Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, and Sean Hayes will take their podcast, SmartLess, on tour next year. The run of shows is set to kick off February 2nd, 2022 at Massey Hall in Toronto, followed by stops in Boston, Brooklyn, Chicago, and Madison, Wisconsin. The tour will wrap on February 12th …
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Certain periods in history are so ripe for dramatization, it’s hard to believe they haven’t gotten the treatment sooner. Shortly after surviving a bout with the flu during the 1918 pandemic, negotiating the Treaty of Versailles, and cutting short a train tour to promote the formation of the peacekeeping League …
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YouTube is home to many anonymous, marginally talented strivers struggling to make a name for themselves on the platform. But one aspiring musician on YouTube has captured a great deal of attention as of late, though not for his artistic output: John Hinckley, Jr., the man perhaps best known for …
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On Wednesday, Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. announced that his office would no longer be prosecuting prostitution and unlicensed massage arrests, and that it would be dropping 914 cases dating all the way back to the 1970s. The office also moved to dismiss more than 5,000 loitering for the …
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Throughout her career as a public figure, many royal family watchers have drawn parallels between Meghan Markle and Princess Diana, the mother of Markle’s husband, Prince Harry. Some of these comparisons are largely superficial (both women are glamorous, well-dressed, and omnipresent tabloid fixtures), but the bulk of the similarities stem …
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UPDATE, 5:00 p.m.: After the uproar over the rebranding, Hasbro clarified that the Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head dolls will still be available under the gender-neutral Potato Head brand. They have also introduced a box set that includes multiple potatoes and accessories so kids can build a family of potatoes …
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Last week, unverified screengrabs of extremely lurid text messages allegedly sent by actor Armie Hammer between 2016 and 2020 were posted by the Instagram account @houseofeffie, which also compiled nearly half a dozen examples of women who claimed to have had an affair with Hammer while he was married. Some …
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Early Wednesday, the Trump administration executed the only woman on federal death row, Lisa M. Montgomery, age 52. She was the first woman put to death in almost 70 years, according to The New York Times, the last two being Bonnie Brown Heady for kidnapping and murder and Ethel Rosenberg …
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced that Facebook and Instagram will be blocking Donald Trump from using their platforms indefinitely, following the president’s incitement of a mob of his supporters storming the Capitol Building on Wednesday. The news follows Facebook’s decision to remove a video message posted by Trump during …
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Los Angeles County prosecutors charged Carlton Callaway and Davion Williams with robbery and assault on Tuesday in connection with a violent attack on three transgender women in Hollywood last month. The assault was filmed on video by bystanders and contained hate speech. Authorities have labeled the attack a hate crime. …
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