Michael Gargiulo, the alleged serial killer charged with the deaths of two women, including Ashton Kutcher’s ex-girlfriend Ashley Ellerin, was found guilty in three knife attacks Thursday, the Los Angeles Times reports. Gargiulo, who has been called the “Hollywood Ripper,” was convicted of murdering Ellerin and Maria Bruno, and attempting …
Read More »Foster the People Promote Jeffrey Epstein Conspiracy Theory
Foster the People jumped into the Jeffrey Epstein conspiracy theory fray after the billionaire and alleged sex trafficker reportedly died by suicide over the weekend. On their official Twitter account, the band promoted unfounded claims that Epstein’s body was not the one found dead in his jail cell, and that …
Read More »Woodstock Remembered: John Sebastian on the Sun, Fun and Tie-Dye
I wasn’t scheduled to perform, but I was there from the beginning. There was a casualness about the format there that has never existed again. I just showed up backstage and asked Chip Monck [the stage manager and announcer] if I could help. He said, “Sure, millions of people are …
Read More »WTF Is Pornogrind?
Authorities and media are continuing to piece together the life of the 24-year-old mass shooter who took the lives of nine people in Dayton, Ohio last Sunday. Of the many details that has emerged, Vice News reported that he was the lead singer of a Midwest “pornogrind” band — leaving …
Read More »A Tribute to D.A. Pennebaker: Don't Look Back
Had D.A. Pennebaker never done anything but hop a flight to London, 16mm camera in tow, and follow around a scrawny young singer who jousted with journalists, was worshipped as a frizzy-haired god and entertained himself with entourage-fueled shenanigans, he would still have secured himself a place in rock history …
Read More »Watch Julia Louis-Dreyfus Respond to Marianne Williamson's 'Bizarre' 'Yada Yada' on 'Kimmel'
Julia Louis-Dreyfus appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live Wednesday and talked about the surreal experience of watching Marianne Williamson drop a “yada yada yada” — the phrase famously used on Seinfeld — during a recent Democratic primary debate. Williamson slipped the “yada yada” in while responding to a question about gun …
Read More »Stephen Colbert Skewers Mueller's Testimony Secrecy, Trump's Twitter Celebration
Stephen Colbert found punchlines throughout Robert Mueller‘s lengthy, often tight-lipped testimony before the House Judiciary Committee and House Intelligence Committee. On Wednesday’s Late Show, the comedian skewered every aspect of the hearing — from President Trump’s Twitter reaction to the former special counsel’s tendency to side-step questions unrelated to his …
Read More »For $2 Million, a Manson Family Murder House Could Be Yours
If you’ve ever wanted to own a piece of history — albeit a dark chapter — now’s your chance. Built in 1922, this gated, single-story, Spanish-style home has impressive panoramic views in both the front and back yards, a swimming pool, and ties to some of the most notorious crimes …
Read More »David Crosby on Looking Back Without Anger in New Doc
Near the end of the new documentary, David Crosby: Remember My Name, the 77-year-old singer looks directly into the camera and makes a startling admission. “I still have friends,” he says. “But all the guys that I made music with won’t even talk to me — all of them. All …
Read More »'The Farewell': Lulu Wang's Truth, Lies, and the Long Goodbye
Lulu Wang was in Berlin in 2013, editing her first film, when she got the call: Her grandmother in China, who’d briefly taken her in when her parents fled the country in 1989, was terminally ill. The family, however, told “Nai Nai” that she was just fine, that the doctor …
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