archiveJuly 2021

Spoilers for season 2 of Too Hot to Handle ahead. If you've burrowed deep into the hole that is the second season of Too Hot to Handle—a show in which contestants are restricted from any heavy petting and watched, á la Big Brother, by a cone named Lana—then you're already...

Carly Pearce was overwhelmed with joy upon receiving an invitation to become a Grand Ole Opry member — but Dolly Parton's surprise ask was merely the beginning of the excitement.On June 17, Pearce was in the middle of filming what she thought was a promotional video for Dollywood when Parton...

Viola Davis, Margot Robbie’s co-star on both Suicide Squad films, told Vogue for Robbie’s cover issue interview a story that happened one rehearsal for 2016's Suicide Squad. Apparently Jared Leto thought it would be funny to give Robbie a box with a rat in it, which is a fitting thing...

Florida governor Ron DeSantis signed the anti-trans sports bill into law. (Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty) The parents of a 13-year-old girl have launched a federal lawsuit to challenge Florida’s reviled ban on trans girls taking part in school sports. Mounted by the Human Rights Campaign, one of the largest LGBT+...

In 2017, I picked up A Writer’s Diary from a small bookstore in London called Persephone Books (now located in Bath). I had no idea at the time what an impact it would have on me. I had read some Virginia Woolf, after all, and knew I enjoyed her work....

New York DJ-producer Uproot Andy and singer Nino Augustine meld buzzing reggaeton and urgent afrobeats in “La Montamos.” It’s one of two Uproot Andy productions included on the compilation SMS for Location, Vol. 4, released earlier this month, which also features Sango, Georgia Anne Muldrow, and Pierre Kwenders. “La Montamos”...

The most recent attempt by Britney Spears' team to remove her father from her conservatorship has proven unsuccessful. A Los Angeles Superior Court judge denied a request from the pop star's lawyer, Samuel D. Ingham III, to have Jamie Spears dropped as his daughter's co-conservator, as stated in the court order obtained by...

A review of this week’s Loki on Disney+, “The Nexus Event,” coming up — just as soon as a prince tells me how the real world works… And that, folks, is what all that setup was for. The first two episodes of Loki at times seemed to be straining mightily under the weight...

Photography by Getty Images Wearing an orange shirt symbolizes solidarity with Indigenous communities during a time of grieving. By Natalie Michie Date June 30, 2021 Facebook Twitter Content warning: This story discusses residential schools and violence against Indigenous people. Canada’s Residential School Survivors and Family Crisis Line is available 24...

If given the opportunity to live out our wildest dreams before the stroke of midnight, it's not unlikely those dreams would involve Billy Porter as our Fairy Godmother. But even if you're glass slipper-averse, you can get a pinch of fairy dust from the live-action Cinderella reboot, heading to theaters...

Jimmie Allen's wife Alexis falls for it, but the country singer says he's too seasoned to cave into his baby girl's pout face. Watching him impersonate her is pretty cute, though — how can he resist?!Kids were a big part of the recent conversation between Allen and Taste of Country...

Released in 1963, Herschell Gordon Lewis' Blood Feast has a significant place in movie history, as it is considered to be the seminal feature of the splatter film subgenre, but clearly that clout has zero impact on Stephen King's sentiments. Unfortunately he doesn't elaborate at all regarding what he doesn't...

Resident Evil fans may be spoiled for choice when it comes to content this year. Between another successful entry in the popular video game franchise, a live-action reboot on the way, and not one, but two, new series heading to Netflix, all bases get covered. The first of the planned Netflix...

IKEA has released a new line of loveseats inspired by ten different LGBT+ flags. This includes couch designed after the bisexual flag, trans flag and others. (IKEA Canada) A divisive set of IKEA Pride sofas has sent LGBT+ Twitter into a collective frenzy. IKEA unveiled a collection of 10 “loveseats”...