Month: October 2020

Sony is set to purchase Crunchyroll, the industry-leading anime streaming platform, for just under $1 billion. The acquisition will put both Crunchyroll and Funimation—whose own streaming service has close to a million subscribers—squarely under Sony’s ownership. Crunchyroll has effectively become the de facto hub for legal anime distribution in the US, and the platform has
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Jake Bain opened up about his experience of sexual abuse (It Gets Better campaign screenshot/YouTube) Jake Bain, the high-school football star who made headlines when he came out as gay, has opened up about being sexually abused by his father. Bain became one of the first openly queer athletes at the NCAA Division I level
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Kelly Osbourne is taking the power back. Sitting down with The Talk hosts Sharon Osbourne, Sheryl Underwood, Eve and Carrie Ann Inaba, Kelly got real about how she’s navigating her booming dating life.  Two years ago, Kelly embarked on a weight loss journey, and has since lost 85 pounds.  Carrie Ann inquired, “You’ve been on this journey for a few years
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After what seems like the longest hiatus ever, Southern Charm is FINALLY back. Kathryn Dennis, Craig Conover, Shep Rose, Madison LeCroy, and Austen Kroll are all returning. However, Cameran Eubanks, Naomie Olindo, and Chelsea Meissner will NOT be featured this season. It’s sad to see them go, but it’s an exciting new direction for the series.
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Clairo, Claud, and their friends Josh Mehling and Noa Frances Getzug have formed a new band called Shelly. The band’s first two songs are titled “Steeeam” and “Natural.” Clairo wrote that the band made the music while in quarantine in various locations. Listen to “Steeeam” and “Natural” below (via Coupe de Main) Earlier this month,
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Even Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest couldn’t help but reminisce about Halloweens of years past.  After all, this year the festivities will look a bit different given that it’s, well, 2020. Still, despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Live co-hosts and the show’s magical team helped (safely) bring their annual TV Halloween bonanza to life once again on Friday, Oct.
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Hamilton’s four-minute opening number, “Alexander Hamilton,” is an introduction to the main character of the musical, but it also hints at every major event that happens in the show. As Aaron Burr (Leslie Odom Jr.) raps about Hamilton’s (Lin Manuel-Miranda) life, each other major character in the musical makes an appearance, interjecting with lyrics that
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House Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. (Win McNamee/Getty) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez showed that, yes, it is possible to be a socialist and wear a $14,000 suit while you pose for a Vanity Fair photoshoot. And that, reader, is a sentence we never thought we’d type. Ocasio-Cortez sparred with Fox News‘ Laura Ingraham on Thursday (29 October) over the Democratic
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Detroit rapper and hip hop star Keish Strong is taking the bedroom talk out of the bedroom and it’s riveting. Her “Special Delivery” is a not an ode to the United States Postal Service by any stretch of the means. It teeters on sexual overt language and keeps the listener bopping along. “Special Delivery” is
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Just because someone is no longer on Real Housewives of Atlanta doesn’t mean there can’t be some good old fashioned drama. Shockingly, this involves the recently departed NeNe Leakes and Season 7 veteran, Claudia Jordan. Fans of the show may remember Claudia and NeNe having a less-than-amicable friendship. Though one might be hard pressed to
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