archiveDecember 2020

By Ardra Shephard Date December 28, 2020 Facebook Twitter Whenever I couldn’t sleep pre-COVID, I put together outfits in my mind. I thought about an event I had on the horizon – a trip to New York, an upcoming opera, dinner with friends – and mentally scanned my closet in...

Fifty-one years ago today, on Dec. 29, 1969, Merle Haggard's Okie From Muskogee album was released. The record, along with the title track, soared to the top of the charts."Okie From Muskogee" -- with lines like, "And I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee / A place where even...

Dave Grohl on Monday expressed a “huge, heartfelt thank you” to supporters of the Save Our Stages Act, which provides approximately $10 billion for independent concert venues amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding is part of a long-delayed economic stimulus bill that President Trump signed into law on Sunday. “The...

While most major markets remain closed, including Los Angeles and New York, Wonder Woman 1984 played in over 2,100 locations this past weekend in North America – albeit with theaters operating at limited capacity. The film also got a lot of eyeballs overseas where HBO Max isn't available yet, and...

Police have released a CCTV photo of people they would like to speak to in connection with the attack on Anthony Crumbley. (GoFundMe and Boston Police Department) A gay Black man in Boston, Massachusetts, who was stabbed and left in a coma for four days, is living in fear knowing...

"I think in life you have to take whatever comes." Those wise words from photographer Mario Testino—plus a Norman cameo—were captured by Gigi Hadid and Kendall Jenner at their Hollywood's New Brat Pack shoot. See what else the fun-loving and good-looking group gets into when a model films on set....

Hasan Minhaj takes Vanity Fair's famous lie detector test. How much time does he spend styling his hair? What did he lie about on a job application for Del Taco? Did he crave approval from Jon Stewart while working at The Daily Show? Does he think politicians should be held...

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Indie artist, rapper and poet Nate Soundz gave up a lot for his career including his house. A retired army vet, dad, artist and master at the rhyme, Nate Soundz has an innate desire to help other artists through collaboration, advice, and any other way he possibly can. A number...

Not even an unprecedented, historic, worldwide pandemic can stop her....Wendy Stuart Kaplan is writing her own history. No sooner did the pandemic make headlines Wendy made her own headlines inventing and creating her very own “Pandemic Cooking” show. This was quite a feat since Wendy has never cooked in her...

Salacious, Queer, Give a damn, industrial music band The FMs and singer Miss Cherry Delight have recently released what the planet seems to already be aware of, but doesn’t seem to give a fuck....”Annihilation Denial.” The hard driving, we’re destroying the earth track and video comes at a time when...

The PondHawks released their pandemic song of inspiration and warning regarding this crazy virus during the first wave of isolation. Now it has again become a relevant issue as the second wave hits hard. Once again we find people fighting for their lives and needing inspiration....the kind The PondHawks supplied...

Only one short year ago the Canadian trade lumber specialist became a respected Maxim model. From there the very beautiful Sherry Nelson found her angel wings and took off....first to Hollywood walking red carpet events and then as a celebrity guest at the Sue Wong Oscar Gala....then the pandemic hit....

Retired army veteran Steve Hamm is not only a note-worthy actor but an actual, true to life helicopter pilot....and a sexy one at that. After being deployed several times to the scariest places on earth, both Iraq and Afghanistan, Hamm left his 23 year army stint to do something even...