Eurovision Is Facing Boycott Calls Over Israel’s Inclusion

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. The letter, publishedin the newspaperAftonbladet, said Israels brutal warfare in Gaza should be disqualifying,perTheGuardians translation. Israeli singer Eden Golan will represent Israel this year. Her initial entry, October Rain, was reportedly deemed too political, which breaks EBU rules. She has alsoreportedlyreceived death threats online. Heres what to know. How else has the EBU responded? A lengthierstatementposted on the EBUs website acknowledged the unquestionable pain suffered by those in Israel and in Gaza....

January 30, 2024 · 1 min · 190 words · Melissa Herman

Is Kate Hudson’s First Single Normie Brilliance or Simply Boring?

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. (TheAlmost Famousstar is not sure what took her so long, according to her Spotify artist page.) Emily Palmer Heller:I was honestly surprised that this was a debut for Ms. Hudson! She just seems like the kind of celebrity kid whod have already put out an album for funsies. Plus, shes been in musicals and has that classic I-can-do-anything confidence that made her mom such a star....

January 30, 2024 · 3 min · 577 words · Jessica Mills

Midnight Maas

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Im talking to a woman in an otter onesie when the screaming starts. Then the noise doesnt stop for almost a minute. I worry for the health of my eardrums and my audio recorder.Sarah J. Maas has arrived. That books final pages are notoriously shocking. Maass books are big on TikTok and long, long, long....

January 30, 2024 · 2 min · 418 words · Yesenia Johnson

Super Bowl Ads 2024: Beyoncé Album Announcement (Feat. Verizon)

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Capitalism truly does breed innovation. Or endless nostalgic repetition. Case in point: An oldOfficejoke returns. Below, the best, worst, andBeyonce-est ads. Verizon PreannouncesRenaissance Act II Ahead of Beyoncesalbum-release announcement, she recorded a little spot with Tony Hale. Like, an announcement of the announcement. Dunkin xThis Is Me … NowCross-Spon The family that promotes together, stays together....

January 30, 2024 · 3 min · 612 words · Kenneth Massey

The Greatest Night in PopIs a Huge Blast of Gen-X Nostalgia

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Gen-X nostalgia is a powerful drug. I remember him yelling, Out-RA-geous! For some unknown and unexplored reason, this is a formative memory for me. Two Gen-X milestones crashing together. for the same purpose. We have white folks saving Black folks, Richie recalls Harry Belafonte saying. We dont have Black folks saving Black folks. Bruce Springsteen notes that the song had to be broad so that carry all those voices....

January 30, 2024 · 1 min · 163 words · Vanessa Moses

The Mortal Queen of Faerie Smut

House of Flame and Shadowis out January 30. Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Someone, it seems, got my wings dirty. My face heated, but my gut tightened. Illyrian males and their wings so sensitive. As she starts washing Rhys, she glances over his shoulder into the bathtub. At least the rumors about wingspan correlating with the size of other parts were right, she tells him....

January 30, 2024 · 3 min · 541 words · Laura Simon

Vanderpump RulesSeason-Premiere Recap: We Know What He Did Last Summer

Vanderpump Rules Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. There was no way that the first post-#Scandovalepisode was going to like everyone. But this episode is about as good as we could have expected. But it also manages to feel different somehow. First off, it looks more expensive. Theres also something different when it comes to what were talking about. But when #Scandoval catapulted the stars into the pop-culture stratosphere, it metamorphosed into something else....

January 30, 2024 · 2 min · 367 words · Ethan Carlson

We Should Appreciate The Smile While It’s Still Here

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. The Smile has all the hallmarks of a pandemic project. Only a deadly, momentum-throttling year could have cleared enough schedules for it to happen in the first place. Their 2022 debut,A Light for Attracting Attention, was meatier than the typical Radiohead offshoot. To the extent thatWall of Eyesadheres to any theme, its this kind of fatherly bemusement and concern....

January 30, 2024 · 2 min · 246 words · Devon Gross

Farewell, Dr. Shaun Murphy, Bachelor Nation Will Miss You

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Shaun Murphyscrubs in to cause some soap-opera-level shit in the ICU. Sure, we could watchThe Good Doctoron Tuesday if so inclined. Thats not the point. Is that allowed?He has a girlfriend! I guess thats nice.Never mind. I cant believe two women three women? What is this young prodigys story? And how has he managed to make us care so much, even if only for a few minutes?...

January 29, 2024 · 1 min · 200 words · Jessica Allen

How Mad Should I Be AboutBarbie’s Oscar Nominations?

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. The week afterOscar nominationsis a strange time for every awards pundit. The little movies that weve nurtured for months are finally out in the world. A week ago, you didnt know Hillary Clintons opinions on the Best Director race.Now you do! The nominations announcement means that myOscar Futurescolumn has wrapped up for the season. (Academy bylaws forbid campaigns from serving food or alcohol after the nominations....

January 29, 2024 · 3 min · 430 words · Kristina Conner

Jam Master Jay’s Death Was ‘an Execution’

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. It was motivated by greed and revenge, prosecutor Miranda Gonzalez told jurors in her 20-minute opening statement. rose to fame, youll hear that Jason never forgot his roots, she said. Jason Mizell was generous with his money. He even let people stay at his family home or his studio if they fell on hard times....

January 29, 2024 · 2 min · 327 words · Jason Friedman

Nicki Minaj Escalates Big Feud With ‘Big Foot’

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Nicki Minaj dropped Big Foot, her reply song to Megan Thee Stallions Hiss. In the whispered outro, she also promises another diss track in 24 hours. Remember whenHot Girl Summerseemed like it would last forever? Meg came for Minaj in her track with lines about Minaj and her convicted sex-offender husband,Kenneth Petty. Minaj also frequently mentioned Megans mother, who died in 2019....

January 29, 2024 · 1 min · 86 words · Michael Mendez

The Real Housewives of PotomacRecap: Limited Liability

The Real Housewives of Potomac Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. As a case study in an unstoppable force meeting an immovable object, its a dream pairing. This is a great season to review this dynamic between the two OG cast members. Gizelle, however, is uninterested in reconciliation and declines the invitation. Karen needs to let that old man live out his days in Florida like he said he wanted to....

January 29, 2024 · 1 min · 131 words · Brenda James