Celebrity

Few would accuse Vince Staples of having a big head. You wouldn’t suspect so, anyways. But at 23 years, Staples carries with him an air of living multiple lives. He’s a rapper for start, a very adept one at...

Lady Chablis and Alexis Arquette, both well-known icons in the trans community, passed away this weekend. Chablis came to prominence following a prominent role in John Berendt's bestselling, 1994 non-fiction novel Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, which...

Shaquille O’Neal isn’t afraid to play the clown. Nor is he afraid to play a genie, but this post isn’t about Kazam, (though maybe it should be.) A few weeks ago, Kanye West debuted the music video for Life of...

Last month, Tania Farah, the wife of four-time Olympic gold medalist Mo Farah, made headlines after she reportedly yelled at a Delta Flight flight attendant, telling the woman she was “pathetic,” led a “sad little life”, and was being...

During a recent stop on Beyoncé’s Formation world tour, she halted her performance of “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” halfway through. Teasing fans, Bey announced she needed to bring someone on stage. And then she introduced Formation...

“Maybe there are times when mystery is more important than knowledge,” so said J.J. Abrams during his 2007 TED Talk. It was a speech that revealed a great deal about Abrams, perhaps, if only, in retrospect. The topic of...

When Kanye West was interviewed on Big Boy’s Neighborhood a few years ago, he was asked if liked any new music coming out. His answer was brief: Yes, he really liked that at-the-time new Drake track “Hold On We’re...

While a dark cloud looms over this year’s poor summer movies, studios and directors typically reserve their more grandiose projects--awards bait--for the fall. And this year looks packed as much as any other. Don’t worry, though, the Fresh Toast...

Twenty years ago, OutKast released their most influential and best album, ATLiens. Ten years ago, my mom and I were at a mall in Atlanta, and we ran into Andre 3000. Here's what happened, according to two emails from my...

Acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog is best known for his obsessions with the monumental issues of human existence: technology, art, beauty, death, the unforgiving brutality of nature, and the exploration of the unknown. But he also considers—and complains about—the banality...