On Monday, the University of Southern California announced that this year's May 10 commencement ceremony would go without its usual three to five-minute valedictorian speech in the name of "maintaining campus safety and security." Except, there doesn't seem to be any reported or specific safety threats to the ceremony or the campus—it was seemingly called off because their valedictorian is vocal about the fact that she doesn't support genocide. Asna Tabassum, the valedictorian of USC's spring graduating class... Читать дальше...
Trump sits with his attorneys at Manhattan criminal court in New York on April 16. Photo: Shutterstock This week saw the beginning of former President Trump's criminal trial for illegal hush money payments he allegedly made to adult film stars Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal on the campaign trail in 2016. And according to several reporters present in the courtroom, Trump—who ironically coined the moniker "Sleepy Joe" to attack President Biden—had trouble staying awake. On Monday morning, the New York Times' Maggie Haberman reported... Читать дальше...
On this day, 18-year-old Audra is gagged because none other than Rebecca Minkoff—the woman behind a bag known to basics everywhere—is headed where all fashion girlies of an era gone by inevitably end up: Reality television. Hell, you likely already know where I’m going with this...she's reportedly joining the cast of the Real Housewives of New York City. According to sources close to production who spoke to Page Six, the designer has been “shooting with the cast” though it’s not yet clear how substantive... Читать дальше...
Slapstick trio Chicken Big make a smoothie onstage at April's ACME Revue.Photo: Michael Gebhardt Hot Mic is a weekly column by Leah Abrams documenting, spotlighting, and reviewing live comedy in NYC. This week marks 12 years of Lena Dunham’s Girls, a national holiday for annoying, dramatic writers everywhere. I was in eighth grade when the show first premiered and I pirated the pilot episode on my iPod Touch, only to be intimidated by Hannah’s first sex scene with Adam and immediately turn it off. Читать дальше...
I don't believe in calling people ugly and talentless for no reason but, if it weren't for longtime Hollywood producer Carol Baum brutally and needlessly attacking Sydney Sweeney, I'd be writing about Anya Taylor-Joy walking around NYC or Zendaya wearing another tennis-themed dress. So, I don't know what Sweeney did to you or your family Carol, but thanks for keeping things fun and catty. "I don't get Sydney Sweeney. I was watching [Anyone But You] on the plane...I wanted to know who she is and why... Читать дальше...
