When the guitar legend Tom Verlaine died in 2023, at the age of 73, he was hailed as one of New York’s most influential musicians. He defined the city’s avant-garde-rock sensibility with his 1970s band Television, helping to kick off the CBGB punk scene. When he plugged his guitar into downtown Manhattan, in classics like … Read more
You most likely stream all of your content. And, if you have a newer TV, it probably has a built-in streaming interface. You may be just fine with that, but if you’re still rocking an older and dumber TV, or want to better tailor your experience, a stand-alone streaming device is the way to go. … Read more
Some trolls experience buyer’s remorse, Margera says, chuckling. He says a man from Texas recently emailed the morning after spending $5,000 sending variations of the message, “Wake up, pussy!” He pleaded his case: He was drinking and blacked out. Margera wasn’t sympathetic. “Eat a dick!” he said. “That’s what you get.” The team welcomes me … Read more
Viewers who tuned into the Paramount+ livestream of UFC Freedom 250 on Sunday night, held to mark President Trump’s 80th birthday as well as the nation’s semiquincentennial, were treated to the surreal spectacle of mixed martial artists beating each other bloody in a massive cage installed on the White House lawn. But there was one … Read more
On a sunny Friday afternoon in a park overlooking the Silver Lake Reservoir in Los Angeles, about 30 people—including three in costume as Uncle Sam, Darth Vader, and Elsa from Frozen—gathered to hear the first official stump speech of Dan Greaney, candidate for the 2028 US presidential election. “My fellow Americans,” Greaney began, standing at … Read more
For millions of Americans, Guy Fieri’s Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives is a comfort show. With more than 500 episodes produced and aired over nearly two decades, it serves as a Food Network staple that runs in nine-hour blocks, with Fieri himself—the peroxide blond Mayor of Flavortown—a reassuringly familiar and upbeat guide to the nation’s mainstream … Read more