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Mononymously-named and bodybuilding-sculpted, Kyle — the tanned and chiseled face of Kyle University (tagline: “Teaching boys how to be men”) — looks and sounds like many of those populating the so-called manosphere. At least, he does on the first glance of his social media videos (and perhaps even the second or third). Assuredly describing himself … Read more
Donald Trump’s $16.4 million Reflecting Pool liner is peeling up like a sunburned sophomore on a Cabo spring break, but the president wants the nation to believe it was sabotage. Trump’s claims that the Reflecting Pool’s issues were caused by a vandal who managed to slash a supposed gash the length of a football field … Read more
Netflix’s “My Life With the Walter Boys” will return for Season 3 on Aug. 6. The logline for Season 3 reads, “The path of true love never runs smooth, especially in Silver Falls. The last time we saw the Walters, Jackie and Cole finally confessed their love for each other, only for Jackie’s boyfriend — … Read more
In Charli xcx‘s recent Rolling Stone cover story, the British pop star spoke about her ongoing collaboration with one of her heroes, John Cale. Last fall, she teamed up with the Velvet Underground co-founder for “House,” from her soundtrack to Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights. “I just feel really honored to know him,” Charli said of … Read more
Three Democratic candidates for House seats in New York prevailed on Tuesday night in a massive rebuke to the party establishment. Though each race was representative of a broader dissatisfaction with incumbents and specific district-level dynamics, the U.S. relationship with Israel and funding from big-money lobbies, including AIPAC, became central components in each of these … Read more
You may not have heard of him, but he’s had a hand in some of the biggest cultural events in American history. The death of Marilyn Monroe. The Watts riots. Senator Robert F. Kennedy’s assassination. The Manson Family murders. Natalie Wood’s drowning. And he was so reviled by the Hollywood establishment that none other than … Read more
The Trump administration has been happier talking to Anthropic lately, according to people familiar with the matter: They don’t have to deal with CEO Dario Amodei anymore, because he’s been replaced in meetings about re-releasing the Claude Fable 5 AI model by his cofounder Tom Brown. “Tom Brown is not being a weirdo like Dario … Read more
Nearly 20 years after the last Beastie Boys concert, the group’s Mike D is mounting his first solo tour this summer backed by a group called 5D, which includes his sons Skyler and Davis Diamond, as well as Eddie Ruscha, Will Graefe, and Milo Ruscha. The five-gig run, all scattershot across the eastern U.S., coincides … Read more
Regulatory officials in Brussels are expected to greenlight Paramount’s $111 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, according to a Financial Times report, following its approval earlier this month by the U.S. Justice Department’s Antitrust Division. Citing two sources familiar with the discussions, the FT reported that the European Commission was still hammering out final details … Read more
Every brand has a story to tell in the modern era of reaching consumers across a multitude of platforms. Storytelling is key to leaving a lasting impact for the brand on the audience. The job of leading marketing for a major Fortune 500 brand is now the art of deciding how, when and in what … Read more