Comedy’, accepted to have been written between 1308 and 1321 and widely considered to be the most influential work of Italian literature, Dante Alighieri set out astriking vision of the afterlife which changed literature forever. In Julian Schnabel’s 2025 adaptation of Nick Tosches’ ‘In the Hand of Dante’, inspired
Image Credit: Getty Images Tom Holland just said the quiet part out loud. He’s married to Zendaya. He called her his person. He said he’s the happiest he’s ever been. And the internet melted, as it should. These two have been the most quietly devoted couple in the Marvel orbit for years. No messy red
Booksmaxxing, a highly anticipated book-to-screen adaptation, updates on MrBeast and James Patterson’s new book, and more of the top literary headlines of the day. Reading is Sexy: Welcome to Booksmaxxing Okay, I don’t think “booksmaxxing” is a real thing as much as it’s a tempting headline, but there is a case to be made that
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the beloved La La Land. In celebration, the film will be screened across the world with full orchestra and jazz bands playing Justin Hurwitz’s unforgettable score to screen. The concert series produced by Hurwitz Concerts and promises a focus on all of the “vivid musical moments central to
Ken Carson isn’t wasting any time following the success of More Chaos. The Atlanta rapper has announced that his next full-length project, xperiment, will arrive July 3. There’s no track list yet, but Carson has also launched a suite of pre-orders featuring vinyl editions, exclusive merchandise and other collectibles tied to the release. The reveal
Outer Banks finally dropped the trailer and premiere date for the final season. And lowkey, the best part about it was a prison cell shot of the Pogues Redux that looks like they’re about to drop the most fire hip-hop album in ages. Fitting, since we’re still pouring one out for JJ. I’m not still
A digital rights advocacy group is reupping its call to ban biometric facial recognition technology in bars and other venues serving the LGBTQ+ community after new reporting revealed widespread use of the technology in San Francisco’s Castro District. This week, Gazetteer SF put a spotlight on the face-scanning technology that’s been hiding in plain sight
Just over a year after releasing the meditative instrumental EP 7 piano sketches, André 3000 has expanded the project into a short film. The Outkast co-founder’s 7 piano sketches is now streaming exclusively on MUBI. Written by André and filmmaker Graham Mason, who also directed the project, the film is inspired by and set to
Taylor Swift didn’t spend long searching for inspiration when it came to Toy Story 5. The artist has revealed that her original song for the imminent Pixar film, “I Knew It, I Knew You,” came together in a single day after she attended an early screening of the film. “I saw the movie that morning,
Image Credit: WireImage Tay Keith, the Grammy-nominated record producer who worked with some of music’s most renowned names, including Travis Scott and Drake, has died. The “Sicko Mode” co-producer was 29 years old when he was found dead at home on June 18, 2026, and police are investigating his cause of death. The shocking news
It’s no secret that Savannah Chrisley’s parents, Todd and Julie Chrisley, were incarcerated for tax fraud in 2023. Despite their short time actually serving, someone had to hold down the fort while they were gone. Both parents are praising Savannah for taking on that role and doing it all with her own money. Keep reading