Month: July 2022

News Metallica React to Stranger Things’ “Master of Puppets” Scene: “We Were Totally Blown Away” The band commented on the 1986 song appearing in Eddie Munson’s “pivotal scene” By Evan Minsker July 5, 2022 Facebook Twitter Joseph Quinn as Eddie Munson in Stranger Things (Tina Rowden/Netflix), James Hetfield in 1992 (Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images) Facebook Twitter
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An intersex in woman has alleged correctional staff at an Australian prison discriminated against her. (Ian Waldie/Getty Images) An intersex woman has lodged a lawsuit against an Australian prison operator after being thrown into a men’s jail. The plaintiff has claimed she was exposed to “ridicule” and “cruel and degrading treatment” from prison workers while
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The HarperCollins union represents over 250 employees in various divisions of the company, from legal to design to editorial and sales. They have been in negotiations since December of 2021, and the process was made more complicated by HarperCollins recently acquiring the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt trade division. The union says HarperCollins will not allow the
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View gallery Image Credit: Shutterstock Nicki Minaj had some strong words for her one-time friend and collaborator Kanye West during her set at Essence Festival on Friday, July 1. Before launching into the Kanye-track “Monster” (which was one of Nicki’s early career successes), she seemed to take aim at Ye, as her DJ played a portion of the
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Macy Gray is facing immense backlash on social media for making “transphobic” comments during an interview with Piers Morgan. (YouTube/Piers Morgan Uncensored) Macy Gray has been accused of transphobia after an appearance on Piers Morgan Uncensored. Host Piers Morgan asked the singer on Monday (4 July) for her definition of ‘woman’, and Gray replied that it
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Refresh for latest…: Coming in slightly above the estimates we reported on Saturday, Universal/Illumination’s Minions: The Rise Of Gru has boogied to an $87.2M weekend at the international box office. That lifts the offshore cume to $93.7M for $202.2M worldwide to date. The Rise Of Gru, the latest entry in the globe’s biggest animated franchise,
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Sir David Attenborough is going green. Very green. The legendary English broadcaster, biologist, natural historian and author, at age 96, is travelling the globe in the latest BBC Earth landmark series, The Green Planet, to explore Earth’s biodiversity and the secret life of plants. Filmed in 27 countries over four years, the five-part documentary marks
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View gallery Image Credit: Anthony Harvey/Shutterstock / David Fisher/Shutterstock Toy Story fans, including Tom Hanks, were confused when Chris Evans was announced to be voicing the role of Buzz Lightyear in the new movie Lightyear and not Tim Allen. “How about that? I actually wanted to go head-to-head with Tim Allen and then they didn’t let
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Ah, summer reading. What some consider the best time of year to be a reader, summer is undoubtedly reading season. Even if you’re not taking a vacation (or staycation, at that), there is an indescribable air to the summer months that you can loosen up a bit and read whatever you want. Much of the
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View gallery Image Credit: MediaPunch/Shutterstock Kim Kardashian and her sister Kourtney joined a slew of celebrities in taking the Fourth of July holiday to protest the Supreme Court overturning Roe V. Wade. The reality star siblings kicked off Independence Day by reposting a meme to their Instagram Stories from user @bitton that read, “4th of
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News Crosby, Stills & Nash Return to Spotify After 5-Month Boycott The group had joined Neil Young’s protest against the platform’s COVID-19 misinformation. Nash described the addition of content advisory labels as “a positive step.” By Matthew Ismael Ruiz and Jazz Monroe July 4, 2022 Facebook Twitter David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash circa
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Protesters in London against the death penalty in Iran. (John Keeble/Getty) A gay man has been executed in Iran under a “sodomy” charge, according to human rights groups, in the latest example of anti-LGBTQ+ brutality in the Middle Eastern nation. The Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) reported that 10 inmates were allegedly executed in Rajai
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